Gossip and social notes from the community
Robert Schlachter attended divine services here Sunday. A wedding dance at Paul Jas per's Tuesday night drew a well attended crowd and a late midnight lunch. Many locals visited churches, farms, and relatives. An Independence Day picnic and dance are planned at Hollander's hall. An airship passed over town Tuesday. The Wallace Milling Company bought land to build an elevator and warehouse for grain and flour.
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Devine
Paul Jasper
Otto Schaeffer
Joe Holtzmann
Frank Wirthwein
St. Boniface
John Schnieders
Huntingburg
Milton Griffin
N. A. Jochem
Will Haug
Wallace Milling Company
Dale
H. A. Hoffmann
That Borrowing Habit in Ferdinand News
The letter urges readers to subscribe rather than borrow the local paper. It notes many households depend on it and warns against taking it before neighbors finish reading. It asks would help to subscribe and to wait until paying readers have finished reading.
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Ferdinand
Local Residents and Visitors Spend Weekend in Ferdinand Area
St Meinrad and nearby communities report a flurry of visits and homecomings. Joe Bockting joined Evansville appearances last Thursday while Mrs Frank Tillman and children returned home from Tell City after a week with her sister. J P Eischen of Chicago visited relatives here with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Zarn driving up from Owensboro on Sunday. Verina Buxer returned after a three week stay with relatives in Xena Ohio and Louisville. George Bauer of Louisville visited grandparents Geo Buxer as did Dr Claud Lemax and Alma Becher. Ed Boxer and children from Louisville visited here along with Geo Denning family and Miss Roze Lower on Sunday. The Denning and Miller households plus Ed Link of Huntingburg were seen Monday in town.
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August Vaal
Aloys Vaal
St. Meinrad
Math Miller
Princeton
George
E Pfeiffer
Frank Tillman
Tell City
J. P. Eischen
Chicago
Jacob Zarn
Owensboro
George Bauer
Louisville
Geo. Buxer
Claud Lémax
Alma Becher
Ferdinand
Jake Denning
John Miller
Dale
Ed’ Link
Huntingburg
Local Visits Mention Mrs Sturm and Denning Family
Mrs Jos Sturm of Jasper visits relatives in town. Henry Denning and family spent Sunday at Ferdinand with Kathryn Fischer. Geo Bieshof and daughter Mrs William Meiring visited Bawnsville.
Dubois County Telephone Co. Renewal Notice
A front page subscription notice warns readers that an X marks an expired copy and renewal is required to avoid service interruption. It states no exceptions to government orders and urges prompt remittance, also mentions automobile insurance through agent Henry Haake.
Pal Good Word or Slang Meaning in Language
The Detroit Free Press notes that pal is recognized as part of language though slang. It defines a pal as an intimate friend, a confidant across genders, with trust and silent companionship as key tests of true friendship.
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Detroit
Free Press
Old Bridget McHugh, 80, Dies After Half Century in Mines
Mrs. Bridget McHugh known as Old Bridget, 80, longtime pit-brow worker in Pemberton coal field dies. She started at five each morning and labored from six until five or six, never reducing her hours. She was a grandmother and had two sons employed at the same colliery.
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Bridget McHugh
Pemberton
Eng
Bridget
New Method Yields Large Clear Artificial Crystals
American physicist R W Moora claims a perfected process that grows Rochelle salt crystals over three inches long and two inches thick by maintaining slight supersaturation with a thermostat. Seed crystals suspend in hot solution then growth continues indefinitely under control.
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R. W. Moora
Global illiteracy rates contrasted by nations
The article notes Germany and England have very low illiteracy, the United States around six percent, and contrasts with high illiteracy in India and Egypt. It cites literacy programs such as traveling libraries and services for crippled children, arguing education boosts labor production.
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Germany
England
United States
India
Egypt
Popular Science Monthly
Mexico Pyramids Reveal Granite Heads at Teotihuacan
Government investigations near Teotihuacan, 27 miles from Mexico City, uncover two nearly perfect granite heads of Quetzalcoatl. The discovery adds to the mystery of who built the sun and moon pyramids, with the colossal mounds measuring about 761 by 721 feet at the base and rising roughly 215 feet.
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Mexico
San Juan
Teotihuacan
Mexico City
Detroit
Dewberries ripe on Ohio street for sale
Early morning scenes show children carrying home buckets of ripe dewberries. At 28 cents a pound the fruit promises sugar rich jelly and jam. Also advertised is land on Ohio street ideal for planting crops or building, with inquiry at The Ferdinand.
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