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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
2
A Toledo Blade reprint notes Republicans tout rising receipts and a small surplus while citing large Panama Canal and other public works outlays. It argues nine years of Republican control yielded a net surplus amid wars, tariffs, and fortification debates with defense and tariff policy highlighted.
Unanimous Tuuse committee reports a reform requiring English literacy, a language writing test, and bank note paper certificates. Only federal or state high courts may grant naturalization, aiming to raise standards and curb fraud while delaying foreign entrants until they learn U.S. customs and language.
President Roosevelt submits to Congress a joint army and navy board report on U S coastal defenses. The document details fortification construction with emphasis on insular possessions and a history of coast defense since the Civil War.
A St Louis Union-Democrat summary notes fiscal year starting July 1 shows receipts ahead of expenditures with a surplus of 1,102,003 at month end. It highlights 12,000,000 spent on public works including Panama Canal, recalls deficits since 1897 and credit for the Dingley tariff and war-era revenues, framing Republican governance as fiscally disciplined.
The Chicago Inter Ocean condemns wits who mock soldiers who freed Jolo from bands after casualties. It argues casualties of war include women and children and blames savage fanatics, not soldiers, for the deaths. It urges decency and respect for men fulfilling their duty.
The Supreme Court decision states corporations can be compelled to produce books and papers and testify, while individuals retain some immunity. It marks a sweeping move against trusts such as paper and tobacco combines, expanding government prosecutorial power and aiding Moody and Garfield in pursuing the beef trust.
A compact aphorism stating that constant listening thinking and learning sustain a worthy life. It emphasizes that one who aspires to nothing and learns nothing is unworthy of living. The author signs as A. Helps.
A Vanderbilt Andrews syndicate plans a 1600 mile through trolley route from the lakes to the coast. Private right of way, 45 mph Western sections, 25 mph Eastern stretches, and Pullman like cars with toilets and observation ends. Investment projected at $100 million plus with many links already built.
A New Orleans inventor develops a protective suit supplying cooled air and water to firemen entering heat intense spaces. The device gains attention after a tale recounted at the Columbian Exposition and a later anecdote about telepathy surrounding it. Ike Stringham is named in the tell-all quote.
Describes a fire suit using rubber clothing and a copper helmet with a water coated cap. Water flows over the helmet to cool the wearer while air is supplied from within the helmet, the cold water envelope cooling the air hose and extending working time without overheating or sickness.
A narrator with a bulbous nose recalls an unusual experience linked to a friend in the summer of 1998. The fragmentary prose hints at uncanny events and candid remarks about memory and belief.
Littlefield of Maine is described as the champion talker in the House. He rapid fire speaks, interrupts others with accentuated syllables, and snaps his head forward with each stressed word as he charges through phrases like The Presidents powers supreme.
A sheriff remarks on a striking prisoner who is largely neglected while a visitor notes women with baskets visiting inmates. The sheriff explains the visitors bring goods for two murderers and a wife beater, while a man described as a common horse thief is not a murderer.
A violinist and pianist paused for a rest during a meeting as the chairman approached the front to apologize for poor air quality. The violinist interrupted, mocking the piano with a snappy insult about the air being as good as the accompaniment.
Local applications cannot reach the disease. Catarrh is constitutional, so internal remedies are needed. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. It is a nonquack, prescription-grade remedy from physician-supplied ingredients. Testimonials available. B. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo, O. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Uncle Allen Sparks denies Doc Briggins memory and calls him unreliable for recalling events that never happened. The remark labels Briggins as prone to fabrication though not an outright liar, highlighting tensions between the two men.
Free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder available by writing to Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York. The product relieves tired sweating hot swollen aching feet and fits tight shoes. It is promoted as a cure for corns and bunions and is sold by druggists and shoe stores for 25 cents.
The quotation questions a worker's value to a corporation and frames the inquiry as a persistent refusal to answer. It suggests debates on wage worth and labor value within industrial or corporate contexts.
Worth Knowing notes Allcock's as the original genuine porous plasters and brands imitation products. It also reports Charles Morton the father of the music halls died in London recently leaving an estate of 10000 dollars.
Advertisement notes a remedy for biliousness stomach disorders chronic constipation and liver and kidney irregularities to be taken for a month at 25e per package. It also states that over 4 000 000 steel pens are used daily in England.
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