Local trains and travel notices amid town greetings
Advertisement lines mention through tickets to all points east west north or south with baggage checked through. Several locals describe visits and trips by residents including W. Osting Sunman and Ralph Timmerman from Newpoint. Community events feature Labor Day parade plans and a social gathering at Herman Krieger’s home with several Cincinnati visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarsyeee Ts
Son Flag
Ponts
Charles J. Doll
Smoke Shorts Pride of Cuba and Local Social Notes
A crowded local column reports births and visitors from Batesville to Greensburg, Sunman to Cincinnati. Newborns include a son born to John Snedaker and wife and another to BoRN-To Chas. Bischen. Various residents visit relatives, attend fairs, or travel to Indianapolis and Chicago. Also noted are sales pitches, a church event, and a Paris Exposition mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Snedaker
Batesville
Sunderman Decker Wed in Oldenburg Ceremony
Mr. Frank Sunderman of Cincinnati married Miss Millie Decker on Tuesday in Oldenburg. The couple departed for Michigan the same evening with tribune best wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oldenburg
Frank Sunderman
Cincinnati
Millie Decker
Michigan
The
Tribune
Picnic at Finks Church Draws Huge Crowd and Funds
Theo Sechene and Frank Coucher attended a picnic at Fink's Church last Wednesday. A large crowd gathered and the church collected over seven hundred dollars, with dancing described as more lucrative than praying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo. Sechene
Frank Coucher
Fink’s
Sudden Death Claims Mrs Coo per Heppner of Oldenburg
Mrs Coo per Heppner fell faint in her yard Friday morning and died about thirty minutes later after being taken indoors. Her Cincinnati bound daughter received telegrams and arrived on the nine o clock train greatly distressed. Also notices a candy and cake stock and fresh bread deliveries from Adam Frerlinger Jr seeking public patronage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper Heppner
Oldenburg
Cincinnati
Adam Frerlinger JR
Family travels to Cincinnati for Harry Ante funeral
Mrs. Elizabeth Roth and her daughter Barbara joined the Misses Veronica and Clara Weber traveling Monday to Cincinnati to attend the funeral of Harry Ante who died Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Roth
Barbara
Veronica
Clara Weber
Cincinnati
Harry Ante
Seed wheat offered by Joseph Luesse of Batesville
Farmers can buy Michigan Furs or Ruby wheat from Joseph Luesse of Batesville at reasonable prices. John Feist and wife from Cincinnati visited his brother in law Fred Mozer and wife this Sunday. Mrs Feist traveled to the country to visit her parents Henry Mueller and wife for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Weber
Frank MacKieswuski
Cincinnati
John Muckerheide
George Muller
John Gueth
Joseph Luesse
Batesville
John Feist
Fred Mozer
Henry Brandt
Ben Belter
Relatives Welcome Morton Benham at Benham Ind
Morton Benham and family from Coal City Ind visited his old home and friends at Benham Ind on Tuesday. Benham left Ripley at 18 and is now 38. Young men and women urged to learn telegraphy railroading and typewriting at Globe Telegraph College Lexington Ky with fall term opening August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton Benham
Coal City
Ind
Benham
Morton
Ripley
Globe Telgraph College
Lexington
Labor shifts in Batesville reflect full employment rise
The article argues that Batesville now has full employment with no idle men, contrasting with forty years ago when factories ran only part time. It emphasizes the shift to full time and frequent overtime, attributing the change to an active partisan brain and ready invention.
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Batesvil
Batesville
Fishing trip nets couple and friends a good meal
Geo A Baas and wife with friends from Oldenburg fished at Salt Creek last Saturday and reportedly caught enough fish for at least one hearty meal.
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Geo. A. Baas
Oldenburg
Salt Creek
Ward Family Attends Versailles Teacher's Institute
C S Ward Louis Ward and the Misses Tora Ward Lizzie Duhme Freda Rosenmund and Cora Unnewehr traveled to Versailles on Monday to attend the Teacher's Institute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.S. Ward
Louis Ward
Tora Ward
Lizzie Duhme
Freda Rosenmund
Cora Unnewehr
Versailles
Teacher’s Institute
Excursion Train Draws Few for Country Dinner
A Cincinnati bound Sunday excursion train with twelve coaches carried about 50 farmers and country visitors who arrived with various wagons and vehicles for a country dinner and returned without a large crowd. In Batesville at Oldenburg last Sunday a baseball game ended in a dispute when an Oldenburg runner knocked the ball from Batesville’s catcher at home plate to avoid an out. The umpire did not call the out and Batesville refused to resume play. the score ended tied eight to eight amid the wrangle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Batesville
Oldenburg
Batesville Boys
Local notices and social visits from Sunman area
Smoke square Diehlic cigar and seed wheat sales advertised. Dozens of visitors travel to Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Benton Harbor with several families hosting or visiting relatives. An Aug 21 1900 obituary notes Mr. Miller's passing at Sunman.
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Diep
Fred Brinkman
Sunman
Miller
Visiting Cincinnati Women See Cort Bruns Family
Mrs. Carrie Cook and Mrs. J H Miller of Cincinnati visited Cort Bruns and family on Tuesday August 14 and returned to Cincinnati by Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Cook
J.H. Miller
Cincinnati
Cort Bruns
Couple Returns Home After Visit to Relatives
Miss Elnora and Master Harvey Sandman return to Shelbville Sunday after visiting aunt Mrs Henry Brokering and other relatives for some time.
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Elnora
Harvey Sandman
Shelbville
Henry Brokering
Miss Pauline Mozer Returns to Cincinnati After Visit
Pauline Mozer returns to Cincinnati Monday with her sister Elsie and Cora Underwood from Cincinnati who joined the Sunday excursion after a two week stay with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Mozer
Cincinnati
Elsie
Cora Underwood
Pigeons Freed By Big Four Engineer Send Inmates Back Home
G. W. Kidridge chief engineer of the Big Four Cincinnati released sixteen carrier pigeons to railroad agent Chas J. Doll Sunday evening. Doll freed them about 5 40 standard time. The birds rose together and circled for about fifteen minutes before finding the air path, then disappeared from sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Kidridge
Big Four
Cincinnati
Chas
J. Doll
Mr. Doll
Greens marshal accused of causing Black man’s death
The article reports a Greens marshal allegedly used force to eject a Black man from town, pushing him onto a train where he fell and died. It criticizes citizen voting and police example, noting some New York officers exhibit brutish conduct.
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New York
Tin fruit cans at Walsmans and other local notes
Local items report tin fruit cans at Walsmans and various visits and travel. Miss Cora Beck plans a Cincinnati stay. Dr. Campbell makes his Sunman trip. Several residents visit relatives in Cincinnati and Wilmington. A job ad seeks a worker at Enterprise Casket Company. Two train loads of soldiers pass westward. A social dance at St Clair's hall draws a lively young crowd.
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St. Clair’s Hall
Seed Wheat Prices and Local Visit Mentioned
Fancy recleaned Fultz and Poole priced at 105 a unit Harvest King at 1.10 and Nigger at 1.15 in 10 bushel lots at Walsman s Mrs Pete Fritch of Springfield Illinois arrives by morning train Sunday to visit her parents Joseph Schantz and wife and her sister Mrs Chas Doll
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Fultz and Poole
Walsman’s
Pete Fritch
Springfield
Joseph Schantz
Chas, Doll
Morris Enterprise Fire Company Picnic and Ball Notice
The Morris Enterprise Fire Company invites all to a picnic and ball at Morris on Tuesday September 1 promising a good time. The Misses Martha and Bertha Stockinger of Ballstown visited Greensburg last Wednesday to attend the Decatur County Teachers Institute.
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Morris Enterpise Fire Company
Morris
Martha
Bertha Stockinger
Ballstown
Greensburg
Decatur County
Teachers’ Institute
Cincinnati Dryers Visit Zierer Family Sunday
The Misses Katie and Lizzie Dryer and their brothers Henry and Theo dore of Cincinnati were guests of WW Zierer and family Sunday, returning Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hirt
Anna Blau
Cincinnati
Henry Hirt
Katie
Lizzie Dryer
Henry
Theodore
Ww. Zierer
Family
Littel's Liquid Sulphur Soap Gains Popularity
A local advert touts Littel's Liquid Sulphur Soap as reducing contagion risk and excelling as a toilet bath and shaving soap. Priced at 10 cents, it is sold by G. A. Baas.
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Littel
G. A. Baas
Batesville Stars extend win streak with 23 19 victory
Batesville Stars beat Oldenburg 23 to 19 at the fairgrounds on Sunday for their sixth straight win. Regular infielders were sidelined. J Oser started pitching but injured an arm in the eighth inning allowing Oldenburg to score. Next Sunday Batesville hosts Greensburg Grays in a key matchup.
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Batesville Stars
Oldenburg
Fairgrounds
Batesville
J. Oser
Stars
Greensburg Grays
Local notes from Walsman to Cincinnati visits and rural events
The column lists numerous short reports of residents traveling to Shelbyville Cincinnati Ballstown Reading and Greensburg with visits to relatives and neighbors. It notes Ed Brummer Jake Bachus Alf Smith and Miss Ida Newman among others and mentions schooling work at Lookout. It also includes an editorial on Laughery township politics and trustee eligibility.
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Engel’s
Geo. J. Mehlon
W. T. Osting
Ralph Timmerman
Newpoint
W. D. Robinson
Frank and
Chas Dwenger
Hamburg
Fred Mestermacher
Shelbyville
H. HH. Kramer
Jake Engel
John Ortman
Mrs. Hahn
Geo. Stiegelmeyer
Indianapolis
Lenn Simms
Fred Drescher
Wh. Siegelmeyer
Herman Krieger
Gusta Goertemoeller
Minnie
Emily
C. W. Powsell
Martha Galauschke
Josie Speese
Wm. Benham
Benham, Ind
Hall Safe & Lock Co
Smoke Shorts Pride of
Cuba
Walsman's
Chas. Bischen
Tuesday
Jobo Hafner, Sr
Harry James
Aurora
Harry Canfield
Herbert Flint
Ed Unnewehler
al Gibbons
Prof
Victor Wilker
Delhi
Mary
Anna Hoyer
Ida Lederer
Adam Mozer
Family Sunday
India
Nick Blank’s
Sargent
W. G. Green
Baltimore, Md
Louise Loomis
Indiana
Jacob Schepper
Elkanah Whiteman
Europe
Paris Exposition
France
Germany
Frank Mehton
Columbus
Frank Mehton, Sr
Ella
Geo. A. Cook and
Oak Forest
Smoke Short
Havana
Vulcan
Rev. Taeger
Adams Church
Miss Anna Showers
St. Paul
Lewis Koerner
Peppertown
Mr. Rogers
Christ Nieman
Anna Meister
Millie
Frank Starks
Mike Benz, Sr
Mike Benz, Jr
Rush County
Wm. Annewehr
Fred Dickman
Ernst Timmerman
C.J. Doll
Minnie Hirt
Cicero Marlin
Jesse
Peter Faber
Mr.Ambrecht
Photography
A. Zengel
J. T. Klein
H.H. Kramer
George Dettmer
Greemanny Bros
Laura Reichenmeyer
Chicago
Frank Simon
Laura
Miss Laura
Frank
Sadie Hucker
Ida Newman
Anthony Spade
Spades
A. G. Bischoff
Morris, Ind
Flora
Newman
B. F. Timmerman
Miss Pearl Ray
Russell Coman
Thos. King
Joseph Pfeifer
Harry Huddendorp
College Hill,o
Fred Kruse
John Meyer
H. F. E. Schrader
John Wilker
Benton Harbor, Mich
O. R. Enneking
Clara
Strueving
St. Maurice
Bertha Ehrhart
George Strauss
Franke Strauss
William Straus
Joseph Spiegel
Akron
Ohio
Mr. Spiegel
Kriegerbund
Geo. Wenning
Seymour
Herman Zeitz
Wm. Horwarth
Knipling
Clara Decker
Robert Troeger
Leona Oesting
Richmond
C. Broerman
Ed Bierlein
Walter
Edwin
Norma
Royal, Baking Powder CO
Schorr
Cora Beck
Dr. Campbell
Enterprise Casket Company
Edna Conger
Wilmington
Edith Gueth
Mrs. Muller
Mrs. Wortman
Miss Sunman
Kate Hallstein
Philip Boerstler
Joe Jaquet
Edith Pohlman
Elma
George Wenning
Mrs. Elma Stark
Hoosier
Mamiesiek
Lafayette
Asion Furniture Company
Ed Brummer
G. W. Osburn
Clem Wabtiy
Anthony Weber
Alf Smith
Reading, O
John Nichol
Jake Bachus
Lookout
May Peters
Foley
Bright
J. Gauck
Laughery Township
Mike Benz
Henry Steurs
Benz
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