From Our Neighboring Towns Fulda Notes
Fulda and nearby towns report a new residence nearing completion for Joe Bumm. Water is plentiful as a positive note. B C Bi e hler delivered peaches at St Meinrad for $1.00 a bushel. George Pfeiffer, Andy Pfeiffer, and Leo Bumm with their dates attended a St Meinrad dance. John Hurm and wife visited Ferdinand for investment services. Frances Hurm has also received investment. Frank Hurm threshed 575 bushels from 30 acres at 19 bu per acre. local yields range 10 to 25 bu per acre. Leo Bumm attended a funeral in Mt. Vernon for his brother George’s child and planned a Kellerville visit. Since then, horse, buggy, and man vanished. Sheriff Vollmer sought. Overbeck, known locally, had worked for nearby farmers. Greener Bros. mailed notices describing the missing team and person Thursday, per Huntingburg Independent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hurm
Kellerville
Vollmer
Overbeck
Huntingburg
Reunion in Birdseye Set for August 11 12 and 13
Schnellville residents report a busy week with visits from Dubois and Jasper early in the period. The Dubois Reds edged Schnellville 2 to 1 in a Sunday baseball game. A dance at Heitelbeck’s hall drew a good crowd Tuesday night. John Gress of Jasper visited friends Sunday. Adam and Josh Stratman traveled to Jasper Tuesday on business. Misses Clare and Frances Dudine were in Ferdinand Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Prechtel of Celestine visited relatives Sunday. The Birdseye reunion is planned for August 11 12 and 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Josh Stratman
Jasper Tuesaday
Misses Clare
Frances Dudine
Ferdinand
Jake Prechtel
Celestine
Huntingburg News Briefs Include Wheat Yield and Local Happenings
George Aatrike reports 19 acres yielding 436 bushels of wheat. Miss Frances Rotert is homebound with typhoid fever. Arthur Schwartz takes a traveling salesman post for Louisville Grocery Co. two weeks after H B Roberta left. Seven year old Harry Bretz fractured his right arm in a fall from a hayloft near Heidrich Farm. Greener Bros livery notes two horses and a buggy missing after a hire to Henry Overbeck on July 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Schwartz
Indiana
Louisville Grocery Co
H. B. Roberta
Mr. Schwartz
Harry
Emil Bretz
Adam Heidrich
Huntingburg
Independent
Greener Bros
Cabbage Prize and Flood Winds through Jasper
Heavy rains flooded Patoka bottoms washing out corn fields near Jasper. Cigar man Peter Nichter buys Zehr farm on New Albany road and plans moving his cigar factory after obtaining permission. Jasper college gardens produce record cabbage heads with two 124 and 10 pound examples. gardener may win prize. Mrs. Nicholas Marks injured in buggy mishap. Dr. Lukemeyer attends. Several local property transfers listed with buyers and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Nichter
Herman Zehr
New Albany Road
Sam
Jasper College
A. J. Berger
Nicholas Marks
Jasper
Orange Blossom Suppositories Promised Cure for Female Ailments
An 19th century advertisement touts Orange Blossom Suppositories as a positive cure for inflammation congestion and various womb disorders including uterine prolapse and cancers in early stages. Claims include cervical softening after childbirth and safe use anytime with testimonials from around the world. Priced at $1.00 with free sample via druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Druggiata
Home Made Box for Propagating Plant Cuttings
A practical guide describes building a 12 by 12 inch by 5 inch deep propagation box with glass sides and a glass top. It instructs a drainage layer of charcoal and gravel under gritty sand, plus sun and moisture for successful rooting of tender and woody cuttings including geraniums begonias and roses.
Great Is Caltalpa Arboriculture Endorses Catalpa Benefits
Indiana forestry publication Arboriculture lists forty reasons catalpa should be planted. Highlights include its rapid availability, soil adaptability, easy propagation, durability, cross ties and telegraph poles, veneers, furniture potential, lighter than pine, stronger than oak, and minimal warping or shrinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arboriculture
Indiana
Catalpa
Thrashing Advice for Grain in Shocks and Weather
Farmers debate timing thrashing before rain damage or delay. Practice shifts from immediate threshing to stockpiling grain to go through sweat and later thrash. Ensure bright grain by capping shocks with two sheaves and daily field checks for wind damage. Damaged shocks should be removed to protect overall crop grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.—L! C, Brown
Value of Alfalfa for Dairymen in 1900s Analysis
The article assesses alfalfa as a dairy feed, noting D H Otis's figures: one ton yields 220 pounds of digestible protein worth 28.20 at six cents per pound, with four tons per acre worth 52.80. It emphasizes judicious feeding to realize returns and contrasts alfalfa with wheat bran, which has 12.3 pounds of protein per 10 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Otis
Dr E E Metzger Dentist Opening in Ferdinand
Dr E E Metzger the dentist will operate a modern dental office at Ferdinand opposite Franks Hotel and plan to stay there permanently except Thursday and Friday when he will be at St Meinrad at Sturms Hotel for first class work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jar
Ferdinand
Franks Hotel
Andy
St. Meinrad
Sturms Hotel
Juarantes
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Fulda
Joe Bumm
B.C. Biiehler
George
Andy Pfeiffer
Leo Bumm
St. Meirrad
John Hurm
Frances Hurm
Anton Hurm
Owensboro, Ky
This Place
Mt. Vernon
Leo
Huntingburg Independent
Schnellville
Jos. E. Buchart
Dubois
Reds
Heitelbecks Hall
John Gress
Birdseye
Man
George Aatrike
Frances Rotert
Hugo C. Rotert
Henry Overbeck
Patoka
Margaret L. Lillpop
Sarah M. Huff
Kyana
Martin L. Wineinger
Maggie A. Neukam
Andrew Lottes
Farmers Elgin Creamery Co
John Herman Beckmann
Benedictua Johannemann
Mary F. Johannemann
Jasper Herald
Espen
Perebar
Ferdinand, Ind
Ip Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Trirke Diel
Sisters of St. Benedict
Prinviry
Academe Cmb
Weadelly
Ind
E. E. Metzger
Hae
Lecall
Mecall
Carl Prise
Hema Ask Por Ccall CO
Pea St
New
Yor
Fertia and Electric Light Co
Reckelhoff & Muller
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