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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1905
Page
5
Local notes recount December 29 social in Sunman Batesville dance with families visiting relatives. A fatal train accident near Weisburg claimed life of Illinois resident Arien after injuries from No 16. Others moved through Decatur County visiting kin and attending neighborhood events.
Social notes from Batesville and nearby towns show Miss Olive Fitch visiting relatives in Cincinnati while Miss Lulu Schmalz Mayme Spade and others traveled to Indianapolis to visit kin. Locals Rollie Robinson Niobe Robinson Frank Meister Willie Smwith Myrtle Smwith Harris Abplanalp and Louis Greifenkamp of Specker Co visited customers. families and residents such as Jean Ashcraft and Lizzie Wiesehan were sighted at Greensburg Weisburg and Weilsburg.
The article portrays the royal family's festive Christmas at Sandringham with tasteful decorations, family dining, a Christmas tree surprise, games, and a grand dinner featuring boar's head and plum pudding. Guests, servants, and children share gifts, church services, and post dinner entertainment in a traditional, impressive royal setting.
E B Reid of Harmony Maine writes that consumption runs in his family and his mother died from it. For five years he used Dr King s New Discovery at the first sign of cough or cold and says it saved him from serious lung trouble. Quick relief for coughs and colds available at Baas Schultz s drug store with a trial bottle free.
A topsy turvy party features an upside down Christmas tree and inverted gifts. Guests swap and redeem forfeited prizes as Santa arrives with an empty basket demanding a gift from each guest.
A Philadelphia Record note urges restraint after Christmas time, advising not to rush or fret and to avoid jarring the sense of peace and goodwill. The piece emphasizes calm reflection rather than frantic activity during the holiday season.
A nostalgic poem describes a North Pole scene where an Eskimo melts into glee before a Christmas tree. He dances with delight and plucks candles, later tasting a rosy toy amid dreamlike wonder and peaceful joy. The fragment ends noting R. K. Munkittrick in New York.
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