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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1920
Page
8
Community notices list Sunman street fair on September 10 and 11 and a Labor Day dance by Eureka Band at Batesville Fair Grounds on Monday. The page records numerous visits, family gatherings, and social events across Sunman, Pierceville, Batesville, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Aurora, Columbus, and Kokomo with many local residents hosting and visiting relatives.
Farmers prep fields for fall sowing as rains improve the soil. Families from Richard Hafft to Roy Ferguson visit kin in White Hall Indianapolis Cincinnati Madison Batesville Versailles and other towns. Local trips include fertilizerFetch at Holton seed corn anecdote and a RAT SNAP ad from Blank's Pharmacy and Meyer Hardware.
Court House news lists probate of wills for Christian Schneeman and Hiram Powell with guardianship for Kenneth Leo Moody and Loretta Belle Moody. New legal cases include Ornstein and Rice Co. vs Samuel H Sieckerman and Edward Wagner vs Rose Schene. Grand and petit jurors summoned for September term. Also marriage licenses for Grossman Moore, Sidell Martin, and Gindling Lambert. Community notices include street fair on September 10 and various local visits and business calls.
Helen Meyer returns to Indianapolis after weeks with grandmother Mrs Andrew Meyer. Lawrenceburg trip by Waters family. Lois Tarpenning visits her parents in Indianapolis. Frank Dale goes home to Waldron after visits. Russell Hiner of Indianapolis visits relatives. Alice Crumb of North Manchester visits Watts family. Loyd Kentworthy visits Commiskey parents late week. Mrs Charles Bredemeier and grandson Jack of Cincinnati visit mother Mrs Fred Bredemeier. Hilbert and Edward Lott return to Indianapolis after weeks here. Harold Abplanalp Ruth Dodson and Nelson Reckeweg drive to Indianapolis. they return Monday. Anna Abplanalp visits Munice. Porter Abplanalp and Edna with relatives Sunday.
Clinton Mrs Shaner and Harry Watson traveled to Ohio for a two week visit. J Richardson his wife and two children with Mrs Ida Garrison visited Lawrenceburg on Saturday. Donald Schuerman stayed a week with relatives in Cincinnati. Mrs Schneider returned from Cincinnati visit with her son. Nellie Sunman and daughters visited brother Chas Ward at Sunman. Mrs Joe Riehle spent Sunday with Mrs A Holwadel.
A St John chocolate maker told the Canadian Industrial Relations Commission that employees last year stole goods valued at 16000 dollars. The firm employs 190 people and the losses average nearly 100 dollars per worker, the witness said.
Indiana editors praise Warren T. McCray and Senator James E. Watson for leadership at a Turkey Run meeting. They approve the Indiana assembly actions including tax reform blue sky law soldiers memorial and discuss League of Nations concerns with Harding Wilson and Cox positions.
An eminent actor-manager recalls a clergyman father who warned his son John against pursuing the stage. The son did go on stage. the father supposedly follows crime reports and underlines them to send to the father, showing lingering concern.
At Saint Cloud Paris a unique cycling race awarded victory to the last finisher. The steep hill course banned brakes and required riders to remain airborne down the slope with no ground contact or crossing the course.
Mix six pounds of whiting with cold water to a lump free, cream like consistency. Steep three ounces of alze in cold water for 12 hours. Heat but do not boil. Pour hot into the whitewash. Use fresh size to avoid foul odor. Add green pink blue or fawn coloring if desired.
On fete days in Brittany districts marriageable girls appear in red petticoats with borders that signal their father’s dowry. An white band equals 100 francs per year, each yellow band represents 1,000 francs. The piece ends with a quip urging work and advertising.
A notable Etruscan dental artifact at the Corneto civic museum in Tarquoli, Tarquoll Necropolis, displays four gold ring attachments and three supplied teeth. The piece includes central incisors and bicuspids, with the two central incisors carved from a single ox tooth split to resemble two upper centrals.
Mrs. Emily Shaw touts RAT SNAP as superior to all traps and notes buying a 50c box led to 12 rats killed in a week after a 2 dollar trap failed. She says she could not raise chicks without RAT SNAP. RAT SNAP sold in three cake sizes 35c 65c and 125 dollars by Meyer Hardware and Blank's Pharmacy.
The article notes that a large black ant cuts out rubber portions after tapping and carrying them away. Bees in India also use rubber as a wax substitute for nests, while certain South American species bite tree bark to induce resinous sap flow for their needs.
Workmen digging for a Newark sewer line unearthed a tombstone reading Johnathan son of Robert and Esther Plume who died December 16 1769. The site lies near a Revolutionary era cemetery, recalling Branforth Place area history per New York Evening Mall.
Francis Bacon loved fine clothes and sketched about 1200 freakish costume designs. When no one would wear them he hired men to parade in the outfits on streets for his amusement.
A trustee announces in the First National Bank Building that E C Timmermann will be at his office for township trustee matters. The notice identifies the official and location for the upcoming affairs.
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