Local social notes and holiday visits across Evansville area
Miss Aline Fegers and Miss Frances Meyer spent time together in Louisville. Henry Meyer visits his parents for the holidays, as do Frank and Mrs Meyer with Augusta Berke in Owensboro. Evansville residents Bertha Rickelmanna, Mathilda Mulis return from months away. Various locals travel to home towns for Christmas. Louis Schaffer killed nine hogs and sold six at Ferdinand market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aline Fegers
Louisville
Frances Meyer
Henry Meyer
Mrs
Frank Meyer
Augusta Berke
Owensboro
Bertha Rickelmanna
Mathilda Mulis
Evansville
Fred Greulich
Fevansville
Louis Schaffer
Ferdinand Market
Local Holiday Visits and Travel Roundup
Johnsburg notes show Leo Jochem visiting Huntingburg Thursday while Orval Kemp shopped there with him. Peter Jochim spent Friday at Jasper. Miss Tillie Jochum returned from Evansville for the holidays. Family visits include Hilda Haug of Ferdinand with her father William Hauz and Peggie Holdron of Dale with Elsie Leathco. Orval Kemp and Robert Wiht traveled to Evansville. Readers are wished a prosperous New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balbina Kest
Evansville
John Kest
F Othmar Stanshelm
Washington, Ind
Leo Jochem
Huntingburg
Orval Kemp
Peter Jochim
Jasper
H. A. Hoffmann
George Kerp
Dale
Hilda Haug
Fedinand
Wm. Hauz
Peggie Holdron of
Elsie Leathco
Local families gather for holidays and illness notes
Mariah Hill visits Mrs. Carl Pfeiffer of Evansville. Frank Stallmann family hosts. Frank Nord Oswald Heidelbach and Edward Bredhold return from Beleflower Ill for an event. Misses Martha Isabelle Schue attend funeral of their nephew and return to Evansville. Richard Bredhold and John Bettag visit from Louisville. Louis Schum Albert Groehler travel to Evansville for relatives. Carl Wessels of Louisville visits two weeks with Zachary Kern family. Mary Elizabeth Schum of Dale visits sister Mrs Maurice Hollmther. Joseph Yellig Aloys Dilger travel to Louisville for holidays with kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Pfeiffer
Evansville
Frank Stallmann
Frank Nord
Oswald Heidelbach
Edward Bredhold
Beleflower, Ill
Richard Bredhold
John Bettag
Louisville
Louis Schum
Albert Groehler
Mary and
Elizabeth Schum
Dale
Maurice Hollarther
Joseph Yellig
Aloys Dilger
Louiaville
Fulda New Year Greeting and Holiday Visit Notes
Fulda wishes a prosperous year to the NEWS readers. Ed Loehmein spent Christmas at Evaneville with a friend. Robert Collignon of Chicago visited with his mother during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Loehmein
Evaneville
Robert Coll'gnon
Chicago
Absent Resident Returns as Snow Quietly Falls
The letter notes a fine snow on Sunday and a return visit by Misses Theresia and Clara Arehart from Louisville to see their parents during the holidays. Several locals made business trips to Ferdinand Birdseye and Louisville while others attended church services. A baby girl weighing 10 pounds 4 ounces was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gehlhausen on Sunday. Hurrah for the girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theresia
Clara Arehart
Louinville
Jacob Kunkler
Birdseye
John Arehart
Ferdinand
Walter Bender
Frankie Denn
Louisvile
Jacob Gehlhausen
Military Draft Notice Lists Posts and Camps Nationwide
Readers are urged to apply for men for several units including the 8th Field Artillery Motorized at Camp Grant Illinois and Camp Jackson South Carolina Infantry and Machine Gun Medical Department Engineers and Field Artillery. Other branches across multiple posts and camps are listed. Applications or inquiries to 6243 Main Street Evansville Indiana.
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Honolulu
8Th Field Artillery
Camp Grant Ill
Camp Jackson S. C
Engineers & Field Artillery
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
Ft. Harrison Ind
Main Street
Evransville
Ind
Market Report from Evanaville Indiana December 30 1926
Wheat price at 1.81 to 1.85 per bushel. oats 6 cents per bushel. corn 95 cents. Potatoes 2.00 per hundred. onions 190 dollars per bushel. cabbage 1.10 per 100 pounds. Wool 40 cents per pound. ginseng 10 dollars per pound. Eggs 4 cents per dozen. butter 52 cents per pound. spring chickens 22 cents. old roosters 14. turkeys goose 20 each. cattle and hog prices listed including steers heifers cows bulls and hogs. hay No 1 timothy 25 dollars per ton.
Southern Time Card Shows July 25 1920 Schedule Details
Train arrivals and connections listed for Huntingburg Indiana with times for East and Westbound trains. Train 13 connects at Huntingburg with Train 23 serving all local points between Huntingburg and Louisville. Agent N A Jochem notes schedule specifics and local service adjustments.
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Huntingburg
Louisville
N. A. Jochem
Johnaburg
Ind
Ferdinand Railroad Time Table July 7 Schedule
Time table shows Ferdinand Railroad trains with arrival and departure times between Ferdinand and Huntingburg. Connections include Southern trains to Evansville Rockport Canalton and to Louisville with additional links to Princeton West Baden and Evansville. All services operate from the Southern Railway depot at Huntingburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand
Huntingburg
Evansville
Rockport
Cannelton
Louiaville
West Baden
Southern
Priceton
Tumelton
Southern Railway
Ferdinand Township Trustee Sets Daily Home Office Hours
Ferdinand township trustee Nick Senninger announces he will attend to township business at his home office each weekday. Citizens with township matters are urged to present them at his residence in Pardinand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Township
Dubois County
First Option Honeymoon Talk Becomes Comedy
A man proposes to Mary Dugh with a witty business contract plan. She counters with a businesslike stance, reveals she is already engaged, and explains that a first option in love cannot be secured by business methods. They debate options with playful banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Jones
Mary Dugh
Beford
Alden House at Duxbury Tells Pilgrim Lineage and Secrets
The Alden house in Duxbury Massachusetts is tied to John and Priscilla Alden and seven other Mayflower colonists who settled there in 1627. Built by Jonathan Alden in 1658, the home has remained in the Alden family and contains secret passages and hidden stairs from colonial times amid stories of witchcraft and Indian wars.
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Alden
Duxbury
Mass
America
Aldens
John
Priscilla
Plymouth
Boston
Jonathan
Odd Mixtures in Bermudas Charm Visitors and Locals
The Bermuda capital Hamilton blends quainte and modern scenes with American tourists and English expatriates along Front Street and Queen. Speech among islanders astonishes visitors as a negro cabby uses cockney phrases and locals describe mountain views with mixed speech and humor.
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Island
London
Japan's Fuji Mountain A Mighty Active Cone and Sacred Springs
Fuji rises 12 365 feet with signs of fire from the steaming cone though safe to descend the crater. Boiling springs encircle the base, enough to cook an egg in a minute. Ojigoku the Great Hell marks the area. About $00,000 pilgrims ascend yearly, with a special year in the Japanese calendar drawing more visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Fuji
Not Exciting Film Sparks Jaded Viewer Commentary
A Birmingham Age-Herald reader dubs a film dull despite a heroine leaping from a 60 mph train to an airplane and surviving a car plunge, a submarine deck moment, and other perilous stunts, noting no real excitement.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Transformation Chatter Sparks Elite Dining Whisper
A proprietor at the Elite restaurant for ladies and gentlemen recalls a former waitress now a motion picture star. The exchange notes she has changed her name hair and appearance, signaling a dramatic personal transformation.
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Retaurant
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