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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1920
Page
6
The record lists events in Batesville including an American Legion dance at the Fair Grounds on Saturday night September 25 and various local visits and family updates. It also notes a fall festival planned by the Holy Family Church for October 17 and the funeral of Joseph Lux with attendees listed from Adrian Ohio Cincinnati and beyond.
Sufferers from indigestion are urged that recovery is possible with Chamberlain’s Tablets. The ad claims hundreds have been permanently cured, enabling them to eat anything and restore natural stomach function. try them at once.
NEWPOINT John Hoff and wife and daughter Mrs Irvin Behymer were guests of Harve Hoff and wife of Waldron Sun day. Miss Emma Kuert went to Cincinnati Sunday evening. Mrs J Harding spent the week s end with her daughters in Shelbyville. The Misses Crise and Hurst spent the week s end with home folks. Mrs Dave Martin went to Westport Saturday to visit relatives. Willie Meyer and wife of Greensburg Sundayed here with his parents Lillian Niemeyer and Rosalee Tromm spent Saturday in Greensburg. Mr and Mrs W F Freeland went to Batesville Saturday. Mrs L Peterson and child of Pittsburg are spending the week with John Hoff and family. Frank Hermesch and family were Sunday guests of George Thackery and family. John A Myer attended the gas meeting at Indianapolis Tuesday. Mr and Mrs A W Martin will return home this week from a ten day visit with relatives in Corinth Ky. Mr and Mrs Ed Starks Elmer McDermott and Margaret Swangy spent Sunday at Geneva. A number from here attended the festival at New Pennington Saturday. The Misses Kathryn French and Edna McDermott spent Saturday evening in Greensburg.
On a farm a reader reports a neighbor who cleared out rats with RAT-SNAP. The user tried it and claims 17 rats killed with others fleeing. RAT-SNAP is sold in 35c 65c and 1.25 dollar sizes and is guaranteed by Blank's Pharmacy and Meyer Hardware Company.
A description notes the ostrich eye is about the size of a marble and capable of microscopic vision. It states the eyelid does not move. instead a film flashes across the eye like a camera shutter.
The earliest emblem noted is a copper finger ring worn by John Quincy Adams supporters in 1824. It bore the inscription John Quincy Adams 1825, reflecting early campaign signaling and memorabilia.
Metamora residents recount visits from Converse Indianapolis Falmouth Cincinnati Greensburg Connersville and Kokomo with several relatives and friends. Attendees include Rev Leo Pickett Nora Curry Debby Adams Edith Wright and Mabel Stegner among others.
The Common Council of Batesville Indiana invites sealed bids by October 6 1920 for a motor driven fire truck of 1.5 to 2 tons with an automatic pump 500 to 600 GPM and two 35 to 40 gallon chemical tanks. Bids may cover complete truck or chassis and body with equipment.
The Puritans rejected rings as pagan symbols and superstition, requiring only a joined declaration to live together in wedlock. The text explains cloudburst as sudden heavy rain and water spouts as bursting rain clouds with whirlwinds.
In a Central African village sugar is not for sale as locals rely on year round fruit. Children chew sugar cane and the sweet maize stalks, while residents say they do not need purchased sugar any time.
A mother and her son Homer walk together when he cries for candy. She buys it but withholds the bag prompting her to ask who paid. Homer answers with a question about who cried for it implying the impulse and responsibility.
A compact quotation note reflects on Emerson's view that thought frees a man from servitude, marking a thematic aside rather than a full article.
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