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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
3
A May spell of visits and gatherings from Batesville to Weisburg and Cincinnati. Families including Lang, Roell, Doll, Danth, Walsman, Bischoff and many others are noted at homes, churches, funerals, and fairs. A Damon and Pythias theater event is listed for Versailles on May 23.
An advertisement claims the liver purifies blood and causes passions. It argues impurities from bilious states cause headaches dizziness and constipation. The pitch promises Dr King’s New Life Pills will cleanse the liver and renew vitality, priced 25 cents at the druggist.
Community notices list dances at St Clair s Hall and fair grounds Batesville on May 22 and church services at St Stephen Spades next Sunday at 10 am. Numerous local residents are visiting, returning home, or moving their households, with social calls among Schmaltz Tangman and related families. a Sunday school is urged for M E in Spades while recent illness notes accompany parish life.
An optimistic ad extols Dr. King's New Discovery for colds and throat ailments. It claims believers gain relief by treating the underlying cause rather than superficial symptoms and urges readers to obtain a bottle today.
Eddie Collins is confined to his home with the mumps. Claude Palmer spent Sunday with home folks. Frank Hart and wife spent Sunday with Olin Gommel. Leroy Hoyer spent Sunday at Ernest Norwald's. Ward Williams and family, Rosy Hart and son, Norman, and Logar TM shackery' and family were shoppers at Batesville Saturday. Ambrose Hickman and daughter at Batesville Friday night. Mrs. Minnie Sorcoran and children of Cincinnati are spending this week with her parents, Henry Meyer and wife, Mrs Amazette Palmer and daughters Effie and Mable, of Newpoint, spent Saturday with Lafe Hickman.
Sunman residents announce a dance at the fair in Batesville on May 22. Fred Pohlar of Brookville is home due to his mother’s serious illness. Walter Pohlar and wife of Brookville visited, with other locals stopping by. Henry Stegner from Latonia Ky. met old friends for several days. Families travel through Greensburg and Cincinnati for hospital visits.
Local residents including Harry Gauck and wife visiting Quirin Walsman and wife in Batesville Thursday evening. Raleigh Cook and family from North Branch spent Tuesday with Henry Schomber and family. August Richter did business at Morris last week. Shackle family of Metamora visited Henry Schomber Sunday. John Pohlar and wife were Sunman callers Saturday. Dan Reddert and sister Minnie from Sunman visited Louis Wittkamper and family Sunday. Walter Bauman of Cincinnati visiting relatives here. Carrie Richter of Lawrenceville spent Sunday with her parents. John Dyer of Morris passed through Sunday afternoon. Many guests gathered Saturday evening for John Pohlar’s 64th birthday including H Pohlar, Cincinnati. Fred Pohlar, Batesville. Lewis Wittkemper and wife. H Wittkemper and wife. Geo Pohlar, Sr.. Aug Richter and wife. Adam Baas and wife. Frank Sellers and family. Herman Cardwell. Wm Baas of Penntown. Chester and Barbara Schomber shopped in Batesville Wednesday. Mike Peters and family of Progress and Will Pohlar of Batesville spent Sunday with John Pohlar and family. Maurice Volz of Morris was in the area last week.
A long list of local families visited kin and friends across the week. Ed Schone hosts multiple gatherings with the Marticke, Beinke, and Haase circles. Various couples from Batesville and Hunteraville joined visits to Bornemeier and Mang households as Sundays and Thursdays bring steady resident contact.
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