Subscriptions for The Ferdinand News Grow
A list of new subscribers and payments for the Ferdinand News includes residents and towns in Indiana Kentucky and Nebraska with names such as John Epple Jos Ketzner Christ Metzger Herman Godeker Anton Buschkcetter Henry Meller Karl Neuman John Elmer Elizabeth Brockman Frank Johannemann and more. Several payments are noted from Anton Meyer Theo Stallman Mary Schumaker Chas Trotter Emil Olinger John Hartz Robert Roth Elizabeth Bekman Wm Klueh Wm Pund Isidore Klueh John Klueh and M Olinger Jr. all within a recent subscription period.
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Ferdinand News
John Epple
Tell City
Ind
Jos
Ketzner
Ferdinand
Ina
Christ Metzger
Herman Godeker
Borden
Anton Buschkcetter
Henry Meller
Karl Neuman
Huntingburg
John Elmer
Siberia
Elizabeth Brockman
St. Meinrad
Frank Johannemann
Louisville
Wm. Klueh
St. Marys
Wm. Pund
Isidore Klueh
Adgeville
John Klueh
M. Olinger, Jr
St Meinrad Band Plays At Chrisney County Commencement
The St Meinrad band led the county school commencement for 156 Spencer county graduates in Chrisney. Students, flower girls, and two graduates attended, with remarks from State Superintendent Cotton and Dr Scheffer. The day included a dinner, speeches, and a musical program by the St Meinrad band.
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St. Meinrad
Chrisney
Spencer County
Cotton
Rockport
U.S. Lindsey
St. Mvinrad Band
America
W. V. Herrel
S. J. Cross
Robert A. Armatrong
Agnes Beeler
Dr. Scheffer
Pennsylvania
Eloise Sharman
F. A. Cotton
St. Meinrad Band
Local Happenings In Mariah Hill Community
Miss Rosie Wolf returns from Louisville to visit mother Mrs. Lottie Barker while guest of Mrs. There sia Heicken. Miss Bertha Maslowsky comes back from Rockport after attending Teachers Institute and County Commencement for the Common School class that sister Misa Celia belonged to. Ferdinand Bockting spent Saturday at Chrisney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Institute
Chrisney
Rosie Wolf
Louisville
Lottie Barker
Theresia Heicken
Bertha Maslowsky
Rockport
Misa Celia
Harriman Ordered to Answer Further Questions in Interference Case
The Justice Department will compel EB Harriman to answer questions he refused at the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in New York. Prosecution against Harriman or Union Pacific in this matter is not yet determined, and other actions against Harriman or associations are not under consideration. Simultaneously, Harriman and Otto H. Kahn were summoned to show cause in circuit court over control of the Chicago and Alton railroad.
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Washington
Department of Justice
EB. H. Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
Union Pacific
Bonaparte
Lenox
Mass
Harriman
Stardard
Department
United States
Simson
BE. H. Harriman
Otto H. Kahn
Kahn, Loeb & Co
Chicago & Alton Railroad
Chicago & Alton
Alton
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
John A. Stewart
John J. Mitchell
Flo
Attea
Man Calls Police for Protection from Black Hand Agent
Antonia Ossa 28 accompanied by his wife and daughter appeals to Pittsburg police to shield him from Raiffae le Buanafigita of Washington Pa alleged Black Hand agent seeking his life. Ossa ran a boarding house in Washington and says Buonafigla demanded surrender of family and exile. he fled toward Italy but was confronted by Buonafigla at a station this morning vowing to kill him before he reaches a port.
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Pittsburg
Antonia Ossa
Ami
Raiffaele Buanafigita
Washington
Black Hand Society
Osga
Buonafiella
Ossa
Osso
Buonafigla
Italy
Bonafigla
Prominent Telegraph Editor H Pugh Found Dead in Memphis Room
H Pugh, formerly telegraph editor of the News-Scanner, was found dead in his Memphis room. He was known in journalism, formerly with Chicago papers and also worked in Oakland Los Angeles Denver Detroit and other cities.
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Memphis
Tenn
H. Pugh
Telegraph
News-Scimiter
Chicago
Oakland
Sans Angeles
Denver
Detroit
Elevator Blast Wrecks Merriam Hunquist Plant in Omaha
An explosion in the basement boiler blew out the east end of Merriam & Hunquist’s ten story grain elevator at Sixteenth and Nicholas streets. The structure, full of grain, faces total loss as a result of the blast.
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Omaha
Merriam & Hunquist
Sixteenth and
Nicholas
Marines Asphyxiated In Island Incident
Two marines from Waenne Island register Hote. The report from Philadelphia dated August 18 notes a fatal asphyxiation incident while serving aboard a Marine vessel.
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Philadelphia
Waenne
Island
Walk-out Ordered by Western Union Telegraph Operators
Chicago Aug 9 Telegraph operators in the Western Union strike after the Los Angeles action. Night Chief Price ordered the walkout at midnight as 70 men left the main office. Morning papers and all city branches affected. union officials claim national sanction was not sought.
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Chicago
Western Union
Los Angeles
Leci
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Overland
Harry Price
Erievance Committee
Price
Small
San Francisco
Russell
Small's Proposal for Telegraphers Strike
San Francisco Aug 12 S J Small national president of the Telegraphers Union of America says if no settlement is reached by Tuesday a general strike will be called. He added he advised Charles P Neill to resume work if the government insists on investigation or arbitration of the grievances.
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Small
San Francisco
S. J. Small
Telegraphers’ Union of America
Smal
Charles P. Neill
United States
Ishor
Polish priest shoots two hotel owners in Pittsburg
Unattached Polish priest Ludwig Seerigel, said to be from Chicago, shot and fatally wounded twin brothers Steven and Andrew Starzynski at a Pittsburg hotel on Carson Street. Steven died within half an hour. Andrew is not expected to survive. The motive remains a mystery. The priest was arrested after a silent witness, and a housekeeper named Francisco Sprock denies knowledge. Seerigiel had been drinking heavily since his arrival. In a separate incident, Georgia Quagenti and Giovanni Graziano were hanged in Allegheny county jail yard for luring Angelo Capoblanca to railroad tracks near Braddock and shooting him dead.
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Pittsburg
Ludwig Seergiel
Chicago
Carson Street
Steven
Andrew Starzynski
Andrew
Francisco Sprock
Sceggies
Georgia Quagenti
Giovanni Graziano
Allegheny County
Angelo Capoblanca
Braddock
Clarion
Murdered by Officer After Attempted Escape in Philadelphia
Edward Pierce was shot and killed by Policeman W. W. Stevenson in Philadelphia after attempting to flee arrest for theft at his foundry job. Pierce reportedly started to run when ordered to halt, investigators said.
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Philadelphia
Edward Pierce
W. W. Stevenson
Pierce
Exposition Loan in Jeopardy Over Due Installments
Washington reports the James town Exposition Co faces noncompliance with the February 1907 deficiency act loan of 1 million dollars. Treasury controls funds and books, with payments overdue and secrecy around amounts hindering publication of the company’s financial history.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
Jamestown Exposition Co
Exposition Company
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury of
Muey
Near miss on bridge at Jamestown exposition
James Conneh of Saltsbury rescued a dangerous wreck when a team driven by Lenmel Britting ham broke from a crossing and stalled on a railroad bridge over Elmphieys Lake. The Jamestown exposition flyer arrived moments late, but a signal by Mr. Crouch with a cloth signaled the train to stop within six feet of the bridge.
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Dikteu
James Conneh
Saltsbury
Telaware
Lluin-Phieys Lake
Lenmel Brittingham
Crouch
Notable Deaths and Incidents From August 14
Accidental killing in Pittsburg as M P Howley age 73 dies after a fear of burglars leads to a pistol discharge. Nehawka man Wan Hicks fatally shot by Robert Shrader after an alcohol fueled confrontation. Sergt Wesley Merritt dead from yellow fever at a hospital corps post. Chicago publisher John Geeting proposes a reform garden for criminals within state grounds. Maryland blaze destroys a large frame business building in Princess Anne owned by Mrs Nethess Rosa of Vermont.
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Pittsburg
M. P. Howley
M. P. Howley & Co
Mavann
Wesley Merritt
Hospital Corps
Chicago
John Geeting
The
American Criminal Record
Maryland
Princess Anne, Md
Expenditures and Tax Levies for 1997 in Ferdinand Township
Town meeting at the Prastecta office on September 3 1807 to consider expenditures and tax levies for the year 1997. Figures include township expenditures 1365.27 and minor local taxes 85 cents per hundred, road and additional road taxes totaling 2703.05 with net taxable property and polls listed. Abstracted 1907 notice with figures and credits.
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Ferdinand Township
Dubois County
Fetelock
A. AE
Notable Names Highlight Misa Emma Frei and Family
Nyrs George Schwartz and daughter Grave visited by Misa Emma Frei of Louisville and Misa Flora Frei. exploration and questions noted amid discussions about family ties and heritage.
Alcohol from corncobs shocks Southern papers
The Agricultural Department reports corncobs can be used to produce alcohol, triggering alarm across Southern newspapers that a surge in demand could exhaust corncob supply and affect corn pipes and related industries.
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The
Agricultural Department
New York Globe
Edison forecasts affordable automobiles for all
A Milwaukee Sentinel quote cites Edison predicting cars will be within reach for everyone soon and notes some people have been agile to avoid them. The piece adds a doctor’s claim that scientific parent selection could curb school truancy if sufficient parents who did not play hockey in their youth can be found.
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St. Henry
St. Meinrad
St. Meinraday
Edison
Milwaukee Sentinel
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Bernard Hellinder
Fulda
Owensboro
Christ Mebling
Paul Ringeman
Frank Walf
Mariah Hill
Fred Nordin
Ferdinand Bockting
Annie Daurhauer
Mra
Humbert
Aite
Mary’s
Alton Deal
Bonaparte Talka
Elkins
Black Hand
Norfolk
Neb
William A. Kilcott
Knox County
Hia
Treasury
Nehawka
Ticks
Robert Shrader
Howard County
Shrader
Hicks
J. A. Sondermann
Electric Watchdog
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
Southern Railway
Indiana
Illinois
J.C. Beam, Jr
Alg
P. AL
J.C. Goldbach
Fermi
Gustav Weerter
Winliam Tiina
Yruatec
Drummond
Bell
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