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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1893
Page
3
A northern castle features two connected rooms each with an alcove sleeping area. Floors pivot in the wall to switch rooms, a prank by an ancestor who enjoyed mystifying guests. One visitor could awaken in unfamiliar clothes, and a rich aunt allegedly lost her inheritance over the nephew’s tricks.
The North Western Line announces harvest excursions to Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Manitoba Colorado Wyoming and Utah with sale dates August 22 September 12 and October 10 1493 Return travel within twenty days from sale Stop over privileges apply on the onward journey Circulars with rates and details are available free from Wkh Thrall General Passenger and Ticket Agent Chicago & North Western Railway Chicago.
A young poet known for blunt candor enrages friends at a birthday party. After a charming dinner by his parents, he laments the absence of notable guests to a society girl, saying he is glad the evening was not dull while noting no one of the invited clever people attended.
Advertisement urges students teachers clergy and others seeking employment to write B. F. Johnson & Co. in Richmond Virginia. It boasts great success and claims the firm can teach how to earn money by unusual hours. It also mentions the law taking action against ungloved boxing.
Lorenzo F. Sleeper of Appleton Maine testifies under oath that eight years ago they suffered serious illness with heart kidney and liver trouble and could not keep food down. After taking August Flower they recovered and claim there is no medicine equal to it.
A sermon by Rev. T De Witt Talmage argues that weekday life must reflect gospel faith not just Sabbath worship. He urges bringing Christ into ordinary talk, work, and dealings, warning that superficial piety sins against consistent living and that God notes every honest or dishonest act from a shopkeeper to a fisher.
A preacher argues that daily small annoyances shape character more than grand events. He compares sculptor's stroke to God shaping souls, notes trifles bind a life to Heaven, and urges gratitude for ordinary blessings amid life’s trials. He cites Violet flowers, a fable from Plato, and the need to serve God in common tasks.
A speaker laments human ingratitude for everyday blessings from God. He contrasts animal heedfulness with human neglect, urges daily reverence, and urges individuals to fulfill their own duties while embracing faithfulness to endure beyond earthly trials.
Rev G H Appenzeller, a Methodist missionary in Seoul for eight years, recalls curfew practices in Seoul preferring women’s night visits and notes Coreans view Americans as a first class nation. He describes Seoul as a walled town of about 300000 with a six mile wall, 42 feet thick, and solid masonry. Evidence cites his early 1885 arrival and leadership role in the mission, plus favorable interactions with magistrates and the king.
A 6 year old on 72nd street rehearses catechism for a rector, declaring his name Frankie Jones six years old in June and that God made him of dirt in a single breath, prompting a humorous end.
Two paid attendees sit side by side in a theater gallery. One is paid to kiss the diva and the other to applaud loudly. As the performance continues, one’s hands swell and the other grows breathless. A hissed exchange leads to a plan to share the effort.
A Chicago Women's Congress discussion contrasts beauty and virtue, arguing charm comes from intellect and grace rather than looks. The piece lauds American women for conquering bicycles with poise, noting older standards and new mobility, and concludes that young women ride with grace and self possession.
Want of method causes most trouble for overworked mothers and unskilled servants. A systematic cook plans, dovetails steps, and serves dinner promptly with clean, orderly kitchens. Mastery of right methods, not brute strength, ensures success in domestic work and teaches the helper through repeated instruction.
A method for using silk scraps to craft portieres involves cutting silk into half inch strips and weaving them with heavy linen warp. Four pounds of strips yield a dense portiere with an oriental or Roman look. A color majority allows a broad plain stripe at top or bottom for effect. The craft is often done on private looms by country artisans who still weave their own rugs and carpets.
Science refutes the rural belief that thunder spoils milk. Researchers show souring stems from a fungal growth, not thunder, clarifying a long held folk idea about dairy spoilage.
The article argues the favorable conditions for rapid fungus growth in sour milk and urges swimming education for children to prevent drownings. It notes swimming can be learned quickly, often in one lesson, with girls learning faster, and recommends city swimming schools with qualified instructors to teach before age 12 to 14.
A physician told a writer that Germany has enacted a law to curb medicine cheating. All drugs for internal use must be in round bottles and those for external use in hexagonal bottles, marking a move toward stricter packaging.
The builder offers a ready made interior package with fixtures and fittings. Already included are range furnace sideboard china cabinets window seats and shelves, leaving buyers only to furnish rugs china chairs tables and bric a brac for a complete home.
Clara finds a paper clip from a newspaper on the floor. Dora asks what it was and Clara reveals it contains instructions on how to clean a rag car. The exchange hints at an odd object found after Engag’s departure, with a surprising practical use described.
In a quoted line from the Chicago Inter-Ocean, a man reveals a dwindling fortune while a woman expects a bargain, underscoring a clash of love and money in a fleeting courtship.
A worried man discusses memory as habit in New York, noting he never forgets his umbrella though he often misplaces bundles or collars. He outlines three strategies to remember items on short trips and travels, insisting the umbrella remains reliably remembered.
The account recounts Mahomet II in 1478 using fourteen heavy bombards at Scutari Albania with shots up to 1 640 pounds and 32 inch diameter. Rhodes siege in 1480 saw sixteen bailiaks cast on site. General Lefroy estimates 1 000 tons of stone shot and 250 tons of powder fired.
A man tells a doctor friend he wishes to hire a professional nurse for his wife who seems to enjoy being ill. The exchange hints at a strained marriage and concerns about her health and dependence.
A criticized view of rival baking powders notes inconsistent strength and poor performance after opening. It claims Royal Baking Powder remains uniformly strong, economical, and wholesome, while other brands lose leavening power with use and can waste ingredients.
Visiting Bellano after the earthquake, Trollope recalls a patrician house built in Venetian style with marble stairs and a central hall. The ruinous mansion housed stables where tenanted horses stamped and pawed at night, the head groom and owner checking them, sensing a premonition of the convulsion that eluded human understanding.
The article argues geology remains limited by observation and often touches on theological interpretations. It notes past beliefs that continents and ocean basins shifted or that oceanic islands were submerged mountains, but cites recent discoveries leading scholars to accept continents and deep ocean floors as permanent crust features.
A French critic, famed for cleverness, errorously claimed Dumas copied epigrams from Lady Windermere's Fan after a London Denise performance. An amused Englishman and a British audience saw the irony as the critic demanded proofs, while the Debats faced a sharp sermon on the episode.
In a Musical Courier piece Walter Savage Landor introduces Peterborough in dialogue with William Penn. Penn claims a violin played discreetly can make hot weather cooler and cold weather warmer, with cautions about provocative effects on young maidens and breath, ending with admonitions to control and restrain such influence.
The article notes land values across states with New Jersey highest at 65 dollars per acre. Massachusetts follows at 50, Ohio 346, New York 44, Vermont 36, Maryland 32, Wisconsin 23, and several Western states under 5 dollars per acre.
Maine residents assert the Kennebec River carries more water into the sea than any other Atlantic or Gulf stream river from the St John to the Mississippi. This claim appears in a New York Times report.
Mrs George Ashton of 5 Victoria Street Westminster thanks friends for their kind letters of sympathy on the passing of her marriage.
The famed actor Colley Cibber, known for his coolness and swearing habit, was at cards when he refused to follow suit. A testy general asked if he had a spade, and Cibber replied he had a thousand. He added that he could play ten times worse if provoked.
Travel to Iowa Minnesota Kansas Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah and more from all stations at very low rates. Tickets valid returning twenty days from sale date. Contact nearest Wabash agent for details. Also notes on Beecham's Pills and Hatch's Universal Cough Syrup with prices. Time theme ends with a quip about cards.
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