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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
6
A dense list of social calls and visits in Jolley Center and nearby towns. Several households are noted hosting or being visited by family members and friends from Napoleon Batesville Greensburg New Point and Indianapolis. An obituary memory for John H. Johnson is included with a tender verse from his family.
A compact Versailles township note recounts births registered Monday and a wealth of local social activity. Residents from Morris, Madison, Dillsboro, Seymour, Cross Plains, Milan, North Vernon and Greensburg appear in court, visit relatives, attend funerals, shop in town, and participate in a patriotic meeting led by State Supt. Horace Bis and Mrs. French. The column lists engagements, visits, and licenses, with a brief note on dietary health advice from Chamberlain's Tablets.
Gaff George Bovard and wife visited friends at Osgood. Charles Anderson and wife of Ladinia and Roy Furgeson of Alert spent Sunday with their parents. Mrs Mollie Brunner visits Don Titus and family at New Marion. Richard Hafft helps Noel Cook with willow prep. Some attend a patriotic meeting in New Marion. Sanol advertised as a kidney and bladder remedy.
Ballstown farmers stay busy with plowing and planting corn. Cincinnati residents Mrs Kate Smith and children and Wm Karl of the U S Navy visited families before returning home Saturday. Funeral guests included Wm Menchhofer and son Edward for Mrs Anna Drake of Milan. Friends and relatives visited Wm Menchhofer's home. visits span Cincinnati Indianapolis Adams church Batesville Napoleon Osgood and U S Navy. Hay bought by Albert Bultman from Fred Wonning. Sunday visits to Albert Hoyer George Bultman and families.
Henry Sembach and wife and Ora Wehr and wife spent Sunday with John Sembach and family. The Ladies Aid held their monthly coffee social with a large crowd and good proceeds. Martha Horne spent Sunday with Erma Dahle. Herman and Mrs Smith hosted their daughter Martha and Cincinnati visitors. Selma Menke visited Herman Smith. Erma Dahle shopped at Osgood last week. Huneke and Menke families attended Red Cross in Versailles Sunday. Many attended the Batesville dance Saturday night. Fred Meyers hosted Charles Fellerman and family. John Fink hosted Cincinnati guests. Mrs. Albert Meyers improving. Fred Follmer of Camp Taylor visited. Elmer Kostler stayed with sister Irvin Wonning.
One of Holland's great dikes runs 40 miles from near the Yssel river across the Hook of Holland to the sea. Built in sections, it has stood for seven centuries, holding back waters from the low-lying fields.
Finger prints aid crime detection and identification of honest people alike. The technique is claimed to have been used in China 4000 years ago and is now common in Scotland Yard Paris and major cities.
A young clerk faces his manager over careless work. The manager notes perfunctory effort and the clerk finally retorts that three months in the job have yielded his first praise since starting. New York Sun.
Fragmentary timetable lists east bound and west bound departure times with several unreadable characters. Entries include morning and evening slots such as 8:15 a.m. and 10:26 p.m. with scattered notes. Exact stations and line names are unclear.
Mrs Henry Siebert spent Thursday with daughter Mrs Henry Peetz and family. Richard Kops and sister in law Mrs Fred Kops and daughter Edna visited from Indianapolis for Pentecost. Horace Bergman family and Miss Youngman saw Gust Busch family. Mr and Mrs Gotlieb Peetz and son Henry attended the funeral of Mrs Drake in Milan. Henry Peetz family guests of John Wisman. Joseph Pfeiffer returned from Sanitarium improved. Ervin Wonning and family and Ralph Wonning of Ballstown visited John Wisman. John Gunter of Batesville visited Mrs Kops and sons.
Brookville residents and visitors share a weekend of calls visiting relatives in Brookville and nearby towns. Families such as Pulskamp, Sturwald, Kuehn, Lorenz and Milner are noted with gatherings at multiple homes and trips from Camp and Batesville.
A local health notice promotes Chamberlain's Liniment as a great help to relieve rheumatism. The advertisement claims relief is worth many times its cost, urging readers to act now.
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