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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
1
Railway notices list various Daily train numbers with stops and exceptions. Through tickets are sold to all points in all directions and baggage checked to destination. Accident tickets also offered. agent Charles J. Doll announces 4:25 p.m. sale time.
Walsman seeks clover seed and A F P Woerdemann suffers grippe. Martin Benz and Joe Goldsmith traveled to Cincinnati Sunday. Kuhlman the Cincinnati whiskey man visits Batesville. Cold snap arrives as surprise last Thursday. Will Aldrich visits Shelbyville to see his sweetheart. Mrs Flautz returns from Cincinnati after a brief visit. Werman Bellstedt, famed cornet player’s father, departs Cincinnati after four weeks away. John Brinkman of Indianapolis dies. remains shipped to Pepper Town for interment with Thorpe & Williams hearse. Louis Pepper accompanied family to Indianapolis prior to funeral.
A sequence of property transfers shows Cassius M. Dickerson to James B. Dickerson for 15 acres in Johnson township and various other deeds across Shelby Brown Ballstown Laughery Batesville and Franklin townships with prices ranging from 30 to 1 200 dollars. Notable entries include Elizabeth M. Connell to Mary Connell 40 acres Brown township for 50 dollars and Cary H. Hughes to Harry and Nellie Rayburn 132 70 acres Shelby township for 1 000 dollars.
Movements and visits include Miss Julia Zengel arriving from Indianapolis to see her father and family. Joe Landwehr met with local customers last Friday and Saturday. Miss Kate Schorr returned from Indianapolis to visit her parents. Dan W McCarthy of Cincinnati for Standard Oil Co visited on Saturday to sell to the Sisters at Oldenburg. Also listed: two or three cabinet makers sought by Hagle Furniture Co. in High Point NC.
Mrs McKee fashionable dressmaker operates above New Home Sewing Machine Office inviting Batesville and nearby patrons. Rev Bowers to preach next Sunday at the usual hour after missing a sermon at this place last Sunday due to a funeral in Lawrenceville.
Trustee Michael Benz schedules weekly township business at Benz Bros. office in Buttesville. Harry Blank and companion visited Indianapolis to meet Mr. and Mrs. Chas. L. Johnson on their return from a wedding trip to St. Louis. Mrs. Herman Hackman died January 25 1901 in Greensburg Indiana. funeral attended by Hackman and Wessel families from Laughery township.
A Batesville notice reports Gro. H. Unnevers crediting Dr. S. B. Townsend of Milan with curing years of kidney and bladder disease, stomach trouble, and rheumatism after four months of treatment. Townsend advertises weekly visits in Batesville, Osgood, Versailles, and Milan with fees payable at treatment.
Meat cutters at Walsmans and other small notices appear as Batesville locals report on shopping, travel, illness and family events. George Becker went to Greensburg Monday morning while Geo H Beck checked lumber business in Sunman. The Rathbone sisters plan a St Clair hall entertainment February 4. Almost half Batesville residents suffer colds or grip. Herman Krieger visited his ill father in Batesville and extended his Tribune subscription. The Rosenmund siblings return from Baltimore. Carl plans to visit but may not settle Batesville.
Henry J. Walsman travels to Cincinnati on business while Mrs. L. E. Bord visits relatives there. Mr. Owens of Greensburg does business in Batesville. Mrs. Harry Canfield returns from Dearborn County. George Ashton and wife visit their son in law and daughter in Sunman. William St. Clair sells cigars in Greensburg and other Big 4 towns on his first trip since illness. FOR SALE Two story brick house of eight rooms with stable in Batesville Indiana. Call or address F. P. Meister Sunman Indiana.
Kidney trouble preys on the mind and body, reducing ambition and cheer. Swamp-Root offers quick relief and is sold in 50 cent and one dollar sizes with a free sample bottle and pamphlet upon request to Dr. Kilmer and Co. in Binghamton New York.
The State Lincoln League holds an annual meeting in Indianapolis on February 12 and 13. Round trip excursion tickets go on sale February 11 and 12 for one fare. Ticket inquiries to agent C J Doll. A Herald discussion on free pikes features Adam Stockinger and John Bennett recalling past roles.
O O Herndon of Parnell Mo arrived to visit kin including Dr Jerman of Newpoint and Ezra Thackery’s family near Ballstown. A recent poverty social at the town hall by the American Union drew a strong crowd despite cold and grip with $26 11 raised. Greenburg residents criticized the proposed electric road arguing local taxes and unequal charges, suggesting locals build their own road if needed.
Cyas Heldt of Batesville Indiana reports a three year leg sore healed after treatment by Dr S B Townsend of Milan Indiana starting September. He praises Townsend and urges others to seek his healing. Townsends schedule listed in Milan Versailles Osgood and nearby areas with fees paid at treatment.
Scans record neighborhood events from Monday to Thursday. Ralph Timmerman resumed his usual labors at Newpoint after a visit. Dan Erhardt returned to Iowa from two months here. Mrs. McDuffy visited family and returned to Shelbyville. Daughters of Ernst Brockman mourn his death with attendance at the funeral. Modern Woodmen hosted an entertainment at St. Clair’s Hall. American Union Sunday school thanks donors for a poverty social with special praise for Will St Clair and John Pfalsgraff.
One thousand dollars of the capital stock of the Western Furniture Co in Batesville offered for sale. Includes steady employment at good wages. One share may be purchased with a small down payment and the balance 50 per year. Address WM. FLEMING Greensburg Ind.
A Good Citizen Gore reports the death of Ernst Brockman, 72, who passed away Monday evening January 26 1901 after a period of illness. He died after a fainting spell and grip illness, with immediate family notified in Indianapolis Cincinnati and Huntersville. Burial set for 2 p.m. Thursday in Huntersville. The notice also contains a local political commentary on road repair funding and taxpayer costs amid thaw conditions.
Walter Campbell aged 20 of Haney's Corner marries Kittie Albright. Wills of Anna Ording and Catherine Lamberts bequeath property to spouses or children. A long list of grand jurors and state cases including rape assault and battery illeg al voting and fraudul ent marriage. (Continued on page 3.)
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