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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1917
Page
7
Questionnaires were mailed to registrants by date line with multiple serial numbers listed for Thursday December 20 through Wednesday December 26 and including entries for Friday December 21 and Saturday December 22 as part of the mailing rollout.
The 863rd Infantry at Camp Lewis Washington has a new weekly paper titled Over The Top first two issues sent by Rudulph Senninger. It is filled with camp news and expected by soldiers each Saturday. Also notes soldiers Chandler Altmann Altmeier and Bickwermart on furlough and the sudden death of Mrs Elizabeth Obermeyer in Louisville Kentucky.
The St. Raphael's church at Dubois in this county was destroyed by fire at five o clock on Christmas day. The priest Father Wei land was burned while saving the sacrament. Loss partly covered by 3000 dollars on the building and 250 on the fixtures.
Chas H Bartley announces his bid for county clerk with his name on the ticket. Karlly, a qualified educator and former merchant, currently teaches and seeks the office, with well wishes for a clean sweep.
The parking business in the city is active with about ten workers at the site. A baby girl named Agnes Antoinette was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Altmeyer and baptized Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Agnes Heilers and Andy Altmeyer as sponsors. A comedy and a drama titled Pin in a Photograph Gallery and Saved will be staged at St. Josephs Hall by local youths on Jan 1 and Jan 6. Electric Light & Power Co. lists Westinghouse Mazita Lamps in stock. The war effort has recalled nearly 600 retired Navy officers and 139 resignations from civil life, among them 22 rear admirals and 31 captains.
Fulda Ind December 25 Mrs Kunigunda Hess a longtime resident of New Boston dies at home from old age. Born in Bavaria she came to the United States young. Her age 83 years. Husband Martin Hess died about ten years ago. Funeral held here Wednesday with Rev Joseph Villinger presiding.
Real estate transfers include John Fleck to Wm Fleck 120 acres for 3000 dollars and Conrad Braun to Julia Braun via last will. Sheriff Dabuis Co transfers Anna Miller to Martha and Cox for 1 acre is valued at 126 48. Avana E Wools to Industrial Securities Co parcels 173 174 and parts 163 164 Ferdinand. Lee R Heth to Citizen Trust Co 120 acres by assignment. James Y Radcilt by Auditor Du Bois Co to John Petry 1 acre 31 29. Mary Lorey to Anton A Schepers 104 acres for 95. Henry Neukam to John Neukam 80 acres for 1500. Bernard A Weyer to Albert Weyer 126 acres for 2600.
Church item lists Mary Reinacker and Gerhard Eversmann in a schedule note. The fragment references Bates F and a Monday entry, with unclear context.
Call at my office to settle all accounts before January first. Those not settled will be turned over to a attorney for collection. There are two classes of merchants those who advertise and those who do not. The advertiser keeps quality and price in the public mind.
A fragmented notice notes a Tuesday morning event labeled Anvcther show with a brief remark about a white Christmas and the phrase Take The NEW. The readable text hints at a seasonal theme but lacks clear details or full names.
Local notes list residents and visitors spending holidays or in town last week including Bill Altmann at St Henry Theodore Peters at Dale and others from Jasper Huntingburg Evansville Louisville Indianapolis St Meinrad Tell City Jasper Linisville Mt Vernon Tell City Nor. Anytown area residents return home for Christmas and New Year visits with relatives friends and colleagues.
The annual Farmers' Short Course will be held at Purdue University January 14-18, 1918. Food production and conservation will be the main theme with talks by prominent national figures. Men women boys and girls are urged to attend to learn and improve food production and conservation for 1918. Send to Purdue University Lafayette Ind for program and information.
Gustav Woerter will conduct a closing out sale of his stock including harness saddles and machinery beginning Monday December 34th and continuing ten days. He plans to leave town to enlist in government service. Notice appears elsewhere in this issue.
An old newspaper fragment touts reading as a path to personal change and mentions the Ferdinand Drug Store as part of the notice. The service promotes interest and self-improvement through literature.
Akron visitors Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Whitehouse travel to see Mrs. Hoag. Troy spouses Augual Braunecker Sr visit Herman Reckelhoff and Xavier Schreiner. Hettich family from French Lick visits Mrs. Hoffmann. Lawrence Neb travelers Alvin Kitten Lee Remke Henry Tebbe Georgg Kunkier return for holidays. Others from Evansville Louisville Huntingburg and Akron spend Christmas at local homes and pickups announce NEWS deliveries.
The United States Government program for soldiers and sailors offers broad coverage, with Secretary McAdoo reporting 238,024 applications by December 4 totaling 2,073,728,500 dollars. The average claim stands around 3,679 dollars, far below the 10,000 dollar maximum, and Pershing himself has subscribed the full amount for his own policy.
The Department of the Interior proposes opening hundreds of thousands of acres in the United States to cultivation in 1918. About 600000 acres across reclamation projects and Indian lands are deemed suitable for farming.
A 1918 New Year greeting accompanies an Irvington Indiana note urging enlistment in the Navy. It lists roles needed such as seamen and machinists and mentions local men William Greene Hugh Cassidy Charles Kirby and Ernest Wineis traveling to Indianapolis to enlist. The message contains mixed lines about faith and a Ferdinand D remark.
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