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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1920
Page
5
Local Batesville notes list numerous callers from Morris and Indianapolis. Funeral attendance, births, travels to Cincinnati and Greensburg mark a busy week with residents visiting relatives and attending events across Indiana and Ohio.
Free auto transportation will be provided for those attending the big chicken dinner at the St Louis Bazaar in Liberty Park on Sunday October 10. Three trucks will depart from various pickup points starting at 10:00 a m and run hourly until 3:00 p m.
The Laughery Township registration reached 1730 across two days with 889 men and 841 women. Precincts show 1: 213 men 166 women, First Ward: 246 men 211 women, Second Ward: 246 men 264 women, Third Ward: 184 men 200 women.
A pie social will be held at Timke School on Friday evening October 22. Ladies are asked to bring pies and everyone is welcome. Sponsored by teacher Anna Heeseman.
An automobile party reported finding an overcoat lying on the road before the Henry Schwertfeger home Sunday morning. They request the owner to contact Henry Schwertfeger to claim the coat.
Mrs Lannigan hosted a dinner last Friday for Miss Bertha Greemann and Miss Ida Lichtsinn of Fort Wayne. About a dozen young nurses attended as the pair, wartime Red Cross veterans, reunited after two years and shared memories from Camp Lewis, overseas service, and a brief France stint.
Anna Louisa Schmidt daughter of Peter Schmidt succumbed to tuberculosis last Sunday after a long illness. Born on a farm south of town she lived twenty five years in the same community. Services were held at the home and at St Pauls Church with burial in the church cemetery under Undertaker Zierer. Surviving are her father mother two brothers and three sisters.
At a Monday evening meeting officials elected Charles Bramlage of Morris as a director to fill a several weeks old vacancy. Bramlage a young energetic businessman with a strong Morris reputation is expected to be a valuable addition to the bank's board.
Advertisement seeks men women boys and girls to begin picking apples on October 1. Contact Walter H Fitch of Spades Indiana for details.
Milan celebrates the formal opening of Mi nogeo Sanitarium after a rapid build with scarce materials overcome. A six o clock dinner for stockholders and guests drew over four hundred tickets while reservations fill and a hundred guests arrived.
Grand Lodge events in Indianapolis bring Laughery Valley Lodge officers Mrs. George Kessens and Mrs. Henry Winsor as district deputies among 1 400 men and 800 women expected. Grand Chancellor John W. Craig of Greensburg will preside as Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters growth marks a year with 3 374 new members added to Indiana rolls.
The Batesville Poultry Association held its annual meeting last Thursday to elect officers. Incumbents retained include A. W. Gluesenkamp as President and Charles Dieckman as Vice President, with Monroe Wonning as Secretary and Harry Sitterding as Treasurer. Directors named were J. O. Kaiser J. H. Poske H. H. Wonning Harry Schwier and Frank Walsman. A poultry show was discussed but no decision made.
Miss Clara Huber entertained about fifty guests at her West Pearl Street home Friday evening. An excellent piano recital was given by Miss Huber and her twenty seven pupils, reflecting credit on both instructor and students. Light refreshments followed for a pleasant social evening.
Beginning at 1:00 o clock next Saturday afternoon October 9 I will offer for sale at my residence in Huntersville a cow heifer hogs thoroughbred Poland China broad sow wagon two harrows plows and other farm implements Also oats in sheaf 100 shocks of corn and fodder in field 15 shocks of maize and many other articles R T Green Prop Fred Schierenbeck Auct
Dr Oscar Goyert sustained a painful injury when a heavy prestolite tank fell on his foot in a room of his dental suite. The crush damaged a toe. while pain eased, he will endure long term inconvenience wearing a shoe.
Kirschner schoolhouse located 20 miles northeast of Oldenburg hosts a gathering on October 7. Ladies are asked to bring pies. Hilda Wissel, teacher, oversees the event.
John Mathias Krome a Batesville area resident born in Germany died Wednesday at age eighty seven years six months due to arterial hardening and other age related ailments. He settled on the Batesville farm fifty one years ago with sons John and Mathias taking over the homestead. Surviving are three sons Henry John Matt and daughter Mrs Mary Hickman all in the community. Services were held Saturday at St John with burial in the church cemetery conducted by Undertaker Zierer.
Olin Gommel presented three sweet potatoes raised by his father that stood out for size and flavor. The three weighed ten pounds eleven ounces total, with the two largest from the same hill weighing seven pounds eleven ounces. The largest weighed four pounds seven ounces and the smallest three pounds, making the remaining weight easy to deduce.
Melson Wachsmann, the Mang School teacher, invites everyone to a pie social on Friday evening October 8. Ladies are asked to bring pies and all invited to attend. The note ends with a platform claim about the value of the right kind of printing.
Lost automobile crank and white and tan dog named Sport. found crank at this office and dog has left eye glass. For sale house, sow and seven pigs, brown leghorn rooster, apples at Fitch orchards. Contacts include John H. Wilker, A M Roell, J A Hillenbrand, Louis Ensinger, Walter H. Fitch.
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