Annual Meeting Ends With Pastor Upset and Umbrella Incident
St Mark's congregation held its largest meeting with over 150 members as Arthur E Gringel the ousted pastor resisted removal. An injunction to bar him from preaching was rejected. four trustees were elected and a tense clash over letters led to Miss Dorothy Beck striking Gringel with an umbrella. He departed for a Michigan lecture tour Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark’s
Arthur E. Gringel
Gringel
Thompson
Ripley Circuit Court
Christ Pohlman
John Siebert
Wm. Lohrey
H. F. E. Schrader
Clara “Ehmkuehler
Leo Kirschbaum
Edna Beck
Dorothy Beck
Michigan
Store Changes Hands In Local Grocery Trade
Store changes hands as Wm Gauck’s Mast Ind grocery is purchased to continue full service. The town reads of new ownership by TERKULVE Bros seen through local ads and customers. Community updates include visitors from Indianapolis and Lawrenceburg, and plans for the holiday season display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Gauck
Mast Ind
New Officers Installed at Batesville Lodge 668 F and A M
Batesville Lodge 668 installed its new officers led by Dr. Moore as worshipful master and John Behlmer as senior warden. Deputy Grand Marshal James H. Wootley and retiring WM H F E Stowe oversaw the ceremony. A large Eastern Star supper followed with several ladies present. The meeting ended about midnight amid lively discussion on courtesy to Eastern Star members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville Lodge
Dr. Moore
John Behlmer
W. H. Schwier, Jr
M. J. Greemann
W. H. Schwier
Ed. A. Zierer
R. F. Krieger
Rolla von Gundy
Tyler
W. G. Greemann
Wm. Behlmer
James H. Wootley
H. FE. Stowe
Eastern Star
Wim
L. Krieger
L. B. Martin
A. EB. Martin
Ed Zierer
Emily Ward
Batesville District Fair stockholders meeting notice
The Batesville District Fair Association will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the Fair Ground Building on Saturday January 9 1909 at 9 30 a m Secretary Charles Johnson announces. The notice appears among local society items and ads mentioning seasonal visits and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
Banquet Club Holds Elegant WEO Dinner
The WHO members chaperoned by William Greemann and wife entertained their ladies with a five course dinner at the club rooms. Toastmaster Harry Schwier led speeches from members and guests, including "The Ladies-Seace and Nonsense" and "A Reunion of the WEO Twenty Years Hence." Favors, toasts, and musical selections followed, leaving a congenial crowd and lasting impression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WHO
William Greemann
Monroe Greemann
Harry Schwier
WEO
Real Estate For Sale In Batesville Indiana
Real estate listings in Batesville include eleven lots with 25 by 100 feet fronts eight facing Depot street near passenger depot and three facing south toward new depot. A 50 by 150 feet lot on West street contains a two story brick building. A second 50 by 150 foot lot on George Street lies near freight depot. Farms offered: an 80 acre farm miles south of Morris with house barn wells springs and orchard. 60 acres cleared. A 120 acre farm with brick house large barn 100 acres cleared and a stone quarry partly developed located 2 miles south of Newpoint near New Pennington. Call the Tribune office Batesville Ind for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville
Depot Street
Passenger Depot
New Depot
West Street
George Street
Freight Depot
Morris
Newpoint
New Pennington
Tribune Office
Ind
Public Auction At Residence Near Spades
John Fishmer prop will sell at public auction at his residence 1.5 miles southwest of Spades on Wednesday January 20 1909 beginning at 10 am. The sale includes three work horses one mare with colt two colts nine months old five cows four heifers one short horn bull piano binder piano mower and many more implements too numerous to mention. For details see bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spades
John Fishmer
Knights of Pythias District Meeting Set for February 20 1909
District No 16 Knights of Pythias announce a district meeting to be held in Batesville on February 20 1909. Local social notes mention visits and travels of multiple residents including Mrs Ben Renner Miss May Oser Gregor Oser and family. Other items note community business and advertisements for local shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Dist. No. 16
Batesville
Gale Moors, K. of
Ben Renner
May Oser
Gregor Oser
Cincinnati
Transfer notes record ripley county property deeds and updates
A Tribune summary lists numerous 19th century deed transfers in Ripley County with buyer and seller names, parcel sizes, townships, and prices. It also notes local obituaries and social items, including funeral attendance and New Year visits, plus brief notices and ads such as store rental. The column closes with routine notes on oysters and local travel.
Surprise birthday party for William Schroeder
Friends and neighbors gathered Sunday evening at a neighbor’s home to surprise William Schroeder of R. A. 1 on his 39th birthday. About forty guests attended, sharing food and soft drinks, with plans to repeat the celebration in 39 years. Attendees included Herman H. Siebert family John Strobel family August Busch family Fred Siebert Jr. family Adams Siebert family Mrs Barbara Peetz and daughter Sophia Henry Peetz family Henry Siebert family Fred Siebert family and others, totaling forty-three plus Schroeder’s own relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Schroeder
Herman H. Siebert
John Strobel
August Busch
Fred Siebert, Jr
Adams Siebert
Barbara Peetz
Sophia
Henry Peetz
Henry Siebert
Fred Siebert
Those New Year Resolutions Pledges to Break
The piece urges readers to assess moral strength before making New Year pledges. It notes many resolutions are broken in early January and advises choosing shorter commitments if long-term adherence seems unlikely.
Voice Culture and Local social notes from Indiana
Voice culture through Italian method and piano guidance noted. Local social and travel mentions include Mrs Frenzemeyer and Ed Frenzemeyer attending a funeral in Penntown, others visiting Spades, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Holman, Sunman, Oldenburg, Tipton county and Prescott for New Year’s Day visits. Commercial notices for Haas & Schultz remedies and Thie & Vonderheide express wagons appear alongside local ads and a prompt to read the Tribune for news.
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St. Mark’s Church
Umbrella
Terkulve Bros
Viola O'Neal
Slazel
Sol Fulier
Versailles
Columbia
Schwier
Alice Patterson
Neilie Hartman
Indianapolis
William Roberts
Near
Napoleon
Brookville
Herman Bessier
Lawrenceburg
Oldenburg
Chester Meyer
Bartlett College
Fred Wessel, Jr
Adams Church
A. J. Hassmer
Ibe Blank
Brother
Kiam
Shelbyville
In Life of Ladies and Children’s
Blank
Emerson Davis
William Sick
Ruby Sunman
Della Schwier
Harvey Wenning
Purdue University At
Lafayette
Bertha Hoyer
John Hoyer
Louisa Strasburger
Clara Pohlman
Chicago
Nick Volz, Jr
Jacob Weber
Sashville
Jake Weber
Charles Ebel
Greemann
Mexico City
Mexico
J. A. Hornig
Greensburg
Tony Lindenmeier
Walsman & Schroeder's
Blank’s
Kramer
A. Krieger
August Krieger
Rickling
Harry Meyer
Ignatz Buewer
Albert Martin
Pittsburg
Louis Annewehr
Louis Schorr
Mary Hoyer
Alma Unnewehr
Berea, O
Laura Goyert
Chas. Stolz
St. Nicholas
George Bessler
Robert Noelker
Berea
Mehl Kassens
Bertha Greemann
Father Clementine
Clover Seed
Walsman & Schroeder’s
Smoke Schorr
Cuba
George Drake
George Dennison
Moores Hill
Christina
Sophia Thielking
Joseph Sower
Kansas City
al Nickel
St. Louis
Batesville Casket Company
Fred Tekulve
Cura Schein
Lizzie Beinke
Minnie Ohlman
Nellie Busch
Henry Walsman
William Michel
Peninsular
Thie & Vonderheide
Herman Brunos
Sunman
Steve Ensinger
Walsman & Schroeder
Thie & Vonderheide’s
The
Tribune
Recorder of
Ripley County
Lewis A. Wetzler
Jacob G. Cox
Chas. E. Holton
Holton
Ithamar C. Grabill
Vernor D. Grabill
Delaware
Henry B. Smith
Thomas Black, Jr
Indi
John A. Roberston
Geo. D. Robertson
Shelby
John
Hannah J. Sunman
Adams
Porter J. Newman
Geo. Spanning
Center
Nathan Harris
Wilbur
T. Radican
Johnson
Clarence Sunman
John Durbin Sunman
Franklin
Wm. P. Castner
Anna L. Delay
Ada V. Dole
James M. Spencer
Milan
Henry F. Brandt
Herman Winters, Jr
Jacob Kissell
Wm. Kaiser
Mary C. Row
Walter L. Row
Osgood
Norman Row
Wm. Stegner
Ira Melson
Theodore Brown
Andy Wagner
Leonard Kessen
George Kessen
Herman Kessemn
Kessen
Steamboat Landing
Edna Sell
Gertrude Diekman
Kate von Gundy
Cross Roads
Emma Steinforth
Fred Bauman
Mrs. Butz
City
Prof. Shadday
St. Magdalene
Anna Scheurman
Richard Schrader and Son
John Minger
Anna Weber
Rushville
Pred Morgan
Feld
Joseph Luttmoeller, Jr
Harry Gonder
Npades
Fred Pickett
James S. Ray
Engel’s
Clara E
Unnewehr
Tillie Lindenmeyer
Mrs. Burnett
Oscar Lehnkuehler
Blanche Canfield
Holman
H. C. Canfield
Haas & Schultz
Margaret Weber
Herman Kuhmapp
Prescott
Henry Rake
Ella Setterenbeck
George Blank
Samuel
Edward Michel
Tipton County
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