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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1905
Page
7
The poem in this New Orleans Times-Democrat piece recalls a night under starry skies. It speaks of romance, a loved one, and a paradise found in intimacy, ending with a reflective question about a heaven beyond a kiss.
A lonely passenger on the Deutsch land relives a past love as a Berlin doctor tells Alix Lingen of the woman he mistreated. He flees to America to seek fortune after breaking an engagement to a poor chorus girl who later dies by poison. He seeks forgiveness and a chance to find Paula, while Alix shows mercy.
Obituary notes Joseph Jefferson’s death endearing him to American audiences and recalls Maude Adams as a prominent actress with a farm lifestyle. It describes Adams’ Onteora cottage in the Catskills, her New York City residence, farming activities, and her routine between stage work and country life.
The Crow reservation in Montana Wyoming and Utah will open to homesteaders this summer. The Big Horn valley offers 300000 acres cultivable with 160 acre farms plus grazing lands. The Crows have ceded land and the area features irrigation from the Big Horn with a long history of friendly relations with whites. The Crow Agency site includes the Custer battlefield and Reno's field.
A breakfast card prompts Mrs. Campbell to learn Mrs. Olsen’s husband died soon after. Dorothy explains the reason for Olsen’s absence and the family honors her, recognizing her faithful character and shared sorrow in cold weather.
Maude Adams enjoys riding over her Ronkonkoma farm and oversees farm operations on acres of fields pasture and woods. The actress lives in a comfortable old farmhouse she has modestly modernized to provide simple luxuries without turning the place into a showhouse.
In a Missouri Democrat report a Black exhorter urges “come ye en jine de army of de Lohd.” A congregant replies “Ise tone jined.” The exhorter asks what was joined and learns “In de Baptis’ church” as the response. The exchange ends with the admonition that the listener is not in the army but in the navy.
A reminiscence recalls how wartime good news prompted union families to light tallow candles in windows while copperhead households stayed dark, marking a stark era of partisan display through illumination.
A concise quip contrasts liberty with debt, illustrating a divide among men over financial and political freedom. It notes reliance on liberty as a motive versus the lure of burdensome debt, reflecting tensions in public discourse.
A brown mouse escapes from the Missouri-Tuincoln rust building and takes a short walk west on Olive Street causing sudden feminine panic and loud screams. The creature darts into a cellar through an open grate and vanishes after a five minute spectacle downtown.
A New York confectioner trimmed his shop for a local festival with a glass eyed chocolate tiger priced at five cents per quarter pound. Children crowd the window and a boy orders a quarter pound of tiger with the eyes, while a commentary notes the irony of wealth.
In a distant Southwestern town with no railroad nearby a new branch bank opens. The first depositor Si Fox deposits a thousand dollars, withdraws it to see how checks work, then returns to deposit again to learn the system. The crowd discusses the stunt in quiet tones.
The article describes Scottish hazing called ragging at St Andrews University where students shaved an unpopular man’s head and painted it red. One objected student was tried for libeling the King of Siam and the Dey of Algiers and was ducked in the Swilean burn as punishment.
An anxious citizen questions a trust promoter about his methods. The promoter replies reform could pay dividends if the citizen can prove it. The Washington Star notes the exchange and adds a wry aside about taste and long necks.
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