Application for Liquor License in Ferdinand Indiana
A male citizen aged twenty one will apply to the Duboin County Indiana board of commissioners at the next March term 1908 for leave to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart at a time for one year. Premises are a room 18 by 20 feet on ground floor of a two story frame building at Northwest corner lot 234 Ferdinand. The room fronts a public street Ohio and Lafayette Streets. Sale will include luncheon and confection under licensing act provisions.
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Ferdinand
Board of Commissioners
Duboin County
Indiana
Ohio
Lafayette
Ferdinand Township
State of
Dubois County
Lot
Ohio Street
Anton Voges
Ferdinand Township Trustee's Saturday Meeting Notice
Ferdinand township of Dubois county Indiana announces weekly Saturday meetings at the trustee’s office. Citizens with township business are asked to present their matters on that day. Wm Helming, Trustee, Ferdinand Indiana.
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Ferdinand Township
Dubois County
Ind
Wm. Helming
Ferdinand
Ferdinand town notice for liquor license
Notice to Ferdinand residents that Anton Voges requests a one year license to sell spirituous and malt liquors in minimal quantities at a room on Ohio Street in a one story brick building on lot No 18. Commissioners will consider at March term per Indiana intoxicating liquors act.
St Meinrad Correspondence Sees Grand Organ
Rev Father Joseph Gordon and Mr Limberger visited St Meinrad Ab bey and friends to hear the new organ, described as a wonderful instrument and the largest in the state. High water expected Friday and Saturday. Aetna Life canvassing. Edward Weyer’s 23rd birthday party with many relatives attending. dancing and cards till late. plans to visit the wild west formed by Edward and Vincent Schlachter. local social notes from St Meinrad and Jasper residents.
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Joseph Gordon
Limberger
St. Meinrad Abbey
St. Meinrad
State
U.S
John Punch
Theresia
Carrie
Tillie
Rosie Weyer
Celia Knust
Mary Wessel
Edward
Leo
Martin
Henry
Ferdie
Albert Weyer
Ben
Willie Wessel
Mike Schlachter
Willie Bockelman Vincent
Joe Schlachter
Herman Wibbels
St. Anthony
Lensie Bockelman
Jasper
Hunley Valley News Notes and Community Life
The valley remains flooded as the ditch survey is delayed. Henry Oeding visits Evansville to see ill brother Mike who is recovering. Leo Neusch travels to St Henry Sunday. Mrs. Wendholt celebrates 28th birthday with friends. Henry Neusch visits Huntingburg on business. Several locals attend tobacco tasks and social gatherings. Tobacco delivered to Dale pooling house yields high prices. pooling system grows as producers gain price control. A Texas letter from Henry Neusch discusses settling there and plans to farm. others report substantial tobacco pledges and large pooling amounts at Chrisney.
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Henry Oeding
Evansville
Mike
John Luebbehusen
Ben Oeding
Henry Neusch
Dale Pooling
Dale
Minnet
Chrisney
Birthday Surprise Held for Edward at Duyebhols Home
A pleasant surprise party was hosted at Phillip Duyebhols residence in Creens Creek Valley for his eldest son Edward, celebrating his birthday with family and friends.
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Phillip ‘Duyebhols
Edward
Baby boy greets Dilger family circle
Mariah Hill notes the Dilger family welcomed a fine baby boy. Emma Spayd returns home from Canton to visit her ailing father. Andrew Schum visits Boonville. Albert and Ed Spayd return to Louisville after a week with relatives. Primary election set for February 22 in all three Carter Township precincts to nominate township candidates.
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Emma Spayd
Canton
Ohio
Messrs
Albert
Ed Spayd
Louisville
Carter Township
Fulda News Roundup From Crooked Valley To Local Happenings
In Fulda and nearby areas, St Valentine brought rain and a delay for river crossings due to high water in Crooked valley while the Sweets failed to deliver from the post office. Local residents Wm Lambeck John Wanninger Albert Lehr and Joe Weaver were in town or traveling on recent business. A Raeport Democrat quote discusses tobacco price expectations and night riders, noting a cautious yet curious attitude toward next fall. The Fulda Star Band claims local musical prominence as youths enjoy an entertainment by John Lehr with music games jokes and Calm-bacher drinks. John Fabian and Henry Simon are back from Evansville Poseyville respectively. The town’s young folk attended a hop and the community notes the band’s championship status and openness to rival bands.
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St. Valentine
Valentines
Crooked Valley
Texas humor and weather stir small town chatter
The week’s heavy rains damaged roads and bridges around Mariah Hill and a local observer notes Texans joke about dry weather. A plan to build a brewery near Santa Claus Claus with pipes to farms is discussed for $100 yearly, reflecting regional optimism and twentieth century vibe from Yankee DocDLe.
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Santa Claus Claus
Texas
Local flood disrupts Jasper with high water and frozen roads
Jasper reports the town’s highest water level since Sunday evening flooding Vollmer's livery stable and blocking trains. Dr. F E Woods and family from French Lick visited Monday and Tuesday on their Ireland trip home. Dr. Peter L Coble is expected on the ballot for Joint Representative of Dubois and Pike counties. A three-candidate Pike race boosts his chances for a third term. A fresh heavy snowfall arrived Tuesday with sleighs out. Richard M Milburn, candidate for Indiana Attorney General, serves as special judge in Petersburg. John L Bretz campaigns for Ithia district judge. Calumet Lake dam broke Sunday releasing stocked fish to backwaters. Local promoters pursue a canning factory. half stock is subscribed.
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Vollmer
F. E. Woods
French Lick
Ireland
Peter L. Coble
Joint Election Commission
Dubois
Pike
Pike County
Press-day chaos as compositors rush to press
The room buzzes with hurried haste and frustration as artists curse their way through the mess. An officer log cries out, while the Old Man asks when they will press. A piercing wail rings through the room as trouble erupts.
Firstborn Rule Cited Across Ages in History
A physician notes half the logic in entailing ample family wealth to the eldest, arguing first borns are typically superior in brains, body, and beauty. He cites Mrs Craige John Oliver Hobbes and Marie Corelli among firstborns, listing many famed figures from Mohammed to Heine as examples of firstborn preeminence.
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Craige
John Oliver Hobbes
Marie Corelli
Richard Mansfield
Joseph Chamberlain
Lord Kitchener
Max Muller
Henry Irving
George Meredith
Mohammed
Confucius
Raphael
Milton
Dante
Goethe
Byron
Shelley
Heine
Belted belt awaited by old Confederate Democrat hunts king rattlesnake
Mike Millsaps of Moore County killed and skinned a king rattlesnake in the high hills. He plans to tan the hide into a belt to present to the next President elected as a Democrat. If not in his lifetime he will leave the belt to his youngest son to fulfill his wish. The snake carried eleven rattles and a button.
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Mike Millsaps
Moore County
United States
Millsaps
Railroad probes foreign eucalyptus for timber supply
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway sends E. O. Faulkner, manager of its timber department, on an overseas trip to Hawaii, Japan, and Australia to study eucalyptus varieties for planting. The company owns about a thousand acres in California for telephone poles and railroad ties and hopes Faulkner will find superior varieties. It is unusual for a railroad to conduct agricultural explorations abroad.
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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Itg Tle
Timber Department E
Faulkner
Hawaii
Japan
Australia
Santa Fe
Eucalyptua
California
One Handed Locksmith Near Prospect Avenue
A one-armed locksmith in a small shop near Prospect avenue and the Colonial Arcade is famed for turning out intricate keys. He uses a knee-operated vise to hold patterns while filing, proving able to match any task a two-handed locksmith can perform.
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Prospect Avenue
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Fast English Trains Lead In British Rail Speeds
The Northeastern line from Darlington to York runs 44 miles at 61.7 mph, the Great Western from Paddington to Bristol via Bath covers 118 miles at 59.2 mph, and the Paddington to Plymouth route spans 225 miles at 54.8 mph. The Leeds to St Pancras Midland run covers 19014 miles at 55.3 mph.
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England
Darlington
York
Great Western
Paddington
Bristol
Bath
Plymouth
Midland
Leeds
St. Pancras
A Recipe for a Political Speech
A dialogue between a senator and an interlocutor previews political oratory with plans for extempore remarks, a humorous anecdote, and appeals to the plain people. The text shifts to horse racing lore, noting Diomed as the first English Derby winner and recounting historic horse names.
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Sorghum
Valid Reason Found for Limiting Manhattan Heights
The New York Tribune notes that a finding of a 100 degree below zero air temperature at 11 miles up near New York strengthens the case for imposing height limits on Manhattan buildings. The piece frames this as a rationale for architectural restraint in the city core.
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New York
Manhattan
New York Tribune
French Writers and Sports Prove They Practice Gym
The present generation of writers under 35 takes pride in good health and freely embraces sport. Among young writers, nearly all engage in one or more sports with diligent regularity, showing a strong trend toward athletic activity alongside literary work.
Ways and Words in China Baffle Visitors
British legation secretary W J Garnett finds it hard to navigate Shantung and Kiangsu with villagers unaware of local towns. In village after village people ask who he is and where he comes from, then admit they do not know the way to Tsouhsein. An elder finally shrugs off the inquiry saying I am not a learned man.
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China
W. J. Garnett
Jekin
Shantung
Kiangsu
Tsouhsein
Chiningchow
Garnett
A Real Hoss Race At The Country Fair
An old time country fair spectacle features a heavily harnessed gray horse in a comical rig. A farmer jokes about the extreme gear and the driver’s anxiety, recalling a past drive where straps nearly lifted the horse off the ground in a race for speed machines.
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John Martin
John
The
Outing Magazine
Slavic Women Workers and Diverse Roles in Factories
Slavic women form a large workforce in shops and factories, mostly unmarried girls. Bohemian families in New York send wives and mothers into tailoring and cigar shops in large numbers. In Cleveland Slovenian girls operate in a hardware plant while Bohemian and Slovak women perform delicate lace work and embroidery for New York dressmakers.
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New York City
Cleveland
New York
February 30 Dinner On Siberia Aboard Pacific Crossing
A Marine Journal report describes a leap year anomaly when a passenger aboard the Siberia dining aboard a Yokohama to San Francisco voyage found a menu dated February 30. The date, though impossible, was correct for the leap year end of February on that voyage.
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The
Marine Journal
Pacific Ocean
Siberia
Yokohama
San Francisco
Japan
America
Roads to Achievement in a Hungry Life
A dated aphorism argues there are two paths to achievement through intellect or appetite. An example cites a self made financier born poor now earning $25,000 yearly who says success requires a stomach for work. The piece stresses that without hunger the mind falters and fails.
Tailor’s Secret Pocket Scam Attracts Married Clients
Boston fashion note reports a local tailor who secretly inserts a pocket in coats of married customers to hide change from wives. He advertises the trick and is hiring more help as demand grows. Also mentions theft of gold from Berlin Mint during chimney cleaning and a stray line on electric buzzers and motivation.
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Boston
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Petersburg
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Ithia
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