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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1903
Page
1
Local notes report various social visits and trips across towns. Names include Henry Behlmer Anna Hoyer Dora Koester Dora Wessel Lotta McCallum and Dora Wessel, with travel mentions to Cincinnati Indianapolis Greensburg and Oldenburg. A birth is noted for a boy born Monday night August 10 to Joe Ehrhart and wife.
A list of powders including White Cap Queen's Own and Climax is presented to help housekeepers avoid alum. The note explains alum is found in some powders and is cheaper than cream of tartar, costing about two cents a pound versus thirty for cream of tartar, so price often signals quality.
Sunday night around midnight a large barn belonging to Adam Baas near Penntown burned. Baas saved horses and harness. cattle already out. Loss includes hay, 100 bushels each of corn wheat and rye, new survey and farm tools. mower survived. Insurance $400. Neighbors suspect incendiary origin and may identify the culprit.
Footnote items report sales and visits around Sunman including groceries at Krome’s, Hoosier wheat drills, and Pups for sale marketed by George Hartman. Social notes cover Dr Campbell’s Sunman trip, Lubbe’s trade drive, Behrman sales pitch, relatives in Greensburg and Cincinnati, druggist Bigney, Miss Beck’s Chicago visit, and a German M E Society event. Also mentions a horse sale led by Jeff Davis for Charles Decker with strong auction turnout.
Lottie Whitney 38 at 755 State Avenue swallowed four morphin powders after a quarrel over her daughter’s listening to a party. Dr. Bannrichter saved her with prompt care. Wilford Whitney, once an erecting engineer with J A Pay & Egan, says she misunderstood him. They have two children, Moses and Katie. The couple formerly lived in Batesville.
A collage of social items reports visitors and travels across Cincinnati Indianapolis and surrounding towns. births and anniversaries, relatives visiting, church funerals, and Sunday trips fill the scene with names such as Frank Belter H H Kramer and Ida Wismann. Local business promos offer Rub no more soap and fresh roasted coffees.
St Mark’s ladies plan a fair on September 24 and 25 to benefit the church. The event features a program and a Jack Horner pie. Mrs Elias Kremptie and daughters Alice and Edna of Indianapolis visited Jos. Krempfle and wife, with the girls staying on as the mother returns home with her son for a two week visit.
A construction train on the Big Four line west of Manchester derailed as trestle spread, dumping engine and six cars loaded with dirt. Engineer Gray, fireman Roell, and Lamary were buried. Roell suffered severe leg injuries and internal wounds. Gray lost an eye and was injured. Lamary bruised and sprained. The Knickerbocker wasDelayed two hours.
A Franklin Grove man nearly lost his life from a runaway incident that left a severe leg ulcer but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly healed it. The ad touts Arnica as effective for burns cuts eruptions and piles and notes its price at Baas and Schultz. Also reports the death of Miss Cora Sanders aged 15 years 7 months 25 days in Batesville after arriving from Cincinnati to visit relatives.
The Eighty third Indiana volunteer Infantry reunion program at St Clair hall lists music invocations addresses and responses for today and tomorrow. Townspeople are urged to attend and honor the visiting Grand Army men and the local post.
Walter Stockinger left for Logans port Monday. Harry Rebel and Frank Raver Jr with families visited Cincinnati Sunday. Edna Schane visited relatives at New Point. HELP WANTED two painters. Albert Hoyer bought a hay press. Mrs Chas Gibson and child visited Kentucky. Henry Lutes and John Lutes hosted Steve Kartzendorf family. August Franke passed through with mules weighing 1100 and 1200 1300 pounds. There were few locals at Onstoon fair due to rain.
The gallery will be open 12 noon to 5 pm on Sundays after August 8 1903. Schaffer and Bohland announce the new hours. A Huntersville social organized by the Young People’s Society drew large crowds and over 170 dollars was raised. A westbound freight train passed on Tuesday afternoon with a man sleeping on top of a car near the south edge, risking a fall that could have been fatal.
Word reached here that Louis Kramer, a local waiter, was found dead yesterday morning in Lake Erie at Cleveland. Kramer had worked as cashier at John Heugele's on East Washington, then at Kingston and Henry Smith on North Illinois, later in Cleveland at Delmottas on Superior, before illness ended his career. His wife and two children live in this city. he was a younger brother of H. H. Kramer and born in Batesville.
The Juniors surprise Morris fans by defeating the Morris Orioles Sunday afternoon at Morris. Walter Schwier pitched masterfully, striking out many batters and keeping the Orioles off balance. Benz led the Juniors with three two-baggers and a single in five at bats. Huber started for Morris and allowed several hits as fielding behind him faltered. Lightner of Morris made several key catches while Terry moved to second base. The game featured strong defense and timely hitting in an otherwise close contest.
An allegorical illustration contrasts a girl stepping on a snake with a man spending on a cyclone cellar, yet neglecting to stock Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for his family. Baas and Schultz Batesville Bigney Co Sunman sell it as a prompt reliable medicine for bowel complaints.
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