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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1902
Page
3
A fragment poem recalls classic songs and old favourites such as Annie Rooney Daisy Bell Doris and Love s Old Sweet Song along with Ben Bolt Lonely Hearts and Nancy mourning a vanished bird. The envoy contemplates loyalty and memory across a lyrical life.
Ned Trartley, Widdy, Jack Shartler and the Bungalow settlement face rumors of the outlaw Lord Jin and a trio of raiders roaming near The Copse. The narrator plans to ride to Melbourne with Lucy to seek safety while Ned eyes cautious action, and Uncle Jack prepares to bring Sergeant Gilpin for aid.
A Boston traveler describes moving a Dagupan girls’ school into a private native house during a fiesta with cockfights and monsoon noise. The account details insects, bats, lizards, parrots, and a river crossing by banca as students and teachers cope. A later scene shows Ned Hartley and wife Lucy facing a violent robbery, ending in a gunfight resolved by their son Kiddy, who accidentally causes the death of the attacker, allowing a family trip to Melbourne.
They brought to America the gifted artist John G Brown who left Durhan England as a young man to seek the new world. In Brooklyn he worked for a glassmaker before painting vibrant street life scenes featuring newsboys and boot blacks. Critics praise his rustic humble canvases and note his refusal to sell some notable works.
The article recalls ex governor Hoadley born 1826 New Haven educated at Western Reserve College. It notes his rise in Ohio and influence in 1884 Democratic nomination rumors before Cleveland’s boom. Also includes anecdotes about Grant and Sumner, and a Chicago will dispute involving the Crawford heirs and the Humbert family with a $1,000 security misrepresented as $20,000,000.
Little Mabel joins the dessert tasting with parental permission while diners discuss portion sizes. The scene captures a quiet child asking if the treat will hurt or if there is enough for everyone at the table.
Railway progress in 1902 shows speeds rising as major systems cut Chicago to New York and Missouri river runs. The Chicago and Northwestern reports a 500 mile stretch completed in eleven hours after engine changes, signaling a near mile a minute pace. The Kansas City express on the Wabash shaves seven miles to Riverside in four minutes eleven seconds, aided by double tracks and block signals.
The Humbert scandal dwarfs past financial catastrophes, convulsing Paris, ruining Senators and merchants, and driving some to despair. The piece lauds the crime’s enormity and the improbability of replication while noting the vast personal and business ruin it caused.
A brief note recalls Montserrat as a Hibernian island where exiles, colored, speak with a brogue and followed Cromwell’s exile pattern. The Brooklyn Eagle comments that the exiles carried the fashion of rebellion from that era.
A Philadelphia Press item depicts Bridget demanding higher wages from Mrs. Hiram over kitchen duties noting Bridget cannot perform tasks well. The exchange highlights the strain of domestic labor and the laborer’s skills. A rhetorical question about a man angry at a horse contrasts with an opponent who can fight back.
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