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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1906
Page
3
Poem describes angels singing in moonlit God's acre as sleepers rest. The Shepherd guards his sheep and flowers as night passes rapidly toward dawn. The verses evoke eternal lullaby and tranquil vigil, with repeated pleas to sleep before the coming day.
In a Nebraska valley a poor Dobson family faces social scorn under pressure of sickness and poverty. A party by neighbors brings gifts and renewed kinship, transforming the Dobsons into valued locals and ending their sense of isolation.
Mechanical World Magazine notes a lucrative speculative animal trade requiring acres of space. Elephants alone consume 750 pounds of greenstuff daily, with Hagenback's stock listing 460 tons of horseflesh and vast quantities of chicken, fish, hay, produce, sugar, bread, milk, and medicines to sustain a menagerie. The piece emphasizes keeping a stock in the face of enormous feeding and care costs.
Henry W. Nevinson reports that thousands of Africans are exported yearly to work in cocoa fields on San Thome and Principe. He cites native abuses, emigration agents, variable prices, and no returns home for Angola slaves, with escapes into forests and brutal crackdowns by planters.
Harper's Weekly notes a curious custom in parliament where MPs may wear hats while seated but must uncover when standing. Gladstone once forgot and, amid shouts of order, wore a hat borrowed from a lieutenant, creating a comical scene as visitors looked on.
A slow Enfield, Connecticut carriage driver earns fame for missing train times. On a day a wife must catch a train, the driver arrives unhurriedly with the reply that if the wife is ready he can get her most there. The husband insists on hurrying, but the driver remains unmoved and declares he can deliver the wife close to departure.
A humorous exchange from the Atlanta Constitution humor column questions a man praying for rain while another jokes the weather bulletin will decide the forecast. The correspondent muses on common chatter and calls readers to reflect on their own talking habits.
Adrian Shaffer dwelt in Mishawaka where his son died in the St. Joseph river. Coal discovered near Coal City at forty feet. Indiana crime convictions reach 42,074 in 1905 per State Statistician Stubbs. Several fatal and near fatal fires across towns including Indianapolis and Kokomo. Bank failure settlement and grand jury indictments noted. A ptomaine outbreak sickened inmates at Fort Wayne and multiple homicides and suicides reported.
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