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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
6
Food Value Of Grapes Juice And Homemade Press
An article discusses the nutritional value of unfermented grape juice and its digestive benefits within a mixed diet. It also describes a homemade grape press setup with two upright posts, a lever, and a press basket designed to press juice overnight with a catch tub for collection.
Effect of Crossing Apples on Fruit Quality
The article notes that crossing very sweet apples with sour stock does not reduce sweetness. It states tree health and location affect fruit quality, with varieties differing greatly. Northern Spy and Bellflower show wide variation from best to worst fruit, and apples on different branches may be tender and juicy or tough and corky with sharp acid, lacking sweetness.
Cultivating the Orchard Value on Indiana Farms
Indiana Farmer notes a thriving apple orchard boosts farm value, while a young thrifty laborer adds twice the orchard cost. It emphasizes that a good orchard attracts workers who care for the land, and simple tools can revive neglected plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Cooling Fruits Improves Shipments to Eastern Cities
In shipping fruit it is shown that cooling deciduous fruits before loading in the car markedly improves carrying qualities. It is claimed that ripe but firm fruit can be delivered in eastern cities in excellent condition if cooled until placed in the car.
Selecting Apple Trees for a Quality Orchard
Advice on choosing apple trees stresses quality over appearance and notes that the best fruit may come from crooked trees. Emphasizes selecting trees with strong fruiting potential rather than only outward symmetry.
Improving the Soil with White Clover on Clay Lawns
A local gardening note explains that sowing white clover on heavy clay lawns improves soil and prepares it for grasses. An announcer will plant about ten square feet to test the method.
Bee Breeding Claims Reduction Of Swarming Through Selection
Farmers Bulletin argues persistent intelligent selection can reduce swarming in honey bees, noting some colonies and races swarm less. It cautions complete elimination unlikely but modification is achievable in experimental apiaries, with emphasis on breeding from queens of calmer workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Bulletin
To Prevent Stings Beekeeper Recommends Hopey Rub
An aged beekeeper advises applying little hopey to sting sites as a remedy. The claim emphasizes a simple home treatment while noting no medical endorsement. The old practice reflects folk remedies once common in apicultural communities.
Broad tires urged to save roads and loads
J. J. Albertron argues in Good Roads Magazine that loading wagons as ancestors did reduces wear. He notes broad tires distribute weight on a larger surface, extending road life, with gravel or sand cushions. He compares freight and pleasure use and cites road-material history from earth to concrete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Albertron
Good Roads Magazine
Cement Walks For Farm Yards And Barns
A detailed guide from Indiana Farmer on laying cement walks, feeding floors, and barn floors. It covers mapping and excavating to 10 inches, using gravel, constructing a portable mixing box, proportioning six parts gravel to one of Portland cement, dry mixing, adding water, building form frames, tamping, and finishing with a skim coat. It emphasizes durable walks lasting a lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodhoe
Prepare the Foundation for Road Surfacing
The passage warns against building roads directly on old foundations without proper prep. It argues that old gravel or shell beds cannot be made to bear a new macadam course with perfect adhesion and no creeping tendency. The piece denounces the fallacy of relying on adhesion between markedly different materials.
The Question of Cheap Roads and Quality Construction
The text argues that cheap roads often lead to higher long term costs. Cheap construction yields less wear per dollar, while low priced work typically means poor quality and can be more expensive in the end.
Community Notes from Schnellville and Nearby
Correspondence from Schnellville reports visits by George and Bogus Brosmer, Mrs. Lizzie Miller and Albert, Miss Ida Fromang, and George Fultz among others. Locals discuss a two week outing at French Lick and West Baden, a marriage banns notice for Wm Weidenberner and Johanna Heidelbeck, and band music by the Birdseye boys. Republicans in Harrison Tp plan a mass convention at Fulda August 8 to nominate a trustee candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Miller
Albert
Mies Ida Fromang
Evanaville
George Fultz
Louisville
Jos. Buchart
Oscar
French Lick
West Baden Springs
Harrison Tp
Fulda
Yankee DooDie
Local Social News Highlights From Sunday Visits
Mariah Hill reports Miss Tillie Wolf returned from Louisville for a brief recreation. Charles Metzger and Otto Spayd served as callers in town Sunday. Miss Sturm of Indianapolis visits Fred Wagner at his home. Frank Harlander Robert Jellig and Nelly Spayd spent Sunday evening with friends at Fulda. Miss Minnie Maslowsky visits relatives in Huntingburg this week. Fred Wagner couple took a pleasure trip to French Lick Sunday. Aloys Jellig and sister Anna attended Ferdi nand ball games Sunday. Ben Bockting returned Friday after a month in Loogootee. Louis Meyer nursing a sore hand. Rose Bertha Bockting Lena Ender Richard Wagner Linus Spayd and Henry Wirthwein visited Fulda Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Sturm
Indianapolis
Fred Wagner
Frank Harlander
Robert Jellig
Nelly Spayd
Fulda
French Lick
Aloys Jellig
Miss Anna
Ferdinand
Misses Rose
Bertha Bockting
Lena Ender
Richard Wagner
Linus Spayd
Henry Wirthwein
Fulda Briefs Note Heat and Local Happenings
Fulda reports hot weather with no rain yet. Frank Winzler from Troy passed through on his way to Ferdinand. Collignon Brothers bought a new automobile. Owensboro native Lena Pfau visits her son and daughter in law. Ice cream social by the Evangelical congregation draws a good crowd and music by the Fulda Star Band. Relatives gather at Adam Miller’s Sunday for Mrs Kimbel and Anna Darlinghouse. Frances Anderson of Louisville visits Fulda. Anthony Greulich completes sewer work on North Main Street. Nick Klein and Leo Birchler travel to Dale on business. Mrs Jacob Weaver visits sister near Rockport. Frank Harm in Troy. Huff Bros. transport three tons of good sold at $15 per ton. George Brookman and Fred Ponc in town for business and a public sale Aug 10. Ponc plans move to Amarillo, Texas. Roessler makes a trip to St Meinrad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huff Bros
Near
Troy
Mariah Hill
St Meinrad hosts Lincoln hall team victory after friendly visit
Mrs Joseph Fischer and daughter Louise return from Terre Haute and Poseyville. Mr and Mrs Dumolt rush to Mt Vernon for a gravely ill daughter. St Meinrad Abbey receives two car loads of rocks from Ohio for interior work. Mrs Richard and relatives visit to view the church and organ. Lincoln hall team plays and loses to St Meinrad, with praise for gentlemenly play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Fischer
Louise
Terre Haute
Poseyville
Ind
St. Meinrad Abbey
Ohio
Richard
Troy
Expenditures And Tax Levies For Ferdinand Township 1908
The Ferdinand Township trustee proposes the 1908 expenditures and tax levies at the Advisory Board meeting on September 1, 1908. It lists township, local tuition, special school, road and poor expenditures with corresponding tax rates and totals 2993.64 expenditure and 84 cents tax per hundred. Taxable property is 5,360 with 154 polls. mortgage exemption credit noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Township
Dubois County
WM. Helming
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Henry Haske
Ieb
Huntingburg
Jasper
West Baden
Lincoln City
Rockport
Cannelton
H. A. Hoffman
Josephine Turck Baker
Evanston, Ill
Railroads
U. S
F. McArdle
Transportation and Mechanical
Clover Lot
Harper's Magazine
Professor Cope
New Mexico
Loew
Salt Lake County
Utah
Simmins
Manone
Schnellville
George and
Bogus Brosmer
Dubois
Mat. Striegel
New Albany
Mr. Striegel
Mabel McWilliams
Katie and
Lucy Schnell
Maxie Weiler
Wm. Weidenberner
Johanna Heidelbeck
Birdseye Band
Our Town
Miller
Ida Troman
Carrie Miller
George Fulty
Margaret Stratman
Tillie Wolf
Charles Metzger
Otto Spayd
Minnie Maslowsky
Ben Bockting
Loogootee
Louis Meyer
Frank Winzler
Collignon Brothers
Lena Pfau
Owensboro
Frank Getz
Evangelical
Fulda Star Band
Adam Miller
Mra
Kimbel
Anna Darlinghouse
Louiaville
Adam Schaffer
Aug. Wirthwein
Frances Anderson
Collignon
Anthony Greulich
North Main Street
Nick Klein
Leo Birchler
Dale
Jacob Weaver
Sebastian Lehr
Frank Harm
George Brookman
Lamar
Fred Ponc
Amarillo
Tex
Woon
Fred Roessler
St. Meinrad
George Bauer
Fertch
Henry Smith
Lincoln Hall
HUG Liniment CO
12Th St
Cincinnati
Lena Hug
Hug
Benninger's
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