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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1908
Page
2
An old Norfolk Va. Landmark poem mocks rigid dietary prohibitions and anti science attitudes. It urges avoiding appetite thirst exercise or thought to supposedly preserve intellect, ending with a satirical warning about dying aged but not sooner caught.
In a tense salon scene Cynthia recalls past heartbreak as Maxwell Arrington’s letters surface. A young clerk to be, he plans to sail to Australia while the narrator helps draft urgent notes, revealing a web of romantic rivalries and unresolved affection.
Mishawaka woman Hertha Kitson fatally burned by a gas oven explosion. Elkhart man Charles Huge dies of apoplexy after rupturing a blood vessel while ill. Peru resident Jacob Lyons killed by a Lake Erie & Western train. Vincennes miller Roderick Patterson dies by his own hand from carbolic acid. Angola fire ruins Joe Brokaw haberdashery causing about 3000 dollars loss. Penu hires Gus Wing to run municipal light plant. Edith Boyd cured of tuberculosis by open air rest. Corunna man seeks trade in Mexico. Several other deaths, fires, and accidents noted across Indiana.
Treasury figures show per capita wealth over 1310 with a fourfold rise in currency in 42 years. Major Alfred R. Quaiffe notes total money in circulation near 3 billion, with $1.259 billion in coin deposit to secure gold and silver certificates and treasury notes.
A Houston Post piece depicts a chaotic Northern Chinese game where players, all towering over six feet and roughly 200 pounds, battle through streets to claim territory. The account notes loud crowds, a whistle, and rough tactics as a form of sport, with casual remarks about honesty and conscience amid the spectacle.
Steel Trust reports 1907 profits surpassing the previous high in 2006 despite a weak last quarter. October earnings topped history for the company. Directors declare 1 percent preferred and 0.5 percent common dividends for Q4. Five year profit sharing nears completion with potential 65.4 percent extra for long holding preferred stockholders. Naval ordnance bureau highlights include battleship turret separation to reduce powder ignition risk. Las Animas forest Reserve reports 75 percent of homestead entries fraudulent. Stamford sanitarium Dr Amos J. Givens has a building burned causing 15000 loss.
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