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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
1
Local ads note cherry seeders and seeders at Thie and Vonderheide, Walter A. Wood binders at Meyers, and a store touting fine Java. Citizens visit Cincinnati for business and relatives while upcoming auctions, elections, and church programs loom with community notices.
The Adams township Republicans meet at Spades on Saturday June 16 1906 at 2 p m to elect one delegate and one alternate to the congressional judicial and senatorial conventions. Township Chairman Louis Size presides with full Republican representation promised.
Ripley county Republicans meet on Saturday June 16 1906 at usual venues to select delegates and alternates for congressional joint senatorial and judicial conventions. Each township gets one delegate and one alternate except Johnson Laughery and Shelby which have two delegates and two alternates. Samuel M. Smith chairman Tomas L Crhath secretary.
A rapid-fire column lists local ads and notices including cherry seeders at Walsman, Havana Blossoms at Smoke Schorr's, and Columbian flour for bread. It notes visits by Ed Gordon and Frank Jones, a growing excursion crowd from Cincinnati, Bettys and Miss Roxie Jones from St Paul Indiana, and several local business promotions. It mentions street improvements, loaning staff, and a dental visit schedule with painless extractions at Gibson House and New Ripley Hotel. It closes with a social evening hosted by the Hoyer sisters honoring Anna Hoyer and Gertrude Wishmeier.
Notice to creditors says the Batesville Yachting Club has sold its property and gone out of business. Claimants should present their claims to Fred Morgan, Treasurer, within a few days for payment.
The Laughery township Republicans convene at Batesville Town Hall on Saturday June 16 at 3 30 p m to choose 2 delegates and 2 alternates for the Judicial Senatorial and Congressional conventions. Dates and venues for the conventions are not yet set. PRED Stockinger Chairman.
Commencement exercises at St. Clair's hall featured six female graduates from Edward E. Taylor's room. Miss Blanche Newman, Miss Jeanette Beck, Miss Grace Greeman, Miss Hilda Krieger, Miss Hulda Annewehr, and Miss Dorothy Beck delivered original, well prepared presentations amid fine orchestra music and fitting remarks by Rev. Gringer and Superintendent Acher.
The notice thanks friends and relatives for sympathy and aid during the illness and burial of Mrs Caroline Pfeifer aged 82. It states her remains were buried June 9 1906 at St Pauls cemetery Cross Roads and notes she was an elder Laughery township resident with several children and a deceased husband.
Workers unearthed a lone human skull about eight feet deep in a gravel pit owned by William Karl. No other bones were found. The skull is in the possession of the discoverers. Local convention notices for Laughery and Adams townships urge a strong turnout next Saturday with meetings in Laughery at 3 50 p.m. and Adams at 2 50 p.m.
The Batesville public schools will formally close on Saturday June 16 1906 with a day of pleasure at the fair grounds. The forenoon features miscellaneous exercises including a pupil treat. In the afternoon a program will be presented.
The St Louis church will hold its annual outing and children's festival at Batesville fair grounds on Saturday June 23. Events include baseball at 2:00 pm school children's drill at 3:30 pm Knights of St John in full costume at 6:45 pm and a grand prize match at 10 pm. Meals ice cream lemonade and candies, orchestra, bowling and amusements will be available. all are invited.
All council members attended the regular session. Reports covered street work, fund balances, and a school board election won by Alois Roell after three ballots. Licenses for Ben A. Schene and Joe Hittel granted. various street and labor costs approved. meeting adjourned to June 25, 1906.
Alex Benham, formerly of Benham Indiana and now residing in Crothersville, visited Batesville Lumber & Veneer Co. on Monday, completed a machinery purchase, and returned home the same evening.
Mrs Oscar Lehmkuehler and family hosted John Lehmkuehler as they visited. Miss Lydia Weidner from Cincinnati spent time with relatives. W H Cobb of Aurora came Tuesday to handle life insurance matters. Wm Johnson of Lawrenceburg conducted business in Batesville Monday.
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