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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1902
Page
3
A testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for treating a young woman's menstrual irregularity and general debility. It urges readers to write for free advice and notes a gsa000 forfeit if the testimonial is not genuine. The ad cites Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A compilation of incidents across Indiana notes industrial resuming at Kokomo. drownings at New Albany. a land company near Elwood. tax and wage shifts in Muncie and Shelbyville. smallpox precautions in Knights Town. accidents near Evansville and Frankton. and various civic actions. It records deaths from machinery, a mule accident, a balloon crash, railway injuries, and a price on a pearl sent to New York.
A severe storm hits Chicago Thursday night at 8 45 causing heavy rain and lightning. Winds peaked near ninety mph with half an inch of rainfall in ten minutes and widespread damage to property and injuries reported.
Jessie Morrison, convicted of murdering Mrs. Olin Castle at Eldorado, Kansas, has begun a twenty five year term in the state penitentiary. The trial concluded with a jury verdict after the crime.
Ian charged with murder of Mrs. Castle at her Eldorado Illinois home in June 1900 was found guilty of second degree murder after a swift jury verdict. This marked the third trial for Miss Morrison, with two prior appeals.
Russia urges an international conference to curb trusts and artificial price manipulation. Baron de Staal in London carries a note from Finance Minister M Witte to Britain and other signatory powers of the Brussels sugar convention. The proposal seeks joint action to protect international commerce from price distortions by trusts and cartels.
The American Agriculturist urges surplus milk use on over 16 000 farms. A peach orchard near Alpine California safeguards yields with mosquito netting against locusts. Iowa Kansas reports ripe wheat awaiting harvest due to labor shortages. Pennsylvania lists farm values and machinery assets totaling over 1 051 million dollars. Tobacco industry data from 1900 show large capital and cigar output with rising growth. French tractors plow and haul roads using petroleum. Northern Michigan and Wisconsin sell lands for cattle ranches as lumber decline continues.
A giant map in a White House office shows the world with color coded possessions, railways, cables, and naval flags including U S commanders. Congress adjournment prompts fast home calls and heat on the 1904 campaign.
Vice Chancellor Reed in Trenton New Jersey sustains The Centaur Company against the C W Link Drug Company in a Chancery Court decision. He notes counterfeit Castoria packages imitate the original and warns such misbranding would mislead buyers. An injunction is granted and the defendant must seek new fields.
The Prince of Wales discovers Prince Edward drawing a ship and learns his son wishes to be a sailor when grown up. The boy explains his choice is not due to his father’s profession but vanity in lessons and cleverness.
Sonoma Mich July 21 Mr Delos Hutchins credits Dodd s Kidney Pills with curing rheumatic pains from Civil War injuries after initial slow results. He praises druggist Fred Parker for urging continued use until four boxes relieved back hip and leg pains and improved his hands feet and knees.
A terse exchange in which a bill collector jokes about carrying a bill for so long it wears out while Skinner quips about the poor paper quality of modern notes.
Advertisement touts Ball Blue laundry product priced at 5 cents for a 20z package urging grocers to stock. The pitch also promotes Eagle Linen Paper for letter writing and asserts vast arid lands west of the Rockies could irrigate to house the population.
Fragmented ad style text references a hotel meeting with a landlord and a Self Iaking Dating Stamp offer for 75 cents. It includes an Fort Wayne Indiana mailing address and a note about a bachelor’s finances. It also advertises Dr Kline's nerve tonic with a free trial bottle offer.
Notre Dame University in Notre Dame Indiana promotes its preparatory school commercial course and St Edward's Hall offerings. It invites readers to request a free catalogue and details on terms and studies from the president. A note about foreign travel on the Siberian Railway cites a Russian consular announcement.
Do your feet ache in new shoes Shake into Allen's Root Ease a foot powder It makes tight or new shoes feel easy Cures corns bunions swollen hot and sweating feet Sold at druggists and shoe stores 25c Sample sent free Allen 5 Olmsted LeRoy NY
A sharp courtroom exchange frames a high tension case as a lawyer boasts of tackling a tough burglar and cracking a safe. The dialogue hints at expertise and risk in the legal confrontation.
A 1901 advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The note cites testimonials including a mother encouraging reading and claims Piso's Cure for Consumption cured a persistent cough. The British Museum is praised for its antiquities collection.
Ambitious workers tout Ball Blue as best value, offering Red Cross Ball Blue Large 207 for only three certificates. The slogan nods to higher pay as a driving theme among laborers.
All kinds of rubber stamps available including self inking daters and ink pads. Send for a catalogue to Lock Box 219 Fort Wayne Indiana.
Every Sunday during the summer the Nickel Plate Road offers excursion tickets from Fort Wayne to Chicago and return for 2.00 dollars. Tickets are valid on train No 6 both ways and must be used the same day. Inquiries at the ticket office or with C A Asterlin Fort Wayne Ind No 126.
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