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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
6
The good roads movement shows growing support as state legislatures and conventions back road improvement. Ohio Republicans adopted a strong good roads plank marking a historic party stance, with national figures citing broad interest and federal involvement in road questions.
An observant man explains reading rates for the Bible. He estimates 592,239 Old Testament words and 181,253 New Testament words, totaling 773,692 words. At 60 to 160 words per minute depending on pace, a reader could finish in days given a sustained effort.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat muses on a rate of 08 000 words per month claiming one hour daily could finish the Bible in eight months. The piece notes few nonstudents claim to have read the Bible cover to cover, calling the era perverse.
An elderly Manchester manufacturer John Port left nearly 3 million pounds to Jane Lofts Port, a nine year old orphaned girl from a poor family who befriended him. She will receive 8500 a year now and about 10 000 after 1905 until she reaches 21.
Dawes Commission chairman AMS Bixby argues that geography texts misstate Indian Territory capitals. He notes Tahlequah is repeatedly shown as the capital, but the territory has no single capital. Muskogee houses the government, and each nation has its own capital such as Tahlequah for the Cherokee and Okmulgee for the Creek.
Automatic bars and now restaurants proliferate in Switzerland as a company plans electric automated dining for locals and visitors. Patrons simply sit, read the menu, insert money in a slot, and meals from simple chops to six course dinners are delivered by machinery at moderate prices, about two shillings for a dainty dinner.
A new Pennsylvania law authorizes a court to commit a person addicted to intoxicating drinks or drugs to a hospital or asylum for up to one year on petition by two relatives or friends. The accused must provide security for the cost of board, care, and treatment.
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a light exchange as a railroad president struggles to open stubborn car windows. The brief anecdote captures a moment of small inconvenience amid urban commuting.
A year after Congress set aside 500000 for amusement halls at premier army posts a 125000 Fort Myer building is planned. It will be 68 by 172 feet L shaped with a swimming pool gym running track bowling shooting billiards library lecture cafe stage and space for plays. It will host Sunday services and serve soft drinks and foods while aiming to boost intellectual and moral improvement to deter drinking. The rest of the funds will be divided up to 40000 each at other posts as designated by the Secretary of War.
A look at how famous thinkers resisted new discoveries and methods. Napoleon spurned steam, Richelieu jailed the innovator, Voltaire doubted fossils, Darwin faced mockery of hypnotism, and Virchow denied Darwinism and criminal anthropology.
A prim matron in an elevator notices Col. Hawkthunder removing his hat. On the tenth floor the elevator conductor, a dignified man with side whiskers, whispered that a lady asked him to restore his hat as his bald head dazzles her eyes.
There is more catarrh in this region than other diseases and it was once deemed incurable. The advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and promotes All's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It markets the remedy as systemic, with a stated cure guarantee and price notes, plus Hall's Family Pills as the best.
A bemused youth laments leaving college and asks for a distraction. An aggrieved elder with sunset hair suggests a small sheet of blotting paper as a cure, offering a quirky, no-hope remedy in a humorous exchange.
The Missouri Kansas Texas train Wu. 3 will depart from Kansas City Union Depot at 4 P.M. instead of 10 35 A.M. starting August 2. The change creates an elegant after dinner train for Texas, allowing north and west passengers to lay over in Kansas City for several hours before continuing to Oklahoma Indian Territory and Texas via the Katy line.
Verwin asks for a silent partner for his business. Parker suggests applying at the deaf and dumb asylum.
Joe Mitchell Chapple describes the Vice President's chamber as the Capitol's most ornate room. He notes a Lafayette Foster bust, a $200 silver inkwell, a Peale Washington portrait, a $100 clock with zodiac signs, a $500 mirror, and a silk flag from Philadelphia. Senator Frye is said to visit for relaxation after adjournments.
Advertises a powder to shake into shoes that eases corns bunions swollen and sore feet and ingrown nails. Claims make new or tight shoes easy and offers 25c sample mailed free via Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N Y. Also notes rain and lightning conductor leaves trees are radioactive for about an hour.
Advert says top homemakers choose Red Cross Ball Blue for cleaning adds value at leading grocers priced at five cents. The copy emphasizes quality and widespread use among households.
Dialogue about bottles telling of wrecks and an old time remedy for teething from Mrs Winslow. Mentions spoiled or empty bottles and an asserted tobacco yield range from GOA to 1000 pounds per acre.
A U S Senator M C Butler of South Carolina endorses Peruna for dyspepsia and stomach trouble in a letter from Washington. The note claims Peruna cures catarrh affecting the stomach and other areas and asserts that artificial digestion is unnecessary. Butler praises the medicine as a safe tonic and cites relief after a short use. He says Peruna has cured more dyspepsia cases than any other remedy because it treats catarrh wherever located.
The term nicotine honors Jean Nicot a French noble and ambassador to Portugal. In 1560 he sent tobacco seeds from Lisbon to Paris as seeds of a valuable medicinal plant highly valued in Portugal, a plant introduced from America about forty years earlier.
An advertisement from Leipsic Ohio dated August 31, 1901 asserts Piso's Cure for Consumption provides immediate relief for throat troubles. The claim appears in a testimonial by I. E. Bierman.
Critics note a trend where contemporary fiction dishes up explicit inner thoughts, turning debatable decency into a central theme. Readers encounter provocative scenes that push boundaries and redefine what is acceptable in mainstream prose.
Nubber Stamps offers all kinds of rubber stamps made to order including self inkers and ink pads. Send for catalogue to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana. A cablegram states the Marquis Solari denies Marconi’s wireless telegraph system was invented by him.
Washington Star quotes Senator Sorg hum arguing that prosperity comes from what people can do for you rather than what you can do for others. The remark critiques self serving focus in political leadership.
Advertises an August 18 1908 excursion to Niagara Falls via Nickel Plate Road. Offers low rates through the nearest agent or by writing C A Asterlin I P A Fort Wayne Ind. Ends with a light note about enjoying a good story over the rind during melon season.
A concise instruction insists on using Eagle Linen Paper for letter writing and rejects alternatives. It stresses the correct formulation and adherence to the specified paper type as the only proper option.
The notice advises readers to mention seeing the advertisement in this newspaper when writing to advertisers. It emphasizes citing the paper as the source to ensure proper acknowledgment and service.
Mrs. P. Conlin of Carbondale describes years of backache and dependence on a crutch. After her husband bought a box of Dean's Pills at Kelly's drug store, she felt relief within days and continued the treatment to improve her condition.
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