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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
3
A nostalgic verse from the Boston Transcript recalls a youthful romance. The speaker laments that years have passed since June and the beloved, whose memory now stirs a blend of sorrow and peaceful nature imagery. The poem contrasts carefree summer memories with a grave, tranquil afterlife.
In a damp parlor Calvin Jobson grapples with a looming two hundred pound debt as his family endures rising costs and charity. Naomi Brush dies leaving a hidden will bequeathing her savings to Grandmother, prompting a moral lesson on generosity and restraint.
The article notes masking negatives using long right angles for borders and recalls General Cassius M. Clay of White Hall Kentucky who died after a life of public service and controversy. It mentions his belief in a conspiracy, a courtroom judgment of insanity, and a strife over architectural towers and spires in a nearby story.
English naturalist Dr Alfred Russell Wallace marking his 80th birthday proposed a startling idea that the earth lies exactly at the center of the universe and that creation was planned to produce man. The suggestion mirrors debates once held by theologians and shocks the scientific world familiar with Darwinian theory.
The piece extols success beyond Wall Street and big industries, noting goddess Success favors industry and integrity in all walks of life. It recalls a Rodman Jefferson County birth fifty one years ago and a modest start from a farm to manhood, without high prospects.
The article explains oyster farming in Hampton Roads, detailing planting, harvesting, and packing processes. It notes large operations handling 100 000 to 200 000 bushels annually, shell handling on conveyors, washing and grading steps, and uses for shells in propagating spat and making lime and shell roads.
A speaker remarks that a man declaring life a failure reveals financial strain. The speaker notes common outcomes like inability to borrow more money or pressure from a father-in-law to provide for himself, illustrating hardship and social stigma.
The Philadelphia Press quotes a reader who claims a giant headless catfish was caught and speculates it may be a tall tale. A satirical line follows about prayers and divine judgment, reflecting editorial wit.
An architectural curiosity in England features a parish church in Ormskirk, Lancashire, with a tower built over the west porch and a spire placed immediately beside it. Tradition links the design to Orme the Saxon pirate and a quarrel between his two daughters over the church’s construction.
The article describes resurrection plants like the rose of Jericho and the Mexican variety that reanimate when placed in water. It notes Asteriscus pygmaeus blooms upon revival. Gen John C Black of Illinois is elected commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the San Francisco encampment with Boston chosen for the next meeting and details on other officers and the veterans’ parade.
The world’s largest bottle, recently blown for exhibition at the St. Louis Exposition, holds forty five gallons and required forty pounds of molten glass drawn from the furnace and formed on a giant blowing pipe.
In New Bedford Massachusetts five men died when the barge Flossie sank during a gale. Details of the tragedy follow the stormy sea passage and rescue attempts.
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