Local News Highlights Flights of Visits and Births
Local residents report numerous Cincinnati trips and weekend visits to Sunman Morris and Oldenburg. Birth announcements include two girls born to Harvey Wirth and Elmer Crowell families. several residents travel for funerals and family gatherings while businesses note Ford tractors deliveries and local commerce updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Buck
Cincinnati Ealler
Chas. W. Gibson
Cincinnati
George Kessens
Edna Huber
Sunman
A. C. Canfield
Pittsburg
Harvey Wirth
Lou Adrian
Loretta Gardle
Oldenburg
Yorkville
Clara Pistner
Marie Stott
Greensburg
Frank Lang
Morris
Dance at Osgood Fair Grounds Tuesday June 1
James Withers hosts an open ing dance at the Osgood Fair Grounds on Tuesday evening June 1. Everyone is welcome. Music by Greensburg Jazz Band. Advertisements suggest it may grow into a larger event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Withers
Osgood Fair Grounds
Greensburg ‘Jazz Band
Church News In Brief At St Mark S And Nearby Places
A church notices column lists Sunday School times from St Mark s Church and preaching services with subjects such as Christ the Good Shepherd and This Night Shall Thy Soul Be Required of Thee. Various preaching points and times in Middle Branch Peppertown Pennington Batesville Lawrenceville are noted along with Bible lectures and prayer meetings led by pastors J Barthelmas Walter F Crane and L A Schreiber. A large Sunday School turnout was reported at City Hall with plans to continue services there next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spades
Peppertown
J. Barthelmas
Middle Branch
New Pennington
Batesville
Maude Fecher
Walter F. Crane
Pennington
Lawrenceville
L. A. Schreiber
St Johns Church Schedules Sunday Activities
St John s Church plans Sunday School at 9:00 a m with a new attendance record set last week. Graves decoration at 9:45 a m and memorial service at 10:15 a m. Ladies Aid meets Thursday May 27 at 2:00 p m. Trustees meet at 7:30 p m. Pastor C Held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John's Cemetery
Ladies’ Aid
Held
Bethany Lutheran Church Worship Schedule and Offering
Morning worship at 10 30 and evening service at 7 30 noted by Pastor D P Hetzel. The total offering for the Lutheran World Service campaign was 118 69 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran World Service Campaign
D. P. Heltzel
The Red Viper at Lyric Theatre May 27 28
The Red Viper, praised by senators governors and church leaders, is presented as drama not propaganda. The Prell-Bland Post of the American Legion hosts showings at Lyric Theatre on May 27 and 28 with 25 cent tickets plus tax, two performances at 7 and 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Senate Chamber
Great Press of
America
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
William T. Manning
Trinity Church
New York
Maine
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Connecticut
Lyric Theatre
Prell-Bland Post
The
American Legion
Beer-Clifton Nuptials Link Sunman and Greensburg
Miss Dora Beer of Sunman and Charles Clifton formerly of Sunman now living in Greensburg wed in Newport Kentucky last Saturday. They returned to Greensburg to begin their life together with many friends’ best wishes. Both are noted teachers in Ripley County with Clifton teaching in Decatur County last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Beer
Sunman
Charles Clifton
Greensburg
Newport
Ind
Ripley County
Clifton
Decatur County
Saint Rita and the Miraculous Rose Legend
A nun visiting Saint Rita’s deathbed reported she asked for a garden rose in winter. The nun found a rose blooming on a bush, signaling a miracle. Saint Rita, canonized in 1900, is depicted as the saint of the impossible and often shown with roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Rita
Modern Pace Replaces Grandparents' Slow Travel and Life
The piece contrasts past and present life noting that yesterday's luxuries become today's needs. It compares aging generations, from stagecoach travel to express trains, and reflects on how speed in transport and communication shapes daily life.
How Superstitions Arose
The article discusses Friday superstitions linked to the crucifixion, beliefs about spilling wine due to Judas Escariot in Da Vinci's painting, and the idea that fate as a symbol of incorruptibility signals broken friendships and general upsets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judas Escuriat
da Vinci
Work in the rank of Knight parade Marches Memorial Day
The notice calls on all K of P members to meet in lodge rooms to participate in a parade and Memorial Day exercises. The gathering is set for Monday afternoon at one o'clock, with activities planned for Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batesville Lodge
Masonic Hall
Elmer Heidt
W.M
Death Claims Alf Beer of Versailles at 58
Alf Beer of Versailles died at his son Walter's home in Milan after heart trouble and complications. He promoted the annual pumpkin show and ran a jewelry business. Surviving: widow, daughter Miss Free of Versailles, sons Walter of Milan and Charles of Versailles, brothers Edward and Richard, sisters Mrs Avery of Covington KY and Mrs John Busching of Versailles. Services held this afternoon with many friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Beese
Cincinnati
Louise Miller
Oldenburg
Joseph Freihage
Indianapolis
Mildred Cook
John
Dayton
Margaret Belter
Paul
Morris
Elmer Heidt
Masonic Grand Lodge
Chester Meyer
Cleveland
Ohio
Meyer
Loretta Gardner
Yorkville
Academy
Pete Kellerman
John Burdick
F. Nieman
Hinners
Scherling
Joseph Rimstidt
Ed Severinghaus
Wortman
Chicago
John Wissel
Miller
Caroline
Louisa Belter
Mansfield
Otto Krebs
Joe Benz
Mike Benz Sr
Alf Beer
Versailles
Walter
Milan
Otto
Sunman
Mr. Beer
Aurora
Valley of Shadows
Miss Free
Charles
Edward
Richard
Avery
Covington, Ky
John Busching
Beer
New Fertilizer From Nitrated Peat by Italian Chemist
A Italian chemist develops a fertilizer named nitrated peat. Explosives containing ammonium nitrate are dissolved in water, decanted, and mixed with peat powder then evaporated. The resulting product contains about 48 percent ammonium citrate and reportedly fertilizes as well as sodium nitrate.
Want Ads A Section With Various Local Listings
Classified notices list farm animals wagons crops and plants for sale plus used cars and hauling work in Batesville and nearby. Advertisers include John Pohlman Gibson Garage Louis Goyert Q Vanderheide Henry Thies Harry Peetz Amos Lumber Charles Meyer.
Your Big Left Foot
A humorous column argues left foot dominance explains why people favor the left foot for leaning and posture. It notes that the left foot often bears more weight and suggests measuring the left shoe first when buying footwear.
When Things Go Wrong Bring Out True Smiles
The piece observes how people emote under luck versus adversity. It notes that cheerful faces appear with ease for some, but genuine resolve shows strongest when hearts are truly tested.
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Bertha
Letts Corner
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Mike Fritsch
Leona Stewart
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Frank Fischmer
Anthony Pracker
Josephine Fritsch
Elmer Crowell
Louis Firsich
Sylvia Walters
Lucy Wagner
John Wonning
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John Sieg
H. C. Canfield
Philomena Weigel
Lawrenceburg
Emma Morton
George Munchel
Robert Smith
James Bovard
Osgood
Gertrude Burdick
Louis Belter
Roy Bauman
Agnes Battle
Richmond
Fred Siebert Jr
J. Ortman
St. Bernard
Harry Pohlman
Mike Benz, Jr
Fort Wayne
Knights of Columbus
George Harpring
Otto Wissel
Elizabeth Brum
Mildred Trautman
Ida Goldschmidt
P. Baas
Penntown
Fred Heitzman
May Ahrens
William Dean
Walter Schwier
Dearborn Sales Company
Western Furniture Co
Fred Siebert Sr
Florentine
Harry Decker
Harris Oil
Gibson
FE. J. Blank
Rexall
E. J
William Kreuzman Jr
Bissel Lithographing College
Effingham
Ill
William Kreuzman
Queen City
Mickie
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Jonathan
Christ, the
Good Shepherd
Luther League
Luther
Wesley Chapel
M. E. Church
ST. John’s Church
Bethany Lutheran Church
Batesville Roller Mills
Mike Benz
J. H. Wilker & Co
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Leaders of America
L Rita
John Pohlman
Gibson Garage
Louis Goyert
R. R
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E. B. Schultz
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