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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
2
In Batesville Indiana on May 15 1919 a writer explains the wartime prohibition law and the 1920 constitutional ratification. The piece argues the end of wartime measures will trigger a national move to dry status depending on army demobilization dates. Indiana remains dry amid bootlegger activity.
The president supports complete independence for the Philippine Islands praising US conduct. He criticizes Ireland and Korea as subjugated while guaranteeing Britain and Japan’s territorial integrity. Wilson’s self determination ideal is limited by Lloyd George and Japan's leaders to keep England and Japan in the League of Nations.
The article argues that postwar Germany faces harsh concessions including drastic military limits, heavy reparations, loss of Alsace Lorraine and Danzig, and occupation zones. It questions why the United States should join an alliance to defend France and Britain against a weakened Germany or guarantee Britain's borders against Ireland, as proposed by Mr. Wilson.
The Indianapolis Star compares Civil War casualties to World War I, noting 458,916 total deaths in the Civil War era from a population far smaller than today. It cites 249,458 Union deaths in the Civil War and 63,796 World War I deaths, with broader context on causes and care.
The piece argues against a global guardian or Sea of Nations guiding a sane nation and criticizes a League of Nations as an imprudent intermeddler. It cites Mr. Wilson and Senator Brandegee, noting four covenants from Britain France Italy and the United States with Britain’s adopted while others were rejected. It laments the loss or theft of open covenants once brought home by Wilson.
A century ago during Napoleon's wars Britain faced food scarcity and experimented with unbolted wheat meal bread for troops. The coarse bread extended wheat and improved soldiers health, praised by public and officers, until superfine flour returned and coarse bread faded from practice.
Foster Debevoise of South Orleans, N J reports from France and England praising hospital care and reconstruction for wounded soldiers. He notes amputees and injured veterans learning trades and resuming life with hope as straps and artificial limbs enable real work and hobbies. The US government plans to adopt similar reconstruction methods for disabled servicemen.
The text urges cooperation among Jaen to avoid the helplessness of a single person attempting all tasks. It questions how much progress a lone individual can achieve in felling a forest and constructing a city, advocating collective effort and shared responsibility.
Norway reports beef suet is not absolutely necessary to manufacture margarine and substitutes like cod liver oil and herring oil may serve as excellent alternatives.
A terse line asserts the worth of a specific tin type or kingly standard, framed as a bold declaration about quality and authenticity.
Gregory Mason writes from an anchored voyage describing England’s hunger under German blockades. A destroyer with black plumes and a white bone motif leads the outward fleet, while a South African veteran cheers the Stars and Stripes and the Allied fight toward France.
An American soldier in Paris dines through breakfast lunch and dinner at a Rue Richelieu restaurant. He orders bacon and eggs cheese and beer then roast beef vegetables and tea and later beef vegetables apples and wine. After paying his bill he resumes his frontbound mission.
The United States Department of Agriculture erected at its Arlington Virginia experiment farm the nation’s largest plant to produce nitrogen from air. The process uses hydrogen with nitrogen to form ammonia for explosives and fertilizers. Experiments by the Bureau of Soils aim to improve efficiency using the Haber process.
An exhibit at a New York chemical industries exposition showcased leather made from fish skins including shark, porpoise, and tuna. Scientists from the Rattt Institute and the United States Bureau of Fisheries report progress in fish skin leather as a substitute for traditional leather, noting shark and porpoise hides already see commercial use and porpoise skin razor straps have lengthy ages.
Scottsburg draft board sent papers for a man seeking exemption due to marriage since August 5 1916. The third district appeal board returned them with deferred classification resumed, noting it can be filled by another. It is presumed clerks scribbled a reason for industrial exemption refusal on the wrong papers.
A wartime snapshot contrasts soldiers with heavy packs and minimal gear. One man bears a full kit with echoes and overcoat while another advances with only a blanket gas mask and helmet.
A long list of 61 transfers including Anjce Shadday to Elmer Conkle for 61.12 acres in Brown township at 4000 dollars and Peter J. Larabee to John C. Weinberg for 688 acres in Center township at 600 dollars, detailing numerous other deeds with places such as Washington Jackson Shelby Franklin and Johnson townships, and sums from 1 to 9,150 dollars.
A sequence of land transfers and burials are listed, including 123.87 acres in Shelby township to Florence Caplinger from Wilson M. Connelley and 40 acres in Johnson township from Corydon Laswell to Charles S. Craven. Also noted are multiple lots in Milan and Batesville, various 80 to 136.70 acre parcels in Adams Shelby and Center townships, and burial lot 122 sold for $12.50, with other conveyances in Washington, Franklin, and Delaware townships and related estates from Geo. Trautman to Edward Cook and James B. McClure to Michael Bindhmer et al.
A reflective aphorism set warns against pursuing imagined desires and warns that buying what one does not need leads to debt. It juxtaposes advice on health wealth and wisdom with a call to steady work and prudent living. The tone is didactic and cautionary.
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