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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1902
Page
7
Poem honoring fallen soldiers. Refrain calls for covering the brothers of ours with beautiful flowers. Describes fields of sleep, prayers for the patriot dead, and future judgment as the blue sky opens. Mentions father husband brother and lover among the dead.
In November 1863 the draft tears at a frontier family. Neil Weidman fears enlistment after learning he is drafted, while Mark is also summoned. Amid tension at The Forks, Kit Weidman confronts fear as loved ones scramble for survival in the Civil War era.
In a 19th century tale a brother offers to take his sibling’s draft place. Neil Weidman replaces Mark in the army, facing moral torment before choosing to serve. Neil’s courage, family bonds, and sacrifice are etched against a backdrop of war and loyalty.
Across Fredericksburg Virginia and surrounding sites the Civil War battles drew over 500000 troops. Recorded losses totaled 129888 with many deaths from disease. Notable Union officers Sedgwick Berry Whipple Wadsworth Hays and Kirby among the generals killed. Confederate leaders Jackson Cobb Perrin Gregg Paxton Jenkins among the fallen.
An enthusiast suggests reconditioning bulged ping-pong balls by dipping only the bulged portion in very hot water. The bulge disappears and the ball returns to play as good as new without scalding the fingers.
The Rochambeau monument in Lafayette Square was unveiled in Washington with a large gathering of Americans and French representatives. The bronze statue, near the State War and Navy Departments, mirrors the Vendome memorial and forms a pair with the Lafayette statue in the same park. Ambassador Horace Porter later urged Congress to act after the Vendome ceremony.
Congress funded a statue duplication and $20,000 for entertaining French guests. A French mission led by Gen Brugere and Vice Admiral Fournier will travel with eleven members aboard the Galois to attend the unveiling. Notable guests include Don Sahune de Lafayette and Counts Rochambeau.
Senator George F. Hoar of Massachusetts delivers a fierce denunciation of the Philippine war. He accuses administration policy of wasting treasure and lives, portraying American conduct as cruel and injurious to Filipino civilians while praising general humane officers.
The Presbyterian General Assembly in New York approved the creed revision report with near unanimity, sending changes to presbyteries for ratification. Key edits widen inclusivity by altering infant damnation language and dropping the Pope as anti Christ, adding a chapter on God’s love, missions, and the Holy Spirit.
A retired farmer warns that sharpers exploit official agricultural announcements to sell false remedies. He notes powder cures for cabbage pests and local charlatans promising elm pest protection, while trees suffer from the methods sold. He cites the 17 year locust forecast as fueling these scam schemes.
A mob of about four thousand men seized Dudley Morgan on a Lansing Texas train and burned him alive at a prescribed stake near the home of Mrs. McKay, identifying him as her assailant. Morgan confessed and implicated another Black man, while the crowd demanded a slow death despite pleas for a gunshot.
Carrie Stengeimer who had been missing for a week was found by her father in the Wabash river seven miles from Lafayette. A man's hat and a crushed forehead were found downstream near a questionable summer resort as a note suggested suicide, though handwriting was disputed. Dispatcher Frank Orrell at Vandalia depot became insane, threatening trains and brandishing a revolver, causing a temporary train stop and rearrangement of orders.
Firman G. Smith of Toledo is jailed in Huntington for shooting Coy Lassiter of Whitly County. Lassiter likely to die after a bloody clash with Smith and Lassiter’s wife in which guns and clubs were used. Smith was a Indiana Legislature member in 1898.
Ryan Klatt a leading Kouts merchant shot at his wife Emma Porton and a domestic named Emma Porton assisting her was hit in the face. The attack is blamed on jealousy as the motive.
Levi Schillinger a 60 year old Elkhart farmer was found dead beside the road while guiding a fractious cow. Authorities believe the animal dragged him to the ground leading to his death.
A compilation of incidents across Indiana reports a strike at Pioneer hat works in Wabash, clergy seeking Sunday cigar store closures in Noblesville, a sawmill accident in Oaklandon costing three fingers, and a fire damage loss of 1,000 in Windfall. Other items note a Democratic congressional convention in Anderson on June 18 and a series of accidents, deaths, and crimes across the state.
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