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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
7
The article discusses public behavior at theaters and fairs, noting men often whistle in approval while some women and escorts cause disruption. It also describes railway brakemen exams, detailing required physical and technical tests and pay ranges from $65 to $113 per month depending on mileage.
Young men enter railroading for pay and adventure. Entry begins at age 21 with dangers from uneven car heights and overhanging structures. Promotions include freight conductor and passenger conductor with steadily rising pay, up to yardmaster or general manager, but risks and tough probation temper enthusiasm.
The article urges enterprising men to move westward across the Dakotas and surrounding states to seek opportunity. It argues wealth often starts without capital, powered by seizing chances, building stores, handling goods, running side trades, and expanding farm incomes from dairy, cream, and livestock as families grow.
Essay argues divorce stems from selfishness and dishonesty. It claims an honest person fulfills business responsibilities and gambling debts, questioning why domestic liabilities or debts from a lottery are treated differently.
Moira Croysdale, coming back from London to Yorkshire, surprises her husband Dick at their estate. He reveals pride and jealousy over her stage triumph and begs her not to return to the theater, choosing love over fame as the couple reaffirm their bond.
An anecdotal Detroit Tribune item recalls a burglar blowing a safe last night and stealing about 37 dollars after seriously injuring Grabcorne in an explosion. The piece ends with a quip about offering help during trouble and makes a tongue in cheek remark about making gold bricks without gold.
Hank North known as a longtime reader in Chicago’s levee district plans retirement as the city recalls his unusual mercy. A local tax collector’s tale reveals North funded private burials for twenty seven souls at Oakwoods cemetery, including women and musicians who used his bar as headquarters. He says he would mortgage fixtures to ensure decent burial and avoided county institutions. The gesture, though costly, shows a complex view of mercy amid a harsh district.
A Brooklyn physician argues that dry winter air harms the body as it dries respiratory membranes and skin. He tested a radiator with a moistening device, finding 65–68 degrees and 60 percent humidity most comfortable, versus 72 degrees and 30 percent humidity which felt drafty and dry.
An editorial laments excessive parental indulgence toward children of the present age. It argues that lack of discipline and favoritism toward play threatens idleness, urging balanced training, responsibility, and access to wholesome activities and good schools while condemning overreliance on teachers for parental duties.
Mrs Hanks debates tombstone style for mother. Mr Hanks favors a weighty, formal stone as a lasting tribute, while Mrs Hanks considers a simpler option. Cleveland Leader notes the exchange as a local memorial concern.
An eminent surgeon, famed for brusqueness with adults, treats a child with diphtheria by performing a tracheotomy at 3 am. The boy cannot speak after recovery until a playful plea prompts the surgeon to promise a gift, revealing a tender moment between healer and patient.
An health oriented note explains three baking powder bases Mineral-Acid or Alum Bone-Acid or Phosphate and Cream of Tartar from grapes. It warns that only Cream of Tartar powders should be used for safe leavening and compares price ranges 10 25 20 30 and 40 50 cents per pound.
The passage uses flawed arithmetic to claim 3,360,587,215 cigarettes must be divided among 10,000,000 people, yielding about 386 per person per year, far above plausible per capita consumption. It references 3,366,487,215 cigarettes produced in the past fiscal year and speculative population figures.
A scientist observed a spider’s eating in 24 hours and calculated if scaled to human size it would consume a small alligator by daybreak, two lambs by 9 am, a young camelopard by noon, a sheep by 1 pm, and finish with a fork pie containing 120 birds.
A dental claim extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a universal cure for bad breath caused by indigestion and stomach ailments. The ad notes Lieut Victor Laporetti of the Sixth Regiment des Alpines, Verona, Italy, for his invention of a telemeter to measure long distances day or night.
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue with a claim it makes clothing white. The 207 package is priced at 5 cents.
A Vienna court condemns two men to pay a monthly allowance to the widow of a man who killed himself after they told him as a joke that his wife was unfaithful. The decision ties the death to their taunting conduct.
Wirebugs caused excitement in Colfax as multiple fires destroyed barns and a sawmill. Isaiah Hutchinson and Lanum barns burned with no insurance on Lanum, Timmonds Dunbar loss. Fire damaged a colt, two suspects fled town, no clew to firebugs.
Morton Downey begins preliminary drainage work for the Kankakee river valley in La Porte Starke Lake Porter counties and northeastern Illinois. The project reviews 15 year old efforts funded by an Indian Legislature and a $40 000 allocation to deepen a channel at Momence. Elliott leads drainage investigations for the Agricultural Department with supervision. Stewart and Purdue’s Pence assist.
Nathan L. Agnew of Valparaiso was chosen grand commander at the Knights Templar of Indiana state gathering in Indianapolis. The 50 year old veteran of Freemasonry previously served in the State Senate representing the Porter Lake district in 1900.
Growers in Indiana's onion belt expect crop losses as cutworms ravage fields in Wabash, Noble, Whitley, and Elkhart counties. Floods and rains worsen damage while planters seek contracts with high upfront advances.
In a crowded courtroom two physicians pinned William Hostetter of Ladoga and held burning matches to his flesh to establish whether he feigns paralysis in a damage suit against a railroad company. The court ordered the test to verify the allegations of sham paralysis aimed at prejudicing the jury.
Bertha Watson won 2500 in Vincennes Circuit Court after suing William H. Sullivan for breach of promise though she sought 10000. Grace Evans nearly burned as a toddler. sister left unattended lit a hot stove. Government weekly report notes warmer conditions and heavy rain hindering field work with mixed crop prospects. Dr Robert Woods seeks divorce after a short marriage caused by alleged threats from bride's father. Porter accident claims Theodore Anderson manager crushed at Chicago Hydraulic Brick yard. Terre Haute jury awards Maude Goad 400 for false shoplifting accusation against Kleeman dry goods. Thomas Coulter seated as Vincennes police judge after bond approval ending deadlock.
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