14 Nov 1901
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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1901
Page
1
Trains go east and west with several daily and Sunday variations. Local notes list visits, purchases, and social events around Ballstown including dances, patterns, and storefront ads. Residents share travel updates, business offers, and community notices alongside Thanksgiving preparations and health product recommendations.
Friday November 22 to be known as Harrison Day in Indiana public schools by the State Superintendent. The Benjamin Harrison Monument Association reports about thirty thousand dollars in hand with hopes of reaching one hundred thousand dollars from all sources. Senator Fairbanks and officers expect Harrison Day to boost interest among parents and pupils. Subscriptions are to Evans Woollen in Indianapolis.
Scores from the Y M C Rifle Club fourth shoot show Charles Greene 28 and William Foerster 8 tied for top. Other competitors include Paul Foerster 13 Lewis Hoene 13 Frank Turner 10 H Wessel 9 William Wachsman 9 Wm Thie 8 Joe Braam 1.
Local items report businesses highlighting smoke Havana blossoms fresh oysters and stove lines. Shively of Batesville endorses Banner Salve while Baas and Greensburg firm abandon cloak sale due to licensing limits. Community visits include Cincinnati relatives and a se ries of meetings to start at New Point. A shooting and raffle event with turkey lunch is planned at Dick Schrader’s in Huntsville on Nov 23.
The notice calls for weekly township business at Benz Jbros in Batesville with Trustee Michael Benz as Laughery Township head. It then discusses Batesville water needs, arguing a stronger hydrant system and larger supplies are essential to prevent fires and attract new industry, warning that neglect is criminal for the town’s growth.
Numerous brief items report on shopping and products including stove polish, coffee, sewing machines, calicoes priced 4 5 and 6 cents, and a range of personal notices. It notes births, visits, a Thanksgiving turkey order, and job changes such as Henry Huffmeister resigning from Union factory with replacement Mr Bultman.
A roundup of receipts of visitors and business visits in Greensburg Indiana and surrounding areas. Mentions George Hoyer and Mrs. Ben Schene visiting Indianapolis, Herman Rosse from Shelbyville, Agnes and Dena Esche from Cincinnati visiting Lou Oser, and John Rudolph from Oldenburg purchasing a saloon in Cincinnati. Adams & Curtis Shoe Company trips and a new water works contract for ten years at six hundred dollars a year. D. McCallum family hosts, A. J. Morrow and sons visiting, and a plan to build a pond for fire protection with excavations near Hillenbrand pond and Western factory city.
Seymour Webb of Moira New York reports twenty five years of kidney trouble resolved after using Foley's Kidney Cure. He states two bottles cured him and credits the product. G A Baas promotes Foley's Kidney Cure.
The Batesville Fire Department last Monday evening appointed a five member committee to solicit funds from citizens to buy a department flag. The members are Ed Goyert George W Baas C H Wesler John Beihl and Chas Green. All residents are urged to contribute.
The ladies of the German M E Church will host a Thanksgiving social at the Town Hall on Thursday evening November 28. A fine program will be rendered. Turkey lunch ice cream cake and other refreshments will be served. Admission free. Everyone invited to attend.
The advertisement promotes One Minute Cough Cure for winter illnesses including coughs colds croup bronchitis and grip. It cites a Winchester Kentucky testimonial from C K George about a child with croup who improved quickly after dosing and slept through the night with no hoarseness.
The town council awarded a water supply contract to a new company for fifteen years with an option to buy the plant after three years based on fair valuation by three appraisers. The plan includes a fifty thousand gallon tank seventy five feet high on hill near Hillenbrand pond, six inch mains to the tank and to Greenmann's factory area, and a ten thousand dollar bond. The town lays the mains and the company may use town mains for its own needs. town has use of company mains for fire protection. The annual consideration is six hundred dollars.
The August Willich Post denounces anarchist murder of President McKinley and urges Congress to define anarchy as treason and to punish abuse of the press. It commends Buffalo court actions and asks for laws separating press liberty from government slander with penalties. Signed by Post officers and members.
Objects and events include sales at Cloak sale at Greenman Wilker Co. on Nov 25 26. Visits by Rev Freudenreich to Shelbyville and Rev Winters. Mrs Geldreich of Cincinnati visiting sister Mrs Boyd. School visits by Supt Royce of Versailles. Geo Grether and wife excursion to visit her brother Wingate. Westerno factory hiring boys now. Mrs Louis Goyert returns from California. John Rudolph moving from Cincinnati to Oldenburg. 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Frank Dubhme celebrated by St Mark's choir members. Batesville Dramatic Club plans a post holiday play with selected cast.
A compact vegetable remedy described as reliable and gentle for bowel support. The ad claims the pills are small easy to take and not forceful, offering thorough action and invigorating effect. G. A. Baas endorses the product as suitable for gentle relief.
The article notes that rapid industrial development has produced large producer combinations or trusts. It argues these trusts have lowered production costs and consumer prices, require legislative oversight, and that the Republican party is trusted to administer this control for the public good.
An early 20th century advertisement claims kidney and bladder issues affect both sexes causing diminished vitality and mood. It promotes Swamp-Root from Dr Kilmer and Co with sample bottle offers and asks readers to mention the paper when writing.
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