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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
3
In a June park outing Jack Grainger helps a penniless young woman, Majorie Blakeley, by paying for tickets and lending five pounds. She later proves to be Miss Blakeley, heiress to £50,000 after her uncle’s Australian death, setting up a marriage plan amid the couple’s emotional bond.
Joseph J. Gill a former Brooklyn resident died at sea aboard a ship but years later was found alive in Central Australia where he had been kept as a slave by bushmen for twelve years. He returned to civilization in Australia and later sought his Brooklyn kin obtaining word of his brothers and planning a visit.
The article reviews President Castro’s rise in Venezuela, describing a costly civil conflict with rebels led by Matos, a split Liberal party, and a weak, improvised army where women and peasants join the fight. It notes widespread looting and destruction across farms, cattle, crops, and estates during the struggle.
After entertaining Ma jorie Blakeley and Jack at his house, a speaker congratulates a young man and proclaims a bargain struck. Sweet Majorie blushes as Jack expresses joy over winning the heart and love of the sweetest girl on earth, per the New York Daily News.
Inventor Milton S. Brown of Washington proposes a rapid shoe fastening device. The system uses leather loops and metallic tubes above the eyelets to guide laces, allowing a single pull to snugly close the shoe without traditional tying.
A nationwide surge of bank and post office robberies sweeps the country with the Midwest hardest hit, especially Indiana Iowa and Wisconsin. Details recount robbers blowing safes stealing thousands while authorities pursue suspects across towns from Prairie City to Greenwood and Akron to Clark's Hill.
Pietro Mascagni famed author of Cavalleria Rusticana visits America as critics once doubted him. Now at 35 he is celebrated as a leading musician and teacher, praised as a bright star in Italian music by admirers worldwide. Also noted are a peace expo prospectus for Johannesburg 1904 5 and plans for a Kansas fish hatchery with Miss Hayward heading to Europe to promote the world’s fair.
In Sullivan County Indiana a contest over the Needham township advisory board stems from the high school issue. The anti high school faction backed Sturgeon Goss and Johnson, with potential Supreme Court appeal. Captain Garrigus a Civil War veteran welcomes a daughter in Kokomo amid family drama.
Multiple incidents reported include Eilwin Cole losing an arm on a Vincennes farm, Milton Smith in critical condition after a corn shredder accident, and Raymond Archer killed by a train near Terre Haute. Burglary at Waterloo post office and bank-style fraud under investigation in Petersburg.
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