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Newspaper
Bluffton Banner
Location
Bluffton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1893
Page
3
The Suez Canal authorities announce a daylight friendly innovation for night transit. From October 1, ships passing through the canal will be guided by a projector that splits light into two separate rays, allowing vessels to approach closely without blinding each other's helmsmen. The apparatus allocation has been divided among an agent of the company.
The article extols Hostetter's Stomach Hitters as a sovereign remedy for biliousness showing yellow skin and eyes, headaches, coated tongue, liver and shoulder pain, and dizziness. It claims efficacy for chills fever dumb ague kidney and bladder inactivity rheumatism and nervousness while promoting digestion and age-related infirmity relief.
The article notes that the sole instrument used for punishment in English jails is a weighted crank handle turning inside a box that records revolutions from 0 to 11,000 as a day’s work. Prisoners perform mechanical labor such as pumping water and grinding meat, with corn grinding allowing rests if the allotted task is met.
An exchange between a father, daughter suitor, and adorer unfolds as a humorous dialogue about marriage. The father bluntly calls the suitor a fool, while the adorer accepts the jab with wit. The page also advertises Beecham's Pills promising relief from headache and malaria symptoms, and mentions a four-man forced to stand during a prize fight.
Testimonials from J B Young of Daughters College Harrodsburg Kentucky J W Smith Townsend Ontario and C Rugh Mechanicburg Pennsylvania claim December relief from dyspepsia headaches and constipation after using August Flower. Each observer praises its curative effects and value as a seller.
A sensational advertisement touts a remedy found in weeds that supposedly cures every ailment from scrofula to pimples. It cites over eleven hundred cases with only two failures, offers certificates of value within twenty miles of ten, and promises relief from lung liver and bowel issues. The bill advises a tablespoonful in water at bedtime and urges reading the label and sending for the book.
A garbled verse fragment contrasts pastoral labor with awakening awareness of law. The speaker notes lifelong work on a single farm and a shift toward independence, hinting that love and practical labor outweigh social rank and authority. The piece blends rustic imagery with sly social critique.
On the Falcon bound for America, young Joby Oliver hides aboard to escape poverty. After a night gale capsizes Captain Essex and Joby leaps to help, earning a loyal berth aboard the ship. The captain, moved by the boy’s courage, forgives his deception and promises friendship and a future aboard the vessel.
A Scottish divine Dr John Erskine valued for gentleness often left pocket handkerchiefs at church. Mrs Erskine sewed a corner of his hanky to her coat to trap the culprit. Midway up the stairs he caught the thief and wisecracked that Mrs Erskine had sewn it in.
A brief cartoonlike exchange shows Marjorie at six asking her father what to write for her mother. He gives her his own brush and a playful reply about what she loves, illustrating a warm family moment captured in a fragment.
A fragmented note from Waverley Magazine features playful phrasing on cheerful sayings and a publisher author exchange about keeping women readers unaware of future plot twists. The passage hints at a marketing scheme and audience expectations.
The exchange shows Vanchump from Texas Sistings candidly blaming a stage manager for keeping him off stage. The remark reveals his natural acting talent and a playful rebuke about barriers to performance.
Fragmentary item from the Detrolt Press notes payment issues tied to advances. The readable text mentions ignorance and financial actions, but lacks clear names, places, or dates to specify who, where, or when the event occurred.
A playful dialogue reveals a fiancée planning to end her betrothal because her husband will visit on Sunday, prompting questions about the unexpected turn in their relationship.
A humorous exchange in Texas Sittings compares hired girls to breakers in a storm. The speaker notes the storms’ waves resemble home service labor, adding a witty regional touch to the column.
Hobson jokes about Brnbaire arriving after the World's Fair, with Dobson wary and asking if owed money. Hobson clarifies Brnbaire returned yesterday and aims to tell everyone about the fair, prompting a quiet aside as they move along the side street.
After a struggle the ex pressman and the big cousin join to crowd down the lid of Bessie's Saratoga trunk. The girl laments ruined dinner dresses, but the cousin vows the dresses will look lovelier when the trunk is opened.
A busy city man asks for the door to be shut and the newcomer agrees. The city man quips that his luck is poor as he always asks those who always close doors, while those he does not ask leave it open. The exchange is light hearted and witty.
A dialogue from the New York Weekly portrays a famous scientist urging action to curb opium use among women, while the editor dismisses the claim and suggests a paragraph asserting that craving opium signals old age. The exchange reflects sensational moral debate of the era.
Old Mr. Wabash notes heavy workload and happiness as Uncle Josh affirms security in the White City project and hosting Paddywhiskers concerts. The exchange hints at community excitement around the World’s Fair era and local cultural events.
Lord d M Masse teases Miss Harcourt about marriage settlements, she retorts that they have something better alimony vogue. The exchange hints at social tensions over financial settlements in marriage without explicit legal detail.
A three year old girl at the dinner table bursts into tears saying her teeth stepped on her tongue in a moment from a family exchange.
Dialogue row shows Matt and Joe aboard a vessel with banter about steering and a con trivance for necktie. an agent asks about a sale and Banger announces engagement in a brief exchange.
A fragment from Texas Siftings shows a quick comic exchange between a wife and husband about dancing and paying for a torn dress, followed by a light pickup line between a man named Mike and a woman in a third story window and a brief boarding house joke.
Cunmse jokingly praises his wife with a pun about being well balanced and never short in her accounts after hearing neighborhood gossip. The exchange highlights a playful reference to banking terms in a domestic quip.
The daughter of an American gentleman, long resident abroad, sends a note home to friends stating she has learned to speak broken Chinese.
In witty exchange Baldy imagines maids of honor resembling empire era rituals while Cholly notes the modern trend toward flippant engagement labeling. The dialogue critiques changing social norms and perceived loss of formal ceremony.
A brief humorous exchange from the Buffalo Courier notes a Sweet Girl Graduate claiming she would read a poem at the commencement but was blocked, yet she still surpassed expectations by getting ahead. Her Friend remarks she was “one” in the moment.
A Detroit Free Press quip notes Higgins growing fast in running, while Dick jokes he is sinking deeper into debt as Higgins accelerates in speed on the track. The brief exchange captures a sportsmen’s wit about emerging athletic prowess.
A collage of lighthearted quips and captions reflects social scenes and humor. A judge and undertaker exchange formalities, a poet and practical talk price, and society ladies at a hotel gossip about a falling out.
Robert Bleim recounts a comic misadventure in Japan from Scribner. He describes a summer-house bath by a lake where he stripped to swim, briefly caused two Japanese locals to enter the pavilion, and endured a cold dip while retrieving his belongings and towel from a polite attendant. He jokes about his own Western prudery and being a barbarian in their eyes.
The Spectator notes a sepoy and Hindustani carrier could outpace and outlast English runners under heavy loads or poor diet. It argues that endurance relates to lung condition tendon strength and sinew soundness rather than mere weight or bulk, suggesting walking endurance and real strength are not tightly linked.
A reader cites an old Calmet edition arguing the big fish was a shark, then reflects on parental influence and honesty. The piece links Jonah’s story to daily life and childrearing, noting the gospel of our lives shapes children more than words. It cites Ok Nicholas in American Analyst and ponders inherited judgments.
Dr. Cuyler urges a daily quiet prayer and communion with God each morning and evening. He advises opening the heart to His sunshine and hiding woes in mercies. Bereaved should channel sorrows into kind deeds rather than brood, as a blessed alternative.
A compact survey notes from a period newspaper discuss remedy for sorrow as faith and hymn lore the old story. It also reports on missions in China temple counts in America and Salvation Army shelter aid in London. It mentions Norwegian church growth and Rev. Charles Canedy as a candidate for Vermont bishopric.
The article describes a Chinese surgical practice where fractured limbs are wrapped in red clay with bamboo strips and a chicken head bandage. After securing the bandage, the chicken is beheaded and its blood is allowed to seep into the fracture, said to nourish the limb and act as medicine.
A concise history notes mirrors dating from Moses with brass pieces to polished black stone used by natives in the Americas. It mentions 15th century German convex glass mirrors made by a blowpipe and Venice's early 16th century glass mirror trade. James I era saw mirrors worn as brooches and girdle ornaments by all genders.
The text contrasts crosses of the present moment with anxious foreboding. It argues that present crosses carry grace and consolation when aligned with God’s will, while foreboding crosses arise from a faithless spirit and feel bitter. It urges selflessness to allow divine discipline and guidance to unfold in every moment.
In Iran locals perform a ritual to ward off cholera by passing under a swinging talisman of the Koran. Two cholera stands hold a scroll while peasants pass between them, believing the rite protects them despite ongoing epileptic turmoil.
Hortense and Lucille joke about loud clocks on stockings their alarm clocks to wake themselves for wars of the feet as Puck observes the playful exchange. The dialogue highlights whimsical humor and timing in a light theatrical moment.
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