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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1902
Page
3
In Indiana, a horse named Tom plunged into Cicero Creek to save Agnes and Pauline Bain when they fell from a ford. The animal swam circling them until Agnes grabbed her sister then both were pulled to shore. The grateful family vows Tom will receive a monument after the near tragedy.
An Arkansas reader recounts discovering Dodd's Widney Pills in a local almanac. After using the product she and her husband report dramatic relief from lifelong kidney trouble and praise the remedy as a lucky, life changing find.
Henry Al Salzer of La Crosse Wisconsin, famed for Salzer Seeds, travels to Europe with his wife. He plans to study and bring back new farm seed varieties from Russia and Calgary as part of an international seed exchange and development effort.
An OCR fragment notes a New Yorker remark about a new fad among ladies, with a Baltimore American quote comparing it to an old fad of raising in. The text is garbled and lacks clear entities or dates.
Advertising copy touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy priced at 76 cents per bottle. The text also mentions poet John Donne asserting the pleasure of a vision and includes fragmented wording about a baunen and ven sion.
A statewide roundup lists Indiana county fairs with Sept dates and secretary names. Entries include Swayzee Lafayette Princeton Anderson Shelbyville Riley Crownpoint Boonville Crawfordsville Columbus Middletown Valparaiso and the Indiana State Fair with organizers such as Downing Travis and Hulet, among others.
Walter Brown of Ghent Kentucky was killed by a casting at Peru steel mills. Theodore Webb, 19, died hauling gravel near St. Tose. A gas well near Muneie shows 100000 daily contimt. George Meager, 85, killed by a train at Riverdalle. Temperance victory in Petersbire. no dram shops in six months. Bourke Cochran to speak at Fort Ware dedication. Karry Crown’s son, 6, run over by an ice wagon. scalp injury. Thomas Mount injured by explosion lighting car at Lafayette pumping station. Hartford City High School average cost per pupil was fn.84. Seventy-five pupils at Traftford City High. Hammond courthouse cornerstone laid Sept 15 with Governor Mount. Charles Wartley fatally injured at Goodland elevator. Elisleg u amputated. Sisters of Holy Cross council closed with nearly SQU assignments. Body of David McPherson found near Warsaw, epilepsy noted. Salem postmaster to block rubber tired bivey ads. Creenwood collision injures Mrs. Freeman. runaway unhitched. Patent grants to Indiana inventors listed. Cincinnati Richmond Muncie RR wreck near Druley’s Station. engineer killed, fireman hurt, twenty passengers shaken. Window glass workers leaving Indiana for West. fall labor shortage feared. James Garvin’s pear tree bears after iron soil treatment.
In The Fireside Sphinx Repplier tells of a ship cat that remained loyal to its home and kittens aboard an oil-tank steamer between Savannah and Philadelphia. After losing and later reuniting with her brood, the devoted mother returns to her captain and boat, surviving a long absence with patient vigil.
John Henderson who carried out the death sentence on Louis Riel is dead at his ranch near Glasgow Mont. He was a Scottish immigrant and a pioneer Last Chance Gulch resident who served as a government scout in Canada and the United States. Henderson executed Riel in 1885 at Regina and recently had a $15,000 government claim allowed, likely to go to his widow on the Glasgow ranch.
A plea to sufferers of kidney trouble urges use of Dorans Kidney Pills. The tainted testimonial by Mr Nolette recounts six years of back pain and kidney issues cured after four boxes. Readers are offered a free trial by Jes ter Milburne of Buffalo New York, with a cutout request.
The text notes Riggs-Prohibitionists' inconsistency between temperance preaching and nominating a pull ticket. It also cites historical Bible distribution in Japan and past Bible printing bans. Additional lines promote Eagle Linen Paper and comment on Stockholm telephone density.
A series of letters from Mrs Esther M Milner of DeGraff Ohio and Miss Mamie Groth Platteville Wis describe relief from chronic headaches backache and female disorders after using Peruna. Dr S B Hartman president of The Hartman Sanitarium offers free advice and promises follow up if results are unsatisfactory.
Weekly summer specials from Nickel Plate Road offer round trip tickets Fort Wayne to Chicago for 2.00 on trains No 5 and 6 returned same day with tickets via Fort Wayne Indiana. Also notes Paris Calais high speed rail claim and a self dating stamp offer via Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana.
A short item notes Blobbs as a member of the diplomatic corps and mentions his prior role as stage manager for an amateur dramatic club.
Notre Dame Indiana offers classic, letters, economics, history, journalism, art, pharmacy, law, civil, mechanical and electrical engineering, architecture and commercial courses. Free rooms for eligible minors and reduced rates for older students. limited vacancies for the Veelu Shastial state at St Edward's Hall. The fifty ninth year begins September 9 1902. Catalogues free from Rev A Morrissey C S C President.
Self inking daters and ink pads offered with new stamp options. Send for catalogue to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana.
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