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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
1
Local notes mention Smoke Schorr s Pride of Cuba and Havana Blossoms while listing social visits births and travel. Jacob Engel and son George were in Cincinnati Monday as various residents visited relatives, including multiple trips to Spades Cambridge Dublin City and Indianapolis.
Post August 8 1903 the gallery will be open Sundays only from 12 noon to 5 pm Schafer and Bohlond. Roy Dorrell traveled to Lawrenceburg on Saturday to move prize dogs with Granville Thackery from the Lawrenceburg fair to Oakley Park Ohio for this week’s exhibition.
Mrs H J Timmerman and her two daughters visited Greensburg to see Rev John Binder mortally affected by a recent stroke and returned the next day. Company A of the 83rd Regiment had 16 representatives at a local reunion, out of 31 living. The discourse notes a high pre 1875 death rate, then a slowdown after 1875 with 31 surviving.
Herman Peterson suffered a severe injury at the George Bessler Veneer Mill when his hand was caught in a running pulley belt. Doctors dressed the wound, set the two fractured forearm bones, and reset a dislocated middle finger joint. The incident was serious but could have been worse.
Local notes mention Kromes for groceries, Walsman, SaALE-Pointer pups, and George Hartman. George Volk of Newpoint was in town Sunday morning. Ice cream and soda at Geh ring's bakery daily. A boy born to Gus Behlmer and wife on Tuesday August 18. Buggies and carriages advertised. Mrs Chas Crowell back to health after illness. Herman Borchers visited from Cincinnati. Engel graphophone records received. Theresa Bierbusse visited Shelbyville to see Grace Schott. Cottage Exchange offerings. Clara Lang of Weisburg visiting C. S. Ward family. Trenepohl couple traveled to Indianapolis for infant funeral. Sewing school of Mrs Elizabeth Feld starts Sept 1. Newport residents hosted by H H Kramer and George Johanning. Eddie Morris, brother of Mrs Henry Michael, died near Napoleon. Interment at Old Salem cemetery after funeral at the house.
Walter Clemens of Wilmington wed Miss Mabel Elder of Wilmington on August 10 1903 at the bride’s sister Mrs Harry Canfield’s home The couple with the Canfields then went to Wilmington to inform both sets of parents May they have lasting happiness and good fortune.
The Juniors opened on their new field against the Newpoint Reds in a close game. Schwier pitched for Batesville with weak support in early frames while Smith of Newpoint matched him, both teams trading runs until Batesville scored the winning run in the ninth.
Greensburg comes to town Sunday to clash with the Juniors at 2 30 PM. Admission costs 15 cents with ladies admitted free.
The item lists daily ice cream at Engel's and various social visits. Names include H H Kramer Mrs Herman Borkes of Lockland Cincinnati visitors Martha Fisher Mae Small Esther Kassens Lizzie Wiesehan Lotta Davis and others. A Chicago cashier H M Simpson earns 1600 a year and sends regards.
A young daughter of Frank Mierle fractured her left leg after a yard accident. Dr Gibson treated the injury and had previously broken the same leg. Separately, a Cincinnati excursion train with thirteen coaches arrived at noon Sunday, taking two engines to move from Weisburg to Sunman and delaying travelers to Oldenburg as crowds overran Batesville for transport.
Fred Weisbach of near St Maurice drove to a St Clair dance with two young women. The horse died Sunday after a hot drive and sun exposure with little care. Henry Updike attempted aid but could not save the animal. Bystanders criticized the driver as heartless and urged fines for cruelty to animals.
The Eighty-third Indiana Volunteers reunion at Batesville drew many veterans and townspeople together for two days of marching music, speeches, dinners, and reminiscences. Highlights included welcoming addresses by M. R. Connerley and Fred Klein, a campfire of army stories, a Friday program with music and recitations, and a Saturday business meeting electing Versailles to host the next reunion.
A runaway incident left J. B. Orner of Franklin Grove Illinois with a carious leg ulcer lasting four years. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured the wound quickly, also recommended for burns cuts skin eruptions and piles. 25¢ at Baas and Schultz’s drugstore.
Krome's offers fresh roasted coffees while Wm. Krieger & Son advertise genuine Oliver plows. Several residents visit home folks from Cincinnati and Sunman. Henry Behrman sells tobacco filler fertilizer. H. H. Kramer stocks jars and glassware. Ward returns from geology research. Batesville hosts the Sixty-eighth reunion in October with a warm welcome planned.
Batesville residents witnessed a bright blaze Monday night as Henry Kroenke’s large new barn about two miles northeast of Morris burned. Estimated loss about 5000 dollars includes 75 tons hay 800 bushels wheat corn oats and most farming implements minus a mower. Neighbors suspect arson and point to one man as the likely arsonist.
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