Community Notes From Gossip Our At Bretzville
Mrs Jakie Bretz and her children from Huntingburg visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Limp. Miss Julie Partenheimer of Louisville visits home folks. Miss Bertha Bretz stays in Huntingburg and spent Sunday with her parents. Mr and Mrs Peter Able and children were at Petersburg Thursday. Miss Clara Partenheimer shopped in Huntingburg Friday. An ice cream social at St John church is planned for August 17 and all are invited.
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Jakie Bretz
Huntingburg
John Limp
Julie Partenheimer
Louisville
Bertha Bretz
Peter Able
Petersburg
St John Church
Community visits and a local funeral report in Fulda
George Goetz Carl Weaver visited Mariah Hill Sunday. Birchler family joined Frank Hohl’s kin at St Henry. Martin Sergesketter and children visited Ben Sergesketter who fell ill from overheating. Andy Rupprecht Evansville on business. Brenner family Tell City visited Joseph Weaver. Schaffer families and Frank Schaffer traveled to Rockport. One year old son of Ferdinand Gallignon died after weeks with dysentery. funeral held 8:30 AM and burial at the evangelical cemetery. Mrs Henry Hildenbrand remains unchanged after several weeks ill.
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Frank Brenner
Tell City
Joseph Weaver
Ferdinand Gallignon
Here
County Day at Indianapolis Sets Cavalcade of the Counties
Indiana plans a Centennial County Day on October 6 at the state capital. Ninety-two county outfits will parade led by ballot elected young ladies on horses. Votes cost ten cents to fund county participation with the top county to lead the Cavalcade of the Counties and crown Miss Indiana.
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Indiana
United States
Hoosier
Indianapolis
Joseph B. Bell
Rech
Adams
Whitley
Colnrmen
Coun
Expenditures and Tax Levies For Ferdinand Township 1916
The Ferdinand Township Trustee invites the Advisory Board to meet September 6 1916 at 9 AM to approve estimates for 1916 including township expenditures 785 tax 20c per hundred road tax 20c and additional road tax 10c school tax 15c poor tax ? total 2590 dollars and 66c per hundred. Net taxable property 302605 with 148 polls. Signed Nick Senninger Trustee dated August 8 1916.
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Nick Senninger
Local Advisory Board Sets 1916 Expenditures and Taxes
At Ferdinand town office on September 5 1916 the Advisory Board met to propose yearly expenditures and tax levies for the year. The plan lists township expenditures 9676 and township tax 20 cents per hundred dollars with totals and poll counts. The notice is signed by Nick Seaninger trustee dated August 5 1916. Valentin Fleig owns a Maxwell car sold by Jacob Baker of St. Meinard.
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Ferdinand Township
Dubole County
Ferdinand
Ready to Succeed in Munition Work Warns Jake
Charles M Schwab in Loretto counsels readiness as key to success in munition work. A story from the Washington Star recounts Jake and Joe, two brothers in hard times, and a visitor seeking Jake who returns the next morning after a missed debt.
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M. Schwab
Loretto
Jake
Joe
Dan
Washington Star
Compromise Proposed In Odd Exchange Over Debt
A spander accuses a debtor of owing forty thousand dollars and suggests marriage to the eldest Knowall girl as settlement. The debtor declines, offering the suitor to marry her and cover the difference. A judge presides over the exchange in a lighthearted scene.
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Adonis
Efficiency Quote Prompts Quick Reading Strategy
A humorous exchange highlights a wife’s efficiency by reading only the last chapter of a novel. The joke notes this method saves her the trouble of wading through many books, amusingly framing efficiency as a personal shortcut.
Prolific Reproducers and a Doctor's Urgent Call
A fragmented dialogue centers on a doctor urging quick action and a drying voice insisting on life without him. A wife interjects with a wary, affectionate line about a daughter as the scene hints at hurried decisions and looming consequences.
Notable exchange on humor and gender roles in debate
A man claims women lack humor while Mise Cayenne replies that most men and women have the highest sense of humor, noting they know when not to laugh. The dialogue highlights attitudes toward gender and wit.
Puppy slove and marriage license mix upset town
In a humorous exchange, organizers note young Futtere mixed up a marriage license with a dog license, joking that his instinct led to a puppy slove rather than nuptials.
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Futtere
Misnomers and Old Boards in a Wandering Banter
A quirky exchange touches on time saving devices, office papers in aromatic tubes, and a misnomer about speech. The dialogue also notes boarding house foods like tongue and questions whether women boarders exist. Uncle Hayfoot recalls studying hard and staying up all night learning dances.
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Oder
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Beckmann State Bank
Clara Partenheimer
Fulda
George Goetz
Carl Weaver
Mariah Hill
B. C. Birchler
St. Henry
Frank Hohl
Martin Sergesketter
Martin, Jr
Dorothea
Ben Sergesketter
John Zoglemann
Perry County
Sergesbetter
Andy Rupprecht
Evansville
Louis R. Schaffer
Frank Schaffer
Rockport
Henry Hildenbrand
Dubois County
Nick Seaninger
Valentin Fleig
Jacob Baker
Ht. Melnved
Charles M. Schwab
Weill
Musice
America
Pat
Petson Pump Company
Edison
A. Edison
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
G. G. Wetzger
Guansville
Via
Southern Railway
J. H. Beckmann
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