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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
6
Oldenburg reports the birth of a girl to Frank Fischer and his wife on Friday. Local social notes mention visits and trips by residents and guests to Cincinnati, Rensselaer, and Indianapolis, with graduations at St Joseph College and plans for a new chapel for the Sisters of St Francis.
A series of weekend visits and short trips are noted. Frank Fehrman and family drove to Newcastle to spend the day with relatives and friends. Anthony Waechter traveled to Brookville for Commissioners Court. Numerous neighbors and relatives including the Wissels Ravers Waechters and Schimpkes visited each other over Sunday. Clem Raver stayed several days with relatives in Cincinnati.
Brookville R. R. No 7 residents Ben Bruns and wife and baby visited Mrs Sturwald near St Peters Saturday. George Pulskamp and wife entertained Ben Vonderheide and family Henry Kruthaupt and wife and Frank Pulskamp and wife of St Marys and Deweytown Sunday. Dick Grunkemeyer wife and son George returned to Piqua Ohio Saturday after attending the Grunkemeyer Fledderman wedding. Lucy and Mary Sammis entertained friends at their parents home Sunday. Comment on a man with smoked goggles. Mrs Bohlander spent last week with daughter Mrs Mbeker
Dr. H. H. Butler recommends RAT SNAP as an effective rat control method used around hospitals every three months. The vet advises immediate action at the first sign of rats and notes three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 sold and guaranteed by Meyer Hardware Company and Blank's Pharmacy.
Pearls from Australia vary in shape and color with white pearls valued higher. Ounce price for white pearls reaches up to 500 dollars, yellow pearls about half that value. Color influences demand with white going to Europe and yellow to India.
Metamora and nearby towns host numerous visitors including Fred Zolar and family from Indianapolis and Charles Marlin with sister Ella from Brookville. Guests come and go across Connersville, Glenwood, Cincinnati, Hamilton County and Laurel as relatives visit, attend gatherings, and return home.
A column notes that drinking whiskey is not a remedy for colic or stomach ache. It urges seeking a doctor or using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy instead, debunking the belief that alcohol can cure such ailments.
A quotation attributed to Charles M. Schwab asserts that SDYmar can learn any task if he applies himself to the work, reflecting a belief in perseverance and self-discipline.
An elderly 74 year old woman refuses to call aging a decay and embraces an Indian summer of life. She knits stockings, sews lace, and enjoys fruitful years while arguing with her daughter that rest would ruin her vibrant autumn. The piece frames aging as a positive, active season.
The Indianapolis News reports Billy Umphrey at Weidely Motors keeps a noon offer of a penny to any dirty-faced child who washes up. Soon a long line of youths with clean hands grew for another penny, spreading through Irish Hill and drawing praise for showing initiative and neatness.
Senor Blasco Ibanez urged the Bronx to raise a Edgar Allan Poe memorial and contributed 100 to show seriousness. He notes Poe’s minimal ties to Spain while praising opportunity over reasons, suggesting his gift could spark a lasting tribute.
A London traveler complains of a scrubby room with no water soap or towel in a shabby alleyway lodging. After persistent ringing for 20 minutes a waiter with a deep voice answers and warns the guest not to ring again or wake the mistress.
A Jeffersonville merchant placed an automatic weighing machine outside his store. A passerby asked a man why he wore no coat, and the citizen replied he wished to weigh himself without outdoor garments. The remark sparked laughter as onlookers debated the gag.
Dr Alfred F Hess told the State Medical Society that canned tomatoes provide dietetic value for infants. He notes orange juice is common to prevent scurvy and finds canned tomatoes offer a similar benefit. He gives about an ounce daily to infants past the I month, especially if the mother is not nursing.
A new alarm clock option plays a phonograph instead of a bell to rouse a sleeper. The device offers gentler tunes such as popular standards and novelty songs, avoiding the jarring alarm sound currently common in the morning routine.
Timetable list shows multiple train numbers and times across morning and evening runs. Entries include No. 16 No. 27 No. 43 with morning departures at 6:80 a m and 9:25 a m and evening arrivals 4:55 p m 5:25 p m and late 9:45 p m. also west bound notes and unclear venue times.
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