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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
6
An early 20th century pamphlet style piece touts bowel health remedies. It discusses claims that certain pills and tonics stimulate liver secretions, relieve constipation, and improve digestion. It mentions calomel content and prices like 26 cents, with testimonials and generic warnings about their effectiveness.
A garbled missive blends advertisements, farming notes, and social chatter. It references teething syrup, farm yields, prairie riders, and a mix of place names and products, with stray mentions of Saskitelowar, Yokulingaa American, and grape nut flavor notes.
A Civil War memoir fragment narrates a private in the Confederate army in Virginia who discovers a Union spy girl signaling to Federal lines. The tale follows capture, deception, and a chaotic chase across fields as troops clash and the spy is hunted by both sides. The narrator recalls punishment threats, a guard’s questions, and a surprising outcome involving a rescued girl who taunts a wounded officer.
A New York widow supporting four children says she earns 20 dollars weekly as a visiting housekeeper offering cleaning and mending to businesswomen in her uptown flat. She uses one paid cleaner and covers meals, with tasks from scrubbing to laundry, curtains, and silver care, noting concerns over trust but now trusted.
The text discusses a chain of legal determinations. It covers a reverter provision in a deed to a church and its tax death estate implications. It also notes an insurance applicant cannot truthfully deny consulting another physician for a minor health matter. Additional points address municipal liability for street defects and a debtor posting leading to arrest under extortion laws.
The article notes that about one hundred fiftyths of U S forest area lies in national forests while the rest will likely pass into private hands. It states trees felled this year average at least a century old and that private owners must wait about 100 years for a new crop of trees of the same size, citing Caspar Whitney in Outing Magazine.
A marginal humorous snippet discusses Cowes as a known watering place and a milkman’s origin. The exchange plays on location and misunderstanding, reflecting light local gossip and a jab at restrictive laws affecting business.
Milwaukee reader endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after relief from back pain and female troubles. She cites a tumor diagnosis but reports becoming a well woman following use of the herbal remedy. The Pinkham company claims thousands of grateful letters and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham of Lynn, Massachusetts.
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