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Batesville Tribune

Location

Batesville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1903

Page

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Smoke Shorts Pride of Cuba and Local Happenings

Fred Peetz of Indianapolis visited town Sunday while Frank Wissel of Hamburg and Bert W Connelley of Milan were in on business. Chas Stephens of the H Hollander Co Cincinnati called on customers Tuesday. Teachers of Laughery township held an institute at the new school building. The Batesville 1903 school enumeration shows 553 children up 56 from last year. A St Clair’s hall dance Saturday night featured Eu treka and St Clair orchestras.

Chas. Stephens The H. Hollander Co Cincinnati Laughery Township Batesville

Local notices and social news from Morris area

A collection of items lists shopping ads and births marriages travel and visits. Notable mentions include a birth of a girl to Mr and Mrs B Goyert on April 30 and a marriage in Morris for Jacob Rizzi and Rosa Bischoff. Delays in business trips to Cincinnati and guests visiting from Sunman Weisburg and Spades are noted along with a new pastor Rev H Steding arriving to take charge at St Johns Lutheran Huntsville.

H. Steding Caspars, Lll St. John’s Lutheran Church Huntersville

Fresh Roasted Coffee Sold At Kromes And Local Tidbits

Small town notices list fresh roasted coffees at Kromes and several residents with activities. Fred Bauman suffers a sore hand. John Hancock travels to Newcastle for work. Miss Laura Beck of Indianapolis visits relatives. Others plan garden seed orders and farm supplies. Local businesses advertise fertilizer and lace curtain remnants while residents visit Cincinnati and Shelbyville for insurance and papers.

Josie Frank Cincinnati Napoleon Hermano Kaiser

Notice of Move by H H Krome from Old Stand

H H Krome announces relocation to the store-room recently occupied by Gregor Spiegel on Main Street. He invites patrons to continue their liberal patronage and expresses intent to serve.

C. W. Lemon Wife Pew Jos. Spiegel Main Street Tribune Gregor Spiegel Main St H. H. Krome

Twenty Fourth State Encampment at Anderson Next Week

The twenty fourth annual State Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held at Anderson next week. Railroads offer one cent a mile to Anderson, and cheap rates plus the city’s gas belt status and Encampment features are expected to draw thousands of visitors.

Grand Army of the Republic Anderson

Misread ballots in Batesville cost Republicans several votes

In Batesville's precincts eighteen men spoiled tickets by misreading directions and nine others voted for the first name only on the ticket. Had all those votes gone to the intended candidates, Red Mestermacher and the Republican slate would have won. The piece laments voter error and asserts some will not learn to vote correctly.

Batesville William Schwier Schwier Bessler I Red Mestermacher Clerk H. F. E. Schrader Fred Mestermacher Mestermacher Schrader

Batesville Election Ends In Near Tie Amid temperance debate

In Batesville the Monday election produced a near tie with Republicans winning half the offices. Schrader edged Mestermacher by two votes for trustee, while Democrats gained the rest of the positions including clerk and treasurer. The campaign featured claims about a dry ticket and mixed support from saloon interests and temperance advocates.

Local notices and social items from town and nearby

Full line of bicycles and supplies at P Boerstler s BE E Taylor of Sunman visits in town. Mrs John Cook visits Sunman. A L Paris new employee at Adams Curtis shoe factory. Mrs Fred Drescher and Rosa visit Morris. May issue of McCail s Bazaar patterns at Nick Blank s. Louis Dietz travels from Cincinnati to vote. Oscar Lehmkuehler to Cincinnati on business. Fred Brummer to be installed as marshal Friday night. Hillenbrand Co and B C McVey travel East for American Furniture Co. Gilt velour sock sale 35c. Albert Voege foot injury from wagon wheel. Married Joseph Wirtz to Viola Hancock with Wirtz family present. Wirtz to Cincinnati for work in a shoe factory.

Joseph Wirtz Viola Hancock Bower Penntown S. Wirtz Louis Wirtz John Heileman Cincinnati

Also Mentioned on This Page

G&g. A Smoke Shorts Pride of Cuba Fred Peetz Indianapolis Frank Wissel Hamburg Bert W. Connelley Milan Henry Behrman McCall's Black’s Rosa Drescher Shelbyville Otto Nickel Just Nick Blank’s Galen Oderkirk Tri-County Greeting Sunman Maggie Shane Greensburg Alice Andrews H. W. Terry J. J. Hammerle Versailles Mr. Terry County H. WH. Kramer St. Clair’s Hall Eutreka Brass Band St. Clair Krome’s Blank Ww. B. Goyert Louis Grossman Clausheide P. Boerstler Chas. Johnson, Sr Hillenbrand Co Richard Behmer Frank Turper Geo W. Gelvin Fred Bauman Mrs. Bauman John H. Steinforth Spades Will Johnson Ed Adams Wittsburg B.C. McVey New York City American Furniture Co Maude Moore Weisburg Morris Jacob Rizzi St.Peters Rosa Bischoff Schafer & Bohland Bate T Maeost Binder Chanpion John H. Thie J. S. Benham Sandborn, Ind John Hillenbrand, Sr John Hancock Newcastle Laura Beck Ed Flancock Christ Schwier’s Herbert Prell Prudential Co H. H. Kramer Cort Bruns Leonard Clara Greemann St. John’s Young People’s Society Huntersville School House Charles Jordan Verdon Enterprise Casket Co Jordan J. F. Spencer Moores Hill Indianapolis Journal Louis Goyert Richard Nash Catholic Home Publishing Co Tipton Indiana Lawrenceburg Engel’s Havana Chas. Siefert Osgood Oliver Wm. Krieger & Son Henry Schenkel al Blank Covington, Ky Fred Stiegelmeyer Fred Schrader D. McCallum Anna Bryant Nee Taylor Hamilton, O Henry Hadler Newpoint Nick Blank Maggie Stock Lawrenceville John Nickel John Fehlinger Harvey Greemann John Hafner Seymour A. H. Kramer Olga Schrader Voris Business College Carrie Gelvin Will Alta Kirschbaum First Ward North Dakota J. R. Gilbreath & Co Mandan N. Dak Ben Garbus Mollaun Oldenburg Edward Smith Rosa Brockman E. M. E. Church Wm. Stowe Schorr Schroeder D Zierer Fourth Ward Zierer Bruuimer Second Ward Meister D Eee Enten Schultz R Saees Third Ward Suesse Fifth Ward Schrader, D Drescher Bohner Canfield Beck Marshal— Laughlin D Brummer BE. E. Taylor Mrs John Cook A. L. Paris Adams & Curtis Fred Drescher Rosa McCail Louis Dietz Oscar Lehmkuehler Fred Brummer George Hillenbrand East American Furniture Company Albert Voege H. J. Walsman
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