Daily time notices and Christmas travel updates
No. 1 Daily No. 5 Daily except No. 37 Daily stops on flag Through tickets sold to all points ast west north or south and baggage checked through to destination Accident tickets on sale also Charles J. Doll Agent Local news lists many holiday trips and homecomings including visits to Cincinnati Indianapolis Danville Brookville Cedar Grove Newpoint Carrollton and Atlanta with relatives and friends.
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Charles J. Doll
Fire alarm in Batesville ends as house fire found out
On Sunday around 5 o clock a fire alarm sent Batesville into a rush of citizenry. The fire company dispatched engine hose and ladder wagons to Newtown but the blaze in John Fichtner’s house was already out, a burning flue causing the alarm.
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Batesville
Newtown
John Fichtner
Christmas Happenings and Local Visits Fill Ripley Town
Scouring done by Mehlen the tailor and numerous visitors from Indianapolis Cincinnati Greensburg Sunman and Chicago fill the week. Births holidays and church notices mingle with sales and greetings as families travel for Christmas and New Year.
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Mehlen
Card of Thanks to Batesville Fire Dept for Christmas Eve Fire
Western Furniture Co. thanks Batesville citizens and the Batesville Fire Department for prompt aid in extinguishing the Western factory fire on Christmas Eve. Their efforts saved us from irreparable loss. Signed W. H. Schwier, President.
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Tribune
Batesville
Death of Miss Gladys Starks at 22 in Newpoint
Miss Gladys Starks of this place died at home near Newpoint on Saturday morning from peritonitis after a short illness. Her brother F. M. Starks received a phone report Friday and visited. Burial followed Monday at Rossburg cemetery with family from Brazil Indiana and Lexington Kentucky present.
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Newpoint
Gladys Starks
F. M. Starks
Sarah Butler
Brazil
Ind
Ollie Grow
Lexington
Batesville
Frank
Rossburg
Fire on Christmas Eve at Batesville Western factory
A Christmas Eve blaze at the Western factory in Batesville was fought by bucket brigades after the fire engine arrived too late. Water from a cut pond and an engine room pump contained the flames in about twenty minutes, preventing total destruction. Insurance covers the loss, a fourth blaze in Batesville recently.
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Western Factory
Batesville
Fred Griesehop
Christmas Holiday Social Notes and Local Weddings
Local column lists Christmas visits and gatherings across Batesville and nearby towns. Residents such as Gus Behlmer, Albert Dirks, Henry Heidt, and many others travel to spend holidays with relatives in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Greensburg, and more. A simple wedding in Batesville joins Pearl Ray and Frank Ehret of Chicago with family attendance and Christmas eve ceremony.
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Henry Heidt and Family
Cincinnati
James Ray
Pearl
Frank Ehret
Chicago
Rev. Bowers
Penntown
Cora Martin
wood,Ind
George Ehret
Milan
Newpoint
Ehret
Batesville
the Tribune
Franchise Granted for Batesville Electric Road Project
Greensburg Shelbyville Batesville Traction Co representatives secured a franchise from Batesville Board of Town Trustees to build an electric road. The route runs Pearl Street Main Street North East Street and East Street, with right of way on Walnut Street. The board expects improved travel and freight rates and envisions a 28 mile gap to Lawrenceburg Junction closed, forming a continuous Indianapolis to Cincinnati line.
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Board of Town Trustees
Meyers
C. R. Porter
Chas. Zoller
Greensburg
James Porter
Richmond
Greensburg, Shelbyville
Batesville Traction Co
Batesville
Shelbyvile
Frank Thiel
Pearl Street
West Corporation
Pearl
Main Street
North Street
East Street
North Corporation
South Corporation
Walnut Street
Lawrenceburg Junction
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Adams & Curtis Shoe Co Stockholders Meeting Notice
The stockholders of Adams & Curtis Shoe Company are to meet at the factory on Monday December 30 at 2 p m for reports from the Secretary and Treasurer and to elect a Board of Directors. All stockholders should attend if possible. George A Baas, Secretary.
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Adams & Curtis Shoe Company
George A. Baas
Local families return home for holidays
Misses Elma Unnewehr and Clara Enneking returned from Terre Haute on Saturday morning to spend the holidays with home folks and will return to school. Charles Unnewehr and wife came home from Bloomington Saturday night to be with relatives. Wm. St. Clair left on a business trip Monday. Smoke Square Diehl five cent cigar.
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Herman Compart
Indianapolis
Dora Steining
Louisa Schwetman
George Klein
Danville
Ballstown
George Weigel
Atlanta
Louis Ward
Terre Haute
Adam Mang
Ed Schmidt
St. Peters
Elma Unnewehr
Clara Enneking
Charles Unnewehr
Bloomington
Wm. St. Clair
Local Notes on Holidays and Travel Between Towns
The column lists residents and relatives visiting and traveling for Christmas and holidays from Batesville to Morris Greensburg Cincinnati Dayton Shelbyville and Lawrenceville with several moving about for the season. Temperatures report the Batesville area dipping to the single digits.
Christmas Entertainments Brighten Churches Across Town
Christmas programs at English M E St Mark s Huntersville and St Paul s drew large crowds with strong music and recitations. The Huntersville event was disrupted by a Western factory fire but planned to resume that night. Santa gifts and tree rituals delighted attendees with well received cantatas and decorations.
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St. Mark's Church
M.E
Santa Claus
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Suoman
Fred Bobner
R. J. Timmerman
William Wingate
Harry Gluesenkamp
John Sitterding
Adam’s
Cora Schein
Tena Heller
Barbara Roth
Anthony
John Schwertfeger
Roxana Tingel
Herman Drees
Carrolton
Matilda Kessing
Kaiser
Brookville
Cedar Grove
Henry Brockman
John A. Finley
Glade
Joseph M. Zueke
Otto Nickel
Will Turner
Todd Schafer
Jesse Winscott
Sunman
John Vettel
Elmer Heidt
Chas. Decker
Columbus
Oldenburg
Fred Wenning
Albert Goyert
Carrie King
Jamess. Ray
Fred Ording
Pearl St
Chas. Meyer’s
Henry Fuhlman
Old
Ripley
Flady Cuslulnoeis
H. J. Wallman
Ed Unnewehler
Western
Bucket Brigade
United States
Eliza King
Wm, Moore and Family
Fred Behrman
William Puerster
Emanual Gauck
Schorr
Smoke Shorts Pride of
Cuba
Engel’s
R. J. Timmerman’s
Gus Behlmer
Spades
Baas’ Drug Store
Fred Schrader
Albert Dirks
al Blank
Ed Kraus
Covington, Ky
Ed Wisman
Henry Kammeyer
C. L. Newman
Spring Hill
R. N. Papet
Lawrenceburg
H. M. Pettit
Jake Engels
Schafer &Bohland
Carrie Meyers
Mrs. Tressler
John Borgstedt, Jr
Serena, Ill
Barlstown
Henry Krieger
Shelbyville
Louis Kernholf
Babe
Jacob Bachus
W. D. Robinson
Robinson
Royal Baking Powder CO
New York
Electric Railroad
Stockholders’ Meeting
Diehl
Havana
John Meyers
Morris
Henry Dickman
Jacob Schantz
Lawrenceville
Mr. Carr
John Meister
Fred Heidt
Rushville
Nora Thiel
Joe Boehmer
Engel
Henry Behlmer
W. H. Cobb
Aurora
Hank” Schroeder
Joe Lamppert, Jr
Herman Bosse
Fred Hackman
Granville Thackery
Miss Ava Thackrey
Dayton
Ohio
M. E
Huntersville
St. Paul’s Church
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