Local notes from Huntingburg and surrounding towns
Frank Riehl was at Huntingburg Tuesday. Miss Nora Bromm left for St. Louis Sunday. William Huther left for Velpen Springs Monday. Peter Mueller made a business trip to Tell City Monday. Mrs. Wm. Sauer and son Louis visited the Rockport fair yesterday. Mrs. Leonard Mueller and daughters spent Tuesday in the country. Mrs. Mary Huther of Louisville and Mrs. Katie Mueller spent Friday at St Meinrad. Sofea Capala died in New Orleans last week. Geo. Kehrer of Diem Wing Bag Co. was in town on business Tuesday. Miss Katie Huther visited relatives in Kyana and Schnellville and returned home Tuesday. Mrs. George Huther of Louisville visited here and returned home Monday. John Denning and sister Mary of St. Meinrad passed through town Thursday toward Johnsburg. From there Miss Mary left for Mt. Vernon. New Farmers Store received Henry Beckmann proprietor seeds and dynamite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. R. Sauer
Louis
Rockport Fair
Leonard Mueller
Hattie
Amanda
John Denning
Sister Mary of
St. Meinrad
Johnsburg
Mary
Mt. Vernon
Watch Us Grow Subscriptions for THE FERDINAND News
The Ferdinand News lists new subscribers since last issue: Henry Bacimann of Ferdinand Indiana, John Greener of Huntingburg Indiana, Andrew Eckert of Jasper Indiana, and Carolina Steltenpoh of Louisville Kentucky. This past week’s payments include John Bunchkoetter of Brunswick Missouri and Henry Steltenpohl of Louisville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand News
Isaac
Henry Bacimann
Ferdinand
Ind
John Greener
Huntingburg
Andrew Eckert
Jasper
Carolina Steltenpoh
Louisville
John Bunchkoetter
Brunswick
Henry Steltenpohl
Foxey Hollow social notes and visits
Henry Tretter drove hogs to Dale Station. Anton Huelsman family visited Frank Metzger. Laura Leo Ed Tretter, Rose Drach, John Kemper and Katie George Gude attended Ferdinand ball. Louis Miller and Joseph Momer visited Stephan Linder. Leo Tretter returned from Iowa. Teresa Schumaker ill. Dr Bigham from St Anthony attending. Various locals socializing at Huelsman and Metzger homes with many names listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura
Leo
Ed. Tretter
Rose Drach
John Kemper
Katie George Gude
Joe Knust
Ferdinand
Frank Metzger
Laura Tretter
Katie Kemper
Della Linder
Ida Seidl
Mary
Katie Steltenpohl
Louisville
Messra John Kemper
Tretter
George Niehaus
George Gude
Carl Zeller
Siler
Siberia
Local Social Notes From AdyvIlle Area
Farmers welcome the fine rain while locals report visits and travel. J W Jeffers spent Tuesday at St Meinrad and F J Moellers made a trip there on Saturday. Mrs Sallie Roaser returned to Evansville Tuesday after visiting in the vicinity. Annie Brockmann and Bernice Keasner were seen in town Tuesday and Sunday. Mr and Mrs T D Taylor and daughter Gladys visited friends here Saturday. Mrs John Miller is on the sick list. Cyrus Taylor of Tell City came Sunday to fetch his visiting family. Moellers has sold his store and farm to Boniface Jacob of near St Meinrad with Jacob set to take possession soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallie Roaser
Evansville
T. D. Taylor
Gladys
John Miller
Cyrus Taylor
Tell City
F. J. Moellers
Boniface Jacob
Meinrad
Notorious assault unsettles Crawford jail mob in Meadville
William H. Wagner, 27, of Lisbon Ohio, jailed in Meadville Crawford county strong jail, is charged with kidnapping and attacking Anna Whitehead 14 daughter of Rev R B Whitehead. A mob storms courthouse and jail while Sheriff Marshall uses motorcade to safeguard the prisoner. Wagner confesses detailing the assault near Turnersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Crawford County
William H. Wagner
Lisbon
R. P. Marshall
Wagner
Gore
Anna Whitehead
R. B. Whitehead
Greenville Methodist Episcopal Church
Marshall
Whitehead
Turnersville
Boy Hangs Self While Playing Hangman at Barn
Unity Wisconsin August 20 Carl Justman ten year old son of Louis Justman died while playing hangman at a barn. He was found hanging from a barn post by a rope attached to a staple after the men hauling grain returned from the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unity
Wis
Carl Justman
Louis Justman
Japanese pair found sketching Port McPherson grounds
In Atlanta on August 20 two Japanese men were found in the rear of Port McPherson taking views and sketches of buildings and grounds. A former enlisted man alerted authorities after speaking with them, and the Department of the Gulf reported no action will be taken unless more discoveries occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Port McPherson
Department of the Gulf
Department
Supreme Court Upholds McKannay Salary Case ruling
The state supreme court affirmed the legality of Mayor Schmitz removal and the appointment of Mayor Taylor in the McKannay salary case. The decision, issued in San Francisco on August 26, sustains earlier actions by city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
State Aupreme Court
McKannay
Schmitz
Taylor
Rice Crop Ruined By Tropical Storm in Bluefields District
Mobile Alabama reports a disastrous tropical storm ruined about five percent of the rice crop in the Bluefields district. The same dispatch notes a separate train wreck near Cedar Rapids injuring twenty people when No. 3 collided with a handcar at Keystove, eighty miles west. In Oxden Utah a noted Union Pacific engineer, James Chapman, was badly clawed by a bear near Bragatos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Ala
Bluefields
Cedar Rapids
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Keystove
Here
Oxden
Utah
James Chapman
Union Pacific
Bragatos
Eck
Bullet Attack Fires On Ashfork Postal Office in Arizona
An armed mob attacked the Postal Telegraph Co. office in Ashfork Arizona breaking windows and firing at employees. No injuries reported though shots endangered four workers. Sheriff guards the office and has arrested a man known as Speck Smooth though he is not a telegrapher. Governor Kibbey pledged prompt aid and the town remains under guard after barricades and multiple gunfire volleys through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
The
Postal Telegraph Co
Ashfork
Ariz
Lewis
Kibbey
Gov. Kibbey
Mr. Swin
Sutton
Arizona
Santa Fe
Postal Co
San Francisco
Lowery
Prescott
Speck
Smooth
JERKS OF THE DENTIST AND OTHER AGENCIES INJURIES
Reports from multiple cities describe fatal and serious incidents. In Chicago a 38 year old man died from a possible neck injury after a difficult tooth extraction. In Memphis a father and son were wounded in a quarrel over a trivial matter, the shooter in custody. Other items note a duckboat accident in Sacramento with four drownings, an explosion at Fangtse Mine killing two Germans and 105 Chinese, a meteor nearly striking the Cambria, and a tornado in Iowa killing four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
George Davis
Davis
Memphis
Tenn
Frank Smith F
W. N. Smith
Atoka
Ben Harrell
Harrell
Berlin
Shantung Mining Co
Tsingtay
Jin the Fangtse
Anarchists Attack Cardinal in Rome Amid Anti Clerical Violence
In Rome on August 19 a mob of about 30 anarchists attacked Cardinal Merry del Val and Monsignor Kennedy as they rode through Marino. Detectives prevented worse harm after one assailant struck a guard. The Vatican releases a policy note clarifying the pope’s stance toward the Italian government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Vatican
Merry del Val
Monsignor Kennedy
American College
Marino
Italy
Quirinal
Pius
Nine Hurt In York Streetcar Wreck After Signal Error
A York and Windsor street railway collision injured nine people as panic spread after a misread signal by motorman Beck. Names include Nora Hailinger York with arm and ankle injuries, Nettie McGuigan Red Lion with spine injury, conductor John Croul York with arm and facial cuts, and others from Lancaster county and Dallastown with back or facial injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
York and Windsor Street
Beck
Nora Hail- Inger
Nettie McGuigan
Red Lion
John Cr
Gasoline Tank Explodes Killing Two on River Trip
A gasoline tank on a 30 foot motor boat on the Seaconner river exploded near Tiverton Rhode Island killing George Antuya and Lydia Mercier and seriously injuring five others. Fourteen youths on a trip to Fall River were aboard the boat with the accident occurring on August 19. The injured suffer severe burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiverton
R. I
Seaconner River
Fall River
George Antuya
Lydia Mercier
Nurse Eugenia Gould Falls to 200 Foot Precipice Near Twin Sisters
Miss Eugenia Gould, 30, a trained nurse from 2232 West Catlin avenue South Canon City, dropped from a 200 foot precipice on the north side of Twin Sisters mountain in the Sangre De Christo range eight miles south of Howard Fremont county. She was instantly killed. Only her companion Adolphus Latham of Howard witnessed the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canon City
Col
Eugenia Gould
Catlin Avenue
Twin Sisters Mountain
Sangre de Christo Range
Howard
Fremont County
Adolphus Latham
Blalystock Commander Charged In Anti Jewish Attacks
Aug 19 report from Blalystock Russia states Col Schoter, commander of the Blalystock military station, faces charges of organizing and aiding attacks on Jews. Other items note Blaine Anderson moving into Mrs Henry Cassidy property, and local political campaigns for judge in Pike county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jew Balter
Blalystock
Russia
Col. Schoter
Blaine Anderson
Mrs
Henry Cassidy
Emma Leach Dies from Streetcar Accident Injuries
Mrs Emma Leach aged 54 of Kansas City sister of Cole Jim and Bob Younger former members of the James gangies died from injuries sustained in a streetcar wreck last Friday. The report notes two other forest fires threatening Toulon and ongoing troop efforts to contain them as a second item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Leach
Kansas City
Cole
Jim
Bob Younger
James Bandits
Bho
Lambs Treated for Diarrhoea with Castor and Chalk
Lambs suffering from diarrhoea should receive a dose of castor oil followed by a mixture of pared chalk ginger and other ingredients. The remedy sequence aims to restore digestion and relieve symptoms.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Riehl
Nora Bromm
St. Louis
William Huther
Velpen Springs
STP
Peter Mueller
Mary. Huther
Mis
Katie Mueller
Sofea Capala
Ben. Bolte
New Orleans
Geo. Kehrer
Diem & Wing Bag Co
Our Town
Katie Huther
Kyana
Schnellville
George 2 Huther
Henry Beckmann
Foxey Hollow
Henry Tretter
Dale Station
Anton Huelsman
Louis Miller
Joseph Momer
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Stephan Linder
Leo Tretter
L. Tretter
Iowa
Teresa Schumaker
Dr. Bigham
St. Anthony
Leo Drach
Bennie Rolimann
J. Henry Huelsman
Frank Eversman
Anton Kellar
Adyeville
J. W. Jeffers
Annie Brockmann
Bernice Keasner
Postal Telegraph Office
Sacramento
Manuel Gregos
Boston
St. Paul
Minn
Leon
Ree
Band OF Thirty
Anarchists
Cardinal del Val
Rector Kennedy
Far Dillon
William H. Kellams
Ireland
John L. Brett
Pike County
William A. Traytor
Traylor
Jacob Alles
Henderson
John Schwenk
John Alles
Jake
Fleetwood
Belleville
Ont
Clark
John Holmer
T. IC. Dougherty
Lake Ontario
Rona
Nellie
Martin Dishinger
Jenny Heim
Walter Steinkamp
Walter
Watts
Jasper Heralds
Boonville
J. A. Sondermann
Electric Watchdog
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
Gibson County
Princeton
Southern Railway
J.C. Beam, Jr, A. G. Pla
J.C. Goldbach
Gustav Weerter
Toulon
Inta
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