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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
5
A mysterious animal or person is heard crying in The Knobs district of Clark County Ohio, with farmers like Mr Loveless reporting humanlike wails at night. The wild hills lure rumors of panther or large dog, but locals fear a lost human in distress. The Knobs remains rugged and sparsely farmed, famed for hunting.
The notice lists advertising rates and terms: column width pricing for one year at various fractions, a five cent per line rate for locals, monthly advertising bills, and printing charges payable on delivery. It preserves the era’s concise business style and names Ferdinand Hews as advertiser.
A sequence of customer endorsements from Coldwater Michigan Springfield Massachusetts Rochester Indiana Ethel Indiana Wautoma Wisconsin and Elkhart praising Dr Miles Restorative Nervine for curing St Vitus dance epilepsy fits and spasms. Names include M I Coffman P McAuley Myrtle Dague Nannie Land R Duntley. The ad claims cures after taking seven bottles.
First class local connection to any point in Dubois County. Long distance service in all directions offered by THES Dubois County Telephone Co. Local and long distance communication promoted in a concise historic ad style.
Graduate veterinarian Dr. H. F. Beardsley respectfully offers professional services to stock owners of Ferdinand and vicinity. Office at De Motte's Livery Stable, home phone listed.
Hunting is forbidden on land owned by multiple individuals including Joe Altmeyer Aug Krampe Frank Senninger Ben Laake Joe Gessner Joe Ketzner Frank Scheffer Tony Scheffer Paul Wegner William Wagner Chryst Wieser John Laake Herm Reckelhoff Xaver Schreiner Joe Reckelhoff Sebastian Schreiner.
One and one half fare holiday rates via Southern Railway apply to tickets to December 24 25 31 1909 and January 1 1910 with return limit January 1 1910. Available through any agent Southern Railway or address J C Beam Jr A G P A St Louis MO.
Dublin county Democrats meet at a mass convention in Jasper Indiana on December 31 1908 at 1 PM to select seventeen delegates for the Third District Convention in New Albany January 6 1910. Bomar Traylor is county chairman Antony Lange secretary. Officers elected at St Eberhard Aid Society December 4 1900 include W Wirtzberger president J Remke vice president R Fiberg recording secretary F Olinger corresponding secretary W Helming financial secretary C Horney treasurer F Seng marshal. Committees named for first to fourth quarters with Herman Niehaus Richard Gehlhausen John Seger Anthony Lindenschmidt listed.
A 1909 notice details new subscribers and renewals for the Ferdinand News. Names include Theresia Gogel Mariah Hill and others in Indiana and nearby areas with several from St Meinrad St Henry Siberia and Ferdinand. A Santa request section follows with incomplete Christmas wish items and household notes.
Two daily trains with through sleeping car and dining service. Stops allowed south of the Ohio River. Travel routes via Chattanooga Atlanta Macon or Knoxville Asheville Columbia Savannah. One route there and return on another. Tickets on sale until June 1 1910. Local birthday gathering for Lizzie Lindenschmidt with several friends attending.
Prices for butter eggs hens and beef hides listed weekly by Ferdinand’s Market with lines furnished by Rechelhoff Muller and Sons and others. Includes wheat corn flour shorts bran oats clover seed fresh cows calves bulls steers sheep lambs hogs and per pound rates.
Notice of meeting for The Ferdinand National Bank shareholders to elect directors and transact other business. The meeting is set for Tuesday January 11, 1910 at 1 o clock p.m. at Mathias Olinger's Hall. Signed F X Rickelmann.
The article argues that children profit from farming by earning money they control, using a paying garden and profitable poultry to foster enthusiasm and the habit of saving. It cites a hypothetical $50 yearly savings growing to about 91548.46 in 20 years at 5 percent, illustrating financial discipline and practical stake in agricultural work.
Horseradish farming yields high value per acre but markets stay small. Growers often sell roots and grated product directly, setting root pieces in rows about 12 inches apart. Plant slips cost about four dollars per thousand. harvest occurs in October with roots stored in sand for spring planting.
Prof Samuel Frazer of the Cornell experimentation notes that cabbages differ from most farm crops as their successful production is little influenced by soil type. This view highlights the crop's resilience across soil varieties in agricultural practice.
The article notes alfalfa meal as superior feed for growing chicks and laying hens, promising benefits for poultry growers in regions where alfalfa is abundant. It cites peaty lands in the country and references U S geological survey experts urging eventual development of undeveloped peat bogs valued at about 38 billion dollars.
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