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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
4
The article notes Kansas as a strong Republican state with a 42,000 plurality among 287,000 votes. It cites Mexican dollars at 37 cents in New York and argues free silver would devalue the U S dollar. It calls defeat of free coinage a major American blessing.
The Fifty-seventh Congress convened in Washington on December 1 1902 as spectators filled galleries. The Senate expected to consider an omnibus statehood bill gaining Democratic and pledged Republican support for Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico. House anti trust bills were introduced with uncertain fate and likely not passed.
Dispatches relay Belgian newspaper reports of Turkish atrocities in Macedonia. Claims include children torn apart before parents, men roasted alive, and others tortured with red hot moulds on their heads, with widespread starvation among peasants. Background from Indianapolis Journal.
The Teachers Association of Ripley County met in Versailles M E Church on Nov 25 and 29 1902. Officers and committees outlined sessions with talks by Will B Peters Peter Holzer and Dr Daggy on business forms habit Anglo-Saxon grit and civic education.
An old advertisement promotes Scott's Emulsion as the best treatment for consumption also known as tuberculosis. It urges strengthening the lungs with fresh air rest and hearty eating, warns against hiding illness, and claims a free sample with the label image on every bottle. The ad lists Scott & Bowne as chemists in New York and notes the price of one dollar at druggists.
A school gathering debates governance and qualifications for teachers and superintendents. Speakers urge focus on child welfare, exclude non-educators from boards, and empower principals to hire. The session includes lectures by J. E. Taylor on U S territorial growth and Dr Daggy on Western writers. A resolution for a second normal school passes 35 to 24 amid low turnout.
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