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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1902
Page
3
An English naturalist visits Great Sangir in the Celebes. A village sentry marks time with a primitive sand-glass clock. Two stacked bottles run sand for half an hour, then are reversed. Notched sticks and a hook record the hour last struck, with time announced by striking a drum.
Mrs Lydia Parker of Grand View Iowa reports chronic backache relief after using Dodd's Widney pills She says one box and part of another cured her back trouble and she remains well for months She strongly recommends the remedy to those suffering lame backs claiming a permanent cure and gratitude for the product.
Snippet shows Miss Gaddie recalls telling Mr. Frank she was 25, prompting surprise. He hinted at difficulty reconciling age with her manner, and she defends her conversational style as not frivolous, noting a remark that she talked like Philadelphia Press.
Advertisement notes low rates to Washington via the Noble Plate Road under National Encount, with mentions of tickets on sale and return limits through October. It urges prompt action, lists agents such as A. Fort Wayne, and warns about deposits and payments.
Vermont faced a unique crisis as no candidate for governor won a majority. McCullough, the regular Republican, was bolted by Clement and aided by Democratic and Prohibition votes, bringing Clement close to McCullough’s total. Liquor-law reform and local option dominated the campaign, with the Legislature now expected to decide the outcome amid Republican control.
The coal strike in Pennsylvania raises fuel costs and rents pushing Chicago tenants to abandon small flats for heats within, delaying marriages and provoking deferred purchases. Landlords raise rental aims as fuel costs bite, with fewer purchases at outfitting stores.
The interview mentions Governor William A. Stone advocating compulsory arbitration, Mayor Tom L. Johnson denying 1904 presidential aims, Alabama voters and race changes under new suffrage, Senator Morgan’s tax stance on corporations, Beveridge praising trusts, Lodge’s tariff views on beef, Bryan’s Missouri campaign remarks on trusts and tariffs, Vermont election law reform, Maine election vote shifts, and Governor J. F. Hill’s 27,000 majority over Gould.
The Beostock Feveri elephant at Vincennes Elks carnival rampaged injuring a child and damaging a house before its keeper subdued it. A separate shooting at a Charivari party left Tower Berger fatally wounded as chaos spread through the town.
A Baltimore man touts dried peach stones as a substitute for coal, noting they burn hot and long though scarce due to peach harvests. Frank Hall recalls using stones for years, paying about 2.50 per load of forty-five bushels, with caution about stove fullness and explosion risk.
Veteran Josiah Stoller of Urbana says Duan's Kidney Pills cured his kidney trouble and pain in the loins after using the remedy since 1880. The ad, from Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo NY, offers a free trial and lists 59 cents per box with druggists selling the product nationwide.
Two young ladies at a seaside promenade compare a telescope lent by an old salt. One notes its value, the mariner recalls Lord Nelson gave it, and the other is astonished Nelson is long dead. The joke rests on time flying and a salty quip. Also a brief advert for Dean's Ointment claims quick relief for itchy skin at 50 cents.
Miss Julia Filbridge of West Cornwall Connecticut says Burdock Blood Bitters cured a terrible body breakout. She calls it almost a miracle and expresses deep gratitude.
May recalls Mr Haggard calling on Fay last evening and attempting to kiss her. Fay confirms she slapped him each time, leaving May tired by the encounter as reported in the Philadelphia Press.
An advertisement proclaims Bhail's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional cure priced at 75 cents, urging readers to purchase for relief from catarrh. The note frames the remedy as a legally valid cure with a fixed cost and calls for consumer action.
It Sounds Sea Teacher discusses pauses in lessons and a quip about dogs and cats. An October travel promotion on the Nickel Plate Road offers low Boston-bound rates from October 7 to 11, with return validity to November 12 after depositing a ticket and minor fee. Nansen notes arctic foxes 500 miles from Inad at 83 north. PUTNAM FACELESS DYES resist fading. Lord Beresford plans a U S visit to study shipping methods, after a prior popular stay.
The fragment mentions Dr. R. H. Kline Ltd and a free 82.00 trial, plus claims of permanent fits cure and no nervousness. It includes ad-like lines about pancakes, a life sentence joke, and a Fort Wayne dating stamp inquiry, all from a jumbled 1900s newspaper fragment.
An OCR fragment notes a book about Jay Gould featuring chapters on Past Runs and The St Louis Union Station. It mentions Wabash R R offering the booklet free on application for six cents postage to Crane in St Louis. Also references an ammon island birch bark place and a Vilkine ship unearthed.
A fragmentary note speaks of anniversaries and silent expressions, mentioning delions and the speaker’s intent to avoid constant commentary. The text remains obscure with unclear references to persons or events.
Local catalogue offer from Lock Box 214 Fort Wayne Indiana promotes rubber stamps self inking pads and ink supplies. Feature includes a quotation from Joseph Cook and a teething remedy for children claiming gum relief wind colic with a 25 cent bottle price.
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