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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1903
Page
1
Smoke Shorts Pride of Cuba appears in a terse local note list alongside visitors from Cincinnati and Versailles. The column includes names such as Jake Engel Miss Millie Oser Mrs Olive Hafner and Miss Ona Givan with brief mentions of travel visits and a recent parcel shower. A shop ad for lace curtains draperies and carpets sits amid the social items. Otto Wessel suffers a cut hand that worsened into a painful swollen infection.
Mr Henry Hoberg and his wife and two daughters visited friends near Ballstown after leaving Cincinnati. Mrs Hoberg and the daughters returned Sunday evening while Mr Hoberg stayed until Monday morning.
Krome's and P. Bosse & Co advertise goods including light weight suits and a new line of colored iron beds. Shoppers note daily visits by residents to Cincinnati and Greensburg. Community updates list church socials, strawberry festival, and home visits with multiple names and travel to town.
The Batesville post office will open from 8 30 to 10 a m and 4 to 6 p m on Decoration Day Saturday May 30 1903. D McCallum P M.
A Cincinnati to Batesville excursion drew many visitors. Batesville citizens are invited to attend Decoration Day services at Huntersville cemetery. August Willich Post departs at 1 30 p m from their hall to the cemetery. Hon Fred Klein will deliver the oration. C S Warp Adjt. Peter Schreiner P C
Lightning during last Thursday’s storm hit Wm. Schott’s machine shop setting it ablaze briefly before being extinguished. A seven gallon gasoline can stood nearby, coal power wires sparked, and Mike Benz was knocked senseless trying to disconnect telephone lines. Telephone service was knocked out temporarily.
Ice cream daily at Engles and a wide hats sale. Miss Celia Schmidt left for Shelbyville after a two week stay. Charley Redmond traveled to Cincinnati to study telegraphy and became a night operator. Miss Emma Westholt visited Chas Johnsons then returned home to Cincinnati. Mrs. Theodore Dirks, now in Cincinnati, visited here and went home. The Ethels and Ebel family from Cincinnati visited then returned Monday. Edith Melson visited her parents and returned to Wabash, Indiana with her sister Nellie.
Mrs Steirley and her children from Cincinnati visited her parents Fred Steigelmeyer and wife and her sister Mrs Henry Brockman and family. They returned to their city home on Monday morning.
Mr J C Robinson of Greensburg and Mr Dashiell of Greensburg, formerly of Ripley County, visited on Monday representing H F Trice of Southern Kansas to obtain an agent to sell southern Kansas land.
A sizable crowd rode the excursion train from here to Shelbyville on Sunday morning for the dedication of a new Catholic church. Participants included the Knights of St. John from Batesville and Oldenburg along with many relatives and other attendees.
A brutal assault and murder occurred last Thursday near Dearborn county as Mr Kaiser and his daughter Rose returned from church. Rose was killed and her body cast into Tanner's creek. robbery appears the motive while the old man was beaten and survived. Lou Everson was briefly arrested, later released, and neighbors hunted for days without success. The case remains unsolved though locals suspect possible involvement by someone closer to home.
Mrs. Clausheide and son Henry of Cincinnati visited relatives here. The St John Sunday school plans Children Day at Huntersville next Sunday evening at 7 pm. Mrs Otis Burke and children returned from Portsmouth Ohio. Miss Essie Burke stays for the summer. Morris Chair offered by The Hillenbrand Co to deliver for 4 dollars 50 cents with oak frame and brass fittings.
Fred Wehmeier and his wife, long-time residents of Shellorville, have moved back to the vicinity to reside. He plans to try farming in the near term, in the area around Steamboat Landing or near Pleasant Park.
Notice to teachers. Batesville School Trustees invite applications for teaching positions in the Batesville public schools. Applications accepted until June 10, 1903, after which teachers will be selected for the ensuing term.
State Geologist Blatchley appoints Louis C Ward as assistant in field work. Ward will be the only geology graduate from a 137-student class at Bloomington University, highlighting the rarity of geology career prospects.
Monday night Grover Martino nearly drowned in the water works pond near the Western factory. Oscar Gander and Charley Kramer swam to his aid, pulled him ashore, and helped revive him. He recovered enough to travel to Riverside, Ohio, for telegraphy exams and will seek a job with the Big Four rail line.
Fred Wilminck and wife of Cincinnati spent Sunday with her parents H Drees and wife. Mrs Ben Mailes of Cincinnati spent Sunday here with Mrs Wm Davis and relatives. A C Flanders formerly with Union Furniture Co of this place now in Covington Ky spent Sunday with friends here.
The Hillenbrand Co offers gilt ornamented velour covered socks for 35 cents while supplies last, with a stated value of at least 50 cents.
Six room brick house with summer kitchen wash room and cellar includes barn well and other outbuildings. Lot 72 by 150 feet two blocks northeast of the depot. Terms reasonable. Inquire of John H. Wilker.
Special services at St John’s Church Huntersville Sunday afternoon marked the installation of the new pastor Rev H Steding. Rev Herman Flantz of Cross Roads conducted the ceremony before a large audience. Miss Dora Wessel spoke for the St John Jugendverein and presented a bouquet of roses to the pastor.
Two fishing parties visited Yellow Banks on the White Water below Metamora. A storm in Metamora hampered their return with heavy rain and darkness. Two four horse busloads faced washed culverts and flooded roads but by patience they reached town before 11 o'clock, wet but safe.
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