Obituary and Social Notes From Mariah Hill Local News
Obituaries report the death of Mrs. Geo Schertzinger and infant children of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wassing with interments in local cemeteries. Social items list visitors and a surprise birthday party for Mrs. Leo Mehling at Velpen with music, refreshments, and a Peanut walk. A double header ball game is announced at the ball park featuring the Jasper and Ferdinand clubs and a Volunteers lineup.
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Ball Park
Queen City
Jasper
Ferdinand Reds
Reds
Claude Pitta
Leo Mehling
W. Pitts
Lula
Teddy
Mike Egier
St. Anthony
Edmond Bromm
Edith Pitts
Mehling
Bithdays
Base Ball Row at Jasper Herald Sparks Umpire Clash
A lively Jasper Herald item recounts a local baseball quarrel where Ferdinand Reds score twice as a misplayed catch costs the Famous All. The crowd condemns the umpire while the Reds celebrate a delayed victory and the editor notes the dispute over umpire decisions and rules.
Expenditures and Tax Levies for Ferdinand Township 1907
The Trustee of Ferdinand Township Dubois County proposes for the year 1907 estimates of expenditure and tax levies by the Advisory Board at its annual meeting in the Trustee's office on September 3 1907 at 9 o clock A M. Township expenditures 1365 27 tax 42 cents per hundred Local Tuition expenditures 260 05 tax 8 cents Special School Tax expenditures 325 06 tax 10 cents Road Tax expenditures 487 59 tax 15 cents Additional Road Tax expenditures 0 Total expenditures 2763 03 Total tax 85 cents per hundred Total valuation of property 4085 Credit on mortgage exemption 4085
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Ferdinand Township
Dubois County
Dayton Homicide At Park Murder Shocks City
Daytom police face a brutal murder case in Dayton as Anna Markowitz is found slain near McCoes park. Her brothers Jacob and Henry and sister Bertha await jail while Abraham Cohan lies dying from gunshot wounds. Autopsy reveals criminal assault and severe injuries with a choked death, coroner Shuster noting the act as among the city’s worst crimes. The scene officer P H Bear initially heard shots and Abe Cohan's statement points to a younger suspect.
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Dayton
Dana Gilman
Anna Markowitz
Boyer
Third Street
Jacob
Henry
Bertha
McCoe’s Park
Abraham Cohan
Gordon
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Miss Markowitz
G. A. Hochwatt
John Eagan
Prsoners
Eagan
P. H. Bear
Abe Cohan
Tragic Child Murder by Confined Mother in Baltimore
In Baltimore on August 6 Mrs Christine Nendal aged 26 who has been thrice confined in an asylum strangled her two young children during a recurrence of insanity. Neighbors heard sounds from the Nendal home and a police officer breaking in found the doors locked. The mother is under arrest.
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Baltimore
Christine Nendal
Nendal
Turkish envoy warns of Rabat massacre risk in Morocco
Tangier dispatch reports Mohammed El Torres, the sultan’s foreign relations representative, sent notes to all legations urging ministers to prevail on their countrymen to abandon Rabat. He fears a massacre may follow based on the latest news.
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Paris
Tangier
Mohammed el Torres
Rabat
el Torres
Two Die In a Well Near Refuge in Alabama
James Garrity and his son living at Refuge, 11 miles from Birmingham, died after being overcome by gunfire while cleaning a 60-foot well. This local tragedy ends as a fatal accident with likely gun-related exposure.
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Birmingham
Ala
James Garrity
Rivalry Escalates as New York Feud Warns of Loss
Fragmentary text hints at an uptick in tensions between rivals in New York with warnings of consequences. No clear names, dates, or events are readable to confirm specifics.
Pair Arrested in France Over Dismembered Body Hidden in Luggage
On August 7 in Marseilles, Gold and his wife were arrested after a dismembered woman's body was found in a trunk and a valise. They claimed the victim, a Swede named Emma Levy, was killed in Monte Carlo and that they disposed of the body to avoid publicity. Police doubt their story and investigate a suspected accomplice named Baceur in Monte Carlo.
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Marseilles
Berlin
New York
Chicago
Gold
Golds
Villa Melesino
Monte Carlo
Emma Levy
London
Paris
Baceur
Fatal rifle accident shocks St Louis neighborhood
In East St Louis a 12 year old boy Charlie Viner died after a friend Wilbert Jones, 11, accidentally fired a rifle they found while alone. Charlie collapsed in his mother’s arms on the front porch. The coroner exonerated Wilbert who stayed at the police station in distress.
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St. Louis
Charles Viner
East St. Louis
Wilbert Jones
Charlie
Wilbert
Bud
Paris Bridge Disaster Drowns 41 on Loire Rail Ride
A rail accident near Angers kills 41 picnickers and travelers as engine plows through a bridge over the Loire. The locomotive and first passenger car plunge 36 feet and sink. the fireman and conductor escape by swimming. Wrecking crews recover bodies. many show signs of a desperate struggle to escape.
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Paris
France
Angers
Loire
Shot Dead Helena Editor Fells To City Sidewalk
J M Scott city editor of the Helena World was found dead on the sidewalk with two bullets in his head. A month earlier an attempt on his life occurred. He was drawn to the rear of his office by a noise and fired upon as he investigated. Police say the killing likely stems from a personal quarrel not linked to the paper’s crusade against the police department.
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Helena
Ark
J. M. Scott
Helena World
Scott
Canoe Upsets and Drowned Brothers in Three Reports
The Ohio River tragedy near Glen Osborne dam claims Sheni and Wilbur Walker from Sewickley in a tied canoe incident. In Naperville and Chicago, three youths die after being struck by a train while avoiding a freight. A New York educator, Prof. Bauman, commits suicide at a hotel in Manhattan. Pope Pius suspends two jubilee pilgrimages to Rome with dates to be decided by circumstances.
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Plisburg
Sheni
Wilbur Walker
Sewickley
Ohio River
Glen Osborne Dam
Chicago
Ralph Burger
Horace Burger
Hernmain Volkmen
Burlington Railroad
Naperville
Here
Rome
Pius
Europe
Tyler suicide ruled after West 112th Street death
Coroner Shrady ruled Arthur M. Tyler’s death a suicide after he was found by his wife with his throat cut and his head near a gas range in his West One Hundred Twelfth Street apartment.
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New York
Shrady
Arthur M. Tyler
West One Hundred and Twelfth Street
Racing Fatality report from Bridgeport incident
An accident in Bridgeport, Connecticut on August 5 resulted in a fatality after a tire failure during a racing event. Details are incomplete due to fragmented text but indicate a vehicle lost control in the South End area. Further information is not available in the readable portion.
Adyville Social Happenings and Local Notices
Hot and dry in the vicinity as Mr. and Mrs. Joe Van Winkle visit town Tuesday. The infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Van Winkle died last Monday and was buried at Kessner cemetery. F. J. Moellers visited St. Meinrad Monday. J. T. Van Winkle left for Louisville. Ida Ernst and Cecelia Wilmers in town Monday. Ed and John Ernst and Rube Wilmers in town Sunday. Willie Mullen and Eva attended the ball game at Ferdinand Sunday. R. B. Miles and daughter Florence and Misa Minnis Mullen attended St. Meinrad Sunday evening. Misa Bernice Keasner was in town. News: wishing success to the Nuwai.
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Mrs
Joe van Winkle
J. W. van Winkle
Kessner
Willie Mullen
Eva
Ferdinand
R. B. Miles
Florence and
Misa Minnis Mullen
St. Meinrad
Hurricane Valley Rain Brings Farmers Optimism
Farmers in Hurricane Valley welcome a timely rain as a robust corn crop is forecast. Mrs Emma Hambush returns home to Kyana after a two week visit with her parents.
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Emma Hambush
Kyana
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Ferdinand Wagner
Katy
Newburg
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Geo. Schertzinger
Mariah Hill
Peter Wassing
St. Ferdinand
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Cohen Gries
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Albert Littlefield
Littlefield Manufacturing Co
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J. A. Sondermann
Electric Watchdog
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
Rloss
Southern Railway
Indiana
Illinois
J.C. Beam, Jr
AG. P. A
F. Arnold B. Bauman
New Braunfels
Sweets Hotel
Pope Suspénda Pilgrimagea
Bridgeport
J. C. Goldbach
Gustav Weerter
Adyeville
J. R. van Winkle
Lee Mullen
Bristow
F. J. Moellers
J.T. van Winkle
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Cecelia Wilmers
Sadie Hobbs
Ellie Reasor
Thomas Raines
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John and
Will Moellers
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Agarva ‘Po
Nuwai
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Rosa Niehans
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Misa Bertha
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Joe Louis
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