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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1907
Page
2
A Massachusetts woman with long standing indigestion and debility reports rapid improvement after taking Dr Williams Pink Pills. She describes relief from swelling, insomnia, fainting spells, numbness, weakness, and head and back pain as her blood nourishes anew. Pills sold nationwide by druggists postpaid.
A government scientist notes bacteria can break down stone walls as nitrifying microbes swarm in damp mud from cement decay. yet these tiny engineers also aid water purification, serving dual roles in masonry decay and clean water.
The notice promotes Brandreth's Pills to invigorate digestion and relax the liver and bowels. It claims the remedy cleanses the blood and restores vigor, with one or two pills nightly for a week or for constipation and dyspepsia. It notes the pills are a purely vegetable laxative sold in drugstores.
Large extent of brick production enables diverse building projects as makers increase output of standard bricks for varied construction uses.
Advertises rubber stamps of all kinds with self driving inks and inking pads. Offers to mail a catalog to Lock Box 219, Fort Wayne Indiana.
The text reflects on love and longing, suggesting a development where desire for one another gives rise to a higher mutual thirst for an ideal above both. It then posits friendship as the true form of love and questions who has found or experienced such love.
An advertisement touts LANATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets as a quick cold cure with a claim to work in one day. It mentions Diigeies refined moss as a remedy if the tablet fails and notes EW GhOVICS signature on each box.
The Fort Collier Courier recalls a dog once owned by Jim Moon, noting the animal's versatile habits from birds and rabbits to worms for bait. The piece also humorously links animal behavior to folk medical advice, describing dog presses as a purgative and various remedies for fever and rheumatism.
A sweeping list of proposed Indiana House bills covers corporate regulation, county and township affairs, judiciary, railroads, highways, education, and public welfare. Highlights include limits on trust company directors, town trustee salaries, uniform examinations for medical boards, and enabling counties to extend bonds for school cities while adjusting road and ditch management policies.
The record lists multiple bills across committees: anti touch bill akin to Elliott, severability in joint motions and demurrers, school commission bonds and non-taxable status, appeals pathway changes, horticultural and agricultural commissions, charitable organizations bonds, criminal justice reforms, university bond claims, taxpayer protections, uniform high school texts, geese at large prohibition, tax method adjustments for streetcars, mercantile use of press firms, court scheduling reforms, tax payment rebates, contributory negligence, plumber licensing, and school budget submissions to city councils.
A dense list of proposed Indiana legislature bills. Notable items include Bens on town marshals, Bowser liquor restrictions, Parks flood county juvenile court, Mattingly road and matrons acts, Kimbrough prison transfer rule, and a State Forestry crossing power request. Also noted are bills on mental health, tax, public printing, and education funding.
A condensed list shows S B 227 to SB 244 focusing on education and public welfare. Proposals include minimum term levy for seven month schools, higher teacher qualifications, normal school instruction in colleges, state mortgage tax, direct book distribution, pupil transfer lists, ditch and swamp land reforms, criminal penalties for immoral nets, worker protections, attorney liens, factory inspections, school fund loans, name change for the Indiana Industrial School for Girls, converting part of the Women’s Prison, tree protection, oil savings banks repeal, flags for schools, and ditch clearing measures.
A legislative note outlines H RB 19 by Baker to establish a Superior Court serving Wikhart and St Joseph counties. H BAT Watson proposes a measure to permit dehorning of cattle.
The record lists Senate and state measures including S. B. 46 by Wood to prohibit Sunday barbering and S. 43 by Batesville incorporation. Stotsenburg on hunting on one's own farm without a license. abolition of the State Board of Pardons in Ss. 4.123. increases penalties for a defaulting bank officer in S. B.38 by Goodwine. transfer of 9997 from a safe state fund to the general fund. W. R. Wood S. B.45 proposing 12500 for a Tippecanoe battlefield monument. and S. 126 enabling Richmond City Council to aid Memorial Hospital.
Compelling building and loan associations to file more complete reports with the State Auditor. The item notes action by Mattingly regarding financial disclosures and regulatory compliance.
A scattered list of house bills and amendments including prohibiting Lake Wawasee dredging, creating a state veterinarian board, banning lobby in government, auditing county officer books, allowing women to hold state offices, mandating free electric meters, taxing widows and the blind, abolishing capital punishment, eliminating a state gas supervisor, and allowing hunting without a county license.
A list of Senate bills with sponsors and status including SB 143 Heng setting town marshal as elective, SB 152 Cavins for traveling expenses for court stenographer, SB 7 Bowser on employee negligence, Cox amendments in civil evidence practice, Cox bill on punishing child desertion, Moore Putnam civil practice limits, and Calvins proposal to raise judges' salaries from 2500 to 3500 dollars.
Senator Gannard urged the blind tiger bill and Senator Moss offered an amendment removing the clause that a pharmacist holding a US license is prima facie proof of retailing intoxicants as beverages. The amendment drew no objection and was adopted. The bill then advanced to engrossment.
A bill introduced in the House by Representative William Iruechtenicht of Port Wayne would levy an annual tax of $5,000 on all individuals engaged in buying or procuring assignments or transfers of wages not earned and not due at the time of transfer.
A nighttime teacher asks if lightning hits the same spot twice. The pupil jokes that it is always a different bolt, delivering a witty exchange about odds and repetition in a night school setting.
The passage shows Miss Matilda confronting Miss Starlate as a bulky figure descends the stairs causing Miss birtک to wonder about the upstairs noise. The speaker hints at parental involvement as the source of the commotion in this ornate Baltimore American style excerpt.
A young man Harold questions Minnie about rumors of their engagement. Minnie confirms and says everyone thinks they should be together, and soon the town learns of the supposed engagement.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic and nervine for women with demanding duties. It claims to ease childbirth, support health during pregnancy, and uses a full ingredient list on bottle wrappers to prove non alcohol content. Pleasant Pellets are advertised for constipation.
The tale from Somersetshire recalls Jack Horner hiding deeds in a pie destined for Queen Jane Seymour. It also notes William Step of Leavenworth Kansas discovering a rich silver vein near Florence Colorado, at 11 1/2 feet deep, with an $20,000 offer allegedly refused by the Kansas tenderfoot.
Colorful testimonial from Thomas N. McCullough of Colorado Springs claims twelve to fifteen years of kidney pain with back ache and urine trouble ceased after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He says the cure is permanent and credits Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. Also a brief joke about a congressman’s real work from the Washington Star.
Guarantee to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles within 14 days or money back. Also mentions safety remedies from sandpaper to glass friction, Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, and ostrich flock near Phoenix Arizona exceeding 1,000 birds.
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