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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1909
Page
4
Sunman residents heard an entertaining illustrated lecture at the C U church by C. Powers and a temperance talk by Mr. Barney of Indianapolis. Visitors included Ezra Thackery from Cincinnati and families from Dry Ridge and Batesville. Chickens were stolen last week, traced to a suspect home, marking repeated theft incidents.
Indianapolis resident Fred Karl returns home to vote and see parents while families from Batesville attend Mrs. Flora Hunteman’s funeral in Napoleon. Numerous visits and cemetery cleanups mark weekend in Ball town with several corrections to a prior death notice naming Flora Hunteman nee Wehr.
Mrs Rebecca Risk and son John of Osgood spent time with Dr G T Beckett. John Minger of Sunman visited. his son Clarence stayed a week. Emmett Lawless Ed Depp Mable Burton Elva Risk of Osgood in town. Miss Florence Beer of Moorefield took teachers exam. Flora Harper of Hartford Conn visits Mrs Marion Thompson. A H Beer and wife attended Mel Gookins funeral in Napoleon. Harry G Melson and Lauran A Row of Osgood were granted a marriage license last week.
Announcement reports the marriage of Jos H Schwegmann and Miss Tillie Bruns at St Marys of the Rock with a June wedding planned. Other notes mention Wm E Tebbe and wife visiting Brookville, Fred Stumph Jr and Frank Weber from Oak Forest, and guests Joseph Timmerman of Cincinnati and Louis Barnhorst of Greensburg visiting local families. Oscar Westerkamp of Cincinnati visits grandparents Theo Ferkinhoff and wife.
Oldenburg Mrs. Herman Bessler spent from Wednesday to Saturday with her mother in Lawrenceburg, while Henry Gerwe who had been in Cincinnati returned home Monday. Mrs. Ziegler and Miss Edna Vogt visited friends in Noblesville and Batesville respectively. Postmaster Schreiner spent Saturday in Batesville and others joined trips to Cincinnati including Clem Fischer Andrew Rittman William Sauters Jos Wittenberg George Feldkamp and Mrs Jos Macke. Peter Wagener of Hamburg lost a finger last winter and had it amputated Tuesday by Drs Mull and Vogt. Mrs Chas Dinkman of Marion left Cincinnati Tuesday evening after visiting her father Henry Hlaverkus.
William Jentz of Blue Ash visited Miss Joe Harvey on Thursday. Samms and daughter travelled to Crittenden Kentucky to see relatives. A G Bischoff and family joined George Sippel’s group at Batesville Sunday. Harry Warvey visits Cincinnati. Mrs Miller of Greensburg stayed with Mr and Mrs Goldsmith. Fishing party enjoyed Laughery Creek. Sam Wipple and Elsie Reidinger wed at St Anthony's church. J J Harvey returned from Richmond Indiana. Jacob Amberger and wife visited Batesville relatives. Matilda and Loretta Zillebuheler stayed with Batesville relatives.
John Prake and William Kreinbop hauled lumber to Batesville. John Selke and wife visited John Wittenberg and wife near Ficks Church Sunday. Fred Luers and family visited Fred Einhous and family Sunday. Herman Hueneke traveled to Lookout Friday.
Arthur Davidson loses ten thousand dollars in a Mississippi River draw poker game and dies from the shock. His mother had mortgaged a plantation and sent him to New Orleans to start a business. the losses and the debt are tied to the doomed hand. The story closes with his death and the legend of the dead man's hand.
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