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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
7
A teacher urges adding the study of happiness to the curriculum. The piece argues pleasure comes from cultivated awareness, not epicurean excess, and describes how an awakened mind perceives nature as a symphony of sound and light, citing a New York Tribune idea.
Mrs Growells remarks that a paper claims half the people born die before age sixteen. Mr Growells agrees and says many others would not be missed much.
The Russian navy has tested alcohol powered boat motors up to 500 horsepower with positive results. Military officials report satisfactory performance and potential broader use in future maritime applications.
A Jeffersonville mail carrier Robert Miller faces arrest by Post Office Inspector Kyle for not turning in 2 cents collected a year ago, tying to last legislature’s two cents law. In Valparaiso, 19 year old Martha Lawrence is found dead by strangulation, Truman Beam held after post mortem. governor proclaims laws in effect as Marion County acts filed. Runaway boys from Chicago captured in Laporte after ride offered by older youths at Orrand Central station, 12 and 11 years old.
J o J Aughs manager of the Columbia Theater in Frankfort faces an indictment for arson after a recent theater fire. Jesse Blinn testifies before the grand jury as the prosecution seeks conviction. Also, Judge D J Dykeman proposes a $50 000 hospital memorial funded by his estate to honor his deceased wife with Dr Netherington likely as head.
Reports from Eastern Indiana detail labor shortages at Kokomo plants and a strike at Workmen Inc in Richmond. The Floyd County Fair is planned for Aug 17 to 22, while Terre Haute merchants oppose a double streetcar track. A bank posse halts a Michigantown robbery as A. F. Norton converts a Marion church into a cash-only store. A suit in Laporte targets C Fr Burnham over a misrepresented Mexican mining deal involving Sarah Wilkinson.
An advertisement extols Peruna as a cure for catarrh of the pelvic organs and infertility. It cites Mrs. L. M. Griffith of Areo Idaho, claiming Peruna cured her barrenness after years of childlessness and restored health and happiness to her family.
Advertisements recount dramatic health gains after Peruna and Manalin use, praising weight gain after childbirth, recovery from grippe, and long term cures proclaimed by Mrs. Griffith, Mrs. Thomas, and others. The letter urges readers to seek Dr. Hartman’s free medical advice at the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
Two elderly men on a Sixth Avenue elevated train exchange playful remarks about age. The short man praises the tall man’s apparent youth, claiming he is only 74 while the other says he is 68, and both conclude the other is “quite a boy yet.”
A dramatic exchange questions whether the United States can elect a woman president. The male speaker dismisses the idea, claiming no woman will ever reach the constitutional age required for the presidency, while the female interlocutor presses for equality.
A pessimist notes years in solitary meditation. the optimist replies that such focus may explain the grim view of humanity. The exchange contrasts outlooks on mankind and reflection.
In reminiscence two elderly townsfolk study a line of flaming posters for Uncle Tom's Cabin. They recall changes in audiences and theater fashion, noting raincoats and tearful galleries in a past era.
Ask Your Dealer for Allen's Foot Ease a powder to shake into shoes. It rests the feet and cures corns bunions swollen soreness callous aching sweating feet and ingrowing nails. Makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. Sample mailed free address Allen S Ohmsted Le Roy NY.
A boarder critiques the soup calling it weak and unfamiliar in flavor. He jokes about instructing the cook but suspects the idea was not grasped. The exchange ends with a wry line about catching the chicken.
A fragmented dialogue contrasts misunderstandings about charity with a sales pitch for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming teething relief for children. The text also notes 2% price and mentions spelt as a grain popular in South Germany and Switzerland.
A lively fragment shows a thinker speculating and a party member prompting for a reply. The speaker suggests that unwritten poetry and unsung songs are the answer, while a product pitch for PULNAM FACELESS DYES appears amid the dialogue.
Excursions begin April 19 1908 and continue Sundays until further notice. Fare one dollar per person in groups of five or more traveling together and returning the same day. Tickets valid between stations within one hundred miles. details via nearest Ticket Agent or Fort Wayne Indiana contact C Asterlin T P A.
Letters from Doan's users praise the pills for back pain kidney trouble and urinary issues. Testimonies claim rapid relief from burning frequent urination and improved overall health after sample trials and full courses.
A Seattle company is organized with capital of 6,000,000 to construct an iron furnace and steel plant in the city. The notice also offers a Self Iaking Dating Stamp for 75 cents with a Fort Wayne Indiana address Lock Box 219.
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