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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1920
Page
1
Local brief notes residents and guests depart for Kansas Los Angeles and Cincinnati with visits to relatives, business trips in Indianapolis and Moores Hill, persons of interest including candidates and church members amid a summer-to-fall travel pattern.
The column notes farmers sowing rye and swheat with Elmer Huneke of Batesville helping his uncle Henry Mang cut corn. The piece mentions a pie social at Mang's School, visits among families in Adams Church and Osgood, sorghum deliveries to Mrs. Sarringhaus near Napoleon, and several trips by local residents to visit kin in Illinois.
Maurice Volz of Morris called at Conner Hutson’s Sunday while Clint Wilson and family visited Mr. Fitch’s home to view apples. Lula Baas from Batesville stayed with Mr. Fitch last week. Cassius Osburn and Hayes Osburn with Ed Thomas were at Metamora Sunday. Ed Pohlar and mother visited Sunman Wednesday. Conner Hutson called at Marcus Thursday morning. Anna and Elvera Hutson visited Mrs. Fitch Sunday afternoon. Quiet living avoids customer disturbance. Tribune ads keep you away.
Mrs. George Stuart visits Cincinnati parents while Mrs. Henry Bruns visits Indianapolis. Funeral for Rev. Jacob Bockstahler attended by Charles B and Jacob Abplanalp. two locals, Sam Wilkshire and Edward Glade, die sudden deaths. Teachers Institute held. pie social announced for October 20 at Spades Schoolhouse. Raymond Franke, Teacher.
Miss Selma Heeseman and Miss Marie Timke spent Tuesday evening together. The Adams Church Ladies Society held its monthly meeting last Thursday. Mrs Heeseman visited Mrs William Drockelman Sr Thursday afternoon. A large crowd attended the pie social at Mang School. Mrs Dora Littell and Danville visited Henry Vogel’s family and returned to Napoleon. Anna Heeseman attended Adams Township Institute at Spaces. Mrs Nicholas Wissel and Alma Wissel were business callers at Batesville Wednesday. Russell Kuntz and wife stayed several days with relatives here. John Schorling and family visited Richard Kunath and wife. Lewis Timke and family visited Chris Schorling and wife Sunday. Miss Hilda Schutte returned to William Drockelman’s Sunday after helping at home several days. Timke’s school Tuesday evening October 9. Everyone welcome.
Henry Price and family along with Mrs Caspar Bartling and son Arthur traveled to Cincinnati Saturday to visit relatives. Charles Meyer with wife and William Meyer and family from Rushville spent several days with William Meyer’s family. Mrs Ira Gesell of Brookville stays a week with her parents, Harry Bartling and family of Oakley Ohio and Henry Bartling of Bath Indiana. Edwin Abegglen with wife and John Mosmeier with family visited Alvin Bruns and family Sunday. Mrs Henry Erfman was called to Illinois to the bedside of her father J Zimmermann. Casper Irrgang and wife visited son George and family at Connerville Sunday. Arthur Wittkamper with wife, Edwin Richter and family, and Anna Cardwell enjoyed an auto ride to Greensburg Sunday afternoon. Mrs William Meyer visits George Lanning and family near Brookville.
Mrs James Brown of Clark Mills New York reports three years ago a severe lung cold had her coughing day and night until she tried Chamberlains Cough Remedy and found prompt relief. Many others have been pleased by the quick relief this remedy provides.
A famous statistician claimed at a public dinner that his figures reflected those of a man who truly knows the field. He stated the numbers were not his own, signaling a dispute over the source of the data.
The Swedish cities of Stockholm and Gothenburg led early European adoption of women police officers, marking a notable shift in law enforcement roles for women.
A long list of church notices covers Sunday School times from 9:00 to 9:50 a.m. and morning worship at 10:30 a.m. with various subjects and leagues meeting midweek. The items include pastor names J Barthelmas and L A Schreiber, plus sermons on the Ten Commandments and roles for Luther Leagues and Epworth Leagues across multiple towns.
William G Oliver of Franklin the Republican nominee for auditor of state was born in 1873 in a log cabin on his father's farm north of Franklin. He attended local schools, Franklin high school and Franklin college, studied law at Indiana University, graduating in 1902. He built Forest Ridge stock farm, led Franklin as mayor in 1909, and served as fuel administrator in WWI. He chaired Johnson county children’s guardians, presided over Franklin school trustees, and was lieutenant governor of Indiana Kiwanis clubs.
Governor Coolidge urged thrift in a Boston address. He noted signs that supply and demand are returning to normal and cited the Massachusetts woolen and shoe industries as examples. He recalled buying a suit in March 1919 and his last pair of shoes two years ago.
Sen James E. Watson traveling the state in his re election campaign reports voters express fatigue with current administration. Farmers criticize incompetence and extravagance while wives seek clarity on League of Nations Article 10 favoring peace. City workers demand stable conditions and a return to pre 1913 norms. The senator notes Harding's growing public esteem.
In mid Victorian England a gentleman was expected to exchange a kiss with his partner at the end of a dance as a proper custom reflecting etiquette and propriety of the era.
Advertisement notes a well ventilated furnished room for a Kent gentleman who smokes both ways, advertised in the Boston Transcript.
In Indianapolis bets favored Harding to carry Indiana and the nation two to one. A $1000 to $500 wager on Watson winning was placed here. Other bets foresee Harding carrying Ohio by about 60,000 votes.
A Texas grower amasses wealth from peanut farming as production scales to twenty million dollars annually. The segment highlights a prominent Texas peanut producer and the economic impact of large scale farming.
Trustee John Sieg advises Adams Township residents of monthly meetings to be held at Morris on the first Saturday Sunman on the second and third Saturdays and at home on the last Saturday each month. Meetings address township business and community matters.
E C Timmermann says the township trustee will hold weekly office hours every Tuesday in the First National Bank Building Batesville for all parties with business. Citizens are urged to call on that day to meet.
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