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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
6
Ferdinand township Dubois county trustee Will attend to township business at his office every Saturday Persons with business to transact should present it on that day Ww Helming Trustee Ferdinand Ind
Personalities from Fulda and nearby towns filled a week with travel and visits. Leo Birchler called at the new Fulda location, while families including Mrs. Herman Saalmann and sons headed to Ft. Smith Arkansas for a new home. Residents made trips to Louisville Evansville New Albany Jasper Huntingburg St Meinrad and nearby hubs for business and family. a state inspector examined local factories.
Property owners offered timber for sale with wall on the eighth day of the month. W Pitts promises to pay the highest market price for timber and wall materials.
The temperance crusade plans a prohibitory law, arguing total abstinence vs prohibition. Proponents seek moral action and continued activism, while skeptics warn that a prohibition law may fail like Iowa’s experience and hasten dissent.
The Reda baseball club will receive new gray uniforms with maroon stockings belt and caps in a few days. At the last meeting it was decided to place a sheet iron roof on the remodeled grand stand.
The church announces first published weddings for the season including John Kemper and Elizabeth Punch Henry Fleck and Mary Weyer Hugo Schipp and Rosa Bekmann with bells soon to ring.
The Ferdinand high school output for the year lists graduates Rose Dall Albert Bartley Amanda Mueller Leona Holinden Lucile Beckmann Emma Holinden Veronica Gehlhausen Florence Gehlhausen Verena Bonderman Augusta Hoffmann Clara Rickelhoff. Additional names were previously omitted from publication.
Hubert Quante, while working on a new addition, collided with a nailed stick on the first floor. He suffered a swollen eye and bruised nose but the injury is not serious, expected to heal in a few days.
Three farms totaling 205 acres offered by IsaDore Klubh. The property includes 180 acres of bottom land and 25 acres table land with 55 acres of growing wheat, a two story frame dwelling, two barns, a granary, a corn crib, a cellar, summer kitchen and smokehouse. Water abundant via cistern well and spring, located 3 miles northeast of St Meinrad in Clark Township. A five acre full bearing orchard is included. Easy terms.
A fragment notes tensions over enforcing temperance as a site of decent conduct in Iowa. The report hints at clashes between authorities and public sentiment regarding prohibition measures.
The Ferdinand News lists new subscribers Frank Quante of Ft. Smith Arkansas Katie Saalman Frank Lueken of Schnellville Indiana Sam Peffer of Germantown Tl Martin Zogimann of Fulda Indiana Frank Petry of Ferdinand and this week’s paid subs from John G Kippenbrock Ferdinand Joe Krust Lena Krust Louisville Louisa Weyer Bernard Leugers Evansville Indiana Actions reflect reader support and regional participation.
State Superintendent Fassett A Cotton urges officials to prevent fires by using noncombustible materials and better designs. He cites the Collinwood Cleveland disaster and the Iroquois Theater fire as lessons, arguing fire drills fall short in smoky corridors and that beauty and function must guide construction.
The text argues for an esthetic and utilitarian school interior and exterior. It weighs paint, paper, tile, and burlap for walls while stressing high safety standards. It calls for fireproof construction and multiple stories with fire escapes if necessary.
Frank Jent returns from Louisville after a year and will work this summer for St Meinrad Brick and Tile Co. Several locals come home from Louisville for Holy Week. A new organ and horn music thrill the community amid Easter observances. Francis Leo Thuis visits St Meinrad College for Holy Week accompanied by Augustine Ringemann. Graduation exams are held by teacher Robert Widmer with local applicants. The Abbey starts Monte Casino quarry work led by foreman Anton Jent. Jos F Jent moves to Jasper and plans to settle there. Mary Fleischmann visits relatives in Poseyville and St Meinrad area.
Schnellville residents share Easter visits with relatives in Corydon and Jasper. Miss Lucy Schnell returns home from visiting her uncle. Miss Katie Neuheusel returns from New Albany. Mrs. and Mr. Louis Abel welcomed a baby girl. Residents attend a dance at Heitelbeck's Hall next Thursday. Pfaff Sawing Co moves mill to Martin Sanders. local merchants report Easter travel and social visits.
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