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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1904
Page
1
Trains going east include No. 34 daily with flag stops No. 46 daily except Sunday No. 16 daily No. 4 daily except Sunday Trains going west include No. 1 daily except Sunday No. 29 daily except Sunday No. 43 daily with flag stops Schedule times show 5 27 p m 9 30 a m 4 34 p m 5 46 p m 1 23 a m 5 00 p m 10 02 p m Through tickets sold to all points east west north or south and baggage checked through to destination Accident tickets on sale also.
Local items report visits from Miss Ida Wiprel of Morris and Mrs. George Miening to Cincinnati. Tours by Herman Borchers from Cincinnati and Miss Jessie Gregory of Rushville, plus a Mor ris dance with the St Clair orchestra. Batesville needs more housing to attract residents. deaths and family notices follow including Mrs Joe Klee of Indianapolis aged 31. The piece ends with the poignant question What is home without a mother.
Market listings show 12c peas and 15c Jarmouth corn at local stores with Krome’s and H. H. Kramer promoting various wares. Social updates note Miss Louisa Koester’s trips to Indianapolis and Cincinnati, wedding guests, and church festival plans for June at St. Ludwig’s and St. Clair’s halls. Remains of Mrs. Isaac Palmer interred at Ross cemetery. Dr Spantzer plans hospital transfer for Mrs. Charles Siefert for safer treatment.
A petition circulates to open a new road from the Delaware road at Henry Fruchtricht residence west to Batesville fair grounds. The route would run north from section 5 center through sections 32 and 29 between the John Huffmeier and old Gelauske farms. The signatories support opening and expect a straight five mile county road from Batesville to the Delaware line.
A survey of daily life includes shop offerings from Engel’s and Krome’s, visits by residents to Cincinnati and Greensburg, and Ascension Day activities. Community news covers weddings, fairs, church events, and local sports results from Oldenburg and Batesville.
The piece notes factories have reduced downtime over six years, crediting good times, management, quality furniture, improved machinery, and content employees. It also reports Huntersville Young People's Society program at St Clair's with praised music tableaux and a crowd-drawn fundraising success.
Screen goods at Walsman's and Smoke Schorr's Havana Blossoms. Lawn mowers at Thie & Vonderheide's. John Schmoker and Joseph Luesse travel to Lawrenceburg and Cincinnati on business. Multiple social visits, weddings and excursions noted. Palm plant theft warning issued. sick headache remedy advertised. Wisman Bohner wedding attendees listed.
Visitors are urged to see the panoramas of the Galveston flood and a New York to North Pole voyage exhibit. The Battle Abbey building displays relics from American history with tableaux of major wars including Revolutionary, Texas, Mexican, Civil, and Spanish American conflicts.
A large group of Batesville youths gathered at Whitewater near Metamora to fish on Ascension Day following the Cleveland method. They returned by 9:30 PM with no report on catches and the writer notes no impact on the local fish market while questioning the holiday’s biblical basis.
Decoration Day plans announced by August Willich Post G A R Batesville to honor fallen soldiers. An appropriate program will be prepared for Monday May 30 with invitations extended to all. The piece urges citizens to attend and bring flowers to decorate veterans graves and commemorate a united, free nation.
Hyde Park defeated Batesville 10 to 7 as Batesville’s defense and throwing lagged, battering the home team with 12 Hyde Park hits and 13 Batesville errors. Schwier and Vonderheide pitched for Batesville with Flynn and Aulen for Hyde Park as the two hours long game ended with a rough field and mixed reviews.
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