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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1907
Page
6
The advertisement extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the leading remedy for female complaints including inflammation ulceration and spinal weakness It claims cures for many conditions from irregularity to nervous prostration and offers free expert advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lyons Massachusetts for women seeking help.
The elderly pioneer Meeker arrives in Columbus after a 2 800 mile journey from Tacoma. He travels with oxen along the old Oregon trail, now asphalt streets and mansions, to urge memorialization as a concrete road from Mississippi to the Pacific.
A string of notices from Indiana towns reports fires at a Plain township schoolhouse, deaths from accidents including a horse loss and a boy burned by matches, a preacher's heart failure, a man’s suicide after headache fears, and arrests in a bigamy case. Also covered are mine explosions injuring workers, smallpox in Alexandria, severe injuries from sawmill and traction work, a foxed cat and a large possum clash, and a family diphtheria outbreak with several deaths.
An advertisement extols Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People linking blood enrichment to nervous health. A testimonial from Mrs Harriet Porter of South Medford Mass describes relief from dizziness neuralgia and fears of paralysis after using the pills. The copy notes treats anemia rheumatism headaches and even partial paralysis and offers a booklet on nervous disorders.
Adverts tout Red Cross Ball blue for whitening clothes, large 20 inch package with accents. Reports call for cube screen doors and wire screens to keep out insect pests in South Africa. Item mentions Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for teething and a Seri Indian wicker sleep contrivance with a hole at the top for nightly use.
A Piermont, New Hampshire mother recalls her son suffer ing from severe eczema from four months old until age three he began Cuticura treatment using all three remedies. In two months he improved and in six months his skin was clear. The account dated October 24, 1905.
Crew on Crown of Castile celebrate Aguinaldo’s death after the baboon reportedly terrorized sailors during the voyage from Manila. The animal jumped overboard, with both the captain’s terrier and two others following. none were rescued and no one mourned the creature. The report ends with unrelated notes on fashion, flags, and map trivia.
A farmer digging a well near Grand River, Missouri, uncovered a Bible marked Naomi. Captain Joseph La Barge linked it to the wreck of the steamer Naomi fifty six years earlier, when the river’s channel lay near that site. The find highlights historic river shifts and a maritime tragedy.
A Southern railroad case featured an old negro watchman who testified for the company after a farmer’s wagon was struck. When pressed about swinging his lantern, the witness admitted he did so but confessed fear the attorney would ask if the lantern was lit, noting it had burned out before the accident. The jury ruled for the company.
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