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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
5
The article describes Sarawak village life with a single large house on stilts and a social veranda. It notes cannibalism does not exist, but parts of enemies are stored in bamboo as omens and used to treat illness in some cases. It cites Dutch Borneo practices and a ritual where a sister might be killed to save a male child.
A historical note shows maps by campaign managers marking Republican and Democratic strongholds. It lists electoral votes claimed by each side 296 for Republicans and 283 for Democrats with 224 needed to win, plus a 132 tied figure. The piece notes disputed states New York Illinois and Kansas and contrasts Republican and Democratic expectations for states west of the Missouri and in the East.
A collage of brief items notes low wine prices from a bountiful grape harvest, and a Pittsburg Maine man fatally killing a moose beside his home. Floods in India drown natives. two Sharp children in West Virginia die in a kerosene fire. Boxers loot Shantung and Chili provinces, amassing wealth. A British ship captain reports a discovered submarine volcano near Campeche bank. A Putnam Ohio man shoots a fiancé’s rival at a home gathering. A Chicago girl dies after being struck by a train. Berea Ohio man Morris Curtis slain at a dance by an unknown assailant. An Algiers Louisiana man kills his mother in a brutal act. A mob beats a mentally ill man after the crime. Pekin hosts wintering troops with German forces prominent. St Louis Presbytery votes against creed revision. Francois Jones of Buenos Aires legation drowned at Charlottesville. Prussia opens 72 new coal mines boosting 1900 output by 2.5 million tons. Battery O men and hospital corps lost in the Galveston disaster.
A humorous tale contrasts a wife who imposes strict principles on her husband with his Sunday trips and the lesson that man is not made for the Sabbath. The piece shifts to medical ads for dry catarrh remedies, praising Ely's Cream Balm and Ely's Dream Balm for nasal relief and quick soothing action.
The planned iron bridge on the Central Asian Railway would replace a wooden span from the Trans-Caspian era. It spans about 13,887 feet nearly three miles, sits 72 feet above normal water, and costs an estimated 2 500 000 dollars with a Russian firm securing the metal work contract.
A collage of early 1900s ads pitches Jell O as a quick healthful dessert with lemon orange raspberry and strawberry flavors. Also promotes Piso cures for coughs and colds and Dr Xline’s nervous system tonic with a free trial bottle, plus various consumer products and mail orders from cities like Philadelphia and Fort Wayne.
Report notes the annual cost of maintaining twenty four imperial palaces for Emperor William across the German empire amounts to four million four hundred thousand marks.
A lively note extols Mrs. Austin’s pancakes for breakfast as mornings grow crispy. It mentions a grocer ready to supply them and urges choosing Eagle Lines for letter heads and envelopes from a preferred printer.
Sufferers praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female kidney troubles. Letters from Mrs Mary A Hrerz of Manchester Indiana and Miss Epona Frederick of Troy Ohio describe severe symptoms and lasting relief after use.
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