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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1899
Page
7
A 1899 Avoca New York testimonial claims a neighbor advised Cherry Pectoral for consumption. The writer D. P. Jolly says the remedy cured his mother after years of illness and she recovered to good health.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is promoted as the best remedy for persistent coughing and weak lungs. It warns against delaying treatment to avoid consumption and urges immediate use to relieve coughs.
Police in the North West Provinces report a case where Durba killed his wife by burying her alive to prevent her leprosy from passing to children. Durba, his son, and four neighbors confessed before a Magistrate. The incident stems from a deadly superstition and the mother-in-law’s dominant role is noted.
Thomas J. Box, believed dead for twenty two years, returned to incemes and claimed to be alive. He vanished in June 1877. a body found in Otter pond near Bedford was thought to be Box but not all agreed. Box says he went west, then back to Bedford where he prospered. The report also notes a fatal brick wound in Indianapolis.
Enthusiastic testimonials from American users claim Cascarets are the best modern laxative. Readers are urged to educate health, purify the blood, and maintain wellness by using the Cascarets tablet. Over five million boxes sold, available in 10c 25c and 50c sizes with free samples.
Four masked men armed with revolvers forced Father John F. Stanton at Clinton to surrender valuables, then searched the residence and compelled him to build a fire for them to sit by until daylight before fleeing.
Jay A. Buck, treasurer of Midland Lodge AA of I S T W, at Muncie, pleaded guilty and received a fourteen year sentence in Michigan City prison.
A dispersed Indiana item column reports Charles Hennon of Owensville losing an arm in a corn shredder, Terre Haute police ordering gambling houses closed, William Hogan of Terre Haute shot while bathing, and the first rural mail route from Terre Haute at twenty-three miles. Other notes include factory sales, job openings, gas and oil updates, a murder trial verdict, a suicide in Evansville, a barn fire, a suspected incendiary, and various local incidents with insurer notes and damages.
The Strand Magazine recounts the romance of Archduke Johann Salvator of Tuscany who married actress Ludmilla Hubel and renamed himself Orth. He bought the ship Santa Margarita in Liverpool in 1891, burned drawings and portraits, sailed to South America with over a quarter of a million pounds in specie, and vanished after leaving Cape Horn. Rumors persist of later sightings, but Swiss authorities presume death and paid funds to Orth’s wife’s kin.
The ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease. It claims internal use targets blood and mucous surfaces, builds up the constitution, and offers one hundred dollars for any failure to cure. Testimonials available from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, sold by druggists for 75 cents.
A fragment from an Atlanta Constitution item recounts an open experience meeting where Brother Jones claims to have put water in the milk, with Brother Brown and a sobbing sister offering confessions, followed by a shouted accusation about a sale not paid. The page includes miscellaneous ads and quips from early 1900s columns, including remedies and fashion remarks.
The text lists preferred word choices to avoid common mistakes in grammar and usage. It emphasizes phrasing like it rains very fast fewer friends and not less, for you and me not for you and I, not that I know of and I doubt not that I shall, not but I shall. It also advises not to say return it back and to avoid phrases such as thus much is true and if I mistake not and I seldom or see him.
A statistician claims the typewriter invention employed 500000 people but omits how many cases of weak stomachs it caused. The ad urges sedentary workers to use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters to endure confinement and stress.
A vast rock on Tandil mountain slopes in Buenos Aires province is described as the largest rocking stone yet found. It measures 90 feet long, 18 feet wide, 24 feet high with a bulk around 5,000 cubic feet and a weight near 24 tons. Despite its bulk it rocks with a push, swaying like tree branches when a southeast wind blows.
Eliza R Parker explains that chapped hands from washing with inferior soap comes from harmful ingredients. Using pure soap like Ivory with warm rain water keeps hands clean and smooth all seasons.
A man confesses he overcame his desire for Miss Piker when every marriage proposal was thwarted by her conversations about microbes. The exchange reveals a quirky, humorous breakup moment.
Ask your grocer today to show you a package of Grain-O the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. It can be enjoyed by children and adults without injury or distress and is made from pure grains with the rich seal brown color of Mocha and Java. Priced at 15 cents and 20 cents per package. Sold by all grocers. Making Everybody Happy.
An old time medical notice promotes Lane's Family Medicine claiming daily bowel movement supports health. It states the remedy acts gently on the liver and kidneys and cures sick headaches with prices listed at 25 and 50 cents.
A playful note on Miss Mercedes De Laski a debutante reported as six feet three inches tall. The item mixes social gossip with wry commentary on vanity and public fascination. The quotation from Addison contrasts virtue and flaw amid fashionable London life.
The John M. Smyth Co. of Chicago declares it has no agents and warns that impostors travel the country posing as firm sales reps. Victims are urged to beware of such frauds and to report any claims of representation as false.
An old man named Anton Kain died recently in an Austrian alms house. He was found to be worth five million dollars.
An ad touts Grain-O as a nourishing grain drink for children and adults, replacing coffee with a tasty, coffee-like flavor. It emphasizes pure grain ingredients, simple preparation, and accessibility at grocers for 15, 0 and 25 cents, urging wise men to create opportunities.
The Nickel Plate Road announces round trip excursion tickets at one and one third fare for travel Dec 28 24 25 30 1899 and Jan 1 1900 with return through Jan 2 1900. Featuring its Peerless Trio of Daily Express Trains and dining car service, the offer aims to boost holiday travel.
The entry lists Crane G P and T A located at 1000 Lincoln Trust Building, St Louis Missouri. It presents a postal or business address reference for the entities involved.
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