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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
1
Sunman residents attend a St Clair church event scheduled for next Saturday June 26 with guests including Easton Illinois resident George Hoff. Local social notes list relatives visiting, fraternal church activities and multiple small town movements among residents and visitors. A social at St Pauls Church raised net proceeds of 135 dollars. Farmers report corn replanting due to blackbird damage.
Henry Vogel called on business at Sunman Thursday. Fred Selke Jr and family were Sunday guests of Fred Bergman and family. Mr and Mrs Ernest Schutte visited grandparents at Finks. Mr and Mrs Frank Schuerman entertain guests from Cincinnati. Henry Heeseman works for Ed Huneke. John Prakel called at Lookout Tuesday evening. Farmers attended Fred Groves sale Monday. Elmer Nedderman hauled corn to Sunman Wednesday. Ida Wissel, formerly at Morris, returned home Sunday. Mr and Mrs Fred Behlmer Jr and babe visited William Bernhart’s on Saturday. Raymond Littel helps Mrs Messerschmidt at Newpoint. John Drockelman returned from Illinois with his bride and visits relatives locally.
Ed Pohlar was briefly ill last week while Henry Spreckleson and Conner Hutson visited. Ed Thomas spent Saturday evening at Sunman. Mrs Cassius Osburn improves after a recent operation. Bertha Greemann waited on Mrs Osburn and visited Batesville Sunday. Henry Spreckleson and family visited Batesville Saturday. Hayes Osburn called on Cassius Osburn and Anna Cardwell stayed several days at the Osburn home. People attended Fred Greves sale Tuesday.
Farmers are summoned to a meeting at the Spades Schoolhouse on Saturday evening June 26 at 7 30 with Henry Kroenke serving as chairman.
Mrs Perry describes rats infesting a seaside home last May and how RAT-SNAP cake bait cleared the infestation in a week. The ad notes cake form bait saves mess, with sizes 25c 60c and $1.00, sold by Meyer Hardware Co and Blank's Pharmacy to reach households through the paper.
Numerous residents and guests from Cincinnati and Illinois were listed visiting families in the area. Individuals named include Mrs H J Sunman, Henry Meister, Mrs H W Leding and daughter, George Fitch and daughter, Miss Elizabeth Franke, Mrs James Miller, Mrs Sherman Mason, Mrs A Franke, John Gunter and family, J C Steinfort, Miss Ethel Gamble, Dr M Johnson, Mrs Charles Wuellner, Mrs Arthur Gillespie, Rev Barthelmas, Mr and Mrs Henry Pohlar, and Miss Margaret Rhonk. A St Stephens Church festival planned for June 24 was postponed due to Rev Barthelmas absence.
Katherine Zillebuehler was a Batesville caller Tuesday. Victoric couple returned to Indianapolis after a visit with Mike Glaub and family. Emma Weisenbach returned home after a week with Nick Velz and denoting graduation at Oldenburg and Batesville. Mrs. John Wintz and children visiting relatives. Mrs. Frank Bare and son Billie visited A. F. Riehle family in Middletown Ohio. August Weisenbach returned from Cincinnati where in school. Pete Dupps spent Sunday at Lawrenceburg. Mrs. G Felix returned from Covington Kentucky. Romilda Bischoff returned from Cincinnati after schooling. Lillian Lang spent Tuesday at Spades. Mrs. Henry Crin of Florida spent days with Frank Lang. Mrs. R. F. Reister Batesville caller Tuesday.
Penntown residents report a busy week with visits and calls. Edwin Abegglen and wife called Saturday afternoon while John Stahley and family planned a Cincinnati trip to visit relatives. Louis Wittkamper made a business call Saturday, and Mrs J Bartling with Ruth Ellen and Mrs C Bartling returned from Cincinnati after several days away. Arthur Wittkamper and wife visited home folks Sunday as Henry Erfman of Dayton visited. Mrs Lewis Kline and daughter Jeanette and Willard Stanley with his sister spent the weekend with William Meyer. Henry Presse traveled to Cincinnati Monday morning.
PIPE CREEK residents attended a sale at Fred Groves west of Spades last Tuesday. Harry Christy and Clarence Abplanalp did concrete work for E R Behlmer at Sunman last week. Grothaus Zins and Wallpe graded the county line last week. Mrs Charles Jenner and children were callers at Batesville last Tuesday.
Dr H H Butler endorses RAT SNAP used around his hospital every three months to prevent rats. The product promises effective results, with three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00, sold and guaranteed by Meyer Hardware Company and Blank's Pharmacy.
Ronald Dempster suspects his wife Edith of infidelity after a mysterious note leads him to Forest Park. He confronts a handsome man, only to discover the truth: Edith’s maid Martha and her young partner Robert Penfield were involved, prompting a comic, costly resolve.
Miss Mary Scarlon presided at a June 17 re organization meeting in the Osgood Carnegie Library assembling the renamed Ripley County Public Health Society. C H Andres of Batesville elected president with Lou Stansbury treasurer and Minnie E Wycoff secretary. A $200 grant was approved to hire a Public Health Nurse with Red Cross collaboration, aiming to fund raise via yearly Red Cross Christmas seals and ready for the September seal campaign.
The famous tenor Enrico Caruso reportedly suffered a string of misfortunes last week starting with a home burglary that emptied half a million dollars in jewels. Police also reported theft of rare whiskeys wines and brandies from his cellar amid a wider scarcity of spirits.
Mrs Tepper of Plainfield New Jersey says rats plagued her cellar until RAT-SNAP was used. The cake form product destroys rats and mice, prevents odors, with three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Meyer Hardware and Blank's Pharmacy. Advertise in the Tribune to attract customers.
Mrs Mamie Bertel of Moberly Missouri praises Chamberlain's Tablets as the best remedy for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation she has ever used. She reports taking the tablets and feeling improved results.
A fragment notes someone using a remedy at lunch time to relieve indigestion and tone the liver, claiming continued relief over two or three years. The Boston Transcript quote implies financial struggle and a worn daily routine as context.
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