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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1920
Page
2
A large dance event featuring the Eureka Band took place at the Batesville Fair Grounds on Monday July 5 with afternoon and evening sessions. Local residents and visitors attended including Frank Tangman and wife of Batesville and numerous Batesville families.
Big dance by the Eureka Band at the Batesville Fair Grounds on Monday July 5 promises an afternoon and evening program. John Bartling and family drove to Versailles and Holton Thursday to visit relatives. Mrs. William Meyer and Mrs. Casper Bartling called on Mrs. Cassius Osburn Friday afternoon. John Mossheier and family and Edwin Abegglen and wife were pleasant callers at Batesville Sunday afternoon. George Meyer and wife of Rushville spent the weekend with William Meyer and family. Lawrence Meyer and family of Kentucky were Sunday guests of Al Meyer and family. John Stahley and family headed to Milan Sunday afternoon. George Koepple and family, M. P. Hubbard and wife, Casper Irr gang and wife visited George Theobald and family. Arthur Wittkamper and wife called at Batesville Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Henry Presse returned home after a week in Cincinnati. Arthur Bartling was a caller at Brookville Tuesday.
Hayes Osburn and wife visited Cassius Osburn Sunday at Sharps Corner. Several neighbors and relatives including Mrs. Conner Hutson, Miss Anna Spreckleson, and Henry Spreckleson with his family were callers or visitors in Sunman and Cassius Osburn's circle over the weekend.
Two years after a severe summer complaint Mia Henry Jewett of Clark Mills New York reports immediate relief from using Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The notice urges every family to keep this remedy at hand for colic and diarrhoea.
Farmers delivered stock to Mike Benz in Batesville on Monday. The Whitmer agent of Columbus toured the area last week selling medicine. Henry Heeseman assists Edward Huneke with farm work this summer. Harvey Steinfort and wife stayed with her parents in Indianapolis during a visit. Alice Huneke visited Mrs. Mamie Luers Monday afternoon. Hazel Schrader returned to Cincinnati work after attending to her stepmother's death. Elmer Selke came from Indianapolis for a Sunday visit with his father. His companion Helen Steinfort accompanied him home. Henry Mang and wife with grandchildren Oscar and Edna Denker and Sarah Huneke toured Indianapolis, returning Monday. Charles Huneke, Ralph and Harvey Bultman, and Everett Robins visited John and Elmer Luers Sunday. Conrad Luers and wife of Osgood Route 2, and Herman Huneke and wife visited Henry Schierenbeck's family Sunday. Chris Schorling and cousin Elmer Schorling from Pekin Jr. visited the ailing Mrs. Mary Schorling. Mrs. Fred Norwold and sons of Ballstown were guests of Dick Einhaus family Sunday. Edward Huneke and family spent Sunday with Laughery Bridge relatives. William Krinhop, wife, Sarah Huneke, George Kirchoff and Raymond, and Lonnie Schrader visited Fred Luers family Sunday.
Raymond Dohlmeyer returned home in Madisonville Colorado after a week with relatives. Mrs Henry Bruns visited sister in Cincinnati and George Wiesehan stayed from Indianapolis for the summer. Elva Meister and William Kattleman of Cincinnati wed in Cincinnati. The reception featured ice cream and cake with many friends and relatives. John Kirchoff and sons visited Greensburg. Estella Caine Herman Kramer and Cecile Chamberlain visited Henry Meister family. Curtis Harvey Elmer Franks Versailles and Louisa Robinson Clinton visited Frieda Fischmer Sunday.
Pipe Creek report notes Lillian Baas returning from Cincinnati to stay ten days with family. Jacob Abplanalp and Lizzie visit Godfried Huber and wife near Eastern Ripley. Mrs Fred Abplanalp and Myrtle visit Jacob Berg and wife. Charles Jenner family spend Sunday with relatives near Spades. Henry Baas family visit Mike Peters and family at Progress.
The article notes that losing appetite is not serious if meals are skipped briefly and meals are spaced five hours apart to aid digestion. It advises moderate outdoor exercise, eating as needed, and addressing constipation with Chamberlain's Tablets when appetite loss is caused by it.
An eight year old and his father dine at a hotel where guests are not noted for civility. The boy asks why men at the table shout whoop at their soup, prompting a charming, if imperfect, moment of curiosity about table manners.
The Farmers' Federation of Ripley County met in Osgood to discuss the second livestock report and to arrange mailings from the County Agent’s office urging members to complete the report. They eyed chamber memberships, planned a August 21 picnic in Osgood, and set July 24 as a follow up meeting. Culling demonstrations were planned with Purdue’s C. W. Carrick starting July 20 ahead of the Osgood Fair.
The Edinburgh Scotsman reports the four in hand coaches sight on the Callander to Trossachs route have been auctioned off as the era ends. A new motorcar fleet will replace the traditional post coaches after a hotel group took over the Trossachs hotel from the Blair family.
The origin of Canada is linked to Kannatha meaning a village or huts with Cartier possibly misapplying it to the land. Quebec is said to come from Kehee meaning a strait, named for the St. Lawrence river’s narrow point and the city’s high bluff.
An old ad asserts summer complaint deaths have fallen since Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy spread, claiming ninety nine out of a hundred recover with proper use of the remedy castor oil and diet. Mr. W. G. Campbell of Butler Tennessee endorses its effectiveness for summer complaint in children.
Adams Church ening report lists visits by John Drockelman and wife from Illinois, William Schutte and family with Lookout ties, Mr. Vogel and daughter at Sun man, and multiple gatherings among Schutte and Mang families. Social visits continue with George Haessig, Ernest Schutte, Charles Fellerman, Hilda Schutte, Lillian Heeseman, Dorothy Behlmer, and Fred Bergman from Indianapolis. Miss Hilda Timke assists, with Mrs. Timke ill, and William Bernhard and family host Sunday calls.
A French design places each carbon grain in its own cell to prevent packing and loss of activity in telephone microphones. This isolation keeps grains from touching, improving sensitivity and tone, as reported by the Indianapolis News.
A testimonial from Ray White about using RAT-SNAP to control rats during a camping trip. He and his wife encountered large rats and used the product sold by Meyer Hardware Company and Blank's Pharmacy. Ends with promotional note to advertise in the Tribune.
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