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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1900
Page
1
Short local items report daily comforts at Engel's ice cream and various townsfolk travel. Miss Tena Schene visited Indianapolis while Harry Canfield returned from Michigan. Funeral for Henry Wachsman drew a large Batesville procession with services at St. Mark's and St. John's.
Community notices include Walsman selling disc harrows and local travels of residents. Short reports cover travels to Havana, Osgood Fair races, Monday trips to Rising Sun, weekend lunches, visits to Ohio and Indianapolis, Cincinnati trips, and relatives visiting. Also included are shopping pitches, plantings, and family updates with minor mishaps and homecomings.
A fragmented Batesville area notice lists Smoke Square Diehlie cigars and a Ferris wheel at the fair in Osgood, with rooms for rent and business notices from Gauck's Drug Store. The item mentions Elmer Borgstedt traveling to Cincinnati for work and a U. S. Revenue officer visiting Madison. Married notice and local events follow.
Local items note pumps for sale at Walsman and a fine merry-go-round at the fair. George Beck returns from Pittsburgh. Prices for country produce set by N Blank, with sales at old prices. Mrs Hahn visits Greensburg. Hudepohl Band attends Henry Wachsman funeral. Ed Dickmann buys Christ Schwetman lot for 325 dollars to build a house. St Pauls Cross Roads Youths plan August 23 picnic at St Clair’s Hall with Eureka Brass Band. supper and ample refreshments.
An alert says a light bay gelding about 15 hands high and 90 pounds was taken up on premises one mile south of Batesville in Ripley County Indiana on Monday July 1900. Owner must call prove ownership pay expenses and take possession. Gregor Oser.
Adams township Republicans meet at Spades school house on Saturday July 28 at 2 p m to appoint delegates to the congressional and judicial conventions at North Vernon July 31 1909 W H Stevenson chairman
The Batesville event raised over forty dollars with minimal expenses. No intoxicants were sold and dancing was prohibited, seen as a commendable standard for a local Sunday school gathering.
The paper states it has omitted a personal portion of Rev A M Wilsons reply to Rev Morrow and will not publish further long controversial pieces. It invites both sides to present concise facts in courteous language to receive a reasonable amount of space.
Batesville baseball team defeated Osgood 31 to 2 in a game where Batesville wore new uniforms and thanked helpers. A Labor Day movement seeks business support for a street display and fairground march, aiming to boost local participation and farm engagement.
The Republican central committee calls Laughery town residents in Batesville to a town hall meeting on Saturday July 28 1900 at 2 p m for selecting 2 delegates and 2 alternates to the congressional convention and 3 delegates and 3 alternates to the judicial convention both in North Vernon on Tuesday July 31 1900 and to appoint delegates to the county convention at Versailles on September 1 1900 A good turnout is urged.
The Castle Hall Laughery Valley Lodge No 255 K O P Batesville MD drafts resolutions on the death of brother Henry Wachsman. They extend sympathy to the widow and family, drape the charter in mourning for thirty days, and leave a page of minutes blank in memory. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to the family and local newspapers.
The community highlights a string of events at the fair including shows by Smoke Shhorr with Havanna Blossoms and a busy dance at St. Clair's hall. Local fashions are showcased at Nick Blank's and Butterick patterns at H. H. Kramer’s. Travel plans include John Hillenbrand and wife visiting Mt Clements. Teachers’ exams draw O L Newman and others to Versailles. A Nashville child quips about Adam and his mother in a local joke.
The English M E Ladies Society held an entertainment in the town hall Thursday night with good attendance and fair finances. Miss Cora Unneweher traveled to La Fayette Wednesday with Mrs. Beck, who has visited Rev. Riechenmeyer and wife. A notice at a local farm reports nine spring turkeys missing since July 8 1900. Reward offered for information leading to recovery.
$3,000 of the capital stock of the Western Furniture Co Batesville would trade for a good farm or other property. Wm Fleming Greensburg Ind. Mrs McDonough of Cincinnati visiting mother Mrs Mary Dirscherl returns to city with mother who will live with her.
A two inch medallion designed with an American flag edge and the phrases Patriotism and Protection. The left shows a rising sun over a military camp with Our dead lie buried in the sands of Luzon. The right features a large factory and the claim The people will not vote themselves into the poor house twice in eight years. E C Deacon & Co Indianapolis sell them at 10 cents each.
Smoke Square Diehl 5c cigar. Moving pictures at the fair,Osgood Campaign caps, assorted styles and prices, at UH. H. Kramer's. Kemp's Elastic Rubber Roof Paint fifty cents per gallon. Gauck's Drug Store. Thomas Cravens and wife came home from Indianapolis Tuesday evening. There are no better pills made than DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Al ways prompt and certain. G. A. Baas. There's one method of transportation not affected by the interstate lawthe hearse. The deadhead travels as usual. Miss Allmeroth, of Indianapolis, who has been visiting Miss Tillile Wag ner here, went to Newpoint to visit Tuesday evening. Any farmer in need of seed wheat Can purchase the Michigan Fuls or Ruby wheat of Joseph Luesse, of Batesville at very reasonable prices.
Correction: Rev. Bowers will deliver a sermon at Batesville town hall on Sunday July 29 1900 replacing the previously announced 4th Sunday date. After that, services will occur on the Sunday after the 4th Saturday of each month.
A gold medal contest will be held at the M E church in Pierceville on Tuesday evening August 7 under the W C T U. seven contestants enter and admission is 10 cents to cover expenses. John WR Gentry endorses Littell's Liquid Sulphur Oil for horse and dog wounds including barbwire cuts galls and mange and says it is the best remedy he has used. Sale by G A Baas.
Ripley county townships will select delegates and alternates for both the congressional and judicial conventions to be held in North Vernon on July 31 1900. Each township receives a specified number of delegates and alternates, with Laughery township allotted three delegates and three alternates for the judicial convention and two delegates and two alternates for the congressional convention. M C Smith and Albert Shaw sign as secretary and chairman.
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