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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1901
Page
1
Local notices list Harrows and plows at low prices from Walsman. Various residents travel to visit relatives in Newpoint Indianapolis Cincinnati Martinsville and Oswald. A Batesville baseball game ends 5 to 3 with praise for both teams. other items include job ads, notices against berry picking, and merchant promotions.
Mr Messang of Morris, age 62, died suddenly at his breakfast table on Sunday. He was known as a strong, kindhearted figure in Ripley county, buried at Morris on Tuesday. The note also blames the school board for high rent on the Union Sunday school room, urging a reconsideration to keep the class open for children.
A young man found near the tracks two miles west of town was brought to Batesville after drifting unconscious onto passenger train No. 36. He never regained consciousness and died in Indianapolis hospital. His identity was established as John Shea, a married man from Indianapolis, last seen riding between the tender and baggage car with companions. authorities suspect assault, robbery, and deliberate abandonment from the train. The case prompted a local purse effort and a full investigation.
Fruit cans at Walsman and hay for sale at H H Krame. a birth in July at 7am announces a boy. McCall’s Magazine offer to subscribers. Mrs. Alice Pettit and two children return to Lawrenceburg. Summer stock sale clears leftovers to make room for fall stock. Nick Blank, agent.
A Batesville editorial condemns Garnier Brewing Co for erecting a fence on a public sidewalk near the depot. The piece denounces the nuisance as an insult to town residents and accuses Garnier of brutal, money driven conduct. It calls for restraint and respect for the public right of way amid brewery fighting.
Batesville items report visits by Mr. Rogers, family travel, and a new soda fountain while noting business wins and a court appeal. The piece condemns a street fakir selling fake medicine to local youths, urges moral enforcement, and discusses railroad tax issues and county boundaries.
Driver George Shane escaped injury beyond bruises and scratches after his Standard Oil wagon was struck by passenger train No 2 near the railroad crossing by the tanks. One horse was killed, another injured, wagon and tank ruined, Shane hospitalized briefly. The train whistle failed, prompting speculation on possible disaster if gasoline aboard had exploded.
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