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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1900
Page
2
From St Nicholas Helen Standish Perkins recounts a toy tale where a small Christmas tree lights a cold room, inspires shipboard voyage, and becomes a fairy wood before a ragged boy brings it home to warm a bare room. The narrative blends wonder with frontier yachting imagery and seasonal charm.
In a close knit rural community the Benson siblings Jeremiahs and Miss Minervy confront a dead camper and a newborn left with strangers. Jeremiah secretly cares for the infant and debates the townspeople's harsh judgments while reconsidering neighborly duties and mercy.
Jeremiah and Miss Minervy shelter a camper's baby, care for her overnight, and discover a donated legacy from astonished campers. A check arrives for the fatherless, and the town learns the baby is unafraid of them as they commit to care and a modest collection of simple belongings.
A fragmented domestic scene follows a woman scolding a man as a baby, Brutus the dog, and a plan for a well trained future husband emerge. The Christmas poem lists toy desires from a boy for a simple, modest holiday, ending with many classic playthings.
A reader voice muses on Christmas wishes in hard times. He notes Sandy Claus may skip him due to job loss and lack of gifts yet questions whether to feel thanks or disappointment for unmet expectations.
A fragment from the Washington Star notes a call for greater civil rights and new laws, suggesting white society forgets Black children on Christmas nights, a pointed social critique of racial inequality.
A fragment from the Chicago Record notes a child asking for Christmas gifts beyond skates and answers that the child caught the croup, illustrating humorous regional slang and holiday-season chatter.
The American Economist lauds 1900 as the best year in US history across population wealth and production. It credits protectionist tariffs and the Dingley law for record exports, home industry growth, and rising confidence under McKinley. The piece anticipates 1901 continuing this boom, despite opposition from William Jennings Bryan.
Report says Mr. Bryan offered 20000 dollars yearly as theatrical advance agent. If true, theatrical management risks a poor return as his political forecasts have misfired, casting doubt on his ability to draw crowds for performances under this recommendation.
A New York Sun reply to a correspondent notes the Utah swing from 1896 Bryan plurality of 51 000 to 1900 McKinley plurality of 4 500. The piece argues the change reflects protection and prosperity as the dominant issue, with mining districts breaking for McKinley while agricultural counties vote for prosperity. It questions the Sun’s silence on deeper causes and urges a direct answer.
The Peoria Journal states there will be no policy change, sound money remains, insurgents will be suppressed, American manufacturers and commerce will be protected, duty prioritized, and national progress celebrated as Republican victory.
The Kansas City Times warned that Western farmers appeared deluded by three years of successful crops and showed unusual apathy at the Bryan show of imperial arts.
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