Train Arrivals and Local Notices at Ferdinand Station
Passenger trains No 9 and 10 run through to Louisville and Evansville. connections via Hunt for Jasper. Weaver's Hack Line aids transfers. High water halts service between Huntingburg and Ferdinand. Reports note local illness, home improvements, and community events at Fleig's Hall with proceeds to St Ferdinand Church.
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Louisville
Evansvile
Hunt
Jasper
Weaver
Huntingburg
Ferdinand Station
Raalroad Company
Funeral Attendees from Jasper and Surrounding Areas
A list from the John Altmann funeral names attendees including Mr and Mrs Jacob Kuntz Geo and Henry Roelle William Albert Ed and Emma Erny of Jasper Mike John and Mary Altmann of St Meinrad and Jos Schuler of Huntingburg. Several residents from Jasper visited relatives in city during holidays and many visited Louisville Evansville and Bristow over the holidays. A card party at Leonard Muller's Sunday night was enjoyed with plans for another gathering.
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John Altmann
Jacob Kuntz
Geo
Henry Roelle
William
Albert
Emma Erny
Jasper
Mike John
Mary Altmann
St. Meintrad
Jos. Schuler
Huntingburg
J. Erblang
Jos. Oser
John Hass
Vincent Schmitt
Louisville
Cecelia Wilmes
Siberia
Henry Timmermann
Leonard
Edward Mueller
Joseph Reckelhoff
John Klueh
Leo Wirtzberger
Harry Reckelhoff
Frank Reckelhoff
William Boekmann
Peter Werne
Edward Wirtzberger
Xaver Schreiner
August Reckelhoff
Mueller
Jos. Reckelhoff
H. Reckelhoff
Card of Thanks for Husband’s Illness and Burial
To all those who so kindly assisted me in the last hours of my husband's illness, death and burial I wish to express my sincere thanks and pray God to bless them all. MAGDALENA ALTMANN.
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Magdalena Altmann
Ferdinand's Market Corrected Prices for Country Produce
Country produce items listed with prices including eggs 22c per dozen butter 16c per pound potatoes 60c per bushel and various meats and fixes. Hides and mile stuff lines show beef hide 10c per pound calf hide etc with flour oats and meal prices.
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Ile
Automatic yearly gas lighting control system described
A clock driven device uses a calendar chart to vary street light on and off times each day from night to morning. One yearly adjustment suffices. It claims minimal maintenance with winding every two weeks and no resets for a year, gas turned on and off as usual.
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Scientific American
Saved from the Flames by a Brave St Bernard
A St Bernard named Bruno woke a family as their stables burned. The owner saved one horse but could not return for the other. The dog appeared with the halter rope in its teeth, having bitten through the rope to save its friend.
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Chums
Bruno
St. Bernard
Unwritten page in politics surfaces in Minneapolis
Mary Hunter a 95 year old former slave testifies on Henry Clay and a North Carolina banquet scandal that allegedly altered the 1830s presidential outcome. She recounts social pressure and political suppression by both southern and northern leaders to keep Clay from office as the tale fades into history. Hunter later settled in Minneapolis after Civil War service with Minnesota regiments and continues to work daily despite an injury seeking charity. She notes her past employers praise her brightness and work ethic.
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Minneapolis
Mary
Hunter
Henry Clay
United States
North Carolina
Clay
Asheville
South
Mary Hunter
North
Minnesota
Edward Ekman
Happiness Paradox in a Homegrown Philosopher's Line
A homegrown philosopher argues that a bachelor with 50 000 dollars is less happy than a poor married man with seven daughters because the bachelor always wants more while the man with daughters has more than he desires. The youth questions and the philosopher explains the paradox in a concise exchange.
The Duet and Rounder Quote in Boston Transcript
A witty exchange contrasts the still small voice with a loud big one as a tippler asks about his wife and being at the office. The Rounder rejoins that it is a choice between voices.
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Tippler
Boston Transcript
Consolation Remarks From Hussel Couple
The doctor warns rest is essential or Hussel risks death within a year. Mrs Hussel retorts that such danger would be solace only if life is insured, reflecting a grim, wry exchange.
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Mr. Hussel
Pina in Letters Pins Cause Mail Clerk Scratches
A mail clerk, hands scarred by pins, laments letters stuck with pins impaling pages. He notes many letters carry pins to finish off postscript dress sample bits or clippings, yet pins frequently protrude from corners of outgoing mail.
His Bridal Layout and the Frugal Neighbor
A Franklin New Hampshire man nicknamed the stingy one lives with four wives in memory. While a fourth mistress enters, a widow searches an attic and discovers a long board Sadie pleads for preserving it as proof of hidden spouses.
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Franklin
N. H
Sadie
Expensive Pink Tea Society Tea Idea
A society man jokes about hiding his telephone at tea to avoid interruptions. He recalls the previous gathering where it was spotted on the table and guests suggested turning it into a telephone berry while they chatted with everyone they knew.
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Edward Mueller
Eddie
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Henry Bolte
Joe Petry
Gir
Ben. Knust
Wm. Hathher
Kitten
Lepperts Hotel
J. H. Beckmann
F. Quante & Co
M. Olinger, Jr
Jos. Havlik
Fred. Albert
Wm. R. Sauer
Ferdinand National Bank
Henry Rohleder
Dr. Schriefer
Bradford County
Farm Journal
Fleig’s Hall
St. Ferdinand’s
Bischoff
St. Meinrad
Ind
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
St. Meinrad and Ferdinand
Bischofig
Anthony Lindenschmidt
Henry Lindenschmidt
Carl Theile
Frank Sturm
Chas. Schnellenberger
Laura Kaninenberg
Ft. Branch
Frank Koenig
Our Town
Ers
Mary Schwoeppe
Julius Hass
Mrs. Schwoeppe
Adam Jacobi
Bristow
John Gerber
Our City
Hugo Beckmann
Misa Laura Wagner
Mrs
Henry Wagner
Mollie Snyder
Evansville
Misa Francis Sondermann
Daly Schumaker
Florence Kinkie
Edmond Metzger
Ed. Knust
Howell
John Olinger
Ferdinand
Robert
Ed. Webelhoer
Victor
Nora Grewe
Leonard Mueller
Ola
Beckmann-Dilger Co
Home Mutual Fire Ins. Co
Home Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Peter Gerber
Englebert Dilger
John Russ
Frank Hollinden
Frank Quante
Joe Havlik
Joseph Havlik
Albert Halstead
Birmingham
England
Henry Beckmann
Home, Sweet Home
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
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