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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1905
Page
6
A log cabin wedding described with a rustic ceremony as a guest humorously notes the bridegroom endows his bride with worldly goods. The anecdote mirrors traditional dowry notions and stresses informal, country charm in the setting.
Frank M. Russell of Cox Wisconsin suffering kidney disease could not walk. After reading a newspaper claim of Dodd's Kidney Pills curing kidney trouble Bright's disease and rheumatism he used two boxes and recovered enough to work all day. The report calls Mr Russell's case the most wonderful in Chippewa county and credits the remedy with miraculous cures in Wisconsin.
A fragment discusses paying $10003 expenses and remaining funds for living, with hints of a benefit performance at season end if treated well. The text references a manager and prima donna in a theatre context.
Fragmentary text mentions a possible collision and a trip purchase. References to names or places are unreadable, making it difficult to extract coherent facts or identify involved parties.
A rural scene shows Toeantt misreading farming tasks as he watches a crew prepare a field. An oil trader challenges the youth about why the wood is placed bottom side up, insisting it must be plowed before crops can be planted.
An American financier known for wealth receives dubious charity requests. A London-story mentions a misdirected appeal to him for two hundred dollars to aid miners' widows at Christmas. The reply: he declines to donate to unknown callers, then oddly claims he has already pledged two hundred dollars to a similar cause, concluding no money is exchanged.
A health column urges proper nutrition for girls entering adulthood, warning of lasting harm from poor digestion. A testimonial claims Postum Coffee improved stomach distress, headaches, or nerve pains and boosted energy and alertness.
Opinion warns that the Panama Canal Commission may buy foreign supplies for the project if cheaper abroad, arguing it disserves American workers and industry. The piece predicts strong public and congressional reaction and suggests 1908 presidential prospects are at stake for officials backing abroad purchases.
A column argues for keeping work domestic and favoring American industry over foreign sourcing. It links canal spending to national employment and domestic mills, asserting foreign contracts drain wealth and harm American workers. Roosevelt plans an extra session to push railway rate regulation after Esch Townsend bill failure.
The New York Mail argues the American wage earner funds the canal and should see products of American labor dominate, warning against a canal built with American money but foreign materials. It frames the issue as a clash between American labor and foreign competition in a project of national interest.
Opinion from St. Louis Globe-Democrat arguing tariffs should be made in Washington rather than in foreign capitals, reflecting pro free trade critics. The piece critiques perpetual free trade advocates and emphasizes national policy decisions anchored at home.
The article notes irrigation farms and ditches in Salt River Valley Arizona shown at the St. Louis World’s Fair. Government projects push dams, canals, and windmills powering irrigation and cement works, with a future of vast western agricultural growth and population increase.
The story recalls Lord Mandeville, heir to the Manchester dukedom, courting American Consuelo Yznaga, a Creole with Louisiana and Cuban ties, amid London and New York high society. He favors her over royal and social expectations, pursuing romance in a transatlantic social milieu.
The article recounts Consuelo Yznaga, American duchess, married to the Duke of Manchester in 1876. It outlines a life of social ascent, domestic strain, rumors of infidelity, and eventual widowhood, with the duchess maintaining dignity amid entangled aristocratic alliances. It notes their son born 1877 and her later fortune and residence in Paris, Berlin, and London.
A hundred and fifty years ago a sailor claimed the Royal Society investigated his story of healing a broken leg using only tar and oakum. The society sought proof and letters followed, ending with a postscript revealing the leg was woolen, a final twist that clarified the tall tale.
A teacher praised active voice with examples like a tree rose from the lawn. The next day a student submitted a piece starting Every morning when I look out of the window a brick wall falls on my eye.
A Somerville man considers keeping his furnace fire burning all summer after his wife says cleaning should wait until the fire is out as noted in the Somerville Journal.
Mrs. Sarah Kellogg of Denver writes to Mrs. Pinkham praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing a long illness with a shrinking tumor and restored health. She urges other women to use the remedy, warns against other medicines, and invites inquiries for advice.
An elderly Quaker spinster at a wedding in a Pennsylvania town recalls disciplined guidance given to her grand-nephew during his twenty one years. During the breakfast pause the young relative asks why she never married and she replies it was because he was not as easy pleased as his wife.
Eucene EK Lario of Denver a ticket seller at Union Station repeats his Denver newspaper endorsement of Downe's Kidney Pills from the summer of 1900. He states the remedy stopped his backache after years of desk-related pain and reports no pain since using the product. FosterMilburn Co. distributes in Buffalo and New York. Sold by all druggists at 50 cents per box.
S B Hege passenger agent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Washington writes of relief from a three year eczema, describing a painful developing rash on his hand, ears, and ankles that improved after the first day of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills treatment. He urges others to use the remedy and signs the letter June 9 1904. Also notes Red Cross Ball Blue for household cleaning and a Disraeli quote on constancy of purpose.
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