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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
3
A New York Times poem recalls life’s bright moments amid hunting, sport, and domestic scenes. Vivid images of dawn rides, tarpan gliding, and a hunter’s vigilance contrast with quiet home comforts and a wife awaiting tomorrow’s track.
Guests whisper about a mysterious figure at the Yellow Witch event as Madeline arrives. The group debates identity and fear as rumors swirl about whom the uncanny speaker may be and who knows their secrets.
In a carnival tent, the Yellow Witch reveals a love affair shrouded by disguise. The Second Season Girl confesses unknowns as the Diplomat teases a revelation about the Yellow Witch while others await the truth. John Wilde and the others watch, unsure who the Witch truly is.
A discussion of twin lore notes the survivor of twins gaining curious powers such as healing or second sight. Essex folklore links a cleft twin to curing thrush by blowing into a patient’s mouth of opposite sex. Beliefs persist that boy girl twins may affect motherhood and that twins’ intelligence is often seen as below average, though evidence is doubtful.
A Philadelphia Ledger anecdote describes a devout elder who arranged for his ailing wife to hear a sermon by telephone. The doctor warned rest, but church activity worried her. After the service, she slept ten minutes into the sermon, revealing the plan’s unintended effect. The piece ends with a proverb about moral folly when money is involved.
The Rotterdam, a 24 170 ton register and 37 190 ton displacement steamship, promises luxury and safety. Built with dual quadruple expansion engines delivering over 14 000 horsepower each, it aims for about eighteen knots with smooth operation and minimal vibration.
A collage of odds and ends from science to society includes Cambridge professors’ pay averages, a James I goblet sold for £410, and global notes on industries and education. Also features dental tale of Chinese practices and a light verse on the liver.
A Chinatown New York dentist advocates modern methods for Chinese patients noting improved tolerance to tooth extractions. The report describes a shift from traditional Mongolian practices to licensed care, citing one local dentist’s observation that Chinese patients are generally steadier during dental procedures.
A tale recalls Stobert Louis Stevenson taking an eccentric friend to a Sir Charles Halle piano recital at St James Hall London. After the concert they reached Marble Arch in silence until the friend comments on the musician's austere manner.
The piece argues wood engraving remains superior for safe book illustration despite halftones being cheaper. It laments the decline of skilled wood engravers and notes the danger to children's eye health from glare in glazed paper and halftone images. It calls for efforts to preserve high quality wood cutting.
Mc Clure's Magazine recounts a wartime friendship between Confederate General George E. Pickett and Union General Ulysses S. Grant. As a boy Pickett received a West Point appointment from Lincoln. Their camaraderie persisted from the Mexican War onward with shared coffee under flags of truce and a birth celebration that spurred bonfires along Pickett's line.
In early Jackson era a fierce cyclone swept a frontier settlement. Homes and barns collapsed while trees whirled skyward. people were carried by the storm. A father saved his children by threading them between fence rails as the wind ripped through the area. the five children endured untouched while parents tended other property.
A farmer proud of his fattening pigs bought a pair from a neighbor. At eight weeks the pigs looked small, and he quipped that he should keep the cat shut up for a few days to improve their appearance.
A Washington Star excerpt shows Farmer Corntessel focusing on his own earthworks while a colleague asks about the Panama Canal completion. The dialog contrasts grand public works with private labor as both ponder timing and purpose.
Evelyn mocks a learned man while Natiea defends gallantry and social pretense. The dialogue critiques class performance and chivalry as a man with a parasol appears ridiculous. A sharp aside praises humble round steak pounded with a hatchet and flour as a tasty substitute.
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