Trustees Meet in Regular Session Pay and License Granted
Trustees convened Monday night with most members present. A liquor license for Al BP Cook was approved for one year from May 11, 1908 to Dec 11, 1908. The board set road scraper rent at 20 cents per hour and 50 cents per day for the dump scraper. They approved quarterly salaries and allowances including town treasurer 18.75, attorney 25, town clerk 31, Health Secretary 12, marshal one month 42, Batesville Water Works rent 150 for four months, Harry Peetz printing 3.75, and township trustee William Krieger 75.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Secretary Board of Health
Batesville Water Works Co
Harry Peetz
Wm. Krieger
Mrs Dirscherl Dies After Illness in Batesville
Mrs Anna Dirscherl aged 42 died Saturday morning after a typhoid fever illness. She leaves three children and was part of a large Batesville family. Funeral was Monday at 9 o'clock from her home on Walnut Street with Catholic rites and interment in St Louis Cemetery.
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Anna Dirscherl
Wld
Dircherl
Batesville
Mott Fragge
Louisa Clausheide
Cincinnati
Henry Kassens
Dirscherl
Birthday Party Honoring Irvin Greemann Seven Guests
The Tuesday evening festivities honored Irvin Greemann on his twenty fourth birthday with music feasting and toasts to Jack. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wilker left Batesville for a two week Westward trip to attend the National Bankers Convention. An infant son of Fred Boase died Tuesday night and was laid to rest at St. John's cemetery. Local editor Clara Sands resigned from the Democratic Herald.
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Buroe Greemann
O Club
Brother Irvin
Jack
J. A. Wilker
A, Col
Wilker
First National Bank
National Bankers’ Convention
West
Fred Boase
St. John’s Cemetery
Clara Sands
Democratic Herald
LeRoys Triumph Over Newpoint Boys in Tight Game
LeRoys defeated Newpoint 6 to 0 as Boliand pitched for the LeRoys and held the visitors to five hits with nine strikeouts. Little Arkansas league’s Blueford started for the visitors and fanned seven, with LeRoys tallying early in the first inning.
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Newpoint
Iville
Oys
LeRoys
Boliand
Hlueford
Little Arkansas
Loc
Ore
Democratic rally at fair grounds draws large crowd
A Saturday night Democratic meeting at the fair ground hall drew a large and enthusiastic audience. Judge Osburn mocked opponents with slanderous charges while Congressman Dixson defended tariff policy and American labor amid sharp clashes and heated remarks.
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Fair Ground Hall
Judge Osburn
Greensburg
Marshall
Jim Watson
Watson
Standard Oil Company
Uosburn
Osburn
America
Russia
Dixon
Steel Trust
Corn Club Prizes At Versailles Pumpkin Show 1908
The Boys Corn Club offers two prizes for best corn and best 10 ears at Versailles Pumpkin Show on October 10 1908 with defined payouts. Girls aged 10 to 21 may win prizes for bread and butter with gifts from local merchants.
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Boys’ Corn Club
Versailles
Universal Bread Maker
William Hunter
A. H. Beer
Jackson Bros
J. A. Hunter
Fingers badly mangled at Greemann Bros. rip saw mill
H E Stowe suffered severe hand injuries Thursday morning when the rip saw mangled every finger. Middle fingers amputated at the first joint, tips torn from small and index fingers, and thumb flesh torn. Dr Gibson reports patient recovering as well as expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Stowe
Greemann Bros
Tragic death as man struck by train at Marshall depot
John Fruchtricht, 39, was killed last Saturday night when struck by a Big Four passenger train near the Marshall depot. He had been drinking, fell asleep on the curb, and the body was ground to pieces. Coroner’s inquest held. remains in St. John’s cemetery. Survived by a widow and four children aged four to twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fruchtricht
Fruchtonicht
Fair Ground Hall
Nicholas
Milne
Wm. G. Greemont
Charles
George Doll
John Trennepohi
Chas. Benz
Harry Nordloh
Severinghaus
St. John’s
Huntersville
Steding
St. John’s Church
Box Social at Meyer School House Friday Evening
A box social will be held at the Meyer school house four miles west of town on Friday evening October 9. Ladies are asked to bring boxes. A good program will be rendered. Admission is free. Attending from Cincinnati and Bellevue is a list of relatives visiting W. H. St. Clair and family.
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Knights of St. John
St. Clair’s Hall
Eureka Band
St. Clair’s
Meyer
Ellen Rosenmund
Pythian Sisters
Portraits of Taft Sherman and Watson free from Tribune
Local notes report free portraits of Taft Sherman and Watson available from the Tribune. Mentions calls to obtain them and various social, business, and community updates including visits, purchases, and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Taft, Sherman and Watson
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Garnett Smiley
Wm. Betznear
Ballstown
Rushville
H. J. Clostermeyer
R. R
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R. J. Timmerman
Louis Brockman
Henry
John L. Benham
Lincolnville
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Henry Duhme
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Aurora
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Indianapolis
Ind
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Frank Dirscher
J.S. Ray
Arthur Kramer
Harry Carel
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John Kassens
Mary Kassens
Sunman
A. Lechner
Wim. Kreuzman
John Gutapfel
Suoman
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Douglas
Frank Waleman
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Timothy
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Morris
Thos. R. Marshall
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Canada
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Lincoln
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Mr. Marshall
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W. H. Thompson
E. M. E. Church
Henryville
C. M. Vawter
Brooksburg
Jacob Pflug
Genevieve Smith
Frank Bludau
Mildred
Norma Bierlein
Elizabeth Hartig
Gust Walterrath
Ambrose Schmidt
Family Sunday
D. McCallum
George Martin
Page
Roy Lang
Fred Kruse
Cross Roads
Lillian Weingarter
Pekin, Ill
H. H. Kramer
Emil Zierer
Adolph Cook
Hegel’s
Frank Walsman
George F. Siefert
Meyer's
Joe Rugg
Timothy Seed
Thie & Vonderheide
Box Social
Chas, Figner
Alice
Edgard Godley
Louis Stockinger
Hilda
Geo. Schatzman
Buster
Bellvue
W. H. St. Clair
C. R. Winsor
Wm. Dresing and
Sophia Knollenberg
City
Frank Kellerman
Oldenburg
Chris Pohlman
Cedar Grove
Thie
Florence
Roy Johanning
Harry Schwier
Waleman & Schroeder's
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