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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
1
A railroad agent announces daily train service and through tickets to all points east west north or south. Baggage checked through to destination. Accident tickets available. Charles J. Doll, Agent.
Walsman seeks clover seed. Fresh oysters at Fred Meyer. Henry Meyerose and Will and Harry Gelvin have been ill for days. Joe Doll headed east for rail work Monday. Theresa Vanderheide was among grip victims last week. Ruby Sunman visited Monday. Harry Hartman sold dry goods to Louis Stix Co. John Sandman visited his mother Mrs H W Meyers. Hotopp brothers left for Cincinnati to work. Catholic Knights of America meet at Big Four Hall with new accessions. Jake Gutzwiller moves from Peppertown to Batesville soon. Fred Morgan headed to Savannah with wife and sister Anna visiting relatives. Poverty social at town hall tonight for Union Sunday School. Mrs John Sitterding at mother Huneke’s bedside. Huneke improving but still sick.
A crowd of Miss Olga Schrader's young friends arranged a Friday evening surprise for her 15th birthday. The party was cheerful with friends departing to wish her many happy returns of the anniversary.
Advertisement offering one share of the Western Furniture Co. capital stock of Batesville for sale. Price includes a small down payment with annual installments of fifty dollars. Contact Fleming in Greensburg Indiana for details.
While skating on Schioler's pond with friends last Saturday evening, Anna Thiel fell and cut a deep gash above her right eye and a smaller cut over the left eye. She returned home, delayed medical aid until the next day, and a doctor required five stitches to close the wound.
Miss Carrie Gelvin has been sick for several days. Ed Hancock and wife came up from Versailles Sunday on business. Will St Clair and his daughter have grippe. Rathbone Sisters prepare for an entertainment and supper. Tuesday was stock day with Benz Bros. George Weigel left for Atlanta. Otis Stowe and John Horton cut wood for Union factory. Mrs L C Bunker of Greensburg visited Miss Louisa Koester in Batesville. M K S Connelley heads to North Vernon to move his family. Henry Krieger and Henry Siebert visited. they have been working in Shelbyville. Mr Gilliam and family staying at Sherman House.
Mrs McKee a fashionable dressmaker located over New Home Sewing Machine Office solicits public patronage in Batesville and vicinity. Fine sewing a specialty. The ladies of the Union Sunday School express gratitude to William St Clair and wife for lending tables dishes spoons and an ice cream freezer for their Poverty Social.
Trustee Michael Benz announces weekly business sessions at Benz Bros. office in Batesville every Saturday. Parties with township matters should call on that day for scheduling and discussion.
An appeal invites everyone to attend a Poverty Social this evening regardless of attire. The event encourages participation and donations for charity, noting that style will be ta booed and the amount spent will support a worthy cause.
Batesville and nearby towns record a patient praising Dr S B Townsend of Milan Ind for curing kidney and bladder disease after years of suffering. The testimonial notes relief after four months of treatment and lists Townsend’s clinic schedule across Batesville Osgood Versailles Milan and nearby areas with fees paid at treatment.
Town items report Mary Lamppert visiting Moris Monday and Dora Wessel returning from Madison. Rev Wellhausen preached a trial sermon at Huntersville. Albert Watterson traveled to Batesville for horse trading. Miss Josephine Hirt left for Shelbyville. Chicago perfumer Zebring in town for business. Mrs Schutte visits sister Cort Bruns before returning home. Charles Siefert and Jake Oswald start painting in Center township.
Peter Diseer of Newport Kentucky came over last Thursday to visit Nick Blank and other friends. He stayed until Monday noon when he returned to his Kentucky home.
Mrs Herman Bruns and Mrs William McMullen of Sunman visited Mrs Witendorfer and other relatives here, returning to Sunman on Monday noon.
M. R. Connelley from North Vernon began a second business visit Monday. Residents praise Bateeville as a desirable precinct with many who move away later returning. Smith and Walford from Montpelier Indiana visited Tuesday to review Delaware township land for a potential trade and to explore a local oil and gas development stock company. they plan an early return.
Three year old draught stallion named Young Madge a Norman stands 164 hands tall about 1400 pounds with a 72 inch girth. Jet black with a small white star on the forehead and a white nose stripe. Private sale terms to be agreed. Contact Christian Hllerman one mile west of Peppertown Ind.
The Crawford County Democrat urges citizens and authorities to target false swearing before grand juries. It argues that punishing perjurers would restore trust in courts, reduce crime, and prevent lynchings, noting some people try to dodge truth before juries in Ripley and Crawford County.
Daily items list residents and visitors with brief travel notes across Greensburg Sunman Versailles Newpoint Ben Hortemoller Newtown Tipton and Cincinnati. Several locals report colds or grip while others visit relatives and friends. social at the poverty sale offers refreshments for 10 cents.
A reader opines Batesville would not seek a railroad through town even if offered free passage or a crossing five miles away, arguing the town prefers to stay out of the wet. The tone reflects a cautious stance on railroad intrusion.
The Big Tour will replace the unsightly vacant spot east of the depot where trash was dumped with a green lawn. The change aims to please the eye and promote health in the area.
The Tribune invites advertisers to place livestock and horse bill notices as the season approaches. It offers ready services and reasonable rates with a selection of horse cuts for patrons to choose from and warns not to delay.
Young Strunk of St Marys stole three to four hundred dollars from his grandfather Gust Fra zy while worshippers attended mass. He then took a worshipper’s horse and buggy, fled toward Sunman, hitched the horse, walked to a switch tower, and boarded a westbound freight train. Authorities have not overtaken him, and the youth has prior prison time for a similar theft from his grandfather.
Batesville Indiana 1900 notice testifies a three year leg sore healed after treatment by Dr. S B Townsend of Milan Indiana. Patient CuHas Heid?. praises Townsend and urges others to seek his care with reasonable fees and posted appointment sites in nearby towns.
Smoke shorts Pride of Cuba. Tailor Geo J Mehlon scouted the area. Miss Louisa Koester visited Mil ton Indiana on Tuesday. Morris Wenger traveled to Sunman Tuesday for work on machinery. Prof Lewis of Moore’s Trill preached at English M E church last Sunday. J H Connell ey of Milan and Henry Busching of Versailles passed through here Wednesday. Harry Blank and Miss Tillie Johnson joined Chas Johnson and bride to Lawrenceburg for their wedding tour to St Louis. Batesville pupils plan Washington birth anniversary entertainment at St Clair’s hall on Feb 22. Ollie Grow of Newpoint brought Rev Beyer home after funeral sermons for Grow’s grandmother. Charley Stephens of Hollender Company liquor dealers Cincinnati came to Batesville Tuesday evening. Charley sells hardware as he represents it.
Received of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co of New York on January 10 1901 the sum of 1000 the policy on our husband and father. The policy was paid promptly after his death and our sincere thanks are tendered by Mrs Jerry Woerdeman and children.
The Batesville issue shows slot machines removed after prosecutions with fines around twenty five dollars plus costs. Residents appealed to remove the devices as men and boys spent money. authorities note daily fines could have stopped many offenses. Prosecution reportedly offered settlement terms, and the town is said to be better off without the machines and with lower temptations for youth.
The town invites all residents to a pie social tonight at the town hall with free admission for the young ladies bringing pies. Several locals including Mrs. John Wilker and Miss Walcotter visit family or travel for work. Others attend church services or conduct business in Weisburg and Vinennes.
The letters addressed to W. T. Campbell Rose Kurtz Claud Maud Dora Kink D. McCallum and P. M. must be claimed by January 31, 191, or they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office in Washington D C.
Perry Shane and Frank Siefert started cutting wood for the Union factory on sycamore last week. They found sycamore split harder than expected and quit in disgust, discovering wood splitting was not their line.
Mrs. Carolina Schiesing of Walnut Hills Cincinnati and Mrs. Mary Wiemerschlage of Oak Park Chicago attended their sister Mrs. Ahrens funeral at Adams Church last Tuesday. They returned to Mrs. Schmiesing’s Cincinnati home Friday evening and Mrs. Wiemerschlage then went to Chicago Saturday. They visited their brothers John A. and Henry Fruchtricht while here.
Readers are offered Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder trouble. The ad promises a free sample bottle and an informational book by mail and lists pricing and where to order from Kilmer Co Bingh ampton New York.
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