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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1901
Page
1
Daily except Sunday No 37 lists stops on flag and through tickets to all points east with baggage checked to destination. Num 290d a.m. 2 p.m. signage notes NiO and daily schedule. Charles J. Doll signs as agent with notes about through tickets and baggage handling.
Local items report Christmas events at German M. E. Sunday school in Batesville, visitors at Mrs. Canfield’s, and toy go carts at Hillenbrand & Mitewell. Dan Oser and Cravens traveled to Cincinnati and Indianapolis. Sale of dwelling on Pearl street and shop ads for Nick Blank china and glassware. Traction Co franchise favored.
The Citizens' Saving and Loan Association will hold its stated meeting on Thursday evenings December 26 and January 2 due to the holidays. George Joha nning, Secretary.
George W. Gelvin traveled to Vernon on Tuesday to attend to the Morgan versus Mutual Insurance Co case. He believes it will come up for trial and disposal at this term of Jennings County Court.
An advertisement describes kidney and bladder disease affecting both women and men. It promotes Swamp Root as a remedy, claims quick relief, and offers a free sample bottle and pamphlet by writing Dr Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York.
Mehlon the tailor conducts scouring while Hillenbrand & Mitchell Co. fur rus, Alike Benz visits Cincinnati on business. E R Adams and wife travel Monday. Lizzie Stratemeyer returns from Cincinnati to visit family on December 16. Mrs Waldcutter returns from Indianapolis after a three week visit. Amelia Hornung visiting her uncle John Menchhofer’s family. Nick Blank’s promotes Christmas gifts with gloves handkerchiefs neckwear and accessories. Four stone masons abandon brick depot platform project and move west due to severe cold.
Walsman remains a headquarters for popular holiday gifts including washing machines, wringers, stoves, knives, razors, guns, and skates, reflecting broad consumer interest in practical presents this season.
On Wednesday evening December 18, 101, at 4 o'clock, David Wheeldon married Miss Katie Huffmeyer at the bride’s parents residence on North Main Street. Rev Freudenreich officiated. The couple receives best wishes from friends.
Christ Bos of Morris is in town on business and is being mentioned for a potential role in a proposed Batesville bank. His exact intentions are unknown, but he is described as qualified and financially capable of taking a position in a banking institution.
The text notes Batesville has plenty of water fuel and work and argues cold weather keeps roads good and boosts trade. It suggests a thaw disrupts traffic but cold spells bring prosperity and comfort to the vulnerable, urging temperatures to stay low.
C. S. Ward received a telegram Friday that his nephew Rufus Weaver of Tuscola Illinois had died. He traveled Saturday to attend the funeral and returned Tuesday after little sleep. Death was caused by typhoid fever after a brief illness.
Ed Hassmer, notable in Ripley county business and politics, died last Thursday in Chicago at age 39 after eight years in commerce there. His body was sent Friday to Lawrenceburg for burial Sunday in Versailles, where he was raised. A former Republican sheriff candidate, he was regarded as a diligent and well known local figure.
Public notice listing unpaid taxes at the December 1901 settlement and comparison with December 1900. Shows increases and decreases by township and by corporations as compiled by County Treasurer Newton Jackson.
Smoke Square Diehlie cigar. Schorr's Havanna Blossoms Charley Mohr went to Cincinnati Sunday. George W. Gelvin went to Cincinnati Friday on legal business. Dr. Abbott and Henry Updike traveled to Greensburg Friday to deal in lumber. Frank Fragge and wife attended a relative's funeral in Cincinnati Friday and Saturday. TRIBUNE staffer John Hammerle fell ill last Saturday and was home until Tuesday. There is notable throat, cold and lung illness after the weather change.
The Cincinnati Weekly Gazette and Batesville Tribune offer a combined yearly subscription for 1.25 dollars, providing access to both papers at a single reduced price. This bargain extends to readers seeking coverage from two regional titles in one renewal.
The passage notes shop windows taking on a Christmas look as weather stays favorable for a cool holiday trade.
The town imagines an electric line to Indianapolis allowing residents to travel there and back the same day with over two extra hours to spend, transforming local schedules and leisure.
For sale or rent a 158 acre farm located one-half mile east of New Pennington and one-half mile south of New Point. Features include an 11 room brick house a 40 by 60 brick barn abundant fruit and three good wells. For details contact Fred Mey Sr Batesville Ind.
A. C. Flanders cut the thumb, forefinger, and second finger of his left hand while operating the spindle carver at the Union factory last Friday. The thumb and forefinger were only lightly cut, the second finger severely lacerated. He dressed the wounds himself after failing to find Dr. Gibson and has returned to work this week.
A Batesville town meeting discussed granting a franchise to the Shelbyville Greensburg Batesville Traction Co for an Indianapolis Batesville electric road with eastern link to Cincinnati. Officials from Greensburg Shelbyville and Indianapolis attended along with Batesville board members to review an ordinance and set a sixteen month start, twelve month completion timetable.
Fresh oysters at Engel's daily and jewelry at R J Timmerman's headline local shops. Hillenbrand Mitchell Co offers reduced toy furniture. Some factories halted Monday due to frozen water pipes. Joe Wagner traveled to Cincinnati to start bakery clerk job at Norwood. Big Four depot platform improved with brick work. Misses Dora and Louisa Koester returned to Indianapolis after visiting relatives.
Nick Fehlinger assisted a close friend at St Peters last week with preparations for a new shop. He is noted for a good eye to business. St Mark's church plans a Xmas entertainment on Monday night December 23 featuring singing and recitations with all welcome.
John Nichol traveled to Wheeling West Virginia to oversee Batesville Coffin Company interests. The firm operates a branch there selling caskets and coffins and related funeral goods.
Miss Eggleston at the opera house last Wednesday night offered entertaining readings that drew a large crowd. An artist in her field she recites short catchy stories with a fascinating style that pleases listeners.
The Huntersville Sunday school plans a program titled Who Believes in Santa Claus on Tuesday evening December 24 at T o'clock. Christmas Day services are set for morning and evening with Rev von Hahmian officiating in the morning and Rev C Freudenreich in the evening. Holy communion will be observed at both services. Everyone is invited.
The Ladies' Society of the English M E church held a social supper at the town hall last Thursday night. Receipts totaled $132.38 with expenses of $20.10 leaving $112.28 net. Carrie Gelvin won a ring with 620 votes earning $31 while Cleo Starks won a brooch with 380 votes earning $19.21. Remaining $52.17 came from tickets and booth sales. Debt of $65 will be paid from proceeds leaving $47.28 in treasury for future use.
Cas H. St. Clair of Troop K 1st U.S. Cavalry writes from the Philippines Oct 21 1901. He notes hard sleep, shoemaker work earning 11.95 monthly, sending prisoners to Manila, and long saddle hours. He describes insurrection, attacks on sentries, and heavy casualties, plus news from home including McKinley’s assassination and the flag at half mast.
See Walsman's line of stoves. Smoke Short's Havana Blossoms. Get one of Hillenbrand and Mitchell Co.'s rockers at 22c. Timmerman and wife on Friday, Dec. 13, a girl. Get your Red Albumen for chickens at Baas' drug store. Fred Mozer went to Cincinnati Sunday on business, returning Tuesday night. Miss Francis Stamps and friends of Oldenburg went to Cincinnati Wednesday. A brother-in-law of Mr Crusie from St. Dennis, after selling stock in Cincinnati, returned Tuesday evening. Mr. Kuhlman from Cincinnati, calling Batesville saloonkeepers, returned Wednesday.
Horace Alyea, who sustained a badly broken wrist and hand, is improving though he still wears a bandage on the injured limb. He went to Suuman Wednesday morning for a check of his condition.
Cards are out for the marriage of Mr. Frank Ehret of Chicago to Miss Pearl Ray of Batesville. The wedding will be solemnized at the residence of the bride's father J. S. Ray on the evening of December 25, 1901. May the occasion be a happy one and cause for rejoicing.
The piece notes Batesville has ample coal and can switch to wood if supply runs short, contrasting with gas towns like Indianapolis where residents face outages and cold. It emphasizes relief at having coal and the ability to adapt to fuel shortages amid winter conditions.
An extra westbound freight axle broke near the Sherman House, derailing seven cars. Some cars were thrown into Bertram’s back lot and a telegraph pole was snapped. Wrecking trains from Indianapolis and Cincinnati cleared the line by 9:30 a.m. No fatalities. crews endured severe cold as mail trains were delayed.
The Star Lecture course announces a presentation at St. Clair’s Opera House on the night of January 16 1902. Mike Benz attended Cincinnati Tuesday evening. Married George Gunter weds Miss Mary Meyer at Ballstown residence on December 18 1901.
Joe Strunck, arrested weeks ago at Sunman on charges of assaulting his aged grandmother to rob his grandparents near Haymond, was sentenced last week by the Franklin circuit court to a penitentiary term of from two to fourteen years.
Christ Steuri of Ballstown displayed a cigar case recently received from his stepson Chas St Clair of Troop K U S Cavalry in Luzon. The item was made in India of either celluloid or shell and finished in a color that obscured its material to casual observers.
Readers are invited to subscribe to the Tribune and Cincinnati Weekly Gazette for the price of one year of the Tribune, 1.25 dollars, with payment in advance. The Gazette is among the West’s best established weekly papers, offered free to all cash Tribune subscribers.
An elderly Ripley county man and former Brown township farmer, William Gehner, died in Chicago on Friday December 13 1901 at 6 30 p m His body was returned to Olean and laid in the Lutheran cemetery beside his wife and mother His sons Ernst William and Henry and his daughter Frances Winklelocke accompanied the funeral cortege from Chicago to Olean with Kaiser Bros undertakers.
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