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The Batesville Tribune lists subscription prices for individuals: one year at 81 25 and six months at 65 with postage paid.
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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
4
The Batesville Tribune lists subscription prices for individuals: one year at 81 25 and six months at 65 with postage paid.
Lieutenant Anton Springer was killed and Captain W H Wilhelm Lieutenant Fitz Hugh Lee Jr and Lieutenant Charles Ramsay were wounded in a recent fight with insurgents near Lipa Bantangas. Senator Fairbanks has been favorably mentioned as a presidential candidate for 1904 after addressing the Missouri Republican Club. He is viewed as highly available and well equipped, with Indiana's endorsement boosting his nomination prospects.
The Georgia sheriff stood firm against a mob intent on lynching a prisoner. He warned violence would be met with gunfire, ordered his posse to fire, killing one attacker and wounding three others. The piece argues sheriffs must show grit.
The Tribune rebuts a Democratic Herald charge that W L Pryor won a $480 annual infirmary contract while others bid $400. It states all bids were $460 for superintendency and $80 for sewing, with one bid rejected as improper. John Meyers confirms Pryor’s integrity and the bids, urging readers to seek justice for Pryor and the commissioners.
The Tribune criticizes the town trustees for renewing the electric light contract with the Electric Light Co. The plant is mainly owned by Hulenbrand & Mitchell Co. and the Tribune claims political motives and lack of consistency explain the council’s action.
W L Pryor defends his Ripley County infirmary bid while accusing the Herald of political bias. He recounts Hillenbrand plans, production upgrades, and an electric light contract dispute affecting Batesville’s progress and local trust governance.
D McCallum of Batesville defends the Ripley County Board of Commissioners as upright and honest after an attack in the Democratic Herald. He praises Theodore Shockley James Wooley and John Meyer and disputes claims about W L Pryor being placed in the county infirmary to control him following last fall’s election defeat.
An advertisement touts Snuffles as a guaranteed cure for catarrh and hay fever, claiming permanent relief by addressing the disease at its source. The notice also includes a separate estate sale by administratrix Henriette Coli, describing a Ripley County, Indiana property and sale terms.
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