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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
2
Entered as second class matter May 21 1906 at Ferdinand Indiana post office under the 1879 act. Subscription rates listed for one year six months three months with payment in advance. Advertising rates by column size and year. Bills payable monthly and on delivery of job printing.
Building and Loan associations should construct several quality houses to meet expected demand when the new railroad arrives in Ferdinand. The strategy aims to capitalize on anticipated growth and attract residents and investors to the area.
Town hears plan for Evansville Rockport rail service with sixteen cars daily. Advocates say property values rise and new factories may locate here, urging action to secure the project before other towns act.
Transfers show Henry F Kohlmeyer to Fred Jones pt outlet Huntingburg for 1200.00. Peter Neukam to Andrew Lottes 544 Win 2 1 42700.00. Mary Rauscher to Sophia Katterjohn 44 lot 7 Huntingburg Reetiger’s add. 1978 Aug. Miessner guard to Sophia Katterjohn 4 lot 7 Huntingburg Reettger’s ad. Henry W Alpers guard to Sophia Katterjohn 4 lot 7 Huntingburg Reettger’s ad. Dan J Rauscher et al to Herman Winkenhaufer 8.66a in 4,3,5.20. Henry Kiefner to Frite Kiefner lot 39 Haysville 2500.00. Wm A Wilson et al to Frank M Weaver tot 22 Jasper Kundeck’s Ist ad. 13 15 691 75.
Criaiar Morgen, a 21 year old local resident, applies to Dubois County Indiana for a one year license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a 20 by 24 room on the ground floor of a two story frame building at the southwest corner of lot 122 fronting Ohio and Indiana Streets. The license allows consumption on premises and sale of luncheon and confection in connection, under state liquor act provisions. The notice appears for August term 1906.
A fragmented excerpt contrasts editors apologizing for mistakes with doctors burying them. The text suggests liability for editors and warns of legal action, but ends unfinished with a note about sulphur and a looming point about a doctor’s stance.
A historic quip contrasts editors and doctors, noting editors must be born not made, and jokes that doctor drinking is heat related while editor intoxication leads to delirium tremens, reflecting era humor and bias.
A curious feature article examines a housewrecker who appears reckless yet methodical. It details his demolition process using a front chute system and adaptions as the work progresses, emphasizing efficiency and avoidance of unnecessary carrying.
The article explains proper care for red raspberry patches. It contrasts red raspberries with blackcaps and purple varieties, noting red canes multiply from roots. It advises removing young shoots like weeds and maintaining optimal cane numbers for maximum crops.
The article notes Lady Curzon is heartily sick of life in India and weary of state ceremonies and entertaining native princes. It suggests the strain worsened by her experiences in the recent earthquake, questioning the prominence once given to Lahore and Simla.
A dialogue reflects cautious financial optimism about mining ventures. One speaker notes Rojestvensky fears mines while another dismisses news and praises Russian financiers as promoters tout uncertain mining prospects.
A wife seeks medical guidance while her husband resists rest. Doctor Graff quips that making rest unnecessary for him would be the best remedy, prompting a sharp exchange about care and compliance.
In China a man cannot by will dis pose of his land to any single person. He must distribute it among all his male children without exception.
A fragment shows a patient told by a specialist to quit smoking temporarily. The note also includes a dubious currency line “$15 for £ 000.-ColHor's Weekly” suggesting a periodical citation or joke within the source.
Dubois county saloonkeepers are targets of several lawsuits filed by wives seeking damages for injuries to their drunk husbands after liquor was sold. Amounts claimed range from two thousand to five thousand dollars per suit, as reported by the Milltown Record.
Miss Bertha and Laura Schlachter visited Miss Mary and Emma Huelsman Monday. A group including Frank Niehaus Noah Cloud and others gathered at George Schlachter Sunday night. Bertha Schlachter left for Louisville after a week with home folks. Mr and Mrs Frank Schlachter were at St Meinrad Tuesday. Willie Schlachter and sisters with Geo and Maggie Gude were at Philip Durchholz Sunday.
Farmers thresh wheat as harvest ends. Dentist Joel Adye, 36, dies of paralysis and is buried in Kesuner graveyard. Numerous residents from Bristow St. Meinrad Ferdinand and Jasper visit Adyeville for social and business activities this week.
Oscar Haller leads Indiana House and opens a modern hotel as locals cheer a proposed Indianapolis Evansville line via Terre Haute. Trinity Church buys Alice Greene property for a manse to house Rev. Duckett With and family. Fourth of July at Lake Calumet brings dancing and boating, with visitors from Ireland and Kentucky. An accident injures Mrs. Cassidy, who recovers, while ex sheriff Henry Cassidy accidentally ingests strychnine and faces a dire outcome.
John Miller and Floyd Dixon spent Sunday in town while Chas Metzger and Joseph Mueller of Ferdinand were there last Sunday. Clarence Wheeler and John Haynes traveled to St Meinrad Saturday with Miss Winnie Mullen visiting Miss Leopie Trotter. Mr. and Mrs. J W Jeffers also made a business trip to St Meinrad Tuesday. Hoosier School Boy.
Mariah Hill reports Mr and Mrs Henry Bredhold spent last week in Owensboro. Mr and Mrs Jos Zink of Ferdinand visited friends in town Sunday. Emma Spayd arrived from Louisville for a few months with home folks. Lizzie Hartz of Tell City called on relatives. Aloys Yellig and Nelly Spayd spent Sunday in Ferdinand. Bertha and Minnie Maslowsky left for Louisville for the Commencement where their brother Dr A J Maslowsky will graduate next Friday.
John Trotter of Louisville visited here a week then returned home Sunday. John Schmetzki helped cut wheat at J. Henry Huelsman's last week. Miss Teresa Drach left for Louisville Thursday. Rona Knuat, fourteen, injured herself with a cradle in a wheat field Saturday and is recovering under Dr. Knapp of Ferdinand. Mrs. Rufus Harrinton and her son visited her parents the Drachs. Ed Drach and family visited the Hunters.
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