Fulda Neighbors Share News In Busy Weekend
From Our Neighboring Towns Fulda reports Joe Wagner visited Evansville Sunday and a run away incident affected his sulky plow. Visitors include Miss Katie Haller from Tell City and Miss Mary Remke at home folk. The St Philomena Young Ladies Society celebrated a patron feast and the Scidoo Club held a surprise birthday party. Crop notes share a 550 bushels from 20 acres, averaging 27 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Philomena Young Ladies Society
Our Town
Star Band
St Meinrad News Briefs Include Weddings Visits and Travel
Henry Denning and sons moved stock to Mt. Vernon while his wife and children traveled by train. Teachers attended county institute. Communities note visits across Rockport Owensboro Cannelton Schnellville and Owensboro. August Jacobs and Frances Hoffmann wed in a high mass as St Meinrad String Band provided music. Local social notes reflect parish and town life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Denning
Our Town
Mt. Vernon
St. Meinrad
August Jacobs
Frances Hoffmann
Odilo Witt
St. Meinrad City
Greens Creek Valley Plows Through Dry Season Locals Busy
Greens Creek Valley residents report a near drought since earlier notes. Farmers are actively tilling land as Joe Schlachter settles into a new home. Henry Hollindey and Miss Lena Hollindey visited August Remke and Miss Bame Durchhols after a two week stay with her sister.
Local residents and visitors share time in town and county
Mariah Hill and Miss Dora Thoma visit Evansville and St Meinrad. Invited guests include Misses Mary and Katie Harlander and Miss Mayme Pfeiffer. Visitors from Louisville Jasper Fulda Huntingburg and Duobin gather for family events and a golden wedding surprise at the Heichelbech home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Yellig
Fulda
James Higgine
Louisville
Mike Halbleib
Mary
Katie Harlander
Bertha Maslowaky
Ben Bockting
County Institute
Rockport
Mathias Heichelbech
John Heichelbech
Jacob Brenner
Mayme Pfeiffer
Huntingburg
Inexpensive Henhouse Flooring Method
A practical flooring method for henhouses or light traffic areas using a foundation of small stones or coal ashes, layered with a lime and ash mortar. Mix coal ashes with fresh lime, allow to settle, add salt and moisture, apply two to three inches thick, and add coats as it dries. The surface becomes ratproof, waterproof, and easy to clean when kept smooth.
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Jett
Portable Hog House Promised as Best and Cheapest
Ohio inventor Mr. Olin A. Dobbing describes a portable 8 by 10 foot hog house with two front doors for ventilation and a removable interior partition to create beds for sows. The design features oak runners, adjustable doors by season, and easy cleaning with ample space for twenty to twenty five pigs.
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Olin A. Dobbing
Ohio
Portable Hog House Construction Notes and Materials
Description of portable hog house framing and roofing choices. Uprights use 2x2 studs two feet apart with 2x4 door sides. Doors seal with wooden buttons and spikes. Roofing considered with galvanized iron or tin after felt proved leaky. Lumber list includes 4x4 posts, 2x28 boards, siding, oak flooring, and sheathing quantities.
Using Pure Bred Boars for Breeding Stock
The article argues breeders should use pure bred sires rather than grade stock. It notes pure-bred animals can be obtained at reasonable prices and offer more reliable traits, while pedigree alone is insufficient without proper build and health. It emphasizes selecting only good, well-structured stock with pure blood.
Forage quality in sheep feeding with legume hays
The article notes Timothy hay is poor roughage for sheep while legume hays such as clover and pea vine hay provide better feed. If peas or beans are grown for seeds the straw is usable for sheep. Some concentrate is needed. feeding unthrashed pea arraw wastes peas, but ground peas make good sheep feed.
Be Clean At All Seasons Urges Steady Hygiene
Public health guidance emphasizes consistent cleanliness in all seasons. It warns against neglect during warm damp weather and urges households to keep houses and yards free of filth and foul smells year round.
Sheaf Oats For Horses Winter Feed Declared Best
An old advertisement touts the quality of sheaf oats as the finest winter feed for horses. It promises horses stay in strong condition through winter and are fit for work in spring. It suggests feeding the heads and oats from straw and using the rest for fodder.
Dentist Dr Metzger Opens Modern Office at Ferdinand
Dr E L Metzger, the dentist, opens a modern dental office at Ferdinand opposite Franks Hotel and will reside there permanently except Thursday and Friday when he stays at St Meinrad at Sturms Hotel. Guarantee to do first class work, no others.
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Ferdinand
Franka Hotel
St. Meinrad
Sturms Hotel
Time Table Ferdinand Railway July 24
July 24 marks the Ferdinand Railway timetable coming into effect. The schedule lists departures from Ferdinand to Huntingburg at 7:45 AM and 6:40 PM, with arrivals at Huntingburg at 9:30 AM and 8:00 PM. Return trips depart Huntingburg at 7:45 AM and 8:00 PM, arriving Ferdinand at 10:10 AM and 3:30 PM.
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Ferdinand
Huntingburg
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Owr Able
Joe Wagner
Evansville
Leo Birchler
Paul Schaffer
Mrs. Bauer
Katie Haller
Tell City
Spencer Co., Teachers Institute
August Schaffer
Mike Rausch
Paulina Collignon
Katie Wagner
Schatz
Wm. Collignon
John Pund
Mariah Hill
Joe
Mary Durchholz
Mary Meyer
Ludwina
Covington
Ben Knust
Henry Reutmann
John
Ben
August
Jasper
Frank Eckenfeld
Mary Kippenbrok
Mary Remke
Clem Goode
Baby
Mrs. Elmer
Philip Durchholz
Henrietta
Mia
Ben Kippenbrok
John Horny
Joe Schlachter
Tillie Weyer
Louisa
Rosa Weyer
Anna Kippenbrok
Afra Hortn
Joe Durchholz
Martin and
Winever
French Lick West Baden
Christ Beyke
Scidoo Club
County Teacher’s Institute
Barbara Fleischmann
Albert Fleischmann
Julia Wink
Misa ‘Frances Hollinden
Owensboro
Christ Mehling
Paul Ringemann
France
Winkaleo
Jos. Wigger
John Wissel
Cannelton
Lena Neuie
Ludwiga Schnellenberger
Anna Trotter
Miss Rosa
Mary New
Math
Neu
Schnellville
Greens Creek Valley
Mrs
Mathias Heidelbeck
F. W. Wagner
Leo Bosler
Jos. Sturm
Dora Thoma
Rose Bockting
Tillie Wolf
Mayme Arnold
Louis Heicken
Peter Roos
Heterdin and Foundry & Vlachine Works
Ferdinand, Ind
the Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Sisters of St. Benedict
Academy of the Trmaculate Conception
E. £. Metzger
The
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
Reckelhoff & Muller
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