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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
6
Oldenburg's all wool blue serge communion suits offered at low prices by Nobby Clothing Co in Batesville. A large group of Batesville business leaders and residents traveled to Brookville Monday to support a petition for improving the public highway from Batesville to Metamora.
Deweytown social activity includes the Wallpe and Tebbe families traveling to Dabney to visit A Schneider and relatives. Mrs John Theobald and daughter visited Mrs Wm Tebbe. The Kruthaupt sisters visited Vincent and Marie Wallpe. Ted and Leo Tebbe did business in town. Christ is on the sick list with friends hoping for a quick recovery.
Peppertown resident Peter Pistner from Oldenburg visited Peppertown last Sunday. Mrs. Vincent Wamsley spent a day in Connersville last week. John Wolforest and his son Henry were in Batesville last Friday. George Hunsinger of Laurel visited Will Marlin and wife on Sunday. Will Marlin was in Metamora Saturday. Charles Marlin of Brookville came by one day last week. Fred Teufel was in Metamora Friday. Charles Branchley of Fairfield Township called on Fred Teufel last Friday. Boys wool blue serge outfits offered at low prices. Nobby.
Notice under 1919 tax act states Batesville School City seeks authorization to issue bonds to borrow money for paying teachers. A public hearing is set for May 24, 1920 at 10 30 A M in Indianapolis before the State Board of Tax Commissioners. Taxpayers and interested persons urged to attend.
The undersigned George W. Trautman is appointed administrator with the will annexed of the estate of Catherine Dennilate of Ripley County Indiana deceased. The date is March 26 1920 and Albert B. Wycoff is the attorney for the estate.
The column lists many Metamora residents and visitors such as Mr. and Mrs. Roy Butcher and son Keith moving to Indianapolis, Olive Sherwood and Charles, Nellie Stewart, Roy Curry, Mollie Arwood visiting Nora Curry, and various travels to Brookville Connersville Indianapolis Springfield and Cincinnati with multiple family connections and social visits.
In a curious use, common glass insulators from telegraph poles were placed under refrigerator legs and the interior filled with kerosene to deter ants and other insects, creating a pest control method.
Two French scientists report experiments where dogs kept awake for days reveal nerve cells and muscles suffer oxygen deprivation and secrete a poisonous acid when tired.
A fragment urges timely charity, warning that delaying gifts harms others' future needs and that generosity preserves life and sustains those in need. The line stresses immediate benevolence over postponement.
Notice to silo buyers offers a 14 percent discount on all orders placed in February. The sender, agent for Bloomfield Concrete Stave Silo, invites calls or letters and will quote prices, with contact via Napoleon Exchange.
E C Timmermann announces weekly office hours at the First National Bank Building in Batesville on Tuesdays for all township business. The notice directs contacting him on that day.
Trustees announce monthly meetings in Morris on first Saturdays, Sunman on second and third Saturdays, and at home on the last Saturday each month. John Sieg serves as Trustee of Adams Township.
Schedule fragment lists trains with times around 5:30 am 9:25 am 4:25 pm and 5:25 pm. Mentions Nos 1 15 27 48 and routes West Bound and Ned Fa. Indicates evening departures and an unclear travel window from a historical timetable.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh at all stages through constitutional treatment. The ad promises $100 to anyone for a case it fails to cure, claiming strong testimonials and urging readers to send for the list.
New shipment arrives with latest styles and heavy discounts. Pink and blue decor items 15x27 fetch 39c, ribbons 48c to 98c per yard, soaps three bars for 10c, tar plumma fairy cakes, curtain rods 15c two for 25c, handkerchiefs 25c to 80c, and assorted stationery bargains as low as 10c. Limited stock on many items.
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