Ferdinand Citizens Share A Week Of Visits And Travel
Personal notes record visits and departures among Ferdinand residents and guests from Louisville Huntingburg Jasper St. Meinrad and Tell City. Names include Bernardine Stallman Alphons Eblank Francis Sondermann and dozens of family and friends with local business trips and social calls during the 4th of July period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphons Eblank
Quincy, Ill
Francis Sondermann
Jasper
Tillie Geblhausen
Louisville
John Rosa
Tell City
Henry Kersteins
Ireland
Ferdinand
Neighborhood notes report ongoing farm sabotage near Huntingburg
The Huntingburg Independent notes repeated acts of vandalism on George Astrike’s farm near Huntingburg, including broken threshing equipment and hidden iron bars aimed at wrecking the Horney threshing crew. It calls for a detective to catch the culprit. It also mentions a new saloon license in Petersburg, Jasper’s growing auto use, and a Band Saw Mill fire at Maley Young Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Horney
George Astrike
Huntingburg
Mr. Astrike
Maley, Young and Co
River pickup letters hint at distant city notes
A bottle found in the river contained a request for a letter to one of three girls from Cannelton dated June 20. Separate reports mention fire damage when lightning struck the Odd Fellows building, destroying chimney tops and scattering soot and debris across furniture and carpet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannelton
Grandview Monitor
Odd Fellows
Rockport Democrat
Soil and breed choices for poultry on different soils
A farmer writer advises that ideal poultry soil blends loamy surface soil with a gravelly subsoil for drainage and warmth. He recommends Barred Rocks for heavy land Wyandottes for medium land Dorkings or Leghorns for light soil and notes Minorcas as good for small spaces. He warns heavy clay soils are cold and damp and poor for poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olle
Plymouth
Profitable Wyandotten Fowls for General Use
A poultry note highlights Wyandotten as a profitable breed for general purpose farming. They are medium in size, weigh about a pound less than Plymouth Rocks, hardy, prolific layers, and easy to care for, tolerating confinement well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyandotten
Plymouth Rocks
Good Roads In California Improve Rural and Urban Roads
California has improved more than 2 000 miles of country roads 650 miles of village and city streets and over 1 000 miles of railway roadbed through petroleum based work. The state funds 40 percent of cost and counties 60 percent under a proposed state aid law with 20 percent paid by road districts if property owners petition for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
State of
Ireland Indiana man seeks license to sell intoxicants
John H. Kersiens, a 21 year old resident of Madison township Ireland, Dubois County, applies to the Dubois County Commissioners at the August 1908 term for a one year license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a 20 by 30 foot room on Main Street. The license would allow consumption on premises and sale of luncheon and confection in the same building, under state liquor law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Madison Township
Dubois County
Indiana
Weston Johns
John H. Kersiens
Notice of liquor license application in Ferdinand town
Ferdinand citizens are notified that a 21 year old male resident seeks leave to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart for one year from license date. Premises described as a 20 by 20 foot room on ground floor of a two story frame building at Southeast corner lot 123 Ohio Ferdinand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand
Board of Commissioners
Dubois County
Indiana
Ohio
Ferdinand Township
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George Denning
Anna
Ida Killeh
Bernardine Stallman
Charles Knapp
Wm. Pleck
Albert
George Hausenour
St. Anthony
Theodore Teebbe
Wm. Haug
Frank Olinger
Susan Grewe
Andy Hollinden
St. Meinrad
Jos. Wagner
Nick Seger
Starke
Ed Glosser
Ben Schreeer
Dubois
Jacob Hoffmann
Emma
Rosa Klueh
Lula
Frances Moosman
Wm. R. Sauer
Richard Eiberg
Bode
Katie
Emma Mueller
Katie Huther
Ida Klueh
Rosa Hackman
Miss V. Bockting
John Schoenhoff
Miss Rose Hackman
Theodore Peters
Cincinnati
Philip Limp
Wickliffe, Ind
John Maas
Grandview
Katharine Kohmetcher
Jos. Kohmetcher
Mike
Albert Qeding
Carrie
Christina Kohmetcher
Evanaville
William Miller
Evaneville
Henry Nensch
Hubert Quante
French Lick
Agnes and
Florence Millhausen
New Albany
Joe Kuntz
Lizzie Lindenschmidt
Philip Renner
John Kluch
Dan Wiggs
Son Vie
Misa Tillie Lindenschmidt
Mary Lindenschmidt
F. X. Rickelmann
Indianapolis
Covington
Frank Heinrich
Murphyeboro, Ill
Henry Wilmes
Joe Lueken
Loulaville
Bishop Chatard
Father Chatrand
City
John G. Beckmann
Louieville
Dr. N. A. James
Mary and
Lula Kempf
Father Lawie
Eugene Senninger
Father Lawrance
Frank Senninger
Mathias Olinger
John Altmann
Math. Olinger, Jr
8. V. Bifert
J. H. Beckmann
Joe Gerber
John Gerber
Peter Muller
Englebert
Dilger
Augusta
Elizabeth Hansfurther
Theresia Gerber
Benefavor Schmitt
Roga Schilling
John and Fintan
Albert Weaver
A. G. Wollenmann
Clem Lueken
Peter Gerber
Frank Hollinden
Ed Lindauer
Frank Reckelhoff
John Schum
St. Louis
Michael Olinger
Leo Weerter
Ed Havlik
Senninger’s
John Dilger
Desk
Olivia Daunhauer
Troy
Our Town
John Schnieders of
John
Mrs. Schnieders
Aloys Bromm
Sam Pitts
Sattillo
Texas
Gustav Roth
Louis Sauer
Neighborhood Notes
Pike County
Bilderback
Selby
Petersburg
Orwell Star
John E. Steinkamp
Jasper Herald
Wilson Agency
Gramelspacher’s
Jasper Courier
Washington
India
Philippines
Calcutta
United States
Arlington Farm
America
Germany
Cyprus
Volos
Victor Galking Machine Records
J. A. Sondermann
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
Rrlok
Che Ferdinand News
Hoor
Paine
J. KH. Beckmann & Sauer
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