Local Notes From St Meinrad Community
Retreat at St Meinrad Abbey conducted by Franciscan Father this week. Will Englert’s father visited friends here. Alois Vaal bought the Wm Metzger farm east of St Meinrad, previously owned by his brother John. John Schmitt returned to Louisville. Charles Schnellenberger clerking in G M Sturm’s store. Fred Loehrlein planning to build new barn and house on Jasper farm area. George Harlander plans mill shift to Mariah area. Miss Lula Richards hosted a big supper at Jackson schoolhouse. weather hindering but proceeds satisfactory. Hunters from Dale and Lincoln City held a fox hunt, packing about a dozen hounds and catching the fox near Huffmann’s mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Englert
Alois Vaal
Wm. Metzger
St. Meinrad
John
Metager
Dale
Lincoln City
Huffmann
Local Notes and Family Trips Across Town
Mariah Hill Kilian Nord made a business trip to Rockport the first of the week. Otto Spayd of Ferdinand spent Sunday with home folks here. Mrs. John Bronner and Mrs. Eugene Qrundhoeter are numbered with the sick at this writing. Raymond Jellig returned from Louisville after several weeks' visit with relatives there. Leo Jochim spent a week with his brother at St. Wendel. Wm. F. Dilger was at Ferdinand on business Saturday. The remains of Joseph Schwob who died at St. Louis were interred in our cemetery here Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilian Nord
Rockport
Otto Spayd
Ferdinand
John Bronner
Eugene Qrundhoeter
Joseph Schwob
St. Louis
A. C. Lindenschmidt
Jasper
Henry
Dr. Lukemeyer of
Huntingburg
Local residents travel for business and visits
Dubois and nearby towns show a flurry of Friday and Sunday visits as residents such as Sherman Kellems Jasper Frank Sehoffer Celentine Noah Kern Rust and others stop in town on business or to visit relatives. Delegations from Ferdinand Jasper Huntingburg Cuzco and Norton are noted with several trips to Jasper and Huntingburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman Kellems
Jasper
Frank Sehoffer
Celentine
Thureday
Noah Kern
Rust
Local Folklore Visits Highlight Fulda Area
Ed Miller returns from Louisville to visit family in Fulda. Ben Seufert of Ferdinand stayed in town Sunday with friends. John Harm visits relatives in Owensboro. Harrison township teachers held their monthly institute. Our Orchestra performed Tuesday night for a séance event. Aten Daunhster Bros moved their saw mill to William Collignon’s farm to cut lumber for a new dwelling. Prank Jacobo, lumber dealer, purchased several fine poplar toes from Freak Herm recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Township
Qua
Aten
Daunhster Bros
Wm. Collignon
Prank Jacobo
Dues
Freak Herm
Local notes and land transfers from Jasper area
Birth announcements for Jasper with twins and a girl, a saloon change of hands, an injury at a desk factory, and a list of land transfers and property sales involving multiple residents, firms, and parcels in Jasper and surrounding areas. Names include Burger, Rich ard, Gerber, Flick, Hoffman, Lampert, Emmons, Gossman, Huff, Wassing, Nelson, Schmnetzki, Kastner, Morgan, Katterhenry, Wagner, McMahan, Harder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H
A. J. Huelaman
Elizabeth Kippenbrock
Felix Lampert
Sam A
Mary A. McCall
Anna Klingel
John E. Sermersheim
Whi. L. Emmons
Mary M. Emmons
Fred Sonderman
William Wiesahan
Eliza J. (Roach) Stone
Wm. J. Gossman
Eliza J
Norris Stone
Albert S. Huff
James FE. Glenn
Herman Wassing
Mary Wassing
J. Il
W. L. Veatch
Thos
Mary Nelson
Ferdinand Township Trustee Notice
The Ferdinand township trustee will attend to township business on the first Saturday each month at the office at the home of Florence Kitten Jr. and on other Saturdays at his own home. Citizens with township business should present it on that day. Henry B. Dall, Trustee, Ferdinand, Ind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Township
Dubois County
Ind
Florence Kitten Jr
Henry B. Dall
Ferdinand, Ind
Kilian Dential to Visit Ferdinand January 29
E. J. Kilian of Huntingburg will be at Ferdinand on January 29. All work guaranteed to give satisfaction. Reasonable prices. German spoken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Kilian
Dential of
Huntingburg
Ferdinand
Application for Liquor License in Ferdinand Indiana
Antonio von Boren applies to the Dubois County Commissioners at the February term for leave to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart for one year at a room on the ground floor of a two story frame building on the southwest corner of lot 122 Ohio Street Ferdinand. The license includes sale for luncheon and confection with regulatory act compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand
Board of Commissioners
Dubois County
Indiana
Ohio Street
Ferdinand Township
Anton von Boren
Catching a Live Hippo and Its Harpoon Methods
A discussion traces the difference between hunting for sport and capture for profit. It describes water hunters of the Sudan and a hippo capture method using a near silent harpoon and cord. It notes hippo mothers lead young, and how hunters use pits to trap them, leaving the calf to predators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hacenbech
Yada
Hawaii
Sudan
Wide World
Burone
Trent
Janger
Faith and Doubt Across Time by James Lane Allen
A reflection on time and knowledge. The passage argues that doubt stems from ignorance and faith from error. It notes that what is rejected becomes believed and what is believed becomes rejected as human knowledge evolves. It suggests faith and doubt are temporary and will not destroy him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Lane Allen
Overall Shower Honors Scranton Fireman on Grand Ave
A surprise party for Howard Long a fireman aboard the Scranton Flyer was held at his Grand avenue South Allentown home after his workday. Friends greeted him with an overall shower presenting Mr Long with 27 pairs of overalls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Long
Scranton
Grand Avenue
Allentown
Mr. Long
Scranton News and Chronicle
1000 Successful Men
A desk list profiles 1000 men deemed successful for shaping steam electricity construction education and art. It notes origins, with three hundred starting as farmers two hundred as messenger boys two hundred as new abass one hundred as printers apprentices one hundred in manufactories fifty from railway work and only fifty from affluent families.
Vain Whetves Jobsburg Times Record Fragments
Fragmentary text notes times at 4 59 a m and 3 10 p m with unclear context or subjects. Names or places are unreadable, leaving minimal usable details for a concise summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vain Whetves
Jobsburg
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Brothers
John Schmitt
Louisville
Charles Schnellenberger
G. M. Sturm
Fred Loehrlein
George Harlander
Mariah
Mr. Jacobs
Jackson
Mies Lula Richards
Mariah Hill
Raymond Jellig
Leo Jochim
St. Wendel
Wm. F. Dilger
Rance Laval
A. J. Wineinger
Cuzco
A. J. Lindenschmidt
Adam Pfaffenberger
Bill Poe
Norton
Businens
J. Armstrong
Jake Schenk
John H. Beckmann
Mrs. Cramm
Henry Hentrup
Henry Kress
The
Dubois Machine Works
George Niehaus
Martin Hoge
Fulda
Ed Miller
Ben Seufert
John Harm
Owensboro
Mrs
Pete Burger
George Richard
Joseph Gerber
Charlie Flick
Jos
Quinn
Amelia C. Katterhenry
City of
Anton Wagner
John Bombolaski
Eliza Miller
Celia Sprauer
Eliza Grewe
Leo Grewe
Pt. Sec
Elmer E. Small
Preston Small
Jasper Furniture Co
Jasper Veneer Mills
Lena G. Nolan
James L. Whittinghill
Catherine McMahan
Huntingburg Wagon Works
Laura Jenking
Fritz Harder
Trestes
the News
Munt
Scientific American
Ty All Ann & Co
New York
G. Wermatin
Hatowill Ethotea
Pres Feo
Pepe
Poias Pusan
Cheterdinand
oeKs
Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Vent Baie
Sisters of St. Jenediet
Primr
Gerais
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
WM. J. Bretz
First National Bank Building
Huntingburg., Ind
Areibedom
Spencerian Couree
Reedec
Spencerian Commerce
Dion Wetinach Gant
Mein
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