Local News Notes and Classifieds from Ferdinand 1909
Community items include upcoming appearances by Gene Mosby January 4 and 5 1909 and a note on a light Christmas snow. Local sales list houses farms furniture and a dentist visit. obituaries report a 244 year old girl’s diphtheria death. property transactions and a quarrel punishment are mentioned. Also notices call for Home Mutual Fire Insurance annual meeting January 6 1908 and subscription drive for New Amstel Magazine with notable endorsements.
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Home Mutual Fire Insurance Co
J. H. Beckmann
Christmas Guests and Local Visiting In Dubois Area
The article lists numerous residents and visitors spending Christmas or holidays in or near Dubois, including Theodore Roth, Henry Lindenschmidt, Walter Horny, Jerome Beckmann, Frank Kehl, and many others from Jasper Evansville Schnellville Tell City Fulda St Anthony Louisville Indianapolis New Albany and Valparaiso University. It notes trips home, family visits, and attendance at relatives’ homes with brief mentions of destinations and origins.
Indiana Village for Epileptics advances in New Castle area
The report notes Indiana has established an epilepsy village near New Castle on 1 245 acres with three two cottage units, housing 80 patients including 11 insane and 34 feeble minded. It outlines admission rules, future plans for women and children, and compares statewide counts of epileptics and insane persons in state hospitals and jails. It criticizes overcrowding and calls for more state beds.
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Indiana
City of
New Castle
Perod
Central Hospital
Northern Hospital
Eastern Hospital
Southern Hospital
Indianapolis
State Hospital For
Madison
Southeastern
Visitors and locals update from Huntingburg and Louisville
Gust Prior and Chas Bartley visited Huntingburg Monday. John Bartley and Frances Albert returned from Louisville Monday. Oliva Daunhauer of Troy visited her uncle Jog Daunhauer and family Monday.
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Tingburg
Gust Prior
Huntingburg
Chas
John Bartley
Louisville
Frances Albert
Oliva Daunhauer
Troy
Jog Daunhauer
Local Resident Mourns Loss of Mr Kersteins
Friends in Ferdi nand regret the death of Mr Kersteins who had recently sold the ot of a building and returned to Ferdi nand. The obituary notes his long local ties and the sorrow felt by the community.
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Joe Daunhauer
Jos. Schnauss
Daunhauer
Mathias Olinger
Kersteins
Ferdinand
Fire destroys Kernteins store in Ireland area
John H. Kernteins proprietor of a general merchandise store at Ireland suffered total loss of building and stock except for a small amount of household furniture in a fire late Thursday night. The blaze also consumed a barn nearby.
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John H. Kernteins
Ireland
New Year Thanks From The News
The News thanks advertisers subscribers correspondents townspeople and patrons for their support in 1908 and expresses hope to provide better service in 1909.
New Orchestra Formed At School Under Leo Weerter
A new orchestra directed by Leo Weerter began last Sunday in the school building and will be named Werter s Orchestra. Members include John Lusch on trombone Albert Reinacker clarinet Gustav Weerter first violin Chas Metzger second violin Alois Gerber viola Frank Heider bass violin and Miss Augusta Knapp on piano.
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Leo Weerter
Werter
John Lusch
Albert Reinacker
Gustav Weerter
Chas. Metzger
Alois Gerber
Frank Heider
Marriages and births reported in Ferdinand area
Over the past year Ferdinand records show 15 marriages and 66 births with 85 boys and 31 girls. In Jasper Indiana on December 30 the McDonald bribery case in Orange County court subpones 49 witnesses including Governor Hanly, ex Attorney General Miller and Rev Walker. Trial set January 7 as observers expect the governor to testify, possibly triggering a temperance speech. Horace Kean sworn deputy prosecuting attorney for Dubois County with headquarters at Petersburg. A grand jury will convene January 11 to probe law violations.
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Jasper
Ind
William H. McDonald
Orange County
J. Frank Hanly
Charles Miller
J. M. Walker
Greencastle
Horace M. Kean
Dubois
Harry Carpenter
Carpenter
Petersburg
Kean
Evansville
Ferdinand man seeks license to sell spirits in town room
Application for liquor license filed by a Ferdinand resident for the 1909 January term requests permission to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart for one year. Premises described as a 16 by 16 foot ground floor room in a two story frame building on lot 134 facing Ohio Street. Luncheon and confection sales permitted with standard regulatory restrictions.
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Ferdinand
Board of Commissioners
Dubois County
Indiana
Ohio
Ferdinand Township
Timber sale notice from W. Pitts advertises high market price
Notice invites sellers to call W. Pitts to sell timber and promises payment at the highest market price. The News subscription rate is one dollar per year to any address in the United States.
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W. Pitts
The
United States
Clubbing List Offers One Year Subscriptions
Remit one dollar to NEWS and receive any listed publication for one year. Applies to both old and new subscribers. Describes cash-with-order option and mentions Cincinnati Enquirer weekly as a recipient. Note: text appears fragmented but conveys subscription pricing and terms.
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Gene Mosby
Peter Gerber
Lafayette
Mariah Hill
John Ritrer
E. J. Kilian
Dale
Henry Weller
Philip Ebert
St. Ferdinand
Amstel
Willam Jennings Bryan
Root and Cortelyou
Bonapart
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Julian Hawthorn
Mark Twain
Henry Handby Hay
Hiram W. Hayes
New Amsteed Magazine Company
Market Street
Wilmington
Del
Theodore Roth
Henry Lindenschmidt
Walter Horny
Jerome Beckmann
Craughan
Frank Kehl
Henry Beckmann
Lucille
Frances Olinger
Evanaville
Oscar Buchart
Schnellville
Gust. Schmitt
John Schmitt
Carl Zeller of
St. Anthony
Town
Gueat
Chas. Horry and Family
John Schnieders
Tray
Robert Uebelher
Henry Rholetter
New Albany
Loninville
Ed Knust
G.S. Dusch
Tell City
A. C. Clifford
St. Frances
Texas
Frank Jacobs
Fulda
Herbert Snyder
Alois Bromm
Leo Bumm
Our Town
Adam Bumm
Tel City
Oscar Temple
Henry Meyer
F. X. Rickelmann
J. A. Sondermann
Maggie Dickmann
Owensboro
Ida Reutmann
Mary Clean
Henry Bolte
Father Aloysius
Christian Seng
Frank Seng
Father Vincent of
St. Meinrad
Wm. Humbert
Henry Denning
Schafer & Collignon
Ferdinand Foundry
Imachine
Albertina Sondermann
Pete Becher
Misa Emma
Maggie Becher
Edward Roth
Valparaiso University
Mayme Meyer
Anthony Renner
Hunttingbuag
Arthur Schwarts
Hun
Board of State Charities
New Orchestra
Neighborhood Notes
T. C. Baasye
Main Street
4Th
5Th Street
T. C. Basye
Basye
Rockport Democrat
Daniel Millton
Flint Street
Himtingburg
Lloyd Spinks
St. Mary's Cemetery
Father Barber
Henry and Oath
Wagner
Henry Durchholz
George Burr
John Beinlein
Elisabeth Janson
Elisabeth
Janzon
New York World
Louisville Courier Journal
Cincinnati Enquirer
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