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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1909
Page
8
A compilation of residents visiting relatives and attending events across Indiana Ohio and Cincinnati. Numerous names and trips are noted including Ward Downey Stockinger Roel Stephens Mann Woolley Stockinger Clostermeyer and many others visiting cities such as Cincinnati Indianapolis and Greensburg with church services and sales assignments mentioned.
The Tribune lists residents visiting relatives and traveling to Indianapolis Cincinnati Lawrenceburg and nearby towns. Several families including Stemler Hoyer Weigel and Westhoff are noted with weekend trips and visits. Lost pocket knife reported and items for lodge members advertised. Henry Poske mourns his father and plans funeral attendance.
Special offers advertise new and second-hand machinery including engines from 10 to 40 horsepower at $130 and up. Other items include corn shredders clover hullers separators and saw mills at low prices with railroad fare refunds for purchasers who bring the ad. Local notices mention hotel and shop promotions and several residents making visits or trips to Cincinnati Martinsville Shelbyville and Indianapolis.
A Cornhill Magazine writer recounts a Navarino scene where floating spars hold Greek prisoners and Turkish soldiers mock English acts of mercy. An English lieutenant urges saving exhausted men while a Turk jeers at supposed English humanity after devastating the fleet.
Nicholas Volz Auditor of Ripley County Indiana certifies the July session allowances made by the Ripley County Commissioners. The document lists payments to numerous individuals and firms for services and supplies including pike work, salaries, printing, and various contracts. It confirms the total disbursements and names the involved officials and supervisors.
The estimated cost of constructing the free pike in Adwims township, petitioned by C. M. Osborn and others, is raised to 30 944.50. A contract for building the road will be let by the Board of Commissioners on August 1909, provided no legal objection is filed before the letting date. Witness our hands and seal this 7th day of January, 1909.
Baron Henri de Rothschild offered a Paris theater manager a play. The manager eagerly claimed it a masterpiece and promised production next season. The catch emerges when the baron reveals the previous day’s paper blank pages, a practical joke on the manager.
A Washington Navy club tale recalls a naval commander who says his longest engagement lasted three years, with the twist that the young officer learned the veteran’s joke about a wife marrying another man. Mrs Simms and her children return to Shelburne after visiting relatives.
Henry Hinkey and his son Charles and daughter in law Mrs Walter Hinkey were guests of Henry C Greemanon and family Sydney. Miss Edna Beck returned from Chicago on Tuesday with a young female companion. Henry Keasing made a business trip to Cincinnati and came back Tuesday evening. August Goyert of Greensburg arrived on business Tuesday evening.
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