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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1917
Page
4
R. J. Beckmann is listed as cashier and J. A Sondermann as assistant cashier in the ledger entry, reflecting bank staffing.
Birth announced for a son to Mr and Mrs F C Gehrhausen. Guests include Mr and Mrs George Denning and relatives in Ferdinand. Delia Denning visits Ferdinand. Miss Dolly Trotter joins for weeks. Elizabeth Moag and Lena Ballis visit. Fr X Ruxer and Frank travel to Indianapolis. Holleman of Tell City visits. Celestine Alvey stays with Miss Verena Ruxer. Ben Bolte & Sons open a flour station with Sergesketter Bros selling Harvest Queen flour.
Fragmented report notes Victor and Herman Waninger returning from Illinois to join Andrew Hartung and Ben Sabel at home. Franks Kauffeld visits Rockport with Joe. A funeral was held at the Catholic Cemetery after a recent death. Births and marriages statistics are briefly listed.
Louis Heicken of Louisville visited his grandfather Peter Roos in town Sunday and Monday. Miss Martha Schue returned to Evansville after a week with her parents. Miss Minnie Maslowsky of Owensboro spent weekend with home folk. Mrs. K Stallmann ran a Dale business on Saturday. Mr and Mrs Adam Schue attended Xavier Wirthwein's son's funeral at Fulda on Tuesday. Miss Angela Bredhold is visiting friends in Louisville this week. Mr and Mrs Henry Bromm of Ferdinand visited Otto Spayd and family on New Year's Day. Mrs Herman Geesken and daughters returned from Louisville after a two week visit.
Christmas passed quietly in Bretzville. Local families hosted relatives from Evansville Petersburg Huntingburg Maryville and Evanaville over the holidays. Visitors included Mr and Mrs John Limp and several children with Adolph Bretz and Fred Wallhauser taking part in various visits.
A group including editor John Uebelher spent a weekend with John Arehart on the Anderson near Siberia. They enjoyed a grand supper, late socializing, and a day of farm scenes and rabbit shooting. Uebelher’s playful antics over snacks caused a brief ruckus before a restful night.
The undersigned warn any and every hunter to not hunt or trespass on the premises day or night. Guilty parties will be punished according to law. Names listed include John Altmeyer Ben Madson Lawrence Wilmer Joe Wilmer John Nord Frank J Hartz Anton Halbleib Joseph Lueken Henry Schaeffer Gaesser Bros Frank Schaeffer Ben Schaeffer Joseph Altmeyer Ben Lauke Joseph Ketzner Anton Schaeffer John Havsafurther Florenz Kitten Theodore Metzger John Lauke Mat Hassturther John Matzger Katherine Woebkenberg Mathias Olinger.
The article argues that children love stories and that storytelling should be central to history teaching. It warns teachers that enthusiasm and genuine passion are essential to move listeners and achieve meaningful learning outcomes.
The piece notes that a rapid penman writes 30 words per minute, with the pen traveling a long distance and making thousands of curves. It highlights muscular effort in letter writing and mentions a penman who logged 1,000,000 marks in a month as not remarkable, while many write millions.
William Bull born in 1710 South Carolina studied medicine in Europe and earned an M D at Leyden. He served as lieutenant governor of South Carolina until the revolution, then followed the crown to England in 1782. Lawrence Bohum arrived in 1619 as physician general of Virginia for one year, with John Pot succeeding as first permanent resident physician.
The article describes how many nerves and muscles must work in harmony for clear vision. It highlights the eye’s switchboard function linking the brain to muscles to focus on objects. It notes the eyeball direction and pupil adjustment for proper light entry and distance vision.
Centipedes and scorptone are occasionally found under stones or in rotting wood and in old adobe houses near chimneys. People fear venom but bites are not deadly. unless blood is severely compromised a sting is like a bee bite and not heroic.
Walter rides a new bicycle and crashes into a schoolmaster reading a book. The teacher scolds him to stay to the right, but Walter smiles and explains he is left handed.
Rev. Dr. Andrew Schriver describes a sheep killing dog that travels far in search of prey. After slaughter it seeks a brook under moonlight, combs the fence from its paws, cleans its teeth and jaws, then returns to public view.
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