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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1901
Page
8
Samuel Cady visited Conover school Tuesday selling books. Miss Pansy Hull stayed Saturday night at M L Hulls near Lock Springs. Maude Reese is very ill. J Van Osdell's house caught fire Sunday but was extinguished before damage. Long service Saturday at 6:30 PM. Meet to organize U S at 9:30 AM Sunday. All invited.
Sam Deburger of Titusville attended Monday. Mr Flannigan of Slate did business here Saturday. Holman Johnson of New Marion plans to move this week. Jacob Hess is in poor health. Mort Churchill has joined his father in law at Marble Corner. Mrs A P Powell offers Easter hats and invites calls. Miss Mary Kirch of Indianapolis visits home. G Huther, long ill, shows improvement.
An old time medicinal ad promises a beauty and health fix. Dr King’s New Life Pills claimed to clear skin, restore rosy cheeks and a rich complexion for 25 cents at Daas’ drug store, targeting signs of liver trouble.
Dr. Birchfield of Sunman passed through Sunday. Lactrup and Lizzie Weigold were at Sunman on Saturday. Arthur Witkamper and mother transacted business at Sunman last week. Schafer from near St. Marys visited Sunman Saturday. Mrs Mosmeyer traveled to Cincinnati Thursday. Mrs. Carrie Letter of Indianapolis visited her mother Mrs Hackman whose eyes ailing. Clara and Anna Pohlar visited friends at Sunman Friday.
The Miss Emma Voege birthday surprise ended with dancing at Adams Church after knee deep mud. Will Schutte married Emma Thielbar at the bride's home with Lizzie Thielbar and Carrie Schutte as bridesmaids and August Bultman Fred Thielbar as groomsmen. The couple will live on the Cook farm. Mary and Carrie Schutte visited from Indianapolis for the wedding. Fred Bergman Jr. now works for John Schutte.
J. R. Garrison, cashier of Thornville Bank, Ohio, credits Dr. King’s New Discovery for curing his severe lung trouble after a serious illness. He praises it as the best medicine for a bad cold or lung ailment and keeps it on hand. Trial bottles free at Baas’ drug store. prices 50 cents and 1.00.
Lewis Kneer spent days with the Mosmeier brothers at Penn town. Mrs. Geo Erfman, ill for some time, shows improvement. Ed Wolung of Penntown visited Geo Erfman Sunday. W EH Kneer stays busy with veterinary work. Charles Mosmeier and family visited friends at Lawrenceville. G W Bower filled his regular appointment at Penntown Sunday. Mrs Henry Pressie is on the sick list. P Schneider promotes labor saving devices and bought a manure spreader from F H Butt. Farmers plan to sow oats and plant potatoes soon.
Miss Maggie Wickemeyer visited Morris on Sunday. Hayes Osburn and Louis Wittkamp toured Brookville on Saturday. Roy Roberts attended church services at Spades Sunday. Mr Femeyer and family plan relocation to Cincinnati after leaving for the weekend. Anna Pohler visited the Bauman sisters Sunday afternoon. Louis Wittkamper took a brief trip to Morris Sunday morning. Wittkamper and wife hosted several friends Sunday evening. Andy Snider reportedly sold his farm to Mr Hillenbrand and will hold a public sale on the 26th before moving to Cincinnati. G W Osburn was in town Monday.
Local notes report Mrs F Goertemiller hosting a quilting gathering for ladies on Thursday and Friday. Miss Anna Peetz returned to Indianapolis after visiting relatives here. Louis Weber of Cross Roads visited his parents. The cinch club held an evening game Sunday. Miss Rosa Hartig visits grandparents in Napoleon this week. Ervin Wonning entertained friends Sunday. Herman Dickman and Geo Sleigh visited Geo Hartig Sunday. Mrs F Wonning and Laura Beck assisted Miss Peetz with quilting. George Kessens married Ida Busch on Wednesday March 13. A reception followed at the brides parents home. Wishing them a long, happy life. Miss Sophia Dieckman and Miss Sophia Abring visited Cincinnati for a week.
Harry Foreman and sister Edith visited friends in Osgood Sunday. Miss Anna Wise is quite sick. Everett Stoneking left Monday for Illinois to spend the summer. Isaac Andrews and wife of Osgood visited his daughter-in-law Mrs. Ella Andrews Sunday. Mrs. A. M. Alexander is improving from illness. Misses Nona and Maud Sammons arrive from Indianapolis to see father J. H. Sammons. James Kleine of Greensbury visited Sunday. Miss Anna Spreckelson Rose Borem and Ira Gilliland of Osgood spent Sunday at Miss Speckelson’s home southeast of town. Herman Rolfes and family spent Sunday with his brother-in-law.
West Jefferson Ohio resident Rehieck Hamilton suffered 18 months from rectal fistula and was told to undergo costly surgery or die. He treated himself with Bucklen's Arnica Salve, buying five boxes at 2 cents each, and reportedly cured himself. G A Baas druggist sold the salve.
Visiting relatives and friends fill the week with arrivals and departures. Citizens move residences and hosts host guests as illnesses and weddings mark the town calendar. The Sunday school gathering is postponed due to bad roads and the S.S. Association event is rescheduled to April 21.
Residents and visitors listed include Geo F Harley of Laurel visiting Mrs Harriet Wiley, Frank Jackson in Cincinnati, Kilburn's meal options and pies, Ed High improving, and multiple trips to Brookville Connersville Cincinnati and Mt Carmel. Several outings and visits by Alden Murray Miss Alpha Senour Miss Lelia Alley and others noted.
R P Lamb and family of Cross Plains have moved to a farm north of here they recently bought. Geo Elrod has gone to Illinois to work the coming season. Several scholars took the examination last Saturday. L L Fleming of this place will be one of the instructors at the Versailles normal school this spring. We predict a successful term.
Prof Rudolph Acker and Motle Tucker from Osgood schools visited friends here Sunday. Daisy McCoy was ill last Friday and could not teach. Ed Crusie’s three month old child was buried at Lutheran cemetery last week. Chas Abplanale and wife welcomed a boy.
A list of property transfers: Huffmeyer to Henry 8 acres Laughery. Samuel Jones to Frank Jones 89.03 acres Johnson. Wheeler to Shell pt lot 116 Osgood. Austin to Lane lots and lands Versailles. Williams to Mox ley pt out lot 16 Osgood. Indiana to Laswell 40 acres Otter Creek. Abbott to Pletcher 107 acres Franklin. Sturdevant to Beall 75 acres Otter Creek. Austin et al to Busching many lots Versailles Johnson. Busching to McClure same lots $ totals. Dens to Gray 1.11 acres Otter Creek. McMinds to Mc Minds 43 acres Otter Creek. Wilson & Skeen to Johnson 40 acres Shelby. Link et al to Herbert 40 acres Jackson. Vogel to United Evangelical Lutheran Adams church 2 acres Delaware. Munger Com to Calvin Skeen Jr 75 acres Center.
Alden Murray returned home sick from Connersville but recovered soon. Chris Thorpe traveled to Brookville and back. John Van Horne of Ohio passed through with three horses. Anna Banes came home from Connersville. Nellie Kimball of Brookville attended an Eastern Stars meeting. Kate Blackridge went to Laurel for the funeral of John Erwin. Susie Swan returned home after a few days away.
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