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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1908
Page
2
A poem explores aging and perspective as life’s heat cools and fame loses luster. The speaker recalls youth’s passing bells and shifting desires from power and praise to deeper contemplation. The world widens as love and memories redefine worth, revealing clearer thoughts like stars in night. Spectator.
A humorous scene unfolds as Rupert and Philippa discuss potential wives and the value of graphology in choosing a spouse. They flip through typed letters from four candidates, debating affection, finances, and sincerity, amid playful bickering and witty asides. A brief council lunch gag closes the page with a digression on anger as a composite emotion.
The former president announces an ambitious trip to Africa to collect specimens from every major species of the continent's fauna. He aims to bring back a white rhinoceros skin and to document new species while exploring vast game country under British East Africa rules.
Reports describe long untrecked wire fences across the West and Southwest repurposed for telephone lines by Signal Corps units. Capt. Jefs Gr. Souder notes fences extend ten to thirty qudles, with wires strung to relay messages and support rapid troop movements. Ranch fences on large estates offer strategic field service value, and all ranch fences must be kept in repair.
A French tourist in London, unable to speak English, enters a chemist shop and struggles to communicate. The proprietor, noting the man’s clothes and speaking French, asks the French helper to assist, but learns the assistant is away and declares the customer must wait.
In light gossip Hele Tack praises my new gown and kisses me. Mand-Well vows the dress will please. A well spoken man is often suspected of hidden motives, hinting at distrust behind kindness.
A wide assortment of Indiana items: a pedestrian killed on the Evansville traction line near Evansville. a Needham birth of triplets with two dying. large haystack claim near Alexandria. church split in New Xuitalo. an 18 year old Peru girl nearly dies from carbolic acid in a sore throat remedy. horse accident near Washington Township. a farmer’s suicide. deliberate poisoning misfires. anti cigarette law penalties. a drowned child near Evansville. abundant snakes in Wabash river bottoms. unprecedented honey yields from Brazil bee hives. a long unpaid debt recovered from San Antonio. a prison shirt theft case. a man surrenders to police. a wedding interruption at Sacred Heart church. cherry tree accident wave prompts cautious pruning. state official appointed for National Corn Exposition duties. a Jolietville barn fire with four horses perished.
Midsummer quiet gives way to cautious optimism as season advance and expected average crops raise outlook for fall. Jobber orders are numerous yet small signaling tight retail stocks. retailers trim prices to spur demand. In the West buyers’ excursions loom, with stronger buying campaigns expected this fall. Industry activity varies after holidays and plant shutdowns. U.S. weekly business failures total 246 for the week ending July 9, up from 2A prior week. Canada reports 80, up from last week.
Chicago traders report better expectations as government crop data and harvest hopes boost activity. Retail sales rise, merchandise stocks shrink, and wholesale demand strengthens for food, household goods, and clothing. Bank clears turn positive with higher money supply while district balances rise modestly.
Market notes list bids for cattle hogs and sheep across cities such as Chicago and Buffalo with quotes for wheat corn oats and rye. Prices span from about 8 to 14 dollars for grains and various bid ranges for livestock reflecting mixed market demand.
Trade and Industry notes over 150 tonnes of alleged underweight bread seized by W. D. McCiall, inspector of bakeries, as he tracks bakers selling short weight loaves. ORE movement from Take Superior head reaches about 22.00 OHC tons, below 1907 levels. Minnesota State Pharmaceutical Association met at Lake Carlos near Alexandria in a camp setting with a large tent dining hall and sleeping quarters.
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