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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1908
Page
3
The speech argues prudence in natural resource use, urging measures to preserve forests and waters as national assets. It calls for irrigation, drainage of swamps, canalization of rivers, and wiser farming to prevent famine and ensure lasting prosperity for future generations. The piece also notes a separate quote from Mrs. Frank Gould denying divorce reports as false.
Baronesa Uda von Ruexteben killed her husband at their Buddenberg chateau in Germany and fatally shot herself in a sequence described by local reports. Police say both deaths are self-inflicted in the scene.
The Panama railroad, though only 47 miles, handles more traffic than many longer lines. Built through jungles and swamps, it links the Pacific and Atlantic ports, with huge embankments and bridges. The line carries vast freight and crowded passenger trains, and workers navigate a demanding route as ships exchange cargo across the canal region.
Fragmentary verse depicts dawn awakening and a call to be wise and awake. The speaker notes the sun rising over a dolesite landscape, a lark singing, and urges gratitude and renewal as day begins. The text blends mythic imagery with a personal exhortation to rise and reflect.
In a factory town, old Zick Hawthorn suspects his late wife Sallie and his trusted helper Rube in a missing weekly allowance. An inspection reveals Rube as the thief, but the emotional core centers on Zick’s guilt as he faces Sallie’s memory and his own failings.
The piece compares water to dynamite, noting water’s capacity to fracture rock and soil by seeping, freezing, expanding, and splitting material. It cites observations from Dundee Advertiser and Popular Mechanics, highlighting water as a potent natural explosive under certain conditions.
Barnum once lectured at Oxford on humbug but students did not listen. In a momentary lapse he asked if they wanted to hear about humbug and they roared no. He replied I’ve got your money and there’s no humbug about that. The disturbance ceased and he continued in peace.
A brief excerpt questions whether death by one's own action is sinful and ponders the motives behind Jinx's marriage as discussed in the Houston Post. The inquiry frames moral judgment and personal choices in a newspaper-like quip.
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