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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
8
A roundup of local commerce and social visits lists harness and fertilizer at Meyers, cloth room hires at Batesville Casket Co, and various trips to Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Community figures, including Mrs. Heinlein and Miss Zeits, travel for visits while Rev Father Baran plans a Versailles lecture on liquor traffic and its evils.
John Lofont of Carralton Ky rode Sunday excursion and visited John Dennett and wife before returning Monday morning. Fred Nees of Lawrenceburg, an excursionist to Benton Harbor, stopped Monday to see Sebastian Burst before catching the next train. Harry Turner, from Denver Colo, returned Thursday after three weeks away seeking climate relief. Mr and Mrs Harry Schweinberger of Cincinnati came Sunday to visit Mrs John Pfalsgratt. he returned that evening while she stays a week.
A curious feature will be a baby incubator show at the Cincinnati fall festival. Weak babies will be cared for in incubators with trained nurses and physicians on hand to maintain proper conditions. Chamberlains Salve advertised as instant itch relief for salt rheum and eczema, sold by Baas and Schultz.
James S. Sherman urges all Republicans to fund and unite with the Republican National Congressional Committee. Aimed at highlighting Theodore Roosevelt’s leadership, the drive offers a campaign book and committee documents for a $1 subscription. Ripley County readers urged to obtain the concise political facts and party achievements.
A collage of chores and errands: Engle's ice cream and Thie & Von derheide's pumps, Meyer's hardware sewing machines, and Brummer's repair shop. People travel to Cincinnati, Greensburg, Indianapolis, and Lawrenceburg for work and visits. An upcoming post office upgrade and a wheat flour mill project are noted along with a Chautauqua tour.
Rev Wm Weiler of Lawrenceville Dearborn county pursued a temperance lecture by Father Baron of Yorkville on liquor traffic as a band interruption and heckling followed. Albert Hoff a public school teacher refused to join the mob and the crowd dispersed after Baron’s booming words. John Bennett reports.
Joseph H. Stubbs of Indianapolis is nominated for a second term by acclamation. He promises new features in the forthcoming report including Indiana factory output coal and limestone data bank statistics and labor statistics. Born May 23 1855 in Henry County he is a popular and industrious candidate with broad state acquaintance.
The Chicago Record-Herald editors call attention to a labor shortage affecting farmers, mills, and factories nationwide. They note record immigration figures yet persistent demand for unskilled labor, with the South and Northwest offering attractive wages while shortages persist in agriculture and industry.
The Times frames Senator Bailey of Texas as allied with Standard Oil and other trusts, citing Waters-Pierce and Warren reformers. It argues Bryan remains devoted to free silver, predicting a renewed push for 16 to 1 unless political pressure shifts by 1908.
William Randolph Hearst denounces Senator Bailey after his senate speech accusing him of serving corporate interests. Hearst says Bailey wears the livery of Standard Oil and hides behind past figures while denying personal loyalty to the people.
A department of labor bulletin argues American workers are the best paid globally. It cites U S hourly wages of 35 cents versus 12 and 17.4 cents in Germany and Britain, notes German prices for beef and milk, and mentions rising horse slaughter and British hunger protests as context for tariff policy benefits under Republicans.
This well regarded general purpose horse named Oil Prince Jr. will begin the 1906 season at the A. E. Martin's ranch in Batesville Indiana. The animal is widely liked and slated for performance at the Batesville facility.
Indiana coroner Ira J Nicholas reports an unknown male about 20 years old, 5 feet 8 inches, with dark hair and brown eyes, died on the Dis Four road after being crushed between two railroad cars. Coroner’s inquest dated July 21, 1908, notes no personal belongings found on the body.
Acute attacks of colic and diarrhoea strike suddenly and relief should be prompt. There is no need to incur a physician’s fee when Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is at hand. A dose can relieve before a doctor arrives and has proved reliable in severe cases. For sale by Baas & Schultz.
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