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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
3
Miss Anna Smith and John Compart are on the sick list. Numerous visits occur across families including Dallas Hoyer of Indianapolis visiting homefolk, Viola Wamsgans at Harry Bultman’s, and Charles Hoyer with wife at John Hoyer’s. Several lists of relatives travel, host, or visit, with neighbors and cousins noted across Ballstown and adjacent towns.
Miss Viola Wambsgons of Ballstown spent Sunday with Opal Bultman. Miss Anna Hutson of Sharps Corner visited relatives here and called on the scribe. Ella Schwier stays with Elmer Huneke and wife at Batesville. Mrs. Huneke is ill. Lester James of Indianapolis spent the weekend with Mrs. Susan Johnson and family and visited his best girl. A sign warns of danger near Ballstown road where log chains are common. William Bare of Iowa called on his niece Mrs. Anna Dorrel, his first visit in seventeen years. Mrs. John Huneke learned her nephew Harry Miller died in Indianapolis from diphtheria. Some boys New Year’s shooting. they stayed up to see the cows pray, but Joe claimed no cows and directed them to the pike.
Friday fumigation of the school house by Fred Jobst. Henry Bode visits C F Sellers Thursday. William Jobst calls on Louis Jobst family Sunday. George Kirchoff stays with Joe Rimstidt family several days. Frank Sellers delivers calves to Maurice Volz at Morris Monday morning. Mrs Mary Martin and children visit Greensburg relatives last week. Charles Sellers and Frank Henneke call on Curtis Waters and Fred Rimstidt Thursday night. Curtis Waters of Indianapolis visiting aunt Ellen Rimstidt and relatives after discharge from the L S A.
Edward Bohner left Monday for I fingis. Several from here attended the dance at Pierceville Saturday night. A large crowd attended the funeral of Miss Emma Dieckman at St. Pius Wednesday morning. Misses Grace Schornick and Lillian Boehner attended the dance at Delaware Wednesday evening. Misses Louisa Volz and Rosa Cook left Saturday for Cincinnati to visit relatives. Nora Hountz visits her brother Edward Hountz in Dixie. Edna Cutter Nora Hountz Alta Hill and Lillie Bohner spent Sunday with Marie Volz at Prattsburg.
Rolland Parmer and George Gage are noted as Sunday callers. Lise Hickman hosted Melvin Colson, while Lafayette Hickman shared New Years dinner with Henry Miller. Various visits include Hickman and Parmer families, and trips to Napoleon, Greensburg, and Batesville for gatherings and business.
New Bennington Square Elma Narwold called on Anna Me Hugh Tuesday. Albert Gommel spent Sunday with friends near Hayti. Mrs. Ed Hart spent Wednesday with Mrs Jeff Williams. Mrs. Anna Hibbler called on Mrs. Louisa Narwold Tuesday. Waldo Abplanalo is at present visiting relatives at Spades. William Schrader of Pleasant Park spent Sunday with Olin Gommel. Logan Alexander delivered corn and straw to Newpoint last week. Mamie Parmer spent several days with her brother and family here. Miss Bertha Jager returned home Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Linville and Ambrose Hickman attended the Farmers Institute at Napoleon Wednesday, with Logan Thackery and family visiting Charles Williams and family.
Mrs Kops called on Mrs Peetz Thursday. Alfred Dieckman and wife visited Charles Dieckman family Sunday. A church dance was given by the kir of P Thursday night. John Wisman and wife visited Lew is Schone and wife and Mrs Stickford Sunday. Albert Poske and sister Stella and Garnet Wisman spent Sunday with Edna and Edwin Dieckman. Henry Kops and wife spent New Year’s Day with John Gunter and wife at Batesville. Fred Dieckman and family and Mrs William Dieckman were guests at Will Klusman’s east of Morris Sunday. Mrs Anna Dieckman and children Della and Harvey visited Mrs Sophia Narwold and family at Ballstown Friday.
The fragment discusses Helgemuid as a North Sea fishing hub in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It notes herring movements toward Seothind's coast and tolls or processes around maritime routes, with references to ships, fisheries, and early navigational observations recorded in the Chineaiin-Nuatier Ceographie Magazine.
Fragmentary OCR describes a nurse tending a boy listening for a song. A child’s small voice from the other end calls the nurse back, asking if she has enough voice to sing the song again, after several prior attempts.
To brighten glazed tiles rub with lemon moistened turpentine. Tinware stays bright with a soft cloth. Do not wash tiles just rub with damp cloth and polish with skim milk and water. Our paper reaches every home and helps reach buyers.
Miss Clara Annewehr of Salem Indiana married Dr M A Anderson of Afton Wyoming on December 20 1919 at the Ray home 1516 Pershing Ave Davenport Iowa. The ceremony featured a cedar arch reception pies, and a pearl necklace for the bride. The couple plan a honeymoon through Indiana and Illinois then Rio de Janeiro to open a chiropractic practice.
A fragmented excerpt contrasts disagreeing with others and staying calm in discussion. It suggests that traveling with crowd silence and returning to work with anxious resolve marks a bigger person than the ordinary. The piece emphasizes sincere politeness and measured opinion.
A humorous barbed note from the Birmingham News reflects on counting and communication before telephones, invoking Alexander Pope’s line about numbers and suggesting times before modern dialing.
A terse quotation credits Fuller noting that gravity acts as the ballast of the adt to keep the mind steady. The remark frames gravity as a stabilizing force in mental activity.
A sheriff's sale is set in Ripley County Indiana to satisfy a decree in the case of Arthur E. Hutton and J L Swarthout Plaintiffs versus Charles Williams and Susan H Williams Defendants. The sale on January 17 1920 will cover several parcels of land totaling multiple acres with rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years. The description includes sections 4 33 8 and 3 township 6 north range 10 east with complex metes and bounds and multiple tracts totaling hundreds of acres. The bid is for the principal sum of 2567 01 with interest and costs.
Describes tracts totaling 170.25 acres in section four township six north range ten east at Jeffersonville Indiana and outlines a public sale to satisfy a decree if rents fail to cover costs. Includes sheriff Frank F. Wildman and attorney John Clerkin. Also mentions a catarrhal deafness patent medicine ad by Cheney Co. with a money reward for cures.
A brief editorial note appeals to readers for patronage and advertising support to keep the paper financially viable. It emphasizes that success depends on timely ads from local businesses and sponsors.
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