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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
4
Train schedules and through service updates for Southern Railway with connections at Huntingburg Jasper Evansville and Louisville. Local notices include river flood impacts church activities school work progress and a bank receiver appointment. Also reported are eclipses forecasts prices crops costs and social events at Ferdinand.
Mrs. Henry Beekmann left for Indianapolis last Saturday. Mrs. Katharine Fisher was called to St. Meinrad to see her niece Miss Bertha Denning who is very sick. Various residents and visitors from Breda St. Croix Mosby Jasper and Ireland stop by Ferdinand. The Euchre Club has its last games next Sunday at the Sondermanns. Leo Snyder probes coal with a shaft near 12 feet deep amid high water delays.
A crowd of young folks gathered at the home of Mrs. Gude Sunday evening. Games of all kinds were played and a pleasant time was had by all. Among those present were Laura Tretter, Katie Kemper, Maggie Gude, Lena Knust, George Gude, Vincent Metzger, John Kemper, Ed Trotter, Joe Knust, Frank Ebenkamp, John Schmetzky and Frank Lacker.
Notice is given that polls open February 15 1907 at 6 am at voting places in Ferdinand Township Indiana. Voters will decide on aiding Ferdinand Railway Company with 11721 10 for railway construction, equal to 29 of 1906 taxable property. Polls stay open until 6 pm if needed, ordered by the Dubois County Board of Supervisors.
Mrs Margareth Schmitt died at her Huntingburg home last Saturday at about 75 years old. A former resident of this place she left three grown children. The remains were interred in St Mary's Cemetery at Huntingburg on Monday morning.
The Ferdinand News reveals new subscribers since the last issue including Christ Morgan and Joseph Ozer of Ferdinand Indiana Chas Trotter of Nebraska City Nebraska Albert Punc of St Meinrad Indiana Henry P Denning of St Meinrad Indiana and Miss Christina Hartz of Rockport Indiana.
Ferdinand township trustee announces Saturday office hours in Dubois County to conduct township business. All residents with matters to transact are asked to present them on Saturdays at the trustee's Ferdinand, Indiana office.
Mr and Mrs Wm Wirtzberger hosted a pinochle party last Sunday evening attended by Leonard Mueller Henry Eversmann Frank Mueller Edward Mueller Wim Bretz David Bretz Jos Mueller Anthony Lindenschmidt and Jog Barth. They reported a sumptuous time with a bottle of beer beside each player and plates filled with fine cakes.
A surprise party honored Mr. Anton Drach on his sixty first birthday Sunday afternoon. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Victor Drach and family, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Tretter, Mrs. Lawrence Tretter, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Gunselman, Jake Englert Sr., Ben Schumaker, Jake Englert Jr., Ed Persohn and Basil Scisfer. The St. Anthony's String Band played as guests enjoyed beer wine and food and stayed late, wishing Pap many more birthdays.
John Forester a former Albany resident was declared legally dead by Judge Hansen as his Idaho gold expedition remains unseen. His estate of 200 acres was divided among his widow and six children. Forester disappeared after saying he would seek gold in Idaho in May 1893 and never sent for his family. The St Paul Dispatch notes the case as extraordinary.
A Techni cal World Magazine feature by James Cooke Mills details a Michigan peat to cardboard process. The plant operates around the clock producing finished, odorless waterproof peat paper at eighty dollars a ton, and stockpiles are used for breakfast food cartons.
The Star Courier reports a rumor of a second ward card party hosted by reputed ladies of the Cinch club with Mrs Smith as hostess. Attendees allegedly included Mrs James Bilgilliger from Leavitt's Junction, refreshments discreetly coffee and wafers, and the event ended around 10:30 pm. A reporter collapsed after a street collision, bystander accounts describe a dull thud.
A missionary witness recounts a comical scene in a New Guinea church when a savages boy wearing a white man’s shirt enters. A bigger boy arrives with a jacket and strips the first lad, prompting congregants to aid in restoring the rightful owner and the service continues. The tale appears in Youth’s Companion.
A Vienna to Berlin operation specializes in cleaning and reworking old cards. Workers rinse each card with benzine, dry, press, apply white lead, and satin finish to restore flexibility. Edges are trimmed and every card is inspected by an expert before sale.
In England swans are a royal fowl under an old law, with ownership resting with the crown if not otherwise defined within the dominions. Private possession grants property only upon lawful acquisition, while free swans belong to the king. Historically, a swan mark could be granted by the crown to lawful retainers for ownership.
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