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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1902
Page
7
In a Philadelphia Record verse, a speaker recalls a past dance and a beloved, whose radiant eyes and soft hair linger in memory. The poem contrasts a lingering flame and a failed romance with the ache of parting to pursue art. Memory and fate intertwine as time passes.
Kate Gordon battles desire and duty as she contends with Hugh Austen's pledged engagement to another woman. A confrontation about flaws in character tests a fragile romance, ending with Kate's self sacrificing choice to leave for Florida, while Austen and Kate face uncertain futures.
A Geographical Journal writer visits Nakhi in Oman noting five local schools where children learn Arabic grammar writing and basic arithmetic in Moslem style. Boys and girls attend together with Koran stands and write on camel blade devices. Wealthier youths study with mullah at home.
In a small anecdote from Fifth Avenue, Gen. Furlong helps a mother and daughter by buying a doll for the child after the mother could not purchase it. The act is described as unassuming and generous, illustrating his well known big heart and habit of benefaction.
Brazil sold Germany 26022354 and bought 5299122 in the year. The United States bought from Brazil 58073487 and sold 11578119. A man claims his scheme is going like wildfire and in advertising that is a common assertion.
A farewell address urging citizens to value national union, limit political party excess, and uphold liberty through virtuous governance. It argues for cautious foreign ties, respect for constitutional spheres, diffusion of knowledge, and a peaceful, just stance toward all nations.
A historical note recalls Sulgrave Manor near Great Brington as the likely origin of the U S flag. It cites Lawrence Washington, father of George Washington, who erected a crest with three stars and two stripes over the manor porch, linking it to the flag’s genesis.
The excerpt describes Washington's physical build and features as Weld saw them, noting a slender yet capable frame, small head, light gray eyes, and a long nose. Weld quotes the painter Stuart on distinctive facial traits and claims all features revealed strong passions and potential fierceness if born among savage tribes. The piece closes with a reflective line about collective accountability.
A Grand Trunk and a Bigs Four passenger train collided as they neared Granger station. The Grand Trunk engine toppled into the depot bay window. four men escaped by leaping from the window, while the Big Four engine derailed but remained upright with no injuries. The crash resulted from misread hand signals after a semaphore was torn away by a snow plow.
Wilbur S. Sherwell, a former Evansville police officer, was indicted by Vanderburg County grand juries for the killings of Lena Renner, Georgia Bailey, and Fanny Butler. The victims were choked and left in a ditch in Evansville between May and November. New witnesses placed Sherwell with the Bailey woman at the time of her death.
Twenty years after John H. Grossman was struck by a train at Bremen his heirs are found. The hermit lived in California and died possessed of a fortune reportedly two million dollars from mining speculations. Sixty relatives across Illinois Indiana and Michigan are to share the estate after a long search.
Miss Sallie Baxter, prominent in Jeffersonville, ran from her home and leaped onto icy river shore. Her brother witnessed the jump. Rescued an hour later, she lies unconscious and not expected to recover.
Mrs. Agnus Edwards of Kokomo fired at a man who entered her yard and began to strip the clothesline. Alone in the house she pursued the intruder with her husband’s revolver, emptying it as he fled. Blood was found on the snow, but the man escaped wounded.
Knox County votes to spend 20000 for new bridges. Goshen opposes 50000 for a new schoolhouse. Burglary at Rev Father Schott’s Evansville home. Kokomo’s Cora La Fellette seeks divorce from Merrill La Follette to return to school. Police figures Dexter Gardner Vincennes dies after toe amputation. Multiple other local items including accidents, strikes and purchases.
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