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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1900
Page
1
Train schedule items list daily westbound trains with times and codes and through tickets with baggage checked. Local society notes cover visits, church events, ball games, plant sales, and promotions. advertisements promote Pain Balm and produce buyers with brief testimonials.
A local notice expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors who cared for Clara May Osburn during her illness and helped with funeral rites. Special thanks are given to Mrs Sunman and daughter Ruby, Dr Elliot and Maggie Wickemeyer, Wm Tekulve, and Rev G W Bower. The family prayers for guidance and remembrance conclude the note. John R Gentry adds a brief testimonial about Liquid Sulphur Oil for a road mare.
A mixed local column notes various residents traveling to Cincinnati and Greensburg for visits and business, with several Sunday outings and family visits. It mentions the Batesville ball team lost to Morris 32 to 19, and a death funeral for Miss Louisa Meister with relatives from Connersville attending. The piece closes with a infant death from meningitis and a Huntersville funeral.
The Knights of St John Batesville will run a special excursion from Greensburg at 7:00 a.m. and Batesville at 7:30 a.m. on Pentecost Monday June 4 for 75 cents round trip to Batesville visiting a city on the Ohio river. For information contact local agent Cuns J Dou.
An advertisement touts Littell's Liquid Sulphur Ointment as a superior complexion remedy removing freckles tan and pimples. It claims no poisons or odors and promotes healing for open sores burns and after shaving with antiseptic soothing effects. Sold by G. A. Baas.
The Hirt family gathered last Sunday, a rare event with Henry and his wife hosting all their children at home. Wives of their sons John and Henry and their families joined the reunion, marking a long-awaited gathering of the extended family.
Lodging and shop updates at Walsman and Engel's claim daily goods. Social visits span Cincinnati Newport Greensburg and Oldenburg with many relatives in town. A May 27 marriage at the Catholic church unites George Doll and Veronica Weigel. Foley’s Kidney Cure praised for kidney and bladder relief. Baptist Young People Convention tickets offered for July travel to Cincinnati with extended return options.
A string of residents and visitors travel to Cincinnati and Greensburg for visits and family gatherings. Reverend G W Bowers will preach at Town Hall Sunday. Help wanted for general house work in Indianapolis. Indiana Democratic Party convention offers excursion fares from June 4–8, 1900.
A testimonial from J. W. Lynch of Dorr West Virginia extols Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy After severe flux he took a bottle and experienced a permanent cure He endorses it to others and notes G A Baas and Bigney Co sell the remedy.
Joseph Hahn traveled to Greensburg on business. Miss Carrie Thackery went to Greensburg. Mrs. George Lawson returned from Indianapolis. Heavy rains aid street cleaning. Engel graphophone gains fifty new pieces. Walsman expands store with more space. MARRIED May 29 at St Pauls Cross Roads Henry F Peetz wed Edith M Ehrhardt. Mrs Nick Peetz visits Batesville for wedding. Huntersville Sunday School picnic June 16 1900. Eclipse blamed for recent heavy rains. MARRIED Michael Gaucie Batesville to Lauretta Kraus Cross Roads. Best wishes to both couples.
The Misses Lizzie Sophia and Anna Peetz of Indianapolis visited their parents and attended the wedding of their brother Henry Peetz to Miss Ehrhardt on Wednesday.
Cincinnati clergyman Rev. A. Cramer will lecture at the German M E church on Thursday night on the topic What is Man. The talk will be illustrated with chemical experiments and pitched as interesting and instructive. Come out.
A memorial note from Henry Hueffmeyer’s parents and sisters marks one year since his death on May 19 1899. The family recalls a son loved and missed, mourning his early departure and noting he now dwells with Jesus free from pain as they endure sorrow.
Little Clara May Osburn daughter of C M Osburn was born February 8 1891 and died May 21 1900 at age 9 years 3 months 13 days. Funeral attended by more than sixty wagons and buggies. Interment in Baptist cemetery Penntown Indiana.
Report mentions Smoke Shorts Pride of Cuba and high prices for country produce at N Blank's Seed Potatoes and H H Kramer's garden seeds. Mrs D McCallum and son Wiel traveled to Lincolnville for Decoration exercises, stormed back Wednesday. Tribute expresses thanks to neighbors for aid during illness and death of Louisa Meister.
An epidemic of whooping cough last winter led John E. Clifford to praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for curing his children. The ad notes its availability from G. A. Faas and Bigney & Co. Also reported is the death of Miss Louisa Meister at 32 from consumption. Her funeral in Huntersville drew a large crowd. Rev. Wuellschleger, with Revs. Beyer and Reichenmeyer, led services. she leaves parents and two sisters.
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