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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1893
Page
2
The Bluffton Banner reports a milk shortage as the latest calamity. A remark on job seekers notes that when offices search for a man it is like a ghost, startling locals. A Western anecdote asks why a man would advertise four women to wash iron and milk cows, questioning the need for cow washing.
An improvement allowing 5 000 shots per minute raises hope that the Gatling gun may yet exterminate the English sparrow, with the potential to curb the birds' perceived nuisance across regions.
A meteor the size of a barrel was seen over Savannah Georgia. The event is expected to ease disappointment over the absence of a hail stone described as large as a hen's egg.
A West Virginian who was to be tarred and feathered by White Caps killed one assailant and wounded another, prompting a public call that the would be social outlaws receive stark punishment as the “good work” continues.
One of the encouraging signs of the times is that the great labor organizations are moving to get into circulation the money which they have held in reserve for meeting contingencies. There is no movement in which the intelligence and thoughtfulness of the American workingman could be made more apparent.
Hapbji Hassan Ghooly Khan, noted Persian premier famed for a volatile departure to Tehran, is said to attend the World’s Fair incog. The writer mocks the cognomen, deeming it feeble after the summer’s name wrestling.
In a London police court two girls, Ethel and Gertrude Hedger, were arraigned as vagrants. They are wards in chancery and heiresses to $100,000 each, but the funds remain inaccessible until they reach age. The sisters are presently destitute, lacking decent surroundings, clothing, and education.
A critic denounces the torture dance at the World’s Fair as barbaric. The piece urges management to consult authorities to avoid cruel exhibitions and scapegoats future public figures with sensational acts.
Mrs S T Rever of Philadelphia advocates elevating cooking to a core school subject on par with mathematics and geography. She argues that culinary chemistry and hygiene deserve normal school attention, taught by trained chefs, asserting women must be educated in cooking.
The Campania, launched months ago and recently setting a Queenstown to New York record, is badly shaken by engine vibration. It must sail back to the Clyde for structural repairs costing about 3.3 million. The incident criticizes crowding steam pressure on new vessels to save minutes for pleasure travelers.
A concise farming lesson argues that a hundred acres of well fertilized land yield higher net profit than larger tracts managed perfunctorily. It emphasizes that profits come from high cultivation and full utilization of every acre, not sheer acreage.
A brief note discusses small income sources often ignored by large property owners. It suggests these minor streams can provide a decent living and build a savings bank account, though they are frequently overlooked as worth pursuing.
The text argues for greater intellectual and social variety for farming couples, especially farmers wives. It urges breaks from routine, reading time, town visits, and society to ease the strain of endless toil. It extols mothers' value for babies and civilization, claiming improved health and race improvement.
The Connecticut Valley tobacco growers tried to coax rain by releasing fifty airborne balloons with dynamite. Two balloons detonated harmlessly, but a third returned with a lit fuse prompting quick crowd intervention and the venture was abandoned.
Mrs William H Crane recounts buying a gentle but stubborn horse in Cohasset. The animal proved slow and unresponsive to a whip, forcing the pair to walk home after a failed effort to urge it forward. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reports the tale.
A New York Times report recalls a small boy named Georgie who impulsively hurled a knife at his father during a family meal. After being restrained, his mother emphasizes the gravity of the act, and Georgie vows never to throw a knife again, only a fork.
An Ohio firm explains what becomes of a one-legged man's odd shoe. Economical customers buy a pair and use the right shoe as a dress shoe, then wet the left shoe, drive in a right last, and let it dry for daily wear. The exchange ends with a sharp rebuke to faddish tax schemes.
The World’s Fair fisheries section showcases live salt and fresh water species, gear, and preparatory methods for market. Canada leads foreign displays with models of fish and hunting birds, plus canoes and a whale and a shark exhibit. The Fisheries Building features an angling annex for clubs and hobbyists and a replica Izaak Walton fishing house with portraits.
The display features real Norwegian fishing boats named Aafjord Avendale Rahen and Tromsoe racing the waves for cod and seal. A Viking ship model shows thousand-year changes while Norway’s stock fish and cod liver oil fill the hall. Gloucester Rhode Island Oregon Japan and Minnesota exhibits highlight historic and modern fisheries and sea life.
The article surveys the Fisheries Building displays including a Chicago exhibit for cleaning fish, fish tanks arranged in circles, and the Grampus schooner’s design by Capt. Joseph W. Collins. It notes saltwater fish, an aquarium from Pennsylvania, Wisconsin contributions, and Brazilian Indian tackle alongside North American flies, with general visitor interest in Latin-named works and fishing lore.
Describes exhibits at an aquatic life display with maps of fish distributions, shells, sponges, corals, worms, reptiles, birds, mammals, and a vast array of gear. Notes on fish literature, laws, and gear, plus a murder in Kentucky and crooked wall pride as a closing line.
A fierce cyclone battered Port Royal, Beaufort, and Savannah, cutting telegraph lines, washing away rail, and causing hundreds of deaths and immense property loss. Reports from Charleston, Richmond, and Baltimore describe flooded streets, sunken vessels, and widespread destruction with official tallies still uncertain.
Washington dispatches report a dry hot week with drought harming Ohio Valley crops and Wisconsin damage. Northwest conditions improve while Ohio Valley, Tennessee see poor crop prospects. Northern Rockies dry. central valleys dry. Great Lakes to Gulf coast in need of rain. North Dakota Minnesota receive rains. West India hurricane damages crops in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia.
The Farmers' Review reports a widespread decline in corn conditions across Illinois Indiana Ohio and other states. Only about one ninth of Illinois correspondents rate the crop good or better with most counties under 75 percent of normal. Pastures and potatoes also show poor to very bad conditions across multiple regions, with Missouri Nebraska Minnesota and the Dakotas noting some fair pastures.
Springfield judge Allen over ruled defense motion for a new trial in the Newby case and arrested judgment. The court sentenced the convict to two years hard labor at Chester penitentiary with an appeal allowed to go to the Supreme Court. Ex Attorney General McCartney will handle the appeal as Grand Army men mobilize support.
New York braces for a beer war as Western brewers push into its territory. In San Francisco 3,000,000 grain bags arrived, driving prices down. A debated skull purported to be Sophocles was unearthed in Greece. A New York steam yacht set a record of 7.25 miles in 132 minutes. Three murders occur within a year in Richmond area. Mining unrest grows in Kansas as men arm themselves. Consul General Crittenden remains unrecognized by Mexico. Orange New Jersey hat factories face shutdowns with 14 idle. 2,000 workless. An explosion wrecks Louis Goodbuch’s St. Louis grocery. Guilty verdicts in Guthrie and Akron for murder and manslaughter. A horse-thief died in poverty after decades of crime. Dr James White sues over charter validity. Fatal railroad crossing accident near Anaconda. Kentucky duel ends fatally over a dice game. Civil suit over Cudahy fallout seeks 2,478.68. A Buffalo girl endures a bee sting with shy humor. Amusing quips from Boston and Indianapolis reflect on knowledge and power.
Washington correspondence notes a tense silver battle as the House votes on free coinage ratios from 16 to 1 to 20 to 1 and revives Bland-Allison, with Reed and Bland leading opposing camps while speakers and leaders map the decisive tally amid crowded corridors and muggy air.
A compilation of engineering facts: first civil engineers in London 1793, Clegg and Samuda patenting the pneumatic railroad in 1838, long tunnels in Gibraltar and the Thames embankment, the Brooklyn Bridge dimensions, Britannia tubular bridge dates, Croton aqueduct capacity, and the Hoosac Tunnel as the longest in the United States with its cost.
An awkward finale to a church service shows parishioners departing amid disarray as the final hymn ends abruptly. The pastor’s calm rebuke leaves the crowd with a renewed sense of worship’s sacredness and a warning to avoid premature departures before the benediction.
The piece urges husbands to share in Christian life and family devotions. It laments men who neglect religious training, criticise wives, or hide behind piety while failing to lead by example. It champions joint prayer, Bible study, and sanctified marriage as blessings to church and society.
After a lecture by Inger soll mocking the Bible, a listener, not claiming Christianity, notes the cleverness of his words but warns that sarcasm cannot sustain during sorrow, illness, or death. He argues humanity needs a cheerful, strengthening religion and a serious gospel as sole hope for life, death, and eternity.
The passage questions human ability to create growth and life, pondering whether a seed or a world could be generated by art alone. It challenges the notion of uncreated matter and the limits of human agency, ending with a quip about the Scots versus the French.
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