14 Feb 1912
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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1912
Page
1
A garbled tract mixes mock medical claims and social quips including references to Dr Pierce and his patent pills. The text includes odd asides about court appearances and behavioral tests, with scattered phrases about meetings, temptations, and marriage.
A Philadelphia primary class debate ends with a pupil answering the teacher’s question on the highest form of animal life. The student bravely offers giraffe as the top example after a long lesson on the three kingdoms.
At noon the wealthy brewer invites poor neighbors to warm by gratings and receive small gifts. The brewery gratings are empty of occupants as fumes deter others from approaching. One evacuee says the master refuses to aid anyone who mocks his craft.
A small dialogue features Eustace insisting he has no grandparents who lived after his birth. An adult notes grandparents exist by name, while Eustace challenges the idea that forebears still count if they died before he was born. The exchange explores family lineage and definitions of parentage.
Fort Wayne report says Harry Milor was arrested for stealing a buggy and harness from Nolan livery, intends to plead guilty in circuit court to free funds for his tuberculosis-stricken son in the west. He was born in Fort Wayne, widowed, with two children.
In Muncie Judge Ellis awarded a divorce to Mrs. Joie Carter from Edward M. Carter after ruling that failure to bathe at reasonable intervals constitutes cruel and inhuman treatment. Detailing other local notes, funeral practices shift in Valparaiso due to frozen ground, and a gasoline incident in Connersville injures John Dever. Ella Mar Jay wins divorce from Jay Gould Jay in Hartford City. Winchester reports a mumps epidemic affecting over half its schoolchildren.
An measles outbreak in Nashville has forced school closures though no deaths have been reported. Local health officials urge precaution and note ongoing case surveillance.
Sullivan reports Jesse Howden 32 of Farmersburg killed by a wind shot in an old Shelburn mine. Greenecastle arrests Joseph Johnson 78 and Bertha Johnson 40 on indictment and released on bond. Muncie police seize whisky at Charles Eby home. Eby charged with running a blind tiger. Greensburg appoints Leo G. Shue grand secretary of Knights of St John. Newcastle reports Martha A. White will endow Spiceland Academy with 13000 to 14000 dollars. Edwin Hall executor. Lafayette recalls William Collyer, former cop and barber, died from injuries after motorcycle crash. Shelbyville train strikes mail pouches at St Paul. mail thrown. Corydon local option shows 190 dry to 37 wet. local saloon to close in 90 days. Columbus notes six smallpox cases with eighty under quarantine. vaccination praised. Muncie creditors sue Delaware Lumber for receiver and accounting. assets ~4000, debts ~10000. Richmond brakeman R A Mattix crushed by fall from train. leg mutilated and internal injuries.
The ad argues many women suffer backache and fatigue from kidney disease caused by lifestyle factors. It touts Dean's Kidney Pills as safe, non harmful, and effective for women and children, sharing Mrs. F. M. Hill of Waterloo Iowa who credits the product with saving her life after doctors gave up.
In dialect narration Matilda recounts Mis Johnsings and her husband Jas' week, facing poverty from fines and debt. They fear furniture theft, face mounting monthly costs, and worry over keeping a home as the husband cannot find steady work and the money compound grows.
Motifs and garbled phrases describe a jumble of product names and social commentary. The passage references Bromide and Stella Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, teething remedies, and implied social norms without cohesive narrative or clear event.
In a lighthearted exchange Mrs. Brown asks where Mrs. Ciose bought a new suit and Mrs. Jones quips she found it through her husband’s pockets. The brief joke reflects everyday humor in the social circle.
An assortment of ad copy and notices mentions blue dye, a laundry product, railroad fare promotions, and fashion quips. Individuals and companies named include RD CROSS BALL BLUE, J. W. Cale & Co, and Nickel Plate Road agents. The piece reads like a mixed page of ads and notices with vague dates and locations.
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