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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
5
Local residents and visitors from Cincinnati Greensburg Indianapolis and Louisville converge in Batesville for visits to relatives attend Decoration Day events commence and social gatherings. Many proceed to verify trips to Morris Spades Lawrenceburg and Cross Roads alongside church and school activities.
Miss Ida Lambert returns to Indianapolis while Miss Anna Luttmiller comes home from Indianapolis. Mrs James Meade and relatives spend Monday in Cincinnati. Louise Koester visits from Camp Grant for furlough. H H Kramer returns from Indianapolis. Mrs Kramer and son stay. Mrs Buck visits Cincinnati family then returns home. Rev Nocka of Norwood pastors First M E Church visits. Mrs Kate Wischnewsky departs to Texas. Mrs Marks and daughter return to Indianapolis.
The Athletics beat the Indiana Tags, labeled a colored team from Shelbyville, 9 to 0. Harry Moorman earned the win, with Herman catching and Luhring stealing three bases. The game featured six runs in the sixth inning and a large home crowd.
Mrs. A W Romweber hosted about twenty guests at her Oakley home last Wednesday for a bridal shower honoring Miss Ida Kaes of Cincinnati, who will wed Elmer Peine on June 24 at St Celia Church. Hosts provided spring decor, luncheon, and games with prizes as guests offered gifts and good wishes.
Claude Palmer vice president of Kuert Contracting Company died in St Marys Hospital Cincinnati after being crushed by a steam pile driver while supervising a Big Four railroad bridge project. William R Allen brought the body to Indianapolis as funeral plans were set at his parents New Point home. Palmer served two years in World War I with an engineering unit in France. Surviving are five brothers and two sisters with various placements in Purdue Central Normal College and Michigan.
A social and bazaar will be held Thursday June 3 on the school grounds at Cross Roads. Light lunch and refreshments will be served. Everybody is cordially invited. Committee.
The Mutual Farmers Fire Insurance Company will hold its yearly meeting at the school house in Cross Roads at 2:00 p m on Saturday June 5th. All members are urged to be present. John Korte, Secretary.
Rye prices and market notes from H. Wilker & Co. show No 2 grade at 1.80 per bushel with other produce listings. The fragment documents a late edition market brief listing prices and a producer name.
A lawn fete hosted by the Christian Workers of Bethany Church is set for Thursday evening June 10 on the church lawn. All are warmly invited. The piece also notes etymology of the word Canada, from the Huron Iroquois Kan ato meaning a collection of huts, and traces Cartier era divisions around Hochelaga Canada and the Saguenay on the north side of the St Lawrence.
An article describes a foot rest and accelerator extension made from a standard strap hinge. One half attaches to the floor boards, the other rests on the accelerator. A light press on the free half of the hinge enables operation.
On Memorial Day May 30 family groups gathered at Lawrence Wirth’s Star Route home north of Batesville to honor his 81st birthday. Thirty five guests enjoyed a meal with baskets of food, and Miss Anna Horstman photographed four generations. Mr Wirth, father of fourteen, has seventeen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.
Mrs Eveline Reidel died Sunday at her daughter’s home near Napoleon after a paralytic stroke the prior Thursday. She was 85. Funeral services were held at the Lutheran Church in Napoleon with burial in the church cemetery. Undertaker George C Taylor oversaw the burial.
Rates posted at 1%4 cents per word with a 10 cent minimum. Wanted items include a second-hand gas range and twenty teams to haul logs to Batesville Indiana. For sale a six-room house. apply to John H. Wilker. A farm job available for a young man with horse-keeping privilege. address Claude Price Batesville Route 4. Amos Lumber Company Edinburg Indiana invites correspondence.
Jud Tunkins argues a good businessman keeps doing mental arithmetic while letting the other fellow handle most of the argument. The quip reflects a sharp, humorous view on management and negotiation dynamics.
All members urged to attend Friday evening June 4 for important business. Full attendance desired. Adam Fehlinger, President.
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