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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
8
Milan society page records visits and trips across Ohio Indiana and Cincinnati. People named include Homer Ashcraft Emma Bedunnah Chloe Wilson Bonnie McClure and Leona Wilson with gatherings at Clifty Falls and Chautauqua New York plus several visits to Akron Cincinnati Indianapolis Bloomington and Dayton.
GAFF Henry Hafft and son Everett visited Osgood for dental work. Castner family from Benham spent Sunday with Daniel Titus. Ferguson couples visited Madison and Sardinia. Richard Hafft hosted Thursday night gathering including Hafft, Hyatt, Graue, Titus, Freudenstein, Boswell, and Montgomery families. Threshers finished a quick season. Brainard Wanters from OsGood stayed with Will Wright. Residents visited McCoy Park and rain blessed the area. Roy Kirk and Noel Cook joined Sundays at Hafft properties.
Fred Meyer and wife spent last Sunday with Ernest Schutte and wife at Lookout. Miss Erma Dahle returned to Cincinnati after a two week vacation with relatives here. George Kestler and family entertained relatives from Seymour recently. Miss Nora Wenning of Batesville visited Herman Menke and family. Charles Fellerman and family Otter Creek, Will Meyer and family Jolly Center, and George Richter of Batesville recalled her sixtieth birthday last Friday. Misses Mabel and Golda Crum of Delaware stayed with Erma Dahle and Selma Menke. Many neighbors attended the Osgood Community Chautauqua last week.
Rats steal millions of dollars' worth of grain chickens eggs and more and are a health menace. RAT-SNAP kills rats and neutralizes odors. Cats or dogs will not touch it. Comes in three cake sizes 25c 50c and 1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Blank's Pharmacy and Meyer Hardware Company.
Versailles notes reveal visits from Dearborn County residents, a Milan visit, and local gatherings. Social items include the Livingstons marriage announcement and a Dowling Security Co sales meeting at the Court House with a chicken dinner at St Nicholas Hotel. Court news lists the Hammon will probated and several new cases including partition and tax lien actions.
Local society notes record Harry Farley and his Colored Jazz Band performing at St Clair’s on Wednesday July 28. The column lists Sunday visits by Dorothy and Elenora Dammeyer of Indianapolis to their mother Mrs Anna Abplanalp, plus various relatives and friends visiting or traveling between Cincinnati Greensburg Batesville and Indianapolis including Mr and Mrs August Ernsting Mr George C Taylor and family and Miss Mary Otjen.
Uncle Sam Wills and niece Mrs. Clara Jones came home Saturday after a several week visit in Colorado. Newton Hyatt and wife spent last week in Terre Haute and Indianapolis. Their son C. N. Hyatt now owns a home on North 14th Street in Terre Haute. Little Miss Helen Roberts visited Mildred McCoy last Sunday. Dewberries ripe at 40 cents per gallon. Albert Schroder’s condition worsened and his family were urged to come as he may not survive the night. Charley Hyatt and wife from Indianapolis visited Grandma Poulter in Versailles.
Clinton Philmer Fackler and J Lang were business callers here Thursday evening. Elmer Holwadel and family from Madisonville Ohio spent Sunday with O Holwadel and family. George Grossman and family visited Edward Shazer and family. Mrs N Sunman and daughters Della and Hazel visited her sister Mrs C Mehrey. R Robinson stayed with Niobe Fischmer at Spades. Lee Robinson spent Saturday at Newcastle. J D Sunman left for town for work. W Allen of Sunman visited C Robinson and family. There is only one kind of printing worth anything the right Phone 22.
The piece argues the United States spent about 34 billion on World War I, with investigations alleging massive waste and inefficiency. It cites bloated contracts, useless projects, and autocratic war-time action by the President, criticizing Congress for not supervising expenditures. It notes key figures and projects across the Treasury, War, and Navy departments and calls for accountability.
The piece warns that constant self doubt can resemble a disease, as people obsessively question minor actions like locking a door or placing a memo. It notes the anxious search for misplaced items in every possible spot and the surprising relief when the missing item is finally found.
An night watchman claims to have cleared a rat infestation using RAT SNAP within six weeks, noting dogs wouldn’t approach the site and asserting success by the score nightly. The ad promotes three sizes at 25c 50c and 1.00, sold by Blank's Pharmacy and Meyer Hardware, with a brief note on brass cleaning using lemons and wax.
Mr C Dunster recalls a scene described as a battlefield in Europe. He stayed in a Pennsylvania town and saw a stable worker display dead rats killed with RAT-SNAP the night before. The advertisement promotes three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00, sold and guaranteed by Meyer Hardware Co and Blank's Pharmacy.
The Moharram marks the start of the Mussulman new year though fate is lunar and movable. It chiefly commemorates martyrs including Ali the prophet's son in law Hasan his grandson poisoned by his wife and Ho guin the younger brother killed at Kerbeth.
At the dinner table Jimmie recounts a quarrel between two of his schoolmates and notes Willie’s boastful amplification. The younger brother replies that Willie would exaggerate because he is twice as heavy as Dun.
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