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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1917
Page
8
A bustling page of visits, calls and outings from Versailles includes Arthur Bartme of Cincinnati stopping in, ties to Batesville, Osgood, Milan and Indianapolis with relatives and friends. Notices cover birthdays, shopping trips, theater shows, and a memorial service, plus obituary details for Mrs. Margaret Leslie.
Mrs Rose Risk returned home after visiting her sister Mrs T K James. Sherman Hutson, Herman Huneke and son Irvin along with Claude Dorrel attended a Red Cross meeting in Napoleon. Henry Walsman of Batesville did paper hanging for Mrs Florence Dorrel. Mr and Mrs Chas Harvey and Mr and Mrs Scott of Brookville visited Rollin Hoyer and Ollie Bultman families. Oscar Engel and family spent Friday with aunt Mrs Susan Johnson. Mrs Florence Dorrel is ill. Louis Jobst of Laughery Bridge was a business caller. Fred Huffmeister spentweekend with Jake Sitzman. Mrs Sarah Newman and granddaughters Lois and Ferel Davis visited Mrs Wm Schwier. Mrs Henry Westerman and son also mentioned.
Local notes show Charles E. Wilson visiting family in Anderson from Thursday to Saturday. Emily Thackery, wife of Ezra Thackery, dies at Par nel l City Mo and is buried at Old Salem after a funeral at New Salem. Family members attend in Batesville and Salem, with many relatives listed. Mrs Thackery reputedly lived 900 years and 6 months.
John Schmocker of Batesville and John Pracker family visited Lookout and nearby farms. Mrs. Andrew Meister stayed with her son Geo. Meister. Fred Luers and son hosted relatives from Laughery and Greensburg. Red Cross fund drive in Laughery township. Local veterinarians Dr. Johnson and Dr. Powell attended sick animals. Henry Mang and families hosted and hosted visitors from Indianapolis and Her man Jeger’s.
Haymond reports corn planting near completion as families like the Whites and Kiles socialize at Batesville. Mary Sheckel of Pipe Creek remains very ill. Red Cross donations in Butler To. show strong receipts Sunday. Local women Mrs. Kruthaupt, Mrs. Osborn and Miss Langerman spent Sunday evening with Mrs. Frank White. J H Kile reports the loss of a valuable horse.
The World Outlook notes Mohammedanism as an aggressive faith in India with a 9 percent membership rise over ten years while general population grows 2 percent. Christianity shows stronger growth at 25 percent in ten years, aided by native conversions. An advertisement promotes Sanol Eczema Prescription as a guaranteed skin remedy with a 50 cent trial bottle.
A wartime scene at a station shows Red Cross canteens serving coffee sandwiches fruit and cards to soldiers heading overseas. Women volunteers bring homey cheer and smiling service, with soldiers praising Chicago and Montana branches and units located at major railroad hubs nationwide.
It urges avoiding anger as a poison to health and promoting hearty laughter to extend life and bring happiness to others, concluding with a remark that nature eliminates the worthy.
The British Museum houses the oldest known Chinese writing on oracle bones. Inscribed animal bones bear early characters, illustrating precursors to Chinese script.
A Ladies' Home Journal note extols New Year customs in Japan and China where debts are settled before midnight. The item praises paying all accounts prior to the new year and imagines the habit as a model for others.
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