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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1909
Page
3
A hero sang of joy amid sadness kept to his own heart. His voice made the world imagine gladness as his sole domain. Dreams filled his dawns while his spirit rose beyond the lark. Yet his lips offered no regret when days grew dark.
A provincial tale shows Myra Binnie a tired rural teacher on vacation who helps with housework while her mother, exhausted, bears the household load. As Myra relaxes and socializes, the strain builds until a delirious turn reveals the mother's hidden pain and the lesson that shared labor makes vacations meaningful.
A collage of short Indiana items reports Mrs. George Sweigert’s suicide in Middletown after her twins’ deaths, free mail delivery starting August 16 at Winona Lake, and the death of Mrs. Lewis Cooper in Darlington from a fall. Other notes cover accidents, arrests, measles, a horse-harm injury, and upcoming county fairs with many locations and dates.
A folksy saying warns that complaining about a strict diet clouds judgment and strains friendships. The speaker notes that no matter a man’s income, others won’t trust his boasts or believe his success.
Orville Wright and Lieut Frank P Lahr set a world mark for time and distance in a flight in Washington D C covering over fifty miles in 1 12 40 at an average speed near forty miles an hour President Taft witnessed and congratulated the aviators the flight also completed the endurance test requiring one hour aloft with a passenger a performance that surpassed the planned limit by nearly thirteen minutes and hinted at greater feats ahead in aviation history.
Harry C. Pulliam president of the National League shot himself in his New York Athletic Club room. The bullet passed through his head, killing him. Officials cited ill health as the motive for the act, with death occurring Thursday.
A dog’s mournful whines at Annie Graham’s door led deputies to find the 55 year old widow dead in a trunk at her Pittsburg home. She was last seen Friday and had been dead several days. Investigators say she died in an accidental fall that broke her neck when her body toppled into the trunk.
The Senate debate on petroleum tariffs continues amid signs of renewed protection for independent oil producers. Senator La Follette releases an insurgent analysis of the Aldrich bill showing substantial import value shifts from the House and Senate plans. American suffragists plan novel summer campaigning in New York with street music and literature, while Wall Street reacts with hostility.
Sieh od notes gratifying trade conditions with higher solvent bank payments, ideal crop prospects, and heavier factory activity. Weather boosts markets for general goods while demand for raw materials and machinery grows. bank clearings rise sharply year over year, though Chicago district failures and large liability cases show mixed signals.
Improvement in crops and better prospects for cereals ease bread prices and boost retail sales as clearance promotions expand. Wider output and rising manufactured values signal demand for more credit for crop movement, with friction between employers and workers increasing in several sectors. Rubber prices jump again, complicating rubber goods firms. United States business failures total 239 for the week ending July 22, up from last week and higher than 1908, 1907, and 1905 figures. Canadian failures stand at 24. Bradstreet’s notes the broader pattern.
A regional roundup lists live cattle hogs and sheep values in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati and New York with grains and dairy. Prices span corn oats rye wheat and butter eggs and hay with notable spreads and range shifts.
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