Institute Days Christmas Programs Hold Jan 8 9 1913
Batesville farmers institute on January 8 and 9 1913 at City Hall features free dinners by Batesville business men and talks from Purdue University instructors J A Driscol and Mrs Laura B Leonard. The program covers soil household management and food topics with general discussions and noon meals both days. Christmas services and programs also noted at local churches with Cantatas and Holy Communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Batesville
J. A. Driscol
Laura B. Leonard
Purdue University
John Meyer
Ww Fitch
Peter Holzer
Jos. Connelly
Laura Bk
Leonard
German M. E. choir to give New Year’s Eve program
A German M E choir will present a vocal and instrumental program at the church on New Year’s Eve featuring a cantata of eight numbers and eight additional pieces. Tickets available from members or Schultz’s drug store. Also mentions local obituaries, social visits, classifieds, and services announcements.
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Luther League
Herman H. Wenning
Nmas
M. E
Schultz
Ends Hunt For Rich Girl Ends Hunt For Rich Wife Ends Hunt For Rich Wife
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for women with weak nerves digestive issues backache headaches and fainting spells. It claims the product gives a bright brain restful sleep firm muscles and healthy complexion and notes availability at B. Schultz for 50 cents.
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Li. B. Schultz
New Year Ball at St Clair Hall With Eureka Band
The annual New Year Ball will be held at St Clair s Hall on December 3 with music by the Eureka Band and a first class Orchestra. Admission is 50 cents dancing free. Christmas packages passersby show continued generosity amid hard times. Dr Harry Timmerman and wife and child depart for Texas to visit her parents, August L Greeman and wife, with return around January first. The Huntersville Choir hosts a New Year s Eve social at the old Parsonage. Committer Henry B Schroeder and wife visit Indianapolis. Lehmkuebler offers hose at six for 25 cents. house and flat for rent. toys at Kramer s.
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St. Clair’s Hall
Eureka
Harry Timmerman
Texas
August L. Greeman
Harry
Mrs. Timmerman
Huntersville
Acrobatic Stunts Attract Notice Of Sox Prospect Joe Benz
Indianapolis News details Joe Benz of the Chicago White Sox training in Batesville with a home made practice setup using a butcher shop yard and hanging ham as a target to sharpen his control of a spitball. The piece also notes a funeral procession in progress with several relatives traveling from Indianapolis and Cincinnati for Christmas visiting.
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Joe Oswald
Cincinnati
Jacob Pifug
Joe Benz
Chicago White Sox
Indianapolis News
Batesville
Tadiana
Benz
Our Christmas Greeting to Pedule and All
A reflective Christmas message wishing readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. It frames life as a battle of interests and collisions, then emphasizes mercy and gratitude for God’s gift, urging kindness and goodwill toward all as the year ends.
J L Benham Dies At Versailles Home
Former county attorney Jacob C L Benham died at his Versailles residence on Tuesday December 17 from apoplexy. A lifelong figure in the county seat, he spent over thirty years practicing law and served one term in the State Legislature. The body was interred in Versailles cemetery last Friday.
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Jacob CL. Benham
Houme
Versailles Sailles
Benham
Versailles
For Sale and Holiday Notices From Local Papers
Classified snippets include a buggy wheel sale from Paul A. Munchel offering 100 sets at prices from 84.00 to 7.00 per set. Several social notes mention Miss Sophia Thielking, Miss Anna Minger, Miss Ida Kuerstier, and others traveling between Indianapolis Cincinnati Athens and Columbus. Community notices cover a Saving and Loan Association meeting schedule for late December 1912 and early January 1913, plus store ads for candles and baking supplies and department store offerings.
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Paul A. Munchel
Oldenburg, Ltd
Sunday the Shortest Day and Local Notices
The item notes the shortest day last Sunday with sunrise 7 21 and sunset 55 minutes after, totaling nine hours fourteen minutes of daylight. It lists funeral attendance for Louis Wetznler in Suoman with multiple names and announces a public auction of the Mapdaieue Schneider farm, 80 acres, in Franklin Township. Other local notices mention visits, Christmas plans, a department store fad and various small town activities.
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Novince
Franklin Township
Charles S. Royce
Extension work expansion at Indiana University announced
Indiana University announces an expanded Extension program offering correspondence courses across fourteen departments including languages, humanities, sciences and education. Sixteen departments provide lectures, with public welfare services and specialist advice on food, hygiene, disease prevention, education, and civic issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana University
Resolution of Condolence for Jacob L Beaham
A Ripley County Bar memorial honors Jacob L Beaham a member for over thirty years. The resolution lauds his devotion to family clients and colleagues and offers sympathy to his children and relatives. A copy will be sent to the family and published in local newspapers and filed in the Ripley Circuit Court record.
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Jacob L. Beoham
Ripley County
Jacob L.beaham
Tulip
Firru
Ripley
Joan B. Reaver
Cuas
BH. Wilson
Tos
L. Crear
Francis M. Thomson
Committee
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America
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Cross Roads
Ieverybody
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Wn. Brans
Sunman
Madison
Prank Abplanalp
Southastern Hospital For
Penntown
Thesing
Barbertown
Bernadina Thesing
Nashville
O. B. Ties
Central Ave
Indianapolis
Lod
Marticke
Children’s Wonderland
Handkerchiefe
Alx
Krome
Wm. Boehmer’s
Wm. Kreuzman's Bakery
Bateeville
Henry B. Schroeder
Lehmkuebler’s
H. F. KE. Schrader
Kramer's
Chas. Denker
Henry Denker
Selma
Oecar
BF. Helleman
Mat Zimmerman
Margaret
Aun Henry
John Dennett
Clara Zierer
Jos. Staesser
Galauscbhka
Theo
Quincy
Krauer
Fred Leland
Arthur Gringie
Will Webster
Queen City
Aear
Mike Bohland
Danville, Il
Harry Hammerie
J. L. Benham
Sophia Thielking
Anna Minger
Ida Kuerstier
Athens
Chiristutts
Sys. Louis Bary
Dick Lightner
Iodianapolis
Clinton Wilson
A.B. Wycott
H. H. Krome
Saving & Loan Association
G. W. Johanning
Secy
Kramer's Department Store
Earl Mason
Emma Gage
J. QO. Smith
Chicago
Fred Siebert
Gust Coleweyer
DelaWare
G. B. Route
John Drescher
Louis Wetznler
Suoman
Harry Canfield
Dr L. '. Martin
Wm. Greeman
Ed Stowe
Randolph Krieger
Will Behimer
A.B. Wycoff
George Johanging
John Schwartz
Will Fohlar
John Behimer
W. A. Huffman
Circleville, C
Harley
Shelbyville
Waldo
Virgil Schultz
Nhraever’s
Gelvin
Cine Gionati
Symphony
Kramer’s. A
Broadwell
Newpoint
Morris Mill
Indiana University Planning
H. FP
E. Schrader
Orlinda Schrader
Batenville
Albert P. Laboltet
Charles Labolt
Otter Creek
Nathan Disbro
Shelby
Robert 8. Francis
Herbert Miller
Latin Cross Plains
Geo. T. Bates
Ella M. Harr
Adama
Martin L. McNeelan
Philip P. Smith
W. S. Smith
Milton KE. Wiesehan
Adams
Sarah S. Talbott
Columbus Talbott
Henry Bennett
Thos. N. Blasdel
Franklin
Jos. Schroder
John Wolford
Center
Sheriff Ripley Co
Alcie Orr
Washington
Hy. Young
Alfred Young
Howard L. Akers
Emma P. Meitmeyer
Brown
Dora L. Stowe
Mary K. Hoenenkamp
Bateseville
Robert Dickey
Robert Dickey, Jr
Johnson
James M. Spencer
James Fleming
Milan
James Spencer
Franklin Jp
Thos. W. Lawa
E. G. Spencer
Lewis Volmer
George Volmer
Osgood
John Korn
Jos. Walter
Morris
Jos. Andrews
Geo. Sparkling
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