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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
2
A 1922 clipping notes advertising rates for the American PR subscription in Batesville Indiana, while a column references global events and U S politics. It cites critiques of the Genoa conference, remarks by Lady Astor, and analyses of tax policy impacting Democratic and Republican positions.
The term bootleg whisky arose in American mountain districts where moonshiners hid liquor in boots or boats to evade tax laws. Bootleggers were often natives who distilled their own liquor and carried it illegally, earning the label boot legger and the liquor bootleg whisky.
A spirited column condemns persistent gossip that fuels suspicion and distress in the community. It notes that rumor spreaders, not all of them women, wield a venomous tongue that worsens others' troubles.
Alanson Skinner, curator of the Milwaukee museum, on an American Museum of Natural History expedition through Hudson Bay. He reaches Moose Factory and Rupert’s and hears widespread famine rumors among natives and trapper communities. Cannibalism is described as common, with grisly anecdotes and tense encounters on the trail.
Batesville scores four in the ninth but Madison holds on 10 4 win. Notable plays include three base hit by Luhring and double plays Hess Wintz. Summers allows seven strikeouts for Madison while the Batesville pitching trio struggles with walks. President Schmocker and Fritsch seek a strong pitcher in Cincinnati.
Miss Elizabeth Tillsley head of Kobe college music in Japan says Japanese girls are eager to learn and studious, with limited leisure. She notes education rarely changes marriage plans unless after Christian conversion, and adds they study to return and aid women in Japan. Tea gossips, she says, are common as visitors are served.
A Wall Street Journal item notes a New York sale of art and furniture from British homes. A Canadian bidder in tweeds bid aggressively, winning an English refectory table for five hundred dollars and declaring it a family heirloom returning to Canada.
The American investigator describes the ascent of Mount Katahdin as a chance for intellectual entertainment and a natural acquaintance. Geologists, entomologists, and ornithologists gain new insights as species and crustal features vary with elevation, offering broad appeal to nature students.
A salt bed field covers forty square miles in Nova Scotia with one bed measuring ten feet wide and eighty feet deep.
A brief, quoted line from the Boston Transcript notes a sentiment about social ease, suggesting difficulty in standing well with others due to metaphorical or literal footwork. The remark frames interpersonal friction as a caution about treading on others in crowd dynamics or daily interactions.
A newly patented method for aerated ice cream withdraws air with a vacuum pump and injects carbonic acid gas under pressure before freezing. The result aims to mimic the bite of fresh soda water in the final product.
Dialogue reveals a playful quarrel about beverage choice at breakfast. Mr Goode notes his wife prefers tea while he favors coffee. A friend suggests both, but they settle on tea as the compromise.
In a coastal village tale, Donald Baird rescues a missing blue bird and helps Miss Caruthers, earning gratitude and provoking a shift from wanderlust to love. Uncle Gregory cautions him to settle, but Donald finds purpose beside Silverlake.
Services for a deceased person were held at the Pfeiffer homestead and St. Pauls Church with burial at the church cemetery led by Rev. Flantz. Coroner Zierer investigated the death of 67 year old Anna Bear found deceased at home from heart trouble with a grandson staying at the home prior to her passing.
The Governors Island fort displays cannons and ordnance from Austria Spain Germany China and Mexico. The collection includes fieldpieces air defense guns machine guns minnenwerfer and other weapons taken from German forces in World War I. The site notes a period when Governors Island housed Columbia College racing activities with bios.
Mrs. Mary Franz aged 52 from Cincinnati came to visit her Morris sisters about ten days ago. She suffered a stroke on Monday of last week and died Thursday night. Services were held at St. Anthony's Church and burial followed at the church cemetery. Undertakers Weigel and Tekulve directed the burial. Surviving relatives include two Morris sisters, two Cincinnati brothers, and one Cincinnati sister.
A Boston Transcript item snidely notes an open position as an excellent janitor who keeps you in hot water, hinting at trouble behind the ad and possible controversy surrounding the hire.
The remark notes many women prioritize financial security over marriage results, suggesting economic factors drive decisions more than relationship outcomes in some cases.
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