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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
3
A lively reminiscence of a winter skating scene with Betty giving the mitt to the narrator. The poem evokes rosy cheeks, a small girl, and playful romance as Cupid smiles. Yellow Vouk appears in a playful envoy.
Mrs Laughton awakens to a burglar in her home as a profits plot unfolds. The thief demands Tom's money and threatens violence while the pair confronts trust, danger, and a hidden fortune on a lonely prairie night. Tom returns to find his wife faint and a new danger looming.
The author argues competence is key to success, molded by effort and restraint from speculation. He warns that speculation in commerce causes many failures, especially in panics, while true incompetence is curable in some cases but often doomed by the financial maelstrom.
Fragmentary translated line shows Jounder announcing imminent marriage as landlady warns over owed money. No further context available.
A fragment from Smart Set reflecting on the paradoxes of marriage and excuses. The dialogue jokes about honeymoon bliss and the ease of crafting poor apologies, highlighting social humor of intimate relationships in compact banter.
A compilation of case notes across jurisdictions. It cites Nutter v Brown on appeal from costs, Thornely v Andrews on possession beyond boundary lines, Edwards v Startshorn on fraud by an alpine official, State v Crawford on juror questions, and Boyle v Northwestern National Bank on bank liability for produce payments.
Otis Skinner regales Empire School of Acting graduates with a humorous reminiscence from his days in The Wool's Revenge with Edwin Booth. He recalls a rehearsal where a dummy props mishap nearly toppled him during a ladder sequence, ending before the punchline.
A newlywed couple, Tompkins and his wife, return from their honeymoon. She reveals she is educated and multilingual, with deep studies in socialism and biology. He laments not being warned earlier, while she explains she feared he would not marry her if he knew. The tale appears in Tit-Bits.
The scene ends with the lighthearted attempt to save a precarious climb when the actor loosens his grip and grabs a ladder rung. The daughter of the fool flies into the air and lands headfirst on the stage as onlookers stand shocked then endure the aftermath in silence.
A country youth in town asks for lamp oil mislabelled as best unsweetened gin. An old man jokes about killing the cat, while the landlady grows uneasy after last night, sensing a paraffin smell and avoiding matches. The tale hints at a hidden mystery.
Expert accountants hired by a citizen committee audit City Treasurer C. J. Meyer and report a deficit of 86,352 in city funds for 1905. Of this 4,473 relates to the street improvement fund. Ledger and other books were missing as the audit began. Comptroller Van Deusen demanded the amount, while Meyer asked for an itemized statement and claimed no knowledge of a shortage.
Crawfordsville fire crews fought a blaze on Market Street that consumed Hamilton's livery barn and damaged Ramsay's flat, O'Neal's tenement, and the Ramsey block tower rooms. Horace King, Daniel Pickett's plumbing shop, offices of a traction company, and six families on the upper floors were affected.
Indiana woman Mrs. Ira Vandevender says her divorced husband George Zumburn attacked her at her north Tipton farm home with sulphuric acid. She suffered severe burns to face and shoulders and is believed to have lost her sight. Zumburn had not been seen since their divorce two years earlier.
A 16 year old girl, Miss Margaret Green of Tarylorville, used a revolver to stop a reckless driver near Columbus, calm her frightened horse, and steer to safety. The man's name was not released.
A bolt of lightning struck the Christian church during Ladies' Aid practice in Wallace, instantly killing Mrs John Bellis and seriously injuring Mrs Bessie Phillpot and Miss Una Shoeaf. The church building suffered heavy damage and the remaining members were shaken but unharmed.
Congressman Newton W. Gilbert of Indiana and Miss Sprague of New York wed in San Francisco. The couple did not inform friends in the East about the marriage.
Truman Webb of Findlay Illinois and an unidentified man died when a freight train wreck occurred near New Richmond. A second man was seriously injured in the crash with details still unclear.
A large barn owned by Marshall Tress two miles west of Morristown was burned to ashes when struck by lightning. A horse inside was killed in the blaze.
An intense shower drenched Vincennes as rainfall reached an Ineh and a half over twenty minutes. Streets flooded and several barns were blown down by the sudden storm.
James Stevens of Chicago drove his auto over a small boy in Michigan City breaking the lad’s leg. The incident details the accident and its injuries with emphasis on the driver’s role.
Robert Cox a Democratic attorney was fatally struck by an Illinois Central passenger train in Evansville. The incident occurred as Cox traveled along the railroad line near the city. Authorities investigated the mishap as a probable accident and reported no foul play.
Indiana health officials order schools to bar kissing among students. A Tell City boy, Sam Miles, 10, was shot by his own gun with the lead entering his body and forcing amputation. Jackson township child dies from toadstool poisoning. Michalskis critically ill. Wabash river pearls worth 200000 attract Vincennes dealer in a show window. Evansville youth Leo Young, 10, confesses burglary after watching moving pictures. Parke county farmer William Painter dies of hydrophobia after a cat bite. his convulsions cause bed to rip apart as attendants fear harm.
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