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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1902
Page
1
Local news items include births, travels, visits, and social events. The column lists multiple people traveling to Cincinnati, attending weddings, sewing and furniture trips, shop announcements, and selling notices.
The Indianapolis News reports the Indianapolis, Shelbyville and Southeastern Traction Co will extend to Greensburg this fall with grading work starting then. A power-house and car barn were built at Shelbyville for a Batesville extension, and construction on Batesville will begin once Greensburg is in operation.
Notice from Michael Benz trustee of Laughery Township states he will not attend to township business until after noon on Saturdays and asks all parties to call on Saturday afternoon for any business.
W S Brockman of Bagnel Missouri credits Chamberlain cough remedy with relieving three years of bronchitis and sleepless nights. He notes the medicine is sold by G A Baas in Batesville and Rigney Co in Sunman. The Osgood Ripley basketball team dodges Manager Engel’s challenge again, opting to play Greensburg instead.
J J Cox of Valley View Kentucky says severe kidney trouble left him bedridden with swollen feet until he used Foley's Kidney Cure. He reports quick relief and full recovery thanks to the remedy sold by G A Baas.
A new company is planned in Batesville in the coming days to drill for gas oil or water and likely named the Gas and Oil Company of Batesville. The neighboring town Newpoint has yielded paying gas, and the town board may grant a franchise to the local firm rather than outsiders, depending on test results.
The Newpoint gas well explosion Tuesday morning is touted as better than a previous blow and signals a new gas belt beyond the old area. Promoters at Newpoint form a company to supply gas to new factories and pipe gas to Batesville, with representatives visiting Batesville to seek a franchise.
The Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis enters its fiftieth anniversary the week of September 15. The fair grounds cover 214 acres owned by the State Board, with a $300000 investment. Previous fairs were smaller, now the event spans fifteen departments, four Sousa band concerts, and premium funds totaling $35,000 with $814,600 for fastest horses and $5,000 for premium cattle, plus $1,400 for the women’s department.
A large orderly Versailles Republican convention endorsed a stout ticket. Delegates from eleven townships chose officers and nominated Thomas E. Day for Representative and Edward C. Timmerman for Auditor, with John Harper Sheriff and William Prentice for Treasurer among others. Resolutions praised Roosevelt and Durbin and pledged support for a clean economical administration.
A Behrman and Wisman ad promotes a tobacco filler fertilizer claimed to boost crop yields and kill insects, encouraging farmers to try the product.
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