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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
1
The Ferdinand page advertises Christmas shopping at Sondermanns and Beckmanns, a Dec 13 dentist visit by E J Kilian, and a December 14 train arrival. It notes a furniture and rug sale, a new shoe repair shop, ice cream parlor sweets, and a baby birth. A fire destroys a Chrissy mill, insurance covers half. Thanksgiving birthday at the Keller home.
Jasper residents welcomed relatives and visitors including Frank Knapp Frank Pepper Rose Leber and Maggie Belter from Jasper through Thanksgiving. Numerous residents traveled between St Henry Huntingburg Ferdinand Celestine and Jasper for visits and events with townspeople dining together at George Boehm’s home east of Boston and a large Thanksgiving gathering.
Ferdinand township in Dubois county Indiana announces trustee William Helm ing will attend to township business at his office on every Saturday. Citizens with township matters are urged to present them that day for resolution.
A Missouri letter from Glennonville dated December 1 1908 reports successful overs from November 12. The writer praises timber, water access from 26 feet, and rapid town growth including a new church, mill, handle factory, store, and post office. He lists fellow workers Clemons Braunecker Joe Jochum Albert Seidl and Pius Luebbehusen and notes abundant wild game and a large wolf den.
New management takes effect after Jos F Kitten leased the foundry to John Hassfurther and John Reinacker. The firm, renamed The Ferdinand Foundry and Machine Works, continues a long-standing local engine and machining tradition with experienced craftsmen at the helm. Florence Kitten built the business, later handed to Joseph Kitten, who grew the trade. Hassfurther and Reinacker began casting shortly after taking charge.
Julius Becher age about 17 son of Geo Becher of St Meinrad was accidentally shot in the face by his brother Albert during a rabbit hunt. A shot intended for a rabbit struck Julius on the knoll with four pellets hitting the face five near the eye. He was taken to Ferdinand and operated on by Drs Schriefer and James. The eye was not hit and no danger to eyesight. He is recovering.
Special to THE FERDINAND News describes hundreds of eastern Montana farms along the Yellowstone River valley offered to U S citizens on easy terms. Each 30 to 160 acre tract lies near rail, with irrigation, fertile soil, and crops like wheat oats alfalfa sugar beets. Prices total 34 per acre with 4 to Crow Indians and 80 to Government, plus annual canal maintenance.
Wetice of Shareholders Meeting. A meeting of the shareholders of The Ferdinand National Bank for the election of Directors and the transaction of each other business as may be brought before it will be held at the school house on Tuesday Jan 12 1900 at 1 o'clock p m. Yours respectfully F X Rickelmann Cashier For SALE A good farm of 160 acres 14g mile north west of Mariah uN Mrs John Ritter.
Workmen uncover in Basel interior crypt a tomb containing a bishop's remains clad in elaborate vestments with a shepherd’s crook. Experts debate whether Bishop Lutold I of Arburg (died 1213) or Bishop Heinrich II of Thun (died 1238) lies within. Photographs and careful handling followed before reburial, with cloths and sandals largely disintegrated yet revealing intricate embroidery and gold accents.
The list covers services for the week naming Henry Weyer on Monday, Mar Loy on Tuesday, Henry Woebkenberg on Tuesday, Herman Wilmes on Thursday, Margaretha Hosping on Friday, Frank Trotter’s parents on Saturday, and Elisabeth Beike on Sunday. Immaculate Conception B M V on December 8 is a holy day of obligation.
Local items report a saloon proprietor loses a pocketbook with over $500 in cash while away from his outbuilding. A young man, George Kluemper, dies of typhoid fever and is buried in St. Joseph’s cemetery. The Ireland barn burns and the Methodist church narrowly avoids major fire. Peter Gosmann dies in Greenville after a stomach illness. A baby from Schnieders is christened at St. Pius church. Mr and Mrs Joseph Hirsch celebrate their eighth wedding anniversary with a surprise gathering at home.
Effective October 168th 1908 East bound and west bound trains depart Ferdinand at several morning times with return travel, all figures for information only not guaranteed. Nov 3 4 9 10 service between Louisville and Evansville noted with free reclining chair cars. Additionally a farm for sale advertised by Henry Neusen via H A Hoffman agent.
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