Batesville Socials and Court House News Recap
Versalles E C Timmermann of Batesville visits friends here. Mrs. Jerman returns from Cordell Kansas. A group from Madison Wisconsin and Elwood visit Mrs. Josephine Francis. Others call on friends and relatives in town. Court House notes include road bond sales to local banks and a new estate administratrix Ellen Rollin. Marriage licenses issued to Green Shanks, Martin Messang, and Vankirk Tarpenning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Timmermann
Batesville
Margaret Jerman
Cordell
Kansas
William Austin
Calvin Francis
Madison
Wis
Newt Gallaher
Elwood
Josephine Francis
Roscoe Dorsett
Indianapolis
Elmer Livingston
Miss Meredith
Greencastle
Howard Akers
Ruth Coomes
M. Joseph Coomes
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Josephine Busching
Newcastle
Reba Hughes
Lon Spellman
Bellevue
John Busching
Chris H. Kassendick
Cincinnati
Morton Churchill
E. McCoy
Court House
W. W. McMullen
L. A. Bruns
Ira Brinkman
Jesse Wainscott
Sunman
Commissioners’ Court
W. B. Goyert
H. H. Kastens
Adams Cp
Batesville Bank
Harvey Jarvis Et al
Brown Tp
Ellen D. Rollin
Albion
H. Rollin
Dee’d
Lawrence C. Green
Addyston, C
Olive M. Shanks
Osgood
Frank James Martin
Detroit
Mich
Catherine Messang
Morris
Clyde Vankirk
Lois Warda Tarpenning
Napoleon
Deer Foot Crossing Sunday social gathers locals
The community gathering at Joe Billman’s Sunday evening drew many locals. Attendees came from Milan and Delaware for church and visits. Several families including Bohners, Cutters, Hountzs, and Ross were mentioned in the social notes. Local visits and activities fill the week.
Local Social News From Otter Creek Area
Matilda Mistler from east of Napoleon visited her mother Mrs John Meyer last Saturday. Mrs Charles Butt hosted visitors from Cincinnati on Saturday and Sunday. Thomas Hartig of near Finks Church passed through Monday morning while working on the pike west of here. Charles Sembach helped Fred Miller harvest last week. Herman Menke and family Mrs George Fellerman and children visited Charles Fellerman last Sunday. John Thielbar and family Albert Thielbar and family attended the Meyer Miller wedding at Smyrna last Wednesday. Local boys practiced ball at Joseph Schuerman's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Billman
Milan
Delaware
Hahn
Dillsboro
Louisa Cutter
Lillie
Arthur Bohner
John Prakel Jr
North Branch
Farrell Shockley
Rushville
Frank Schornick
Ed Billman
Ethel Dashiells
Herman Bohner Sr
August Cutter
Stumpke’s Corner
Estella Volz
St. Pius
Emma Ross
Marie Hountz
Dixie
Elnora
Joe Hountz
Lillie Bohner
Jolly Club
Bert Ross
Walter Cutter
Matilda Mistler
Napoleon
John Meyer
Charles Butt
Cincinnati
Thomas Hartig
Near Fink’s Church
Charles Sembach
Fred Miller
Herman Menke
George Fellerman
Charles Fellerman
John Thielbar
Albert Thielbar
Meyer-Miller
Smyrna
Joseph Schuerman
Beauty In Everything Fragment Reflects Daily Wonder
A reflective excerpt notes beauty in daily finds, from a fallen feather to each filament, urging an eye for small wonders in ordinary moments. It frames beauty as universal and pervasive, inviting mindful attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ichard Jefferies
Music on Table Knives in Sixteenth Century Feasts
The passage notes a temporary practice in the sixteenth century where table knives bore musical notes on one side signaling grace before meals and the grace after meat on the other, reflecting ritual dining customs.
Good Advice about Burdening Others with Troubles
A Boston Transcript line counsels readers to avoid laying emotional burdens on those who already have their own worries. The note suggests practical restraint in sharing personal distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Napoleon Socials Celebrate Visits and Wed Vankirk Wedding
Local notes document numerous weekend visits across towns from Indianapolis to Cincinnati and Terre Haute with many relatives. A wedding at the Sammons home then united Lois Tarpenning and Clyde Vankirk with a reception and large turnout from Indianapolis and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarpenning-Vankirk
John Sammons
Lois Tarpenning
Clyde Vankirk
Harry Upehureh
Mildred Shemely
Columbia
Cloyd Vankirk
Luella Gookins
Helen Lutes
Ruth Waters
Charles Tarpenning
W. G. Shingledecker
William Underwood
Indianapolis
Frances Bradshaw
Osgood
Henry Vankirk
Luther Shook
Upchurch
Hilda
Loudeen Shemely
Saving money and prudent purchases in daily life
The piece argues that saving is powerful, noting a ten to one return on saved dollars and the impact of small expenses like garden seeds. It compares frugal living to buying Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, suggesting a cheap bottle can avert medical costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Task Worthy of Artist
A quote reflecting on the ambition to write a candid daily life study by Christopher Morley is captured in a contemplative passage about portraying events, emotions, and thoughts with conviction and realism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFee Street
Fust
Christopher Morley
The Season's Pest Courier-Journal Quip
A Louisville Courier Journal quip about an original man who avoids weather talk an exceptional man without a bad cold and an interesting man who does not advise trying a “best cold cure.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
An Oversight in the Regiment Memorandum
Fragmentary line from a military source notes a misperception or boundless affection leading to a clarified regret. The garbled text hints at an editorial or literary aside about observation and meaning within a regimentalo theme.
Printing platform assertion frames our political stance
A speaker proclaims that only the right kind of printing matters, presenting it as the core of their platform and political identity. The remark emphasizes media quality as a defining campaign issue and signals a focus on messaging and materials.
The Name of a Dog by Martha MacWilliams evergy
Mrs Selden struggles to name her new dog Bother a dignified title versus a mutt and draws in godfathers from her circle The dog becomes the center of social maneuvering with Mr Brown the dog owner and a park chase adding romance and rivalries in a society tableau
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Selden
Anna Field
Beauty Nes
Anna
Hughes
Cerberus
Akoond
Swat
Brown
Oliver
Thompson
Edwards
Root
Bother
Boone
Mr. Brown
London
Midlands
Agatnst
Herbert
Selden
Missy
Rother
Ferry-Way
Unique Christmas Island A Tropical Isle Free Of Mosquitoes
Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean may be the only large tropical island never peopled before European discovery. It is heavily wooded with coconuts and palm trees, and hosts vast red crabs that migrate in groups and climb trees. Mosquitoes are reportedly absent due to porous soil and steep slopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christmas Island
Indian Ocean
Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims relief from catarrh and deafness
Hall's Catarrh Medicine includes an ointment and an internal tonic that supposedly reduce catarrhal inflammation and restore normal mucous surface function by acting through the blood. The product has been sold by F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio for over forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Township meeting notices for Morris Sunman and home schedule
Notice states monthly township business will be transacted at Morris on the first Saturday, at Sunman on the second and third Saturdays, and at home on the last Saturday of each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Sunman
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