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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1901
Page
3
A sprawling local column reports drownings and accidents across Indiana towns including Brook Poplar Grove and Brazil. It notes crop wins, milks shifts, fires, a pearl sent to Tiffany, a child’s death from a knife accident and a variety of local civic talks and misfortunes.
A sensational account describes Captain Stronsz and Lady Hope tied to a scandal with May Yohe the American actress. Yohe ends her marriage while her lover Putnam Bradlee Strong resigns from the army to help her, risking court martial amid social backlash and naval dispatches from San Francisco. A second item offers a kitchen memoir tip urging housekeepers to catalog daily meals to improve memory and planning.
The George H Phillips & Co firm suspends operations amid irregularities cited in its trading. George H Phillips, labeled corn king, announced the temporary halt as a major disruption in Chicago’s commercial scene, following large May and September deals in corn.
Rumors circulate that Phil Tips, once viewed as a vast brilliant young trader, moved his open trades to another firm and handed books to an attorney. Market whispers claim Phillips is financially strapped and unable to swing his positions. He reportedly holds large long positions in oats, corn, and wheat, while the firm was incorporated in November 1900 with a capital of 30,000 dollars.
In Sulphur Springs Will Fite was shot and killed by M L Parrish following an insult. In Midlothian Mrs Bettie Ale Elroy died in a kerosene can explosion while kindling a fire.
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wisconsin suffered kidney trouble and rheumatism until he read a newspaper report about Dodd's Kidney Pills. He used two boxes and regained strength able to work all day. The story proclaims Russell’s remarkable improvement and calls Dodd's Kidney Pills miraculous in Wisconsin Chippewa County.
An old inhabitant recalls a tale of a life insurance agent pursued by a wary man who felled a tree to escape the pursuer. The agent was a leader at the funeral and delivered a sermon on life’s uncertainties before leaving town. Plus an ad promotes Allen’s Foot-Ease powder for foot relief and shoe comfort.
A jumble of dialogue and stray notices includes family banter, garbled speech, and a travel advertisement. References mention Minneapolis Minnesota a grocery, a printer Eagle Linen Paper, and a Fort Wayne Indiana travel bureau with excursions to Denver Colorado Springs Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Hot Springs St Paul and Duluth.
An advertisement offers stamps and printing supplies including daters with price quotes upon request. A Fort Wayne box is listed, with contact points including C. A. Asterlin and R. J. Hamilton. The note mentions a separate personal exchange about Hetty-Jack and drinking. The Nickel Plate Road advertises a weekly Buffalo round trip.
An OCR fragment lists All Kinds of Stamps and printing outfits with a LockBox address in Fort Wayne. It mentions Svehr’s mother as a music judge and includes an ad for Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup claiming to ease infant ailments.
A knavish fellow was charged with stealing a pair of trousers. The evidence failed to convict and he was acquitted but stayed in the dock. The lawyer urged him to leave, yet the man whispered that he could not depart until all witnesses were gone because of the trousers. He declared he had hens on.
The Zoological Record tabulates living animals across groups from sponges to insects. A general total lists 281 0dud distinct species with many entries for molluscs crustaceans arachnids insects and vertebrates. The excerpt notes Vermillion Ohio as a railroad stop for passengers and mentions the jellyfish Vela as a natural raft.
A congress member from the Sandwich Islands endorses Peruna as a cure for catarrh of the stomach and dyspepsia. The ad claims Peruna cures stomach mucous inflammation and offers free advice from Dr Hartman at The Harriman Sanitarium Columbus Ohio.
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