Gossip and Visits List From Siberia Community This Week
Local notes report summer trips by Gilbert Arehart, George Kunkler and others to Louisville Bristow and Cannelton plus a church ice cream social in Siberia. News covers marriages, poultry demonstration by H T Jackson, a Red Sox game in Ferdinand, and a Keller family visit with remarks on Fulda progress.
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Joe Wanninger
Irene Wulf
Our Church
H. T. Jackson
Joe Weavers
Fulda
Wirthwein
Ernst
Grays
John Keller
Max
Owensboro
Kellers
Tigers sweep Lamar 7 to 2 with brass band in attendance
St Meinrad reports the Tigers and the brass band visiting Lamar last Saturday dominated the Lamar team 7 to 2. The brass band played music for the picnic. Local movers include Jake Neu and others leaving for Louisiana, visitors from Louisville, and a return to Louisville by Karl Ress. Parochial schools started Monday with Sisters Martina and Blandina teaching. Alberta Birchler left for Quyansville for a position at St Marys hospital.
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Tigers
Lamar
Alberta Birchler
Quyansville
St. Marys Hospital
St Anthony visit spark regional social rounds and events
Mr and Mrs Sam Rhode and Mr and Mrs Edward Englert and child of Dwight spent a week here visiting relatives. The Kippenbrock Englert dance drew a large crowd. Henry Seidl and others from Louisville attended the wedding at Ferdinand last Tuesday. Hasenour from Haubstadt visited relatives. Celestine picnic drew many locals. Telephone exchange moved to Ben Klem’s. Hasenours had the exchange for sixteen years. Hubert Beekmann of Ferdinand visited Monday. Louisville guests Anna Wilbers and Olivia Bieker visited home folks. Albert and Ludwina Hasenour were at Huntingburg Monday.
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Sam Rhode
Edward Englert
Baby of
Dwight, Sr
Mr. Rhode
Henry Seidl
George Meyer
Marie
Louisville
George Englert
Hasenours
Hubert Beekmann
Ferdinand
Anna Wilbers
Olivia Bieker
Is Golf Really Irish Game
A New York Herald reader asks if golf originated in Ireland. He links early Irish Christian history and folk lore to the nine holes game described at a Druid feast, proposing Ireland as possible birthplace and forerunner of the modern golf sport. He questions whether this ancient form was the essential keystone of golf worldwide.
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New York Herald
Ireland
Scotia
Scotland
England
Germany
Patrick
Gulf
Air lifeboat Britain unveils secret high speed craft
The first air lifeboat, built in secrecy, will launch soon for trials with the British fleet. If successful, a larger fleet is planned. The 140 foot wing span vessel is designed to ride out storms with hull resilience like a single piece. It can reach over 100 mph and may test at sea without a mother ship for several days.
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England
Navy
Plan Shrines to Burroughs Memorial Campaign Begun
The John Burroughs Memorial Association seeks about $36,000 to buy the late naturalist’s properties and $4,000 for the first year’s maintenance. Plans include displaying his working library manuscripts rifles shotguns and fishing tackle. The group aims to fund upkeep through popular subscription and memories of a life spent in study and labor.
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Burroughs
John Burroughs
New York Times
Waterproof Matches For Camp and Picnic Use
A simple home method creates waterproof matches by dipping match heads and half the wooden stem in melted candy wax. After cooling they resist water for hours and light with firmer striking through the wax layer. Any ordinary matches may be treated this way.
The Unwelcome Stranger at the Theater
In a theater lobby a tall tailor guides a six year old boy toward entry. The doorman demands a ticket for the boy, while the tailor argues the boy is harmless and promises the doorman will not be permitted to view the show.
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Tallor
Doorman
Mister
Ferdinand Town Tax Levy Notice Ferdinand County Indiana
Notice to taxpayers of Ferdinand Town Dubois County Indiana that the town proper officers will meet September 6 1921 to consider the budget and proposed levies for township fund and town fund. Net taxable property 524985.00 township levy .81 amount raised 944.00 total funds levy .18 amount raised 944.00 Taxpayers may be heard and appeals may be filed with the County Auditor by the fourth Monday of September for State Board action. Dated August 15 1921. Bernard A Weyer chairman Ferdinand Demuth secretary Michel Jochem attest
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Ferdinand Town
Dubois County
Indiana
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Board
Bernard A. Weyer
Ferdinand Demuth
Michel Jochem
Ely's Cream Balm Adverts Relief for Cold Nostrils
In a brief nostril opening claim, Ely's Cream Balm promises instant relief from cold and catarrh by applying a small amount in the nostrils. The ad urges immediate purchase from a druggist and notes antiseptic healing. Also a help-wanted line seeks an experienced cook in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Ely
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Beckmann State Bank
Siberia
Gilbert Arehart
George Kunkler
Geoge
Andrew Boeglin
Fank Heeke
John Arehart
Frank Kessens
Bristow
Bill Denn
Paul Jasper
Jacob Gundel
Jacob Egter
Alex Ernst
Cannelton
Frank Tempel
Theodore Hulsmann
William Tempel
Helen Heeke
Bill Tempel
Laura Hobbs
Henry Ernst
St. Meinrad
Jake Neu
Theodore Heiness
Otmar
Bernardine Zambrecher
Louisiana
Henry Brockman
Clara Bombolaski
Karl Ress
Jos, Vaal
Robert Widmer
J. A. Greulich
Rockport
John A. Hoffmann
Mary Bumm
Joe Holtzmann, Sr
Tel City 4S
Hia
Sistera M. Martina
Blandina
St. Anthony
Jacob Kiem
Agnes
Ben Klem
Albert and
Ludwina Hasenour
Huntingburg
Skinnay
St Anthony
Nuff
Ferdinand Township
Nick Senninger
Ind
Ferdinand Railroad
M. Ly
Evansville
West Baden
Southern
Princeton
Evaneville
Southern Railway
Leonard Muller
AIR Lifeboat
British Idea
Shiplap Drop Siding
Ferdinand, Indiana
E. E. Metzger
Electric Light & Power Co. Incorporated
Richard Bean
Cherokee Road
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