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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
5
OCR snippet shows mixed monetary values including 25000.00 and 1305.30 with symbols and decimals, but no clear context, date, person, organization, or location to identify a defined event or entity. Unable to determine a specific subject from the digits alone.
Local residents travel for business and leisure from Huntingburg to Jasper, Ferdinand and Evansville. Names mentioned include Nora Bosler, Frank Seifert, Christ Michel, August Aufderhar, Bernard Buening, Mike Haug, Oscar Singer, Rosa Jasper, Emily Boeglin, Alexander Shully, Rudolph Tempel, and Tim Kelly. Several attend events, visits and campaigns, with a death noted for Alexander Shully and burial near Foster’s Ridge.
Siberia faces cold conditions as farmer Gerhard Gehrhausen delivers a wheat load to Pardin and Saturday after reconciling an amount of 8106. Ed. Tempel and John Denu plan a business trip to Ferdi-
Cold weather fills the week as Mr and Mrs Louis Breta travel to Ferdinan and John F J Scharz visits Hon Tingburg. Miss Norma Kellams with Carl Partenheimer and sister Neta visit Ireland. Hubert Wagner and Henry Bretz attend Ferdinand event. A dance is held in Bretzville Monday night. A baby boy was born January first to Mr and Mrs Andy Wagner.
Mrs John Holtzmann visits Louisville at the Heinn home while August Heinn is ill. St Boniface church reports 4 deaths 9 births with 6 girls and 3 boys and 4 weddings in the past year births exceed deaths by more than twice. New trustees Wm Wirthwein and Leo Baum elected. Paul Schatter visited Rockport Sunday.
St Meinrad notes report Cincinnati visitors at a funeral for Fred Tillmann of the McCarthy family. Other items include Miss Della Denning leaving for Ferdinand, Miss Mayme Hollander visiting Huntingboro relatives, and Mr Byloft traveling to Jasper Vincennes Evansville on business. Students and seminarians returned from spring break. J F Vaal was in Rockport on business. Misses Waty Fetter and Olivia Lambert visited Evansville. J A Grenlich and Rev Augustine Haberkorn were in Rockport for business.
A historic remedy promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair darkener. The ad claims gray hair disappears by morning and adds lustre, giving a youthful look, while noting it is not a medical cure.
Town trustees report total disbursements of 7582.51 including street work, licenses, taxes, advertising, and election expenses. Balance in treasury at January 1 1978 is 8144169. Respectfully submitted by R. J. Beckmann, Town Clerk.
A garbled OCR fragment lists multiple names and days such as Elisabeth Verkanp, Mike Olinger, Henry Li, Richard Gehlhausen, Rosa Kraus, Jos. Weyer, Henry Schipp, Jadobb Weyer Sr, and references to weekdays Tuesday Wednesday Saturday Sunday. The text resembles cemetery or church notices with offerings of dates and attendees but is severely garbled.
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