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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
6
Page narrates a family tale about a boy named Mickey the dog and a birthday bear gift. Mickey initially ignores the bear but is expected to accept it once he recognizes the bear as part of the family. Aunt Annie notes dogs think differently and will adjust when the bear is accepted.
A publisher questions the source of photographs for an article on marriage. The author replies that the images are wives of men he knows, implying satire on male attitudes toward marriage. The piece closes with a wry adage about sermons and collection plates.
Major McDonald seeks to intercept his daughter Molly as Indian threats loom near Fort Dodge. Brick Hamlin and Sutler Bill Moylan join a stage bound for Fort Ripley. ambushes fail and a gambler is killed. Molly and Hamlin escape under darkness toward safety, pursued by Indians.
In a dawn maneuver along a river frontier, Sergeant Hamlin and Molly McDonald hide from pursuing Native forces after a staged gulling. They watch as warriors abandon the coach and salvage the scene, debating whether Roman Nose will return. The pair bond, sharing hints of future trust and a wary romance amid danger, before continuing their cautious escape.
The article recalls Cornelius Vanderbilt donating a costly red velvet chapel carpet to a Long Island church, using the same tailor and supplier as his New York home. It also notes ancient Britons and Romans adopting trousers, with references to Braccae and Roman Emperors.
Enrico Caruso sang at the Atlanta federal penitentiary and inspired convic t Tulian Hawthorne to publish a poem describing how Caruso’s voice lifted inmates from despair. Hawthorne, inmate No. 4435, writes of a miraculous trumpet call freeing souls.
The Empress Eugenie stayed in the Sultan’s palace during the Suez Canal opening in 1869, first Christian sovereign to do so. The Princess of Wales visited Dolma Baghtcheh, and in 1889 Abdul Hamid hosted the German Empress to Yildiz Kiosk, then an evening with the harem ladies noted by Pall Mall Gazette.
The text reads as disjointed fragments including a line about a sheriff attaching scenery for debt and an ad line for children's clothing and a grocer’s notes. It mentions a weathered phrase did the play have a happy ending and references a Woolworth style shop ad.
The article extols preparation for childbirth and the strain of caring for a child, praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a valuable tonic to strengthen the female system. It invites women to write for confidential advice from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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