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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1900
Page
1
A collage of town visitors travels to Cincinnati Indianapolis and Newport for festivals. An insanity case prompts Batesville practitioners and locals to travel to Versailles for legal proceedings while a dramatic poem and references to a pending private sale appear among notices.
Brief items note residents traveling to Cincinnati for the Fall Festival and state fair in Indianapolis. Mentions include Miss Lina Otting, Mrs. J. A. Bosse, Mrs. Wagner, Miss Josie Frank, Miss Lizzie Prell, Miss Annetta Francis, Miss Amelia Duhme, Mrs. Ben Myers, Peter Becker and son Charles, and Mrs. John Culman. Also references a tailor Geo J Mehlon, a seed inquiry, and a fall millinery opening by Miss Elizabeth Prell and Miss Annetta Francis.
Rev Schaechter and wife and child of Dillsboro visited Rev Flantz and family and the Goyert families at Cross Roads last Tuesday. They stayed until Thursday afternoon and returned by train via Lawrenceburg.
The Star baseball club will travel to Shelbyville Sunday to play the Grays. With only two losses this season, they aim to extend their long winning streak as a large crowd of supporters is expected.
Mrs Sophiatz of Pennfield Tr after visiting her father Fred H Guenter and family returned home Tuesday. Mrs Clemens of Magnolia Ill came in last Wednesday and P D Thornhill and wife and children of Newport Ky came up Sunday to visit Mr Guenter and family the two ladies being daughters of Mr Guenter. Mr Thornhill and family returned home Tuesday morning.
Mrs Louisa Kepper died Friday at the residence of her son in law Louis Greemann aged 66 years 11 months 14 days Funeral services were held at the German M E church Sunday Sept 16 at 1 30 p m The remains were shipped Monday to Aurora for burial in River view cemetery Attendants included Chas Mahler wife Henry Severinghats Rev Beyer Dolph Klingelhoeffer Louis Klingelhoeffer and others.
In Batesville a man sought to commit his 16 year old daughter to a state reformatory by alleging insanity. An attorney guided him to charge insanity instead of crime. The case, heard in Versailles, drew out abuse accusations against the father and stepmother. Citizens called for harsh justice but cautioned against violence while expressing sympathy for the abused girl.
A collage of short notes records residents visiting cities like Indianapolis Bloomington Cincinnati and Miss Henrietta Wachsman attending events while others travel for fairs and visits. Mentions include Mrs Charles Annewehr Miss Mary Oser Miss Hattie Platt and families from Holman and Schuter's Corner with brief remarks on sewing machine repairers and a coroner's inquest last Friday.
A. C. Scherling and his granddaughter from near Lookout, along with his grandson from Indianapolis, left Monday to visit his son and attend the fair for a few days.
Harry Canfield of the Western Furniture Company left for Indianapolis Tuesday morning and will likely proceed to St. Louis and other western cities. In local sports, Batesville’s second nine defeated a picked nine 16 to 15 at the fair grounds Sunday afternoon, a close and highly engaging game.
A group of young friends celebrated Miss Freda Zeus on the Sunday evening of her 13th birthday with games and amusements. They enjoyed the entertainment and departed pleased to have participated in the surprise.
An old advertisement contrasts political funding with appetite, likening campaign finance to sustaining a body. It promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure promising digestion and relief from stomach troubles, attributed to G. A. Baas.
In Batesville on September 18 1900 Mr Frank and Mrs Barbara Mehlon thank Prudential Insurance agent J H Carroll and Assister Superintendent T J Riggs for prompt fair handling of their daughter Ella Mehlon s death claim The full $262 00 was paid without trouble and the couple recommends the company to the public.
August Franke administrator of Mary C Becker estate offers at public auction at the late residence one half mile west of Spades Adams township Ripley county Indiana on September 22 1900 at noon the household and kitchen furniture farming utensils corn and potatoes in the field and other items. Terms cash under five dollars and six months credit on note with good security six per cent after maturity and attorney fees.
George Beck travels to St Louis while William Lang and Miss Ella Lang visit Indianapolis. Buckwheat for sale at Jos Luesse Grain and Feed Batesville. Mrs Herman Hortemiller visits sister in Indianapolis. Miss Anna Clostermeyer spends weeks with friends in Shelbyville. Mr Beckett of Dillsboro journeys to Indianapolis. Jake Engel and family visit Jake's mother in Sunman. William Kramer of Oldenburg moves to Cincinnati after finishing work.
The parents brothers and sister thank neighbors and friends who visited our daughter and sister Ella Mehlon during her long illness death and burial. Gratitude is extended to the Ladies Auxiliary and the undertaker Frank Fragge for their kind services. May God reward them all.
John Rudolph Christian Hoberg 66 took his life by hanging in a barn after years of despondency. Coroner L T Cox investigated with wife Lena and interpreter Henry Goyert present. Farm belonged to Hoberg's Cincinnati brother who planned to sell it. Interment occurred at St Pauls cemetery Cross Roads on Sunday at 2 pm.
Walsman offers stove repairs. Mrs. Barnhorst and child visited St Maurice. Dora Dickman went to Indianapolis for the fair. Prices paid for country produce. Mrs. Johnson and other locals visited Indianapolis. Wehmeyer party visited Sunman. Dora Starks returned home from Newpoint. Anna Volz returned to Indianapolis after a week with cousins. Greemann Andree and sisters visited Chillicothe where Rev. Andree resides. A gold cuff button lost between Gauck's drug store and Greeman Wilker Co. J E Mobley and wife came to sell George W Stegner property on Main Street for $800.
The Kepper family of Tribune expresses sincere thanks to neighbors and friends who aided during Mrs. Louisa Kepper's illness death and burial. May God remember and reward you all, from her loving children.
Five workers for Waddell & Fitch at a B&O project near Osgood Indiana were buried when a bank caved in. Four died at once and a fifth, William Eckerty of Eckerty Indiana, died later from injuries. Remaining workers named were O lands of Eckerty and H Miller t with residences unknown and Augustus Note.
A sequence of property transfers range across Brown Batesville Shelby Johnson Laughery and Franklin townships. Transfers include Flora Sparks to Evans 10 acres for 125 and Harriet Noyes to Vestal 175 acres for 2800 with reciprocal listings among John Vestal Leander Marsh and others. Notable parcels include 83 acres Shelby township 1450 and 9766-100 acres Brown township for 1000.
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