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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1910
Page
4
The notice outlines rates for subscriptions at 1.25 dollars per year and reading notices at a few cents per line or per word for obituaries and cards. It mentions display ad space pricing on application and cites an overdue Kern report about the eight who got the bidle question about the moon's eclipse.
Historical notes suggest Halley’s comet may resemble a tadpole shape and shed its tail when reaching a larger size, a behavior linked to its evolving coma.
The eclipsed moon and Halley comet presented a rare sky show as observers chased clear patches of darkness Monday night, with many spotting brief glimpses between clouds.
The world’s view of astronomy as exact is unsettled by Halley’s appearance. Critics argue predicting celestial events remains speculative, highlighting the limits of star gazers’ forecasts.
The article weighs the credibility of Mr. Kern against the honor of Senator Shively Hes, noting the scales do not tilt toward either side so neither veracity nor honor is weighed decisively.
The article contrasts Sen. LaFollette’s free trade speeches with his earlier protectionist votes as Ways and Means member during the McKinley tariff. It questions whether the shift reflects real economic change or a strategic adaptation to shifting public opinion in his state.
The congressional committee on the high cost of living alleges imported New York coffee costs 74 cents per pound while consumers pay 15 to 25 cents. The piece argues the Payne Aldrich tariff would be blamed for any price rise and mocks free traders shedding tears for consumers while shifting costs to them.
Republicans and Democrats in Marion county nominated full county tickets. Each slate lists eight candidates for representative. Victory by the party across the county could tip the next U S Senator and a Beveridge successor, making the race highly watched statewide.
A pamphlet advertises land in Canada capable of 3 801 050 bushels per acre and priced at 1250 to 30 per acre. It claims proximity to a railroad within one to eight miles, elevated terrain, and surroundings of well improved farms farmed by the best class of people. It urges action now with call for particulars to TIMMERMAN & McCALLUM.
To all knowing sufferers of rheumatism wheth er macular or of the joints sciatica lumbagos backache pains in the kidneys or neuralgia pains to write to her for a home treatment which has repeatedly cured all of these tortures. She feels is her duty to send it to all sufferers FREE.
In eighteenth century London a betrothal ends when Alfred Tillotson confronts Lady Clara Travis at a masquerade. He joins a police raid on a Soho dance house, revealing himself as a highwayman to rescue her. The couple escapes together, while Clara’s status among the elite is reassessed. Also recounted is Lady Dorothy Nevill’s tale of a Burma Buddha foretelling misfortune before resting in a museum.
Flora Shaw of the London Times trekked Africa by bullock wagon and reached a frontier town to find the bath water shortage. Officials greeted her with a public reception, then she demanded hot water. A black servant delivered a steaming tin, and she poured out milky odoriferous liquid, discovering it was fish boiled water due to the hotel’s water shortage.
An Indianapolis businessman marooned in an Illinois village on election night 1904 questions whether Roosevelt or Parker won. He learns no news until morning when a passerby proclaims, in a local joke, that the third term for constable was elected.
A New York Sun quip contrasts a bridge officer’s insistence on words with a foreign-born defendant’s misunderstanding. In England border counties retain historic bridal rites where the groom ferries the bride away on a horse, preferring this to being walked to the altar, while the bride teases suitors about the truth of their compliments.
A fragmentary narrative describes a stroll with Eva Asy and Belinda where chocolates prompt a shy kiss. It reflects on social grace, small gestures, and the idea that kindness yields friendship and love, with a closing line about acts not being lost.
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