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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1902
Page
2
An article surveys salvage companies that save ships and cargo, noting private wrecking firms operate vital coastwise rescue and salvage services. It describes on the job scenes with divers derricks and photographs, contrasting today’s honorable ship saving with old plundering wreckers.
The piece humorously recalls a royal scene where a Princess knits stockings for the Prince and comments on royal dress. It then explains why Easter is a movable feast, noting March sun position, the vernal equinox, the Passover linkage, and the first full moon after the sun crosses the equator.
Ranchman William Neelen reports relief from kidney trouble after years of back pain and urinary discomfort. He credits Dodd's Kidney Pills, saying six boxes gave more relief and comfort than any prior treatment. The note presents his testimonial from his ranch headquarters.
In a quoted exchange a correspondent says if the sender does not forward $12 owed him the threat will intensify. The reply dismisses the letters as unreadable, insisting the writer cannot read, and mocks the attempted correspondence.
A town welcomes Mrs Austin as gossip and public chatter rise. The line from Izaak Walton about common concerns echoes as residents debate who should act and what matters truly belong to all.
A dispatch from Austin reports former Texas Governor James Hogg and four Texas associates plan to form a large English oil company in London to operate in Beaumont fields with at least 15 million dollars capital, with Hogg and partners owning five million. The move links Hogg to Standard Oil via Campbell, raising questions about cross‑ownership and European investors.
In Moravian Falls North Carolina the Yellow Jacket notes a wave of criticism toward tariffs as the tariff being the mother of trusts and cites the Sugar Trust urging Congress to lift the sugar tariff amid political headlines. It remarks on the behavior of certain public figures described as "occupied people" and includes a sardonic editorial tone.
In Panama City General Carlos Alban the military governor keeps a grandfather clock that shows the exact hour in major cities worldwide. The clock's dial rotates with the hour hand, arrows mark Paris Vienna and others, while a black band indicates Panama time.
Aberdeen Ohio claims to host one of the oldest houses in the United States, the Wisewell property on East Front Street. It is two centuries old and built entirely of rock, enduring many floods yet remaining intact through generations.
A witty anecdote from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recounts a calm city hall youth who loses his temper over a phone call. When he threatens to learn the caller's identity, the reply reveals the prank: the caller is recognized from a lobster can image in the papers.
January and May mark time as Notary Angelo Alviti of Alatri Sardinia aged 100 weds a 26 year old wife. He boasts a great grandchild from a prior marriage. His mother knitted silk stockings for Pope Pius IX at age 105.
The metropolitan police of London oversee 8,200 miles of roads and streets, safeguarding the capital’s streets and guiding traffic and safety efforts across the city.
An anonymous column dismisses public moral judgment, calling fools pitiable and hypocrites worthy of swift censure. The piece conveys sharp social critique and a provocative stance on personal integrity.
Mrs Schafer of St Louis and Mrs Long of Atwood praise Peruna as a tonic that restored strength to their ill children. They note convulsions, fevers, and croup improved after starting the remedy and credit ongoing health to Peruna use.
Dr Rt Robbins of Muskogee and Mrs G W Heard of Howth Texas report Peruna cured grip in a doctor’s daughter and a baby girl with bowel trouble. Robbins says two bottles cleared cough and loosened lungs. Heard says one bottle cured a skeletal baby, and two bottles restored her son's hearing after six weeks of local care.
Dr. L O Howard describes ankle rattles made from emptied bombycid cocoons worn by Natal rickshaw bearers. Stones inside create a chattering sound as cocoons are sewn to moamey skin. Similar rattles appear in Mexico and a large Indian cocoon is mounted on a stick for hand carry.
A Ladies' Home Journal excerpt defines tact as feeling and replying to others with sympathy while avoiding deceit. It praises pleasant, true words and encourages looking for the best in friends and praising it. It warns that openly disagreeable talk hurts social bonds.
A traveler claims natives on one Sandwich Island group are the laziest people on earth as they toil little and live content with nature’s bounty. At Honolulu and other points some work is done, but the overall impression is happiness with minimal labor. New Year resolutions are joked about as quickly broken after January 1.
The excerpt explains a Greek year with twelve months of alternating twenty nine and thirty days. An intercalary month is added three times in eight years to reconcile the calendar.
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