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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
7
The locusts swarm southern Europe and the Barbary States and are eaten by inhabitants and praised by travelers. Goliath beetles in Africa are also consumed by natives and regarded as tasty by visitors.
A Philadelphia Record item recounts fears that cats suck air from sleeping babies, with old wives tales and a Harvard chemist's chilling anecdote of a tabby perched on his bed. The witness describes a night of air being pumped from a closed room, the cat pressing its mouth to his lips, and a lingering scratch as proof.
A columnist recounts a warning about a police candidate who has a documented fine for wife beating. The dialogue contrasts the Big Boss and Little Boss assessing the man and his treatment of his wife, highlighting concern over his suitability for law enforcement.
A jury sealed a verdict then reconsidered after sleep, the case illustrating sleep's effect on judgment. The item then promotes Hostetters Stomach Bitters claiming to settle insomnia and stomach disorders and induce sound sleep.
A mid dle-aged tramp begs for food then is served generously, with a wry exchange about age. Separately an offer of low rate excursion tickets to North Manchester Indiana promotes a Dunkard annual meeting with round trip fares and travel windows extending late May to early July.
Lord Roberts tightens cordon around the Boers with fronts from Kroonstad to Vereeniging and Vereeniging, while Methuen and others press from sides. Boers vow to defend Pretoria to the last, and U S. intervention is ruled out by Secretary Hay, leaving surrender or steadfast resistance as the choice.
A Washington dispatch reports Cuba’s customs service is rife with fraud and corruption. An official returning from Havana says thousands of dollars were diverted through lax methods and improper disbursements, with investigations expected to take about a month and include the customs office.
Independent steel manufacturers are reducing prices amid tighter production. The report notes a rise in bank capital from 1 million to 3.6 million at Snyder, NY. Other items include growing Mormon population, rural delivery expansion, and canal concessions extended by Colombia.
A 19 year old, Fred Fry, detained in Indianapolis, is released after his father recognizes him, ending a period of mental amnesia. He had wandered off last June to Kokomo, then lived independently, with doctors unable to provide lasting relief. Elijah Myers of Prairie Creek township dies after a tree fall while hunting a squirrel for his ailing wife who suffers consumption.
Arthur Walker aged 20 from Portsmouth Ohio vanished after a crowd of strikers attacked him near the Daleville store where he went to work as a non union man. Police in Muncie say three men were arrested on conspiracy charges related to the assault.
A rattlesnake climbed a telegraph pole near Preble stalling the Chicago and Erie line and delaying dispatches. Other items note Goshen man saving tobacco tags for a gun, bank capital rise at Laporte, and local incidents from arson attempts to lawsuits and factory accidents across Indiana.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional cure. Claims to affect blood and mucous membranes with doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful and offers $100 for any unsolved case. Ends with solicitation to ask druggists for circulars and testimonials.
The Passion Flower was named by early Spanish settlers who saw in its bloom a depiction of Our Lord's passion. They likened filaments to the crown of thorns and nails, and described the flower’s parts as symbols of the crucifixion. Native to warm American regions, its blossoms are large and striking.
Try Grain-O the new food drink for all ages. It imitates Mocha and Java in color but is made from pure grains and gentler on the stomach. Priced at 15¢ and 25¢ per package, it is sold by all grocers.
A parquet lived fifty two years in the London Zoo without taking a drop of water. Some animals and reptiles endure arid conditions and prosper in places with little or no water.
Schedule notes a daily Colorado Special departing Chicago at 10:00 AM arriving Denver at 1:20 PM the next day with Denver Colorado Springs and Manitou service the same evening All meals on board Dining Cars No car changes Another fast train at 10 80 p m daily A new illustrated book Colorado mailed for four cents Ticket offices listed Chicago Northwestern Ry 193 Clark St and Wells St stations
A collage of vintage ads and quips notes dropsy cures by Dr. Green in Atlanta, shoe aids from Allen’s Foot-Ease, Red Cross Bail Blue, Jell-O slogans, and a Nickel Plate Road pull with low fares for a 1900 Des Moines Teachers’ convention.
Fort Wayne service announces Nickel Plate Road Train No 40 departing Fort Wayne east at 9 05 p m daily. Through drawing room sleeping cars to Buffalo and New York with dining car Fort Wayne to Bellevue and Buffalo to New York next day. Observation car from Buffalo offers scenic trip through valleys with river views en route to New York City arriving 7 25 p m next day. Sleeper space may be reserved in advance. Contact ticket agents or C A Asterlin Fort Wayne.
A New York World joke contrasts marriage with a schoolteacher wife who forces her husband to write a hundred times on a slate that he must be home by 18 o'clock, highlighting domestic discipline humor.
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine for daily bowel movements as a health necessity. It claims to act gently on the liver and kidneys and to cure a sick headache, priced at 25 and 50 cents.
A note on rope usage cites over twenty knots used in military engineering plus multiple lashings and braces for pontooning and spar bridging. The text emphasizes knot variety as fundamental to field constructions.
An old advertisement touts Eagle Linen Writing Tablets with 100 sheets, offering Letter size at 25 cents and Note size at 15 cents. It urges buyers to ask their dealer for these tablets and to take no other.
Special low rates offered to Milwaukee Wisconsin attendees for the Biennial Meeting of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Tickets on sale June 1 to 4 with wiring good through June 11 or by deposit through June 30. Contact R. J. Hamilton Fort Wayne Ind or C. A. Asterlin Fo
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