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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
1
Sunman residents report changes in property, moves to Spades and east end of town, and new ventures including a millinery parlor. Community members travel to Versailles Cincinnati Indianapolis Lawrenceburg and Milan for business, lessons, and visits while a child dies of double pneumonia. Daughters of Pocahontas plan a social for March 20.
Notices detail farm sales by Henry Bruns and John Dieselberg near Sunman with cattle and implements to be auctioned. Local residents visit Cincinnati and Greenfield for work and housing, while Louis Meyers buys a Maxwell car. Advertisements promote Chamberlains Tablets with a Vermont inn proprietor’s testimonial.
Charles Winkler and Mrs Pete Roell were callers in Cincinnati and Batesville respectively. Charles Grunkemeyer visited Cincinnati for work while Mrs George Huber visited Indianapolis relatives. Mr and Mrs Merk of Batesville spent Sunday with Arthur Miller and wife. Various visits continue across Batesville Greensburg and Indianapolis with Miss Estella Grunkemeyer and Miss Clara Riehle among others.
Adrian Greagon of Dayton spent several days with Arthur Bartling. Mrs Henry Price and daughter Thelma of Sunman visited Caspar Bartling's family. George Brumpter of Illinois visiting relatives. Arthur Wittkamper and wife and John Bartling and family called on Milan. Lewis Ertel ill last week. Mrs Brumpter moved into new property from Wm Klable. Edwin Richter visited Morris. Al Meyers owns a new Ford. EK Behlmer in area for telephone business. Caspar Bartling returned from Cincinnati after Henry Bartling funeral. Several attended the Indianapolis auto show.
The flu lingers with after effects as Adams Church plans services next Sunday. Wood supply for the parsonage is low due to the contractor’s delay, and help is sought as conditions look difficult.
Mrs Arthur Sunman visited Rushville relatives Friday. Fred L Butt was a Cincinnati caller Tuesday. Mrs Quirin Ertel went to Batesville Saturday night. Mrs George Wessler and Mrs Will Ressler from Lawrenceburg were Batesville Friday riders. Arthur Sunman called at Guilford Saturday. Dan Freyer becomes Ertel store huckster after J C Wurtz resignation. will work at Batesville. Mrs O H Terry visited while Ruby Sieg moved to Brookville for work. Jesse Abplanalo recently called at Batesville. Fassold family sick with flu. Henry Bruns bought J C Wurtz property and will move here. Wurtz family sold property at Batesville to make that their future home. Town welcomes Bruns family and regrets Wurtz departure. T W W Sunman visited Batesville Thursday. Spelling contest at school yielded Isabelle Dupps and Gladys Cardwell as winners and bound for County contest. Robert Montgomery gave the words. E R Sehlmer, Elizabeth Franke and Ethel Gunter judged. Event noted as a lively revival of old style spelling bees.
A sequence of visits and calls are noted across Batesville Adams Township Sharps Corner and Sunman with residents including Alice Schomber George Pohlar Henry Witt Kamper and William Pohlar calling on multiple days. A spelling match for Adams Township pupils was held at Spades school with top spellers Gladys Cantwell and Isabella Dupps.
The piece explains that a cold weakens the lungs and lowers vitality, paving the way for serious illnesses. It warns that pneumonia often follows a lingering cold and that the danger grows the longer a cold lasts, especially from germ diseases.
Report of the condition of the Sunman Bank a State Bank at Sunman Indiana as of February 28 1920 totals liabilities 3549474 50 The statement sworn to by L A Bruns cashier and notarized by J J Westrick on March 4 1920 Pettine indicates the bank’s financial position and verification by a public notary.
The item touts a system for handling germs related to consumption scarlet fever diphtheria and whooping cough. It claims quicker recovery from a cold reduces danger of disease and lauds Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a trusted pleasant option.
The Boston Transcript notes a belief that mixing powdered substances with wine was an ancient remedy for ailments described as a fourthache. The piece suggests such easy money schemes echo risky, dubious cures once promoted by Greeks.
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