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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1920
Page
8
Henry Smith of Delaware visits town and Walter Wilson travels to Cincinnati for studio work. Indiana University events, Bloomington commencement for Howard Bergdoll and maternel notes. Several residents visit relatives, conduct business, or travel to Cincinnati and Bloomington for work, study, and social engagements.
Osgood R. R. No. 1 reports Clifford Hilbert and family from Cincinnati visited John Finke and family Saturday and Sunday. George Gunter and wife visited his brother August and family at Tanglewood. Louis Kirchoff of Illinois and Henry Krein hop also traveled with relatives. George Kreinhop and Louis Kirchoff visited Cincinnati. Mrs Henry Rohlfing and daughter from Napoleon called on John Oliver and family. Alma Kirchoff, John Ferather and others spent time with Fred Luers and family. William Sembach and Greensburg relatives visited Albert Follmer and family. Fred Meyer and wife spent time with relatives at Batesville. Harry Finke and wife came from Cincinnati to visit relatives.
Napolean Rollin Roberts and family and nephew Frank Strader visit Indianapolis with friends and relatives. Chris Bockelman and wife from Connersville spend Sunday in Napoleon with kin. Venus Taylor rode to Cincinnati Sunday evening. Leslie Beall and Fountain City family called on Napoleon Saturday. Henrietta Eaton and Lydia from North Carolina visit for several months. George C. Taylor and Mary Letzler family Batesville visitors Sunday. Eleanora Dammeyer returns to Indianapolis after week with mother. Carrie Bredemeier and grandson Jack Schroder of Cincinnati spending weeks here. George Reckeweg and family drive to Indianapolis Sunday. Frank Brown and family from Decatur County pass Sunday with locals. Lewis Heimsath and O Doering with wives visit Cincinnati. Frank Hillman and wife move to Napoleon from Batesville. Icey Kenworthy of Commiskey visits sister Mrs McClanahan. Luther League lawn social on church lawn Saturday June 12. All welcome. Jessie Morton and family guests of Jim Hazelrigg and wife.
Mr and Mrs L L White spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Indianapolis Will McCoy and wife returned from Denver to make Ripley County home McCoy named cashier of New Marion Bank bank to open likely in July Miss Ethel Thompson of Cincinnati visiting her parents Miss Verona McCoy and Grace Pickett to visit relatives in Indianapolis during Centennial week Miss Reba Beckett leaves for Bloomington to attend summer term Mrs Prudie Day visits Anderson to see daughter Mrs Ralph Downes Miss Thelma Doran of Milan visits Verona McCoy Mrs Frank Laws and Mrs Sydney Smith visit Cincinnati Township Trustees attend monthly Board of Education meeting The will of the late A H Beer probated executrix Mrs Beer A $12000 bond issue sold to county banks for Pike construction to County Infirmary Marriage Licenses John Gross Dayton Ohio to Minnie V Bearth Holton Roy Hart to Helen Munn Batesville James C Shook Olean to Elizabeth S Whitham Madison Lester Albert Gaither Osgood to Celia Gertrude Wise Osgood
Sunday gatherings and visits across Otter Creek and Rush County include Louis Graue and family with Charles Legenhouse, Albert Thielbar group in Cincinnati, and Ed Palmer's family trips. The community attended Jacob Tucker's sudden death and burial at Perseverance cemetery. neighbors helped Albert Thielbar’s household during city visits.
A Mrs Hannan ad claims a setter died after a theft and promotes RAT SNAP for rat control. The pitch urges poultry raisers to use RAT SNAP and notes three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Blank's Pharmacy and Meyer Hardware Company.
A new physics instructor invites students to come with him for physics classes, triggering laughter from the assembly room. The incident is described in Boys' Life as a light moment highlighting student reactions.
Osgood residents entertainments and visits unfold with Mrs Henry Bolenbaugh hosting Edith Dickman and infant from Carthage Ohio. Miss Eva Wagner leaves for Detroit for summer. John Warfield dies after long illness of stomach cancer. funeral at Shelby Cemetery with Masonic involvement and neighbors in attendance.
The piece notes how English loanwords have entered French in sport labor and daily life during wartime. It cites terms like champion ring knockout and tanks nurses tickets and scouts and describes shifts in usage such as lavatory meaning a barber shop in Paris with a shampoo.
The passage notes lingering bias toward first occupants of new shelters and echoes prehistoric attitudes. It suggests ancestors viewed cave dwellings with mixed emotions, including fear of wild beasts already present in the space.
KILLSRATS and mice are targeted by RAT SNAP in cake form with no mixing needed. A 2c cake covers pantries and cellars, 60c cake for chicken houses and small buildings, $1.00 set for farms and factories. Money back if it fails. Sold and guaranteed by
The hamlet of Silver Lake near White Plains New York with about 500 residents reportedly hosts 141 dogs of every type causing nuisances. Dogs roam freely during day and howl at night making sleep impossible. A resident recalls a pie theft by dogs and mentions Browning refused magazine payments for poems. Printing claim and phone number appear as brief notices.
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