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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
1
Local news item reports corn drills at Walsmans and curtain stretchers there. It mentions Nick Blanks shop for latest style shirt waists and millinery by Mrs L C Wards near the Catholic church. Greensburg guests, travels to Reading Ohio, and a funeral for Ea Kasten aged 22 from consumption with burial May 1.
Mrs Mary Hoffmastell thanks kind friends for waiting upon and assisting her husband during his long sickness and for aiding in the funeral rites. She extends special thanks to participating ministers and the Knights of Pythias Lodges. May God bless you all in life and death.
Wendal Bobb, ill and unsteady, fell ten feet from a stairway lacking a banister. He struck a tin pan on the ground, crushing it but saving his head, and suffered four broken ribs. Dr. Martin and township physician Dr. Beckett treated him. his condition described as serious.
Smoke Square Diehlic cigar. Seed potatoes at Walsman's. Scouring done by Geo. J. Mehlon the tailor. Hot lunch every Saturday night at John Lehmkuehler's. Mrs. Wm. Karl of Ballstown visited Monday. Henry Dickman returned from Greensburg Saturday. The girl who runs away to marry may walk home. Highest prices paid for all kinds of country produce. H. H. Kramer and Wm. Bohner Sr. return to Batesville Tuesday after months away. John Greve to Indianapolis to move family soon. Dick Schrader attended Ed Kasten's funeral at Adams Church. Miss Flora Newman and sister Emma went to Indianapolis. Miss Emma Newman visits Indianapolis for summer. Henry W. Terry of Adams township stopped here en route home from Greensburg. John Ortwan and wife of Oldenburg visited son-in-law and daughter in Batesville.
A busy Sunday scene includes John Blank and Nick Blank visiting Shelbyville, Chas Hirth mingling in Cincinnati, Geo Thieman calling from Nicholasville, and Dr W G Campbell hosting visitors from Cleveland. Mrs Fred Morgan and Mrs M D Morgan return from Savannah, while local shops promote dresses and low prices. The Ladies Auxiliary plans an ice cream and strawberry festival on Decoration Day May 30 1900 at St Clair s grove with invitations to all.
The L G Halli Co of Cincinnati offers Aresta at $1.00 per vial with a written guarantee. It claims protection against gonorrhea, syphilis, and all private diseases and provides particulars free at 616 Vine Street.
The Eureka Band will hold a ball at St Clair's Hall in Batesville on Saturday night May 5 1900 with free admission. All are invited especially candidates. proceeds fund band uniforms.
William Hoffmaster aged 38 years 6 months 23 days died at his home in Greensburg on April 26 1900. Interred at St Pauls cemetery Cross Roads after a large funeral service with Sunman Lodge Laughery Valley Lodge Batesville Napoleon Greensburg Osgood Knights. He married Mary Bosse June 6 1883 and left a wife with no children. He was a miller by trade and well liked by many. Mrs Hoffmaster receives many expressions of sympathy.
A Batesville editor argues the Republican slate deserves re election praising Sitterding Schafer Timmermann and Dettmer along with Clausen and Wenning for faithful service and claims the town has had the least censure from the current trustees. The piece says Democrats merit no belittling but urges continued Republican control.
Mrs Patterson and family moved on Saturday from the Thie brick property on East Broadway to the frame building on the same street recently occupied by Henry Oswald and family.
The piece hints that if Democrats win in the fall, Congressman Griffith may appoint G W Gelvin as Batesville postmaster in recognition of past services. It notes Gelvin as a favored candidate, questions fixed facts, and contrasts Bryan’s prospects. Local names like Mrs H B Greemann and Miss Emma Bacher appear alongside brief community updates.
A mixed page item discovers various local activities and notices including cigar mentions, seed potatoes at H H Kramer, millinery and fabrics at Fair store, and several residents visiting Cincinnati or Greensburg. It notes a German church service at St Marks, a serenade by the St Clair group, and town election details with voting instructions for the Republican ticket. Also lists dead letter office mail after May 15 1900 and mentions fertilizer availability from Christ Schwier.
An early 20th century health ad argues that beauty comes from health, linking constipation and kidney trouble to pimples and a dull complexion. It promotes Bitters as a remedy to regulate stomach liver and kidneys, purify blood and improve nerves, eyes and skin, claiming it makes a good-looking woman. Available for 50 cents at G A Baas drug store.
A courtroom digest lists state cases with verdicts, pleas and fines, including Draper and Struckman, plus numerous civil proceedings on foreclosures, partitions, notes and estates. Marriage licenses are recorded for Landwehr, Shockley, Wilson, Coleman and Coleman lists, with Minnie Schnitker’s will probated.
A Ward Drug Company notice invites forming English words from the letters of Ward Drug Company. Prizes total 1000 dollars for top lists, with $500 to share among 20 word-makers who do not win top prizes. Details, entry method, and deadline July 15 1900. Address Ward Drug Co New York.
Advertisement from L. G. Hall Co of Cincinnati offers free mailed information on a home treatment for leucorrhoea and other female ailments. Mentions a monthly regulator and urges readers to request details by mail.
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