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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1909
Page
5
Social notes from Sunman detail a July 3 picnic at Batesville Fair Grounds. Visitors and locals from Versailles Lawrenceburg South Dakota Cincinnati Oldenburg Milan Manchester Greensburg St. Marys and Batesville are listed with brief mentions of gatherings, travel, employment moves, and a note about a Tribune article dispute.
A.J. Hackman and wife traveled to Cincinnati Wednesday to visit relatives. Mrs. Johanna Enneking returned home from Cincinnati Friday. A large gathering visited Thursday for the academy commencement. Mrs. Seiter also spent Tuesday with relatives in Cincinnati.
Social notes report attendance at the Fair Grounds in Batesville for July 3. Guests include Mrs. Brainard Ransom of Toronto visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Pitch. Residents Walter H. Fitch and family hosted Indianapolis friends over Sunday.
A 1909 account describes suffrage activists proposing a women infantry corps. Mrs Susan Armstrong leads objections and demands, while a uniform committee drafts a tailored blue outfit with a knee-length skirt and a tall crown, prompting disputes over hips, busts, and corsets as the debate fractures the group. The secretary of war waits to muster the corps amid factional splits among suffragists.
Local sports note reports Morris defeated Haymond 11 to 10 at home after a Sunday game. Visitors included residents from Batesville and Cincinnati as townsfolk attended events and dances. A fire insurance meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at the Fire Co hall.
Miss Jane Hutson died at her home Friday night after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Salem Monday morning. Mrs Peter Smith and daughter were in the vicinity on business. Walter Stockinger and Miss Nellie Myrtle Dennon to be married today. Bertha Stockinger left for Grand Island Nebraska for her brother Walter's wedding. Al Odgen visited friends. Batesville folks attended Hutson funeral. Local outing at Laughery creek reported.
Mrs T E Hunter spent a few days with A K Wycoff and family in Batesville last week. Miss Florence Beer and Miss Lillian Stewart of Moores Hill visited home folks. Walter L Jones of Indianapolis visited. Roy Hunter and Frank Thompson returned from Bloomington where they studied. Miss Gertrude Stewart returned home after a three weeks visit with Mrs A B Wycoff in Batesville. Multiple couples from nearby towns connected in social announcements with names and places including Osgood Dupont Versailles Vernon Batesville Marble Corner Canaan and Versailles line.
Pleasant Park Fair Grounds in Batesville saw a series of social calls this week. Mrs John Wonning and daughter and several Batesville residents visited Fred Wonning and family. Others from Bedford Seymour and Swedenburg joined in visiting relatives and attending a christening at Crosse Roads.
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