Holiday Visitors Fill Town for Christmas Week
Brown of Princeton spend holidays with parents. Mr and Mrs Andy Renner and baby of Huntingburg visit Renner family. Miss Johanna Hoffman returns to Louisville after a stay. Gehrhausen brothers visit aunt in Vanderburg county. Wm Fobl from Bellville arrives for a few days with Mrs Xavier Olinger. Sondermann family Christmas in Jasper with Albert Sondermann. Henry Johanneman of Louisville visits Kerstiens family. Lindenschmidt and Roth of Dubois Machine Works spend Christmas with home folks. Olinger and Weaver relatives visit Jasper. Mathias Olinger Jr becomes county capitol shoemaker. Dittmer Mundy Goseman families visit Hubert Beckmann. Oscar Temple and children of Evanaville spend Xmas with relatives. Temple orders NEWS to his address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Renner
Baby of
Huntingburg
Town
Mrs. Renner
Wm. Fobl
Bellville, Ill
Xavier Olinger
Tony Lindenschmidt
Louis Roth
The
Dubois Machine Works
Frank Dittmer
Gus. Mundy
Wm. Goseman
Jasper
Hubert Beckmann
Oscar Temple
Evanaville
Purely Personal Visits and Holidays Across Town
A string of local visits and homecomings throughout the week includes Frank Albert at Mariah Hill and Miss Rose Seufert departing for Louisville. Residents such as Winfield Miles of Bristow, Sylvester Berger of Jasper, and Dr N A James of St Meinrad were seen in town or on business, with several others returning from Louisville or traveling to Cincinnati and Indianapolis for Christmas and holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N.A. James of
St. Meinrad
Henry Paul Denning
Church Announcements for Week Names List
Church notices dated January 1 list weekly names for services including Theresia Wagner Anna Boegle John Weyer Sr Joseph Uebelhoer George Bomm George Voges and Magdalena Knust. No further details provided.
Important Timber Notice From Stimson of Huntingburg Indiana
A notice warns farmers timber owners or anyone selling timber that J W Gimeon at Huntingburg and Pitts Lumber Co at Ferdinand will pay cash for timber. Stimson claims his Huntingburg mill can offer higher prices due to lower freight, urging sellers not to ship timber without notifying the two buyers first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stmaon
Huntingburg
Ind
Stimson
J. W. Gimeon
Pitts Lumber Co
Ferdinand, Ind
J. V. Stimson
Shareholders Meeting Notice at Mathias Olinger's Hall
Wetice of Shareholders Meeting. A meeting of the Shareholders of Phe Ferdinand National Bank for the election of Directors and other business will be held at Mathias Olinger's hall on Tuesday January 10 1911 at 1 o'clock p m F X Rickelmann Caubier respectfully
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phe Ferdinand National Bank
Dirketogs
Mathias Olinger's
F. X
Rickelmann, Caubier
Local Happenings In Ferdinand and Nearby Towns
Local column notes various small-town events including births and marriages, a $1 fine for discharging a revolver, heavy Christmas mail at the post office, a church lighting completed by Ferdinand Electric Co, factory whistle at Banner Manufacturing Co, a rehearsal for a local play The Midnight Charge, visits and hospitality at Ma Leppert’s, a death from cancer of Mrs. Troxier of St Anthony, a correction about Edith Pitte and Ed Dwyer’s wedding, New Year wishes, a horse ran away damaging a buggy, and the horse leading to a wagon incident with several locals named.
Electric Road Rumors Reach Evansville Bondholders
Evansville officials may convert Evansville Jasper Canneton and Rockport lines to traction service with engines only pulling freight. The Southern railroad could also acquire the Huntingburg Ferdinand branch. Henry Beckmann, a leading local bondholder and Courier Journal subscriber, shares optimism and expects bondholders to recover fully on sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Beckmann
Little City
Louisville Courier Journal
Evansville
Ind
Southern Railroad
Jasper
Cannellon
Rockport
Huntingburg
Ferdinand
Beckmann
Champion Spellers of the Various Townships
The successful spellers across townships are named Columbia Cecil Foddrill Earl Parsons Bernice Eicher Harbison Edward Waldrip Pearl Songer Oscar Hief Boone Maude Petry Frank Rohrscheib Mattie Schnarr Marion Verona Thewes Bernardino Seger Clarence Zehr Emma Kempf Jefferson John Betz Lorine Prechtel Margaret Schnell Edward Block Jackson Frank Bische Peter Buechler Rosa Kiem Patoka Etta Bailey Minnie Songer Minnie Anderson Herman Martin Cassio Amy Kinechell Floyd Hemmer Emil Menke. County contest set for Jasper January 21 with remaining corporations spelling later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Cecil Foddrill
Earl Parsons
Bernice Eicher
Harbison
Edward Waldrip
Pearl Songer
Oscar Hief
Boone
Maude Petry
Frank Rohrscheib
Mattie Schnarr
Marion
Verona Thewes
Bernardino Seger
Clarence Zehr
Emma Kempf
Cassio
Amy Kinechell
Floyd Hemmer
Emil Menke
Jasper
Willam Chandler Duped by Confidence Trick at Union Station
Willam Chandler of Birdseye Ind fell for a confidence game after a stranger posed as a Indianapolis businessman. At St Louis Union Station the pair led Chandler on a walk and a man with a counterfeit bill tried to pass a worthless check. Chandler cashed the check and awaited a train. A second man reappeared and the incident was reported to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
William Chandler
Birdseye
Ind
Chandler
Arkansas
Union Station
Indianapolis
Moore
Wdt
Sting
Tor
Svanaville Qouster
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brown
Princeton
Johanna Hoffman
Louisville
Edward and
Gilbert Gehrhausen
John Hartlein
Vanderburg County
Joe Sondermann
Verena
Albert Sondermann
Henry Johanneman
J. H. Kerstiens
Mathias Olinger, Jr
Karl Olinger
Cornelia Weaver
County
NYA CS
Frank Albert
Mariah Hill
Peter Emmer
Mariah Hill Tuesaday
Joe Kippenbrok
Louieville
Julius Hassfuther
Winfield Miles of
Bristow
Rose Seufert
John Buening
Johnsburg
Abbott of
St. Melmrad
Jos. F. Kitten
Leo Lueken
Holland
Lange
Mt. Carmel
Til
Metager
Sohnellville
Mre
Albert, Leger
Ben. Wilmera
Theresia Dahme
Covington, Ky
Sylvester Berger
Henry Lindenschmidt
Home Folken
Wesley
Santa Clause
Our Town
Mies
Laura Meyer
Misa Verena Sondermann
Albert and
Tony Kohmetcher
Lawrence, Neb
Robert Schwoeppe
Herbert Sinninger
Tupeday
Jacob F. Buser
Chicago
Stephan Horny
Mrs. Blythe Lovejoy
V. Spayd
Children of
Laura Kaninenberg
Ft. Branch
John Schoonhoff
Cincinnati
Mise
Clara Reckelhoff
St. Marys of the Woods
Lucile Beckmann
Emma Harts
Tell City
Joe
Misa Mayde Boyles
Theresia Wagner
Anna Boegle
John Weyer, Sr
Joseph Uebelhoer
George Bomm
George Voges
Magdalena Knust
Father Louis of
Father John
Sondermann’s
H Hall
Stork
John Lusch
Frank Heidel
Ferdinand Electric Co
St. Ferdinand
Banner Manufacturing Co
Lucy Kaminenberg
Rosa Kippenbrock
Ed Snyder
Frank Rieh
Ma’’ Leppert
Anthony Troxier
St. Anthony
Edith Pitte
Ed Dwyer
Evaneville Court House
Imperial Hotel
Timberlake
First Calvary Baptist Church
John Altmann
Frank Altmann
Englebert Dilgore
Matt. Olinger
Jefferson
John Betz
Lorine Prechtel
Margaret Schnell
Edward Block
Willam Chandler
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