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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
8
Local plea urges citizens to buy War Savings Stamps to their utmost capacity and in time. The town notes numerous visits, family news, and events including births, illnesses, travel to Indianapolis and Cincinnati, a mumps outbreak, church and social gatherings, and residents serving in the army.
Mrs. Josephine Schmidt spent last Thursday with Christ Robinson and family. Will Schneider visited his brother and relatives in Cincinnati. A number attended Henry Voss's funeral last week. Frank Fishmer and C. Robinson put up hay for Roland Robinson Sr. Chas. McKinney called at Sunman. Louisa Robinson visited Wilma Lamm. Aurora telephone men were through here Friday. Mrs. Rosa Franke stayed with her father Roland Robinson and Josie Sherman. Harry Eberg and family spent Sunday with Walter Grossman and wife. Wm. Schmidt and son Amos of Elrod visited Henry Eberg and family. Mrs. Josephine Schmidt visited later. Chas. McKinney and family attended church at Sunman. Walter Grossman and wife visited Verner Grossman. H. Chas. McKinney and family visited Eberg.
Community notes from Deer Foot: Charles Bohner visits Cincinnati relatives. James Arthur calls from Milan. H F Bohner visits Milan. stock delivered to Milan by Ross Schornick and Cutter. Funeral for Henry Voss at Stumpke’s Corner. Mayme Praker and children visit Bohner home. Edna Cutter and Lilian Bohner visit Nora and Lena Hountz. Louisa Volz passes through from Prattsburg. Neighborhood social at Stable home hosts several locals.
Children’s day exercises will be held at the Spades Lutheran church Sunday evening June 23 beginning at 8 p m. The item lists many local residents visiting Cincinnati Indianapolis Martinsville and Dayton and notes several family visits and travel updates.
Mrs Henry Reuter and son and daughter spent last week in Cincinnati returning Monday with Miss Bertha Reuter staying several days. Numerous visitors from Batesville Indianapolis Cincinnati Lawrenceburg Delhi and Camp Sherman updated on travels and camp transfers. Several local youths left for camps in the U S on Monday with many reporting good spirits and anticipation.
Pledge to save and buy War Savings Stamps monthly highlighted. Community members share Sunday visits with ill relatives and travelers visiting Connersville Metamora Brookville Batesville Indianapolis and College Corner. Patronize our Ac Columns. It pays.
Farmers plow and hay while Geo. P. Huber buys a cow from Wm. Volz. Lizzie Abplanalp and Sophia visit Mrs. Harry Ertel. George P. Huber visits his sister in Newpoint. Abplanalp family hosts and guests call on neighbors Louis Ertel and Henry Reddert. Mrs. H Riselman visits near Youne Corner and Mrs. Ertel. auto rides fill Sunday. Children’s service attended at Penntown.
Reports line up and sign up for National War Savings Day. Marriage notice records Charles Holzberg wed to Pearl Tangman. Social notes list Amelia Schein Carl Burkhart and families visiting George Smiths. Various locals — Christ Zimmer, Sunman visits. farmers hauling clover hay. Mollie Swears with son and Marie Zimmer visit.
George Stormfelt, German-born Emporia Kans., told a Liberty Loan meeting in Madison Kans. that Germans in America must donate all they can to defeat Prussian tyranny. He recalled his escape from Kaiserism at age 22 and warned that German soldiers lose humanity to the state. He urged fellow Germans to support the American flag and aid the war effort with money and energy.
The notice calls farmers short of help to fill and mail a detailed application including name, address, and farm data to Isaac I Straus in Indianapolis. It seeks young men 16 to 21 for work with monthly wages and harvest pay, plus references and remarks.
The notice notes War Savings Stamps are not just for children as adults are urged to save. Local residents and families from Brookville Sunman Batesville Oak Forest and St Marys shared visits and auto rides to nearby towns including Cincinnati and Penntown. A funeral for Mr Gindling at Oak Forest drew community attendance.
An Indiana mother reports Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy gave immediate relief to two of her children during a 1911 cholera morbus episode. The piece stresses keeping the remedy at home to act quickly before doctors arrive.
The flying fish emerges from the sea using its long fins to lift itself above the water. It supports itself in the air until the fins dry, then drops back into the ocean.
A fragment from the Christian Register depicts a daughter pleading for pity and happiness with Edward while her father, a naturalist, dismisses marriage plans by a sharp lesson on lizard anatomy. The exchange highlights tension between emotion and scientific skepticism.
A Peru Indiana reader reports success using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to ease whooping cough in two daughters. The note emphasizes keeping the cough loose and facilitating expulsion as key benefits.
A Richmond Kentucky reader, F B Tressey, extols Chamberlain's Tablets as a wonder medicine. He claims they never fail and recommend them for indigestion and constipation.
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