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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1906
Page
3
Local item highlights include rail construction progress on the electric line toward Ohio township and Willow Pond, a pneumonia death in St Anthony, tax plan for a new railroad via Leo Fischer, and a successful Fleigs Hall entertainment for St Ferdinand's Church with a New Year night sequel planned.
The Ferdinand News reports new subscribers since the last issue including Fr. Emiliam Egler Covington Louisiana Simon Maffenbreier Grandview Indiana Willie Wagner Ferdinand Indiana Willie Marwa Louisville Kentucky Clara Rentmann Louisville Kentucky Mike Achank Tell City Indiana Julius Wichser Tell City Indiana Mart Leiatner Jr Tell City Indiana Mart Leienter Sr Tell City Indiana Andy Breinauer Tell City Indiana Peter Kineh St Meinrad Indiana Elajer Ferdinand Indiana
A social gathering last Sunday evening at Miss Francois Olinger s home featured Euchre and a Peanut Walk. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John A Olinger and several Olinger family members along with Mr and Mrs Chas Booster Mrs Albert Weaver and Miss Mary Ferd Olinger Lea Timmer Olinger consoled with a corn cob pipe and wine prize attached to the event.
A long list of locals and visitors spent Christmas and holidays across Evansville and nearby towns including Ferdinand, Huntingburg, Jasper, Louisville, and Tell City. Names such as Jos Meier, Mrs. Temple, Miss Meyer, Miss Wagner, Rev Father Vincennes, and many others are noted visiting relatives, with several returning home for the holidays and others traveling for gatherings and village visits.
Hubert Quante of Ferdinand Indiana announces his application to the Dubois County Board of Commissioners at the January 1906 term for leave to sell spirituous vinous malt liquors in quantities under a quart. The license would run one year from issue for a room 45 by 25 feet on the ground floor of a two story building on Ohio Street. The notice cites luncheon and confection sales as connected business and references state licensing act provisions.
Notice to holders of Ferdinand township warrants listing five warrants with issue dates and names including Henry Gelhausen John Seger H Neusch F Bromm Leo Wirtzberger and Frank Drach Each warrant must be filed in the trustee’s office in Dubois County Indiana on or before January 1 1907.
Corrected listing shows Eggs at 22 cents per dozen Butter 15 cents per pound Potatoes 60 cents per bushel. Includes meats Bacon sides 9 cents per pound Hams 7 cents per pound Lard 9 cents per pound Hens 7 cents per pound Springers 6 cents per pound Turkey offers 8 to 16 cents per pound Ducks 7 cents Geese 5 cents Full-feathered Wool and Wash Wool prices. Roots and medicinal barks with per-pound rates. Mill stuff including Flour 2.00 per hundred pounds and Corn Meal 6.50 per hundred. Grains oats hay barley rye and clover seed listed with varying bu prices. Tobacco leaf priced at 8s per pound.
A bomb exploded wounding Col. Plotta, head of Radom government gendarmerie, tearing off his leg. A technical school student who threw the device was arrested. Congress plans adjournment for Christmas holidays unless Senate alters the House program.
An alarming notice reports that a child has gone missing and concerns rise about the fate of youngsters in the area. Authorities request vigilance as families and neighbors cooperate with investigators.
Mrs Gunbusta seeks city housing for her family of six and is directed to a “SEALING WAX2. STRING” store on the corner. The piece notes a growing shift from string to sealing wax for parcels, with grocers, druggists, and manufacturers adapting, while string makers fear decline.
The article surveys early electric aids for home use centering on bedrooms and bathrooms. It mentions an electric bed heating pad, small room heaters for grooming, bedside electric stoves for night bottles, electric irons, electric clock lighting, and other devices that may become common within two decades.
The passage traces London's early water sources from the Thames to private conveyance by water thieves and notes a 1562 German engineered system at London Bridge by Peter Maurice that supplied water with no lead pipes, enriching him and his descendants.
A fragment describes Mrs. 8. T. Rover, a cooking expert, hosting a dinner where a young housekeeper’s misadventure is noted. The text mentions the housekeeper asking a sister to do part of her marketing on a Saturday morning.
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