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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1913
Page
12
A humorous sea tale from London Tit-Bits recounts a Christmas Eve dance aboard a ship where two sailors, Eve Dance and Bill Bolthead, receive a flirtatious invitation and embark on a comic voyage. They navigate misread signals, flirtatious crew, and rough seas before ending with a sky pilot and port arrival.
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A local endorsement from Manchester Ohio notes Dr King s New Discovery as superior for croup coughs and colds. The ad urges families to keep a bottle at home and mentions the product price 50 cents and 1.00 with distribution by druggists.
The piece argues delaying truth about Santa Claus preserves childhood innocence and happiness, urging parents to let children believe while they can. It also recounts the Glastonbury Thorn legend, noting St Joseph’s staff rooted as a Christmas bloom and offering a possible historical explanation about a transplanted Palestine thorn.
In Devonshire the Yule log was the Ashton fagot, made of ash timber and nine bands. It was brought in and burned with great glee. The hearth hosted sports and merriment as each crack from bursting hoops spurred a fresh bowl of liquor.
A local Progressive piece argues against catalogue houses and their impact on traditional merchants. It lists ten pointed admonitions urging customers to avoid advance payments, favor local dealers, and protect community businesses from distant suppliers. The satire highlights gaps in trust and infrastructure while calling for stronger neighborhood commerce.
The advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for stomach liver and kidney issues weak nerves back pain and female troubles. It cites Eliza Pool of Depew Ohio praising the product and claims thousands of women rely on it with a guarantee on every bottle priced 40 cents and 1.00.
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