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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1903
Page
2
The piece surveys diverse items from 1900s journalism: back‑yard farming feats, a divorce suit, a Chicago teacher’s Shakespeare quip, a Honduran ex‑president’s death, talk on home and humor, the American nuclear fleet, and debates over wheat trade and naval battles. It also reports on German gun imports, Indian naming reforms, and the tension between tradition and reform in U S governance.
A veteran petitions for a pension with a humorous but blunt account of wartime injury from chasing a sow hog. The piece lauds candor, urges pension and a medal, and juxtaposes with West Point history and a Wyoming mob lynching note.
A detailed summary from Collier’sweekly explains M Curie’s discovery that radium continuously emits heat keeping itself 27-10 degrees Fahrenheit above surroundings and melting ice steadily. It notes radium’s rarity, extraction from pitchblende, cost, and dangers including skin damage and blindness. It also describes radium’s light emission and three types of rays, with potential broad scientific impact.
An Ecuadorian Panama hat, claimed to be the finest of its kind, was presented to Senor Franco and shown as a standout exhibit for the St. Louis world fair. The hat, made from Jipijapa straw, can be pressed to a small size and spring back when released, reflecting careful craftsmanship and a desire to give Franco an incomparable piece.
A New York socialite paid 1650 for a single hat from a Fifth Avenue milliner. Originally 1800, 150 was deducted for less material. Four Russian sable skins, fourteen inch length, cloaked the bold design. The frame is a large flare with sable tail trim. The owner praised the exclusive style and paid with a casual check.
An old salt aboard a port bicycle accidently collides with a woman cyclist. Despite a comic exchange of nautical metaphors the pair avoid injury and spectators watch as the misadventure unfolds with apologetic banter and a proposed interpretation delay.
A Southern bishop baptizing a poor white child asks to name the infant. The clergyman approves Onyx, prompting disbelief from others who wonder how such an unusual name was chosen after the service.
A dinner raconteur recalls an overlooked incident from a Harrison presidential swing in Iowa. The train rested on a sidetrack near Ottumwa while the president, Secretary Tracy, and local officials stretched their legs, unaware townsfolk were near. A Democratic committeeman sought a guest, and a correspondent posed as a cabinet member, preserving a secret that only later reached light.
A narrator recounts John Hopkins delaying cash aid to a Young Men's Christian Association request and offering a £50 promissory note instead. Hopkins discounts it himself at four percent, despite lacking ready money, highlighting his frugal wealth tactics.
Miss Roosevelt guides her new forty horse power auto through a line of fire engines and hose wagons on Pennsylvania Avenue as Captain Cowles rides beside her. She previously rode a lighter car but seeks more speed and heft like her father. Washington Telegram reports for the Philadelphia Record.
Judge notes a quip about education and a boy moving to a non model school to learn reading writing and figures. The remark underscores concerns about schooling quality and progress.
Mrs Sarsh A McCracken of Corning Ohio praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin after trying two and a half bottles during a visit to Taylorville Illinois. She asks for three or four bottles and the cost to ship 16 to Corning Perry County Ohio. The remedy is sold by druggists in 50 cent and one dollar bottles.
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