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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1902
Page
1
Engel's offers fresh oysters while P Bosse Co advertises cotton blankets and cloaks. Hillenbrand Mitchell Co sells dolls toys and holiday novelties as Grenened area residents visit stores. Numerous names and towns appear as locals shop and travel for Christmas preparations.
Prof Kirk read Riley poems at the town hall last Saturday night. The recitations were splendid and well received by the audience, though the night was inclement and the crowd smaller than hoped. If weather improves, a larger audience may greet him in the future.
Observers praise Greeman on Bros for a band saw that clears logs rapidly with an orderly team of workers. The mill runs smoothly, cutting three logs in minutes and delivering boards 25 feet away, with estimated 12 percent lumber savings over circular saws and faster daily output.
Notice that the Batesville District Fair Association will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the town hall on Saturday January 8 1903. All stockholders are expected to attend.
An advertisement promotes a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets from G. A. Baas in Batesville or Bigney & Co. in Sunman. The copy claims the tablets are easier to take and gentler than pills, with no constipation and a regular size priced at 25 cents per box.
The New Veneer Mill of George Bessler operated at full blast on Tuesday with 15 to 20 workers cutting steamed Linn logs into five foot wide sheets. Veneering, mainly quarter oak, is produced in thin sheets dried in a hot room and prepared for furniture coverings, marking the Batesville plant as a credit and a profitable local institution.
Santa delivered many gifts in Batesville including several babies as a holiday surprise. Charles St. Clair, long serving in the Philippines, writes that his health falters and he will winter in Cripple Creek before returning home in spring after his enlistment expired. A local petition seeks contributions for Batesville’s poor, urging remembrance of those in need during the Christmas season.
Winchester Indiana father says his son faced a severe membranous croup attack and found relief after one Dose of Foley's Honey and Tar. He urges readers to refuse substitutes and notes the product was sold by G. A. Baas.
School room No 5 pupils surprised their teacher H W Terry with a rocking chair last Thursday night. Mr Terry and his wife allowed the children into the residence and they enjoyed a friendly gathering with refreshments.
Advertisements and notices list Wilker’s orange offers and lamps at special prices. Local residents Ferdinand Lindenmeyer and Miss Alta Gelvin travel, while Rev G W Bower preaches at the town hall. A funeral in Cochran for a grandson is reported with no cause given.
The piece notes widespread smallpox in Batesville and Laughery township presenting as a mild form. It appears epidemic rather than contagious with varied family patterns, unexposed cases, and noncompliance with quarantine as people continue daily work and avoid diagnosis, complicating health board awareness.
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