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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
2
The piece notes 22 of 35 governors have Republican terms expiring this year. It critiques Gompers attitude toward Congress as treasonlike. Georgia Democrats at their state convention refuse to endorse Wilson or his League of Nations. The text questions Wilson’s war policy and the continued use of war powers.
The Indiana polis Star and other voices fault the keynote speaker choice Claude Bowers for slanderous rhetoric while outlining Will Hays and Republicans urging equal rights for women voters. Senator Thomas, Democrat of Colorado, criticizes Woodrow Wilson era policy and warns of party fracture over the Versailles treaty.
The passage decries a repeated falsehood attributed to Democratic leaders from the White House to the Indiana Democratic State Convention. It claims they pledged soldiers would go to war to end all wars and to make the world safe for democracy, asserting such statements cannot yield any other result.
The piece argues that U S citizens supported entering World War I to defend American honor and property after German aggression, not to spread democracy. It condemns politicians and propagandists who framed the war as a universal crusade and denounces claims made by a speaker at Tom Lison Hall as deceitful.
The Republican Publicity Association led by Hon. Jonathan Bourne Jr. accuses Democrats of broken promises from the 1912 platform. It lists 12 items from tariff reform to civil service merit, bank policy, and presidential power, arguing results show no fulfillment and increased government control.
An article on maintaining amiable neighbor relations by avoiding taking advantage of proximity. It notes there are always small courtesy details to overlook and suggests learning about neighbors as part of courteous behavior.
The Batesville Public Schools annual commencement will be Friday evening May 28 at St. Clair's Hall. Prof. J B Thomas of Central Normal College Danville Ind will deliver the address titled The Pleasure of Looking Over the Top. Admission free, reserved seats 10c on sale at Schultz's. Senior diplomas awarded to Lorene Kroner Henriet ta Bohnert Estella Kaiser Aurelia Brinkman Anna Heeseman Mary Robinson Edna Bierbusse Marie Kaiser Lucylle Wachsman Alma Kammeyer Hilda Wissel Audrey Samms Arthur Dallman Forrest Kessens Frederick Michel Orlando Schorr Clarence Brinkman James Gutzwiller Stanton Nickel and William Thiel. Eighth grade diplomas go to Charles McGarry Ralph Jeffries Irvin Foerster Herbert Robinson Melvin Edwards Frederick Kleiner Everett Walsman George Brokering George Biehl Nelson Becker Augusta Kaiser Marie Livingston Elsie Yorn Virginia Mestermacher Elizabeth Halsey Evangeline Johnson Ivy Wisman Martha Brokering and Cecil Dickey. Monday evening the Sophomore Class hosted the Seniors for a farewell in the High School Building with a program in the Assembly Room and a decorated Domestic Science room reception in class colors brick ice cream and cake. The Seniors thank the Sophomores and wish them luck as they become noble Seniors.
The passage recalls early rubber goods makers facing heat related expansion and contraction. Daniel Webster, Goodyear's counsel in patent litigation, joked about a cloak of India rubber he owned that stood alone in cold weather and was often set on the porch with his hat, drawing public misidentification.
Botanists note a new tropical plant described by the Journal de la Sante that resembles a common bean in fruit and is highly irritable to dust. When dust lands on its leaves the stomata fill with gas and the plant puffs out dust with small explosions like a child’s cough.
The passage argues that giving money is easy but often insufficient. It urges offering practical support and guidance, a hand under the elbow, and help over rough paths to truly aid someone with a heavy heart.
A late autumn night in a Canadian trenches sees a visitor approach a soldier by a fire. The man proves to be the Prince of Wales causing surprise until an officer recognizes him and directs him back to the automobile. The episode shows the prince's tendency to mingle with troops despite warnings.
On Armistice Day London pauses as eleven strokes ring out and a murder trial halts. Judge and others observe two minutes of silence for French graves, recalling comrades and the Great Adventure before the verdict to hang by the neck until dead.
County horticultural commissioner reports experiments using poison gas to kill grain eating ground squirrels. Los Angeles County sells surplus saccharine and strychnine to Orange County to join the campaign. Squirrels, after initial reductions, now resist poisons and favor new vegetable growth.
A proposal to create a large wild-bird preserve along the north shore of Lake Erie gains wide Canadian support. Bird lovers urge immediate action to save wild fowl and insectivorous birds from extinction, with a nucleus at Rondeau Park and plans to extend about 30 miles west along the lake shore.
London faces a rapid cat disease outbreak with influenza like symptoms. Doctors report hundreds of deaths among felines and suspect a non human transmissible illness. Pronounced effects resemble poisoning and progress to death within about two days.
The Bronx Society of Art and Defence will erect a memorial for Edgar Allan Poe in Poe Park Bronx inspired by Blasco Ibanez. Ibanez recently visited Poe's cottage and the fund is started with a $100 contribution from Ibanez.
The Milwaukee Sentinet laments how poets joined war among the great defenders of humanity. It notes Sidney, Dante, Byron, Burns, D Annunzio, Joyce Kilmer, Allan Seeger, Robert Service and others as they faced battle fronts and produced verses like Scota Wha Hae and Grand Pere.
The land question in Chile centers on indigenous peoples as reformers warn that greed harms natives who pursue farming and cattle breeding. Critics say authorities ignore abuses shaping public opinion and threatening a key, though subordinate, population group.
A note warns readers to avoid cynics to preserve faith in mankind and peace of mind. It cautions even bright, clever, entertaining cynics can be poisonous influences. The passage contrasts cynicism with wholesome living and endures advice from the Chicago News.
For her size Great Britain has more and better coal than any other country. Deep seams crop out at the surface, indicating tropical conditions in these islands. The land was once connected to the continent and English coal likely extends under the Channel into northern France, Belgium, and Flanders.
The passage traces the quitasol as a parasol of oiled muslin imported from India via England, noting it as a feminine monopoly before the umbrella gained prominence. It mentions the roque laure cape of oiled linen and describes the first umbrella as made from this material with rattan ribs.
A neighbor eighty years old walks erectly and spryly, drawing a contrast with her face that appears older than her legs. A young girl noted the facial aging relative to her limbs, prompting an exchange on appearances versus age.
In early fire insurance days each company kept its own brigade. Citizens cried Fire in the street, but no firemen would respond unless the insurer paid. This harsh system shows how fire protection depended on premiums rather than universal duty.
The passage describes Buffon in lace ruff and attire, Sir Walter Scott hired to wear a shooting jacket from six to dinner, Guido Reno painting in pomp, considering himself at his best with pupils silent and arranged around him.
The Roumanian government holds the world’s largest wine cellar. A 2000 foot railway tunnel, unfit for its planned use due to poor construction, was leased to a wine dealer and converted into a wine storehouse.
The text notes global lead pencil production near 2.08 billion annually with about half traded from American cedar. It states the United States yields roughly 750 million pencils per year.
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