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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
1
Local news items include rail service notices, through tickets, and accident tickets. Reports of births, marriages, travel to and from Indianapolis and Cincinnati, visits, and local business dullness followed by brighter holiday prospects.
Walsman stores offer heating stoves and baskets while Christmas goods fill Blank and Kramer's shops. Indianapolis and Cincinnati trips appear for locals James S. Ray John Wilker and others as holiday events and dances draw crowds at the Social Club with a masque ball.
A dampened piece of fannel with Chamberlains Pain Balm provides relief for a lame back and pains in the side or chest. The balm is promoted as superior for deep seated muscular and rheumatic pains and is sold by G A Baas Batesville and Bigney Co Sunman.
The Tribune announces ending free distribution after next week due to costs. Readers urged to subscribe to the Tribune and American Farmer at 1.25 dollars annually or send a postal order, noting some have already subscribed and others have requested discontinuation.
A local ad promotes a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets from G. A. Baas in Batesville or Bigney & Co. in Sunman. The ad touts easier intake and more pleasant effect than pills and claims no constipation side effects. Regular size costs 25 cents per box.
Last Friday evening Mike Benz Jr. was moving a tub of sausage meat when it slipped. The bottom hoop and tub weighed on his hand, severing the muscle at the thumb joint but not the bone. Fingers numb from pressure but not otherwise harmed.
A. H. Thurnes of Buffalo C says kidney and bladder trouble caused excruciating pain until Foley's Kidney Cure relieved him. He reports brick dust like stones passing, then no kidney pain and feels like a new man. Sold by G. A. Baas.
Citizens describe the town’s streets as a mud filled ordeal praising improvement spending while mud clogs crossings. The marshal surveys the pervasive mud across the bailiwick, noting constant delays as residents wade or swim through drenched roads.
Local ads promote Wilker's and Walsman's affordable gifts including second hand staves and Havana Blossoms cigars. Christmas entertainment at the German M. M. church is planned for December 24. Residents travel to Cincinnati and Newpoint for relatives, while a town meeting and Riley poetry recitals draw crowds.
The notice promotes Wilker's department store with patterns, fashion books, carpets, mince meat at 10c per pound, four in one hats at the Nobby, moquette and smrona rugs, and cheap values on china and glassware. It mentions John Schorr a trip to Cincinnati and local social notes including Foley’s Honey and Tar warnings.
Riley style poetry program set for next Saturday evening December 20 at the Town Hall. Prof M R Kirk, praised as a Riley equal, will entertain and aid the public library through the event.
Do. W. Lynch of Winchester reports his boy suffered membranous Croup but improved after one dose of Foley's Honey and Tar. He credits the product with saving his child's life and urges buyers to refuse substitutes. Sold by G. A. Baas.
A Batesville sales note urges households to stock Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a preventive and early treatment for colds. It claims quick relief, safety for children, pleasant taste, and recommends purchase from G. A. Baas and Bigney & Co Suaman.
Mr. Fred Beck died Monday night at his Cross Roads residence at 8 15 arriving at 73 years 10 months 1 day. The remains will be interred in Lutheran cemetery at Cross Roads this morning. He leaves ten children: John and George Beck Batesville Louis Beck Cincinnati Fred Beck Cincinnati Mrs Mailes Cincinnati Mrs Adams Louisville Mrs Uphaus Newpoint Mrs Hadler Greensburg Mrs Wm Davis Batesville Mrs Henry Meyers Batesville.
Oranges at Wilker's and fine cutlery from Walsman. Saturday night soup at St. Clair's and rafting match at Ben Schene's. G A Baas returns from Indianapolis. A girl born to George Hirt and wife on December 12 1902 weighing 12 pounds. Louis Beck attends his father's funeral in Cincinnati. Wilker & Co advertises fancy lamps and glassware. Foley?s Honey and Tar endorsed. Refuse substitutes sold by G A Baas.
Former Speaker Thomas Brackett Reed dies in Washington at age with Bowdoin College noting he graduated first in his class. Reed rose to national prominence as a political leader and legislator.
Mrs King mother of Mrs Ben Youngman of near Napoleon will tour the train Tuesday noon for Lawrenceburg to establish her future home there.
A commentary notes Dr. Wiley plans to feed twelve young men with ordinary fare for two weeks in a study at Washington to restore them to normal condition.
The Board of Commissioners of Ripley County invites sealed bids at the Auditor's office on January 6 1903 for stationery and supplies for 1903 per specifications on file. The board may reject any or all bids. Witness dated December 13 1202 with official seal.
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