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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1920
Page
4
Mrs. H F Buck and numerous residents made trips to Cincinnati and nearby towns this week. Born notices record two girls born to local families, while several residents traveled for business, visits, or funeral attendance. Community events include church and fraternal meetings and local shop updates.
James Withers will give his open ing dance at the Osgood Fair Grounds on Tuesday evening June 1st. Everyone is welcome. Music by Greensburg Jazz Band. Advertise start small if necessary. you will soon grow into a big one.
Sunday School at 9:00 a m and 9:30 a m in various branches with sermons on Christ the Good Shepherd and This Night Shall Thy Soul Be Required of Thee. Luther League at 6:45 p m. Evening preaching at 7:30. Thursday catechetical lectures and Saturday child instructions. Preaching points list services and leaders including J Barthelmas and Walter F Crane at Middle Branch Peppertown New Pennington Batesville and other locations. No Junior League until after summer vacation.
A large crowd attended Sunday School and morning worship at City Hall last Sunday. Next Sunday services will be held there again with a welcome to all. Pennington will have Sunday afternoon worship and Lawrenceville Sunday night service at 7:30 led by Pastor L. A. Schreiber.
Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. a new attendance record was set last Sunday. Decoration of graves at St. John’s Cemetery at 9:45 a.m. Memorial service at 10:15 a.m. Ladies’ Aid meets Thursday May 27 at 2:00 p.m. Trustees’ meeting at 7:30 p.m. C. Held, Pastor.
Bethany Lutheran Church lists Sunday School at 9 30 and morning worship at 10 30 plus evening worship at 7 30. The total offering for the Lutheran World Service campaign was 113 dollars 69 cents. Pastor D P Heltzel signs the note.
Batesville markets show Batesville Roller Mills priced at 2.00 with a follow price of 1.80 for the latest trading session.
A promotional piece extols The Red Viper as unpolitical drama praised by senators governors pastors and leaders nationwide. It urges seeing the film at Lyric Theatre on Thursday and Friday May 27 and 28 with 7 00 and 8 30 shows and 25 cent tickets plus tax.
Miss Dora Beer of Sunman and Charles Clifton formerly of Sunman now living in Greensburg were married last Saturday afternoon in Newport Kentucky. The couple returned to Greensburg Indiana to begin their life together and were met with many well wishes. Both are prominent teachers in Ripley County with Clifton teaching last winter in Decatur County.
Saint Rita, canonized in 1900 and known as the saint of the impossible, is often pictured with roses. At her death in winter a nun fetched a rose from the garden, and a single rose appeared on a bush at her bedside, seen as a miraculous sign.
The piece reflects on changing lifestyles from the past to the present, noting how wages shape desires. It contrasts grandparents era travel by stage or foot with modern expectations for speed in transport and communication.
The article explains Friday superstitions arose from the believed crucifixion of Jesus on that day. It notes the unlucky fear of spilling salt linked to Judas Iscariot in Da Vinci's depiction and offers a theory that salt symbolizes corruption and broken friendships.
Knights of Pythias call all members to meet Monday afternoon at the lodge rooms for a parade and Memorial Day observances starting at one o clock. The gathering aims to arrange participation in the parade schedule and commemorative events.
Alf Beer of Versailles died Monday at his son Walter's home in Milan from heart trouble and complications. A jeweler by trade and originator of the Versailles pumpkin show, he left a widow a daughter Miss Fee, two sons Walker and Charles, two brothers Edward and Richard, and two sisters Mrs Avery and Mrs John Busching. Services were to be held that afternoon with many locals attending.
An Italian chemist develops a fertilizer by dissolving ammonium nitrate from explosives in water, decanting a saturated solution, and mixing with peat powder. The finished product contains about 43 percent ammonium nitrate and shows fertilizing value close to sodium nitrate.
Classified listing of quotes for sale items and livestock in Batesville Indiana with multiple entries including sow and pigs, Ford Touring car at Gibson Garage, 200 bushels corn, two second hand farm wagons, hay tobacco and hares, cabbage and tomato plants at 107 N Vine St, and requests for twenty teams to haul logs via Amos Lumber Co. plus used cars like Model 82 Overland and 1916 Maxwell Elco Ford.
The article notes most people favor their left foot, explains it as a global trait of left footed loungers, and suggests measuring the left foot first when buying shoes to accommodate its longer load bearing.
A compact aphorism on character notes men with real stuff stay buoyant when fortune favors them, and show strain only when hardship bites. It contrasts cheerful resilience with dull despondency, underscoring inner strength and leadership.
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