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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
3
An old man with a white beard buys ten tickets at the box office, rides ten cars, then buys five more tickets. An attending asks if he should stop as he grows pale. He says the ride makes him sick on purpose to relive old seasickness from his days as a sailor.
The red clay of Pacific and Indian ocean floors consists of refuse and residue resisting gases. It contains decomposed volcanic rock pumice zeolite crystals manganese oxides meteoric iron sharks teeth and whales ear bones. Most shore deposits are absent and the material is thought to be cosmic in origin from planetary dust and meteoric fragments. Sharks teeth appear unusually abundant in these basins.
A fragmentary dialogue suggests a parent guiding a child on how to respond to a late-night call. The exchange hinges on a strategy for replying, with the line about sending the caller to the parent noted as a crucial instruction.
In County Life in America J Parmly Paret notes players are advised to watch the ball at impact, but few do. He compares tennis to cue sports and golf, explaining that looking ahead toward where the ball will go becomes mental habit, aiding golf success despite tennis habits.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills as a cure for a two year skin eruption with itching, citing Claude N. Johnson of Walnut Kansas and a June 15 1905 date. It contrasts with a separate court case where Johan Furtmann of Muhlhausen Saxony was acquitted after being charged with causing a public nuisance by sneezing. Additional copy promotes a money making plan offering 45 to 85 dollars daily with free apparel and personal effects.
A horse on a treadmill breaks its halter and jumps off declaring its fatigue. The animal voices a humorous complaint about uphill work and compares itself to a plow horse. The piece also gives early baby care tips and bath guidance with Ivory Soap noted.
The editor of the Gary Gulch Vindicator has just been elected to the office of coroner. He asserts his entitlement, claiming past fees from his predecessor, then readies his rifle and sharpens a pencil to await duties in both roles.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot relief and easy shoe wear, with price 25 cents and free samples from A S Olmsted. It also notes a Niagara Falls excursion via Nickel Plate Road with multiple stops and travel agent details. Additional lines promote Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and assert England's trade value with colonies.
West Point graduate Pierre Gustave Tourant Beauregard joined the U S Army in 1838, fought in the Mexican War, was twice wounded at Mexico City, Mobile and New Orleans, and then chose to resign to serve the Confederacy. He led defenses at Charleston Harbor and opened the Civil War with Fort Sumter, showing impetuous bravery throughout.
Column notes a new national consideration of final resting places for U S presidents contrasting private graves with proposed federal memorials citing seven presidents buried on private grounds and recounting maritime anecdotes about changing manners and times.
A humorous exchange features a nervous lady hoping for a compliant servant. A clerk offers a former telephone girl, two days on the job, as the ideal quiet hire. A country idea of shiftlessness is tied to harvest idle time, while self-satisfied people want little.
In Lower Hentley the elderly Judy, last of a slave family once owned by a local magnate, watches the August meteor shower with fear. She fears judgment and harm from the sky as the stars fall, muttering that it is a truly terrifying time beyond comprehension.
A French law forbids physicians from inheriting property left by a deceased patient. The regulation emphasizes ethical boundaries in medical practice and estate handling.
Captain John L. Ely of Company EB 17th Ohio, living in Newton Kansas, describes contracting kidney trouble during the Civil War and using Deans Kidney Pills in 1900s, which he credits with cure and lasting health. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An Austrian chemist Dr. Tins Kuzel has devised the Syrius lamp a new electric light that uses far less current than standard lamps and may cut lighting costs. The lamp uses thin uniform threads from a claylike mass of metals and metalloids. Tests claim it can run 3,500 hours and maintains steady light without bulb blackening.
A bright teacher reports indigestion from a simple breakfast and credits a hot Postum and Grape-Nuts with reducing distress, improving nervous energy, and helping her gain ten pounds. She notes her morning meal now sustains her through the day and endorses Grape-Nuts as essential at the table. The advertisement promotes Postum and Grape-Nuts from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan. There's a reason. Read The Road to Wellville booklet in packages.
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