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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1909
Page
1
Reported events include a May 2 4 dentist visit in Ferdinand, a newly purchased property at 1200 dollars, 271 local schoolchildren, and a 12 to 0 Seminarians win. Other notes mention a baby born to Mr and Mrs Hedinger, a 21 year anniversary for the Trotters, dog tax reminders, and a push to sell old and new sewing machines.
Personal notes list Vince Smith, Harry Drach, Oscar Hartley, Joe Frey and many others visiting Fulda, Ferdinand, Jasper and Huntingburg. Travelers return home, conduct business, attend dances, and visit relatives with plans to save, sell property, or relocate as needed.
A wedding season plea highlights practical needs for stylish wedding attire. Ran & Co. offers a refined option for the groom and bride to ensure a fitting and fashionable entrance. The text underscores the importance of quality garments for daily life and formal occasions.
COUNTRY PRODUCE Eggs Nineteen cents per dozen Onions seventy five? per hundredweight Butter eighteen? per pound Potatoes One dollar twenty cents per bushel MEATS Bacon sides ten? per pound Shoulders forty six? per pound Ham? Hens ten cents per pound Cocks four cents per pound MILL STUFF Flour three dollars per hundredweight Short one dollar thirty per hundredweight Bran one dollar twenty cents Corn Meal zero cents per hundredweight GRAIN Wheat one dollar twenty five per bushel Clover Seed four dollars seventy five per bushel Corn eighty? per bushel Rye ninety cents per bushel MISCELLANEOUS Wool twenty cents per pound W ash Wool two? cents per pound Green Salted hogs ninety? per hundredweight Feathers five hundred pounds
Miss Theresia Beyke daughter of John Beyke and Math Lechlester of Louisville wed at St. Ferdinand church on Wednesday morning. They plan to live in Harvard Nebraska. George Kress of Schnellville and Mise Clara Reutman wed Tuesday at St. Ferdinand church with bridesmaids Rosa Gehl and Rosa Reutman and groomsmen William Kempf and Joe Reutmann. They will reside in Louisville Kentucky. The News wishes them health and happiness.
Reckelhoff and Muller install glove making machinery in a room above their shop to produce white canvas gloves. The venture is experimental with cutting at the premises and sewing done by town women at home. Large orders prompt plans for full sewing machines and employment for several women.
After a short illness John Weyer Jr died at home near town on Saturday at age 14. He was a respected farmer and leaves a wife and several grown children. The burial was held Monday at St. Ferdinand cemetery as mourners offer sympathy.
May 2 church notices list weddings for Jacob Brechtel and B Wassing with W Heilers, plus arrivals and names including Lorenz Tretter and Henry Schum. An odd Greencastle boardinghouse tale describes two men losing hands in a corn shredder accident while preparing for lyvhoul, then helping each other.
Children who received the sacrament on the eighteenth of the month are listed, detailing those who made their first Holy Communion as part of the Low Sunday observance.
145 acre property with good buildings and fine water offers a rural buying option. Located approximately 31 miles southwest of Ferdinand and 113 miles south of St Henry. Listed by ALoIs KRAPF.
The Ferdinand News reports two weeks of subscription gains and renewals. New subscribers include Anna Bender Louisville Kentucky Theressia Everamann Mrs T Schaltheis Wm Huber Dubois Indiana Mrs Chas Walters East St Louis Illinois John Fendel St Meinrad Indiana Theodore Otto Huntley Nebraska Herman Keratiens Ferdinand John Schipp. renewals feature Louisa Weyer Elizabeth Beckman Mrs M Teebbe Miss Anna Yellig Herman Knipper Shively Kentucky Henry Seger St Meinrad Indiana Louis Vogel Sam Peffer Garmantown New Jersey Frank Laeken Schnellville Indiana Anton Vonboken Ferdinand Theo Peters Oscar Keller Ben Bolte Jos Weyer Joe Eversmann John Kippenbrok John Weasel.
Real estate transfers listed include F Becker to Andrew M Tussey for a 60 by 144 foot lot in Huntim burg priced at 270 dollars. Franz Joseph Weiker to John Weiker for 80 acres in 20 In at 1500 dollars. Savior B Allen to Tillie Sappinfield for Lot 1 Mentor at 25 dollars. Helena Kraft to Conrad Deindorfer for part of Lot 1 Jasper at 700 dollars. Joseph Gutzweiler to Jos F Hopf for Lots 46 and 47 Guteweiler’s addition at 4710.28 dollars. Mary H P Koch to John Jackie for Lot 6 Rostiger’s addition at 4710.28 dollars. Sarah J Ridenour to James J Eckert for 5 acres in 26 8 8 at 66.02 dollars. Una A Johnson to Elisabeth B Sima at block 21 Geiger’s addition at 760 dollars. Hiram C Thompson to Albert P Vola for sections 18 and 14 1 3 at 1800 dollars. Conrad Hammertein administrator handled several transfers.
The Johnsburg Union A S of E held a discussion at Kemp's school house on 20th inst amid bad roads. Speakers could not attend due to weather, but attendees shared views. Cooper Union plans a second debate at the same place on Friday night April 30 with expected strong speakers and broad invitation.
James Williams possesses a stone resembling part of a hog carcass with visible vertebrae and bristles. Found last week on the sand bar opposite Grandview, it weighs nearly a hundred pounds. Also noted: severe storm details from Rockport and a dramatic attempted suicide tale from Ex. oe.
Theodore Stallman, ill earlier, is improving while Herbert Muller remains confined and ill. Walter Horny, about a week ill, has recovered enough to work. Rubie Bromm and Augusta Knapp are also noted as ill with fever and pneumonia respectively, with uncertain dates and details.
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