Gossip from the county fair and nearby towns
A collage of short notes reports visits and travels. Mr and Mrs Frank Kuntz left for Wenatchee Washington after visiting relatives here. John Daunhauer sold property at public auction. Mrs Katie Keller from Owensboro stayed with the Birchlers. Corn pickers finished harvest in Illinois. Locals Edwin Harm and Wm Wirthwein Jr returned in new cars. Various residents visited Huntingburg Louisville Ft Thomas and other towns. Big sale at Bartleys store through January 1 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kuntz
Wenatchee Wesh
B.C. Biiehler
John Daunhauer
Mr. Birchler
Evansville
Illinois
Edwin Harm
Wm. Wirthwein Jr
Local visitors and travels noted in town
Marinus Hufnagel of Cincinnati spent two weeks with his parents here. Miss Minnie Maslowsky of Owensboro Kentucky spent several days last week with home folks. Jacob Brenner of Huntingburg is visiting relatives this week. Sebastian Wessels has returned from Belleflower Illinois Saturday where he had employment. Mrs Frank Seufert of Indianapolis care home visited her parents Mr and Mrs John Lindauer Sunday night for a few weeks. Leonard Handschieg left for Cincinnati last Saturday for an indefinite stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Maslowsky
Qwensboro
Jacob Brenner
Huntingburg
Sebastian Wessels
Belleflower
Ill
Frank Seufert
Indianapolis
John Lindauer
Leonard Handschieg
Cincinnati
Local Residents Report Vehicle Purchases and Travel
Mr. Martin Troach owns a new Chevrolet touring car. F A Ruxer received two Chevrolet touring cars. William Mullis and William Rickelmann returned home from Lowell Indiana where they shucked corn. Leo Knust came home to Evansville Friday morning. Rose Hoge and Ida Hoge of Ferdinand visited Sebastian Bochtling Saturday and Sunday. Adam Buechler left for St Anthony last Saturday. William Sturm of Wenatchee Washington visited relatives here last Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Troach
F. A. Ruxer
William Mullis
William Rickelmann
Lowell
Ind
Leo Knust
Evansville
Rose
Ida Hoge
Ferdinand
Sebastian Bochting
Adam Buechler
St. Anthony
William Sturm
Wenatchee
Wash
Time Table for Ferdinand Railroad July 7s 91s
Ferdinand schedule lists departures from Ferdinand to Antingburg and Pointingburg with arrival times. Connections tie into Southern trains for Evansville Rockport Cannelton Louisville West Baden and additional routes via Huntingburg depot. Leonard Muller G F and P A Huntingburg Indiana accompanies the notice.
Evansville Market Prices for Farm Commodities 1920
Market notes from Evansville Indiana dated December 16 1920 list prices for oats at 64 cents per bushel corn 85 cents per bushel potatoes 1 40 per bushel and cab bage 1 10 per 100 pounds. Butter creamery 45 cents per pound spring chickens 35 cents per pound roosters 24 cents per pound and various cattle prices including steers 400 to 2100 per head heifers 4 to 8 50 per head cows 3 to 6 50 per head and hay 25 per ton.
Ferdinand Township Trustee Announces Office Schedule
The undersigned trustee of Ferdinand township Davis county will attend to township business at his home each weekday. Persons needing to transact township business should present it at his home. Nick Seuninger, Trustee, Ferdinand, Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand
Dabois County
Nick Seuninger
Fardinand
Ind
Look and Feel Clean Inside with Morning Bath Regimen
A health column extols starting each day with a glass of water and lime phosphate to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims cleansing the alimentary canal improves appetite and overall health and urges readers to obtain lime stone phosphate from a drug store.
Darken Hair With Sage and Sulphur Compound
An old time recipe uses Sage Tea and Sulphur to darken gray hair and restore shine. Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is marketed as an easy to apply product that darkens hair evenly, enhances lustre, and gives a youthful appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Distilling Attar of Roses From Bulgarian Harvests
A writer notes Bulgaria’s rose harvest funds 173 villages and supplies the world with attar of roses. Despite millions of pounds harvested, only about 120 tons of attar are produced annually, requiring 160 to 200 pounds of roses per ounce of distillate. The process uses copper boilers and second distillate water with droplets skimmed into bottles for specialty oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulgaria
Whiladelphia Public Ledger
Rere
Mythical suit over stray cattle and crop damage
Two Indians brought a mythical case to an English magistrate after a quarrel over cattle straying on a path and crop damage. The magistrate adjourned, hearing witnesses and noting the dispute over pasture rights and hidden motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tle
China landscape memory and wall view switch signals
A narrator recalls a section of the Great Wall near Chinglungchian on the Peking Kalgan line where a wall segment was torn down to allow a locomotive. The scene shows a switch signal and a billboard advertising a cigarette brand rising on the crest of a mountain, linking progress with memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Chinglungchian
Peking -Kalgan
Great Wall of China
Red Pepper Rub Promises Fast Cold Relief
An old time remedy named Red Pepper Rub claims to quickly ease chest tightness and congestion from colds. The advertisement describes penetrating heat easing aches in muscles joints and back, with three prime spots and promising fast warmth and relief.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Che Beckmann State Bank
Fulda
Katie Keller
Owensboro
B. C. Birchler
John Coliignon
Frances Harm
Schnellville
Ed Leibering
Peter Morgen
W. E. Gossett
Louisville
Mrs. Orval Kemp
Elsa Leathcox
J. T. Shotwell
Ft. Thomas Ky
Peter J. Jochim
McLanes
Bartleys
Marinus Hufnagel
St. Meinrad
Johnsburg
Ferdinand Railroad
Leonard Muller, G.F
P.A
Huntingburg, Ind
Evansville, Ind
Ferdinand Township Trustee's
Metrie
Bour
Columbia
Clarion
W. A. Wollenmann
Freinacker Company
Child’s Rockers
Ferdinand, Indiana
E. E. Metzger
Eagle “Mikado
Remy’ Rt
Fat Relations Declat
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
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