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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
8
A muddled poem fragment compares the Miller of the Dee with royal envy and gratitude for simple labor. It also weaves in lines from Charles Mackay’s The Child’s First Reader and Mrs. Hemans about a lost brother, recalling rural life, motherhood, and mourning.
An exposé on horse dealing fraud explains that fakers alter teeth to age horses backward and imitate youth. It details methods such as chiseling teeth, burning grooves with chemicals, and manipulating cheek teeth to misrepresent animal age and value.
The text compares women's artistic education in France and England to men's, noting higher emphasis on arts for girls yet Galton's study shows similar artistic tastes across sexes. A cartoon exchange questions half and whole fare with Johnny and Papa.
A Boston Herald writer describes ways cheaters alter horses to fool buyers. Methods include puffing the glims to fill foreheads, doping and drugging to provoke lively behavior, and padding, he aiming, and shaving to fake strength. Tricks also cover altering windiness and gait with pebbles or wedges, and using chemicals on tendons to produce a showy prance.
The article notes dentists favor dental floss but acknowledge limited access, proposing a makeshift substitute using a slender rubber band as a common at hand aid. It emphasizes long-standing dental guidance and practical challenges in daily hygiene.
In a small New York town two families named Steele and Stole are well connected. At a town dinner a Illinois guest heard introductions and the host announced Mr Steele and Mr Stole side by side. The guest quipped that he understood after and before taking.
A comic exchange notes the Russian emperor's appointment as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots Greys. An eager subaltern tells a servant, and the servant asks if the emperor can hold both posts, highlighting the pride and practicality of the moment.
Lebanon Kentucky resident J W Walls reports severe back and kidney pain with abnormal secre tions disrupted sleep before taking Doan's Kidney Pills. He cites quick and lasting relief after use and endorses the product as a blessing to kidney disorder sufferers. Sold everywhere 50 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In a national school near Ballybeg the principal rules with a rod of iron. He scolds senior boys for misconduct and declares to Owen Girvan that he is a worthless lad with a bad end ahead. Owen retorts in a thick local dialect, claiming he is not half as glad as the head thinks.
In hot weather two essentials are a clean system and a stomach tonic. Mull's Grape Tonic is presented as a valuable remedy that cleanses impurities, contains nearly 50 percent grape, and fortifies the body against heat debility and summer illnesses. It is claimed to reduce heat prostration and summer bowel troubles, with constipation highlighted as dangerous but curable by this tonic.
A Lady asks the cost of carriage use. the liveryman quotes 2 dollars for the first hour and 1 dollar for each extra hour. She plans to use it for two additional hours, skipping the first hour.
An offer invites readers to request a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder at Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY. The ad claims it cures tired sweating hot swollen and aching feet and eases new or tight shoes. It notes the product treats corns and bunions and is sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25e.
Travel promotion lists July 7 and 28 return trips via Nickel Plate Road with long return limit. Agent information for W. A. Sherer, T. P. A., Fort Wayne Indiana provided for inquiries. Also includes miscellaneous quotes and adverts about Piso’s Cure, Ball Blue, and Japan’s population.
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