Local 75 W 0 WW 25 00 12.50 entry shows amount
The fragment lists monetary figures including 100 dollars and 12.50 with digits 75 W 0 WW 25 00, but lacks clear context or event details to determine exact meaning or parties involved.
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
5
The fragment lists monetary figures including 100 dollars and 12.50 with digits 75 W 0 WW 25 00, but lacks clear context or event details to determine exact meaning or parties involved.
Effective March 8 1903 East Bound timetable shows Train 9 departing Ferdinand at 8 47 a m and arriving at 3 11 p m. Additional garbled data references a 9 30 time and letters.
Dr. George Cramm favored Dr. Maslowsky with a pleasant call Tuesday. Miss Stella Jones of Huffman was a welcome guest in town Sunday. Various local residents ill and recovering. The Y M I s met, and Ed Spayd returned from Louisville after ten days. The ice cream social by local young ladies was a social and financial success. The Fulda Band provided music for the day. John Skrynecke is a Democratic nominee for trustee and anticipated win. local politics discussed with humor about party battles. Social visits, saloon incidents, milling construction, and regional travel noted amid community chatter.
Wheat threshing nears completion while oats lag. Farmers praise hay weather and bring in daily harvests, but rain is needed for other crops. Weekend ice cream social at Mariah Hill. Y M S initiations noted. Local visits and family news mix with hopes for a future rail line.
Emma Kost of St. Meinrad guests of John Finglert. J W Jeffers and wife visit Troy on business. Willis Hensley heads to Holland. Edith Adye visits relatives in Troy. Frank Comstock of Bristow passes through town en route to Kyana. Edward Mullen attends Bristow on business. Barbara Adye visits St. Meinrad friends. Earl Jeffers and sister Ida at St. Meinrad. Mrs Chas Barth and Louisville baby visit Isadore Klueh family. July sweat is easy to ring out and threshing, corn planting, and harvest rush in the same season.
Many young people spent the Fourth in Tell City. Mr and Mrs W Miller and baby of Evansville visited the Gebhart home. Mrs Henry Shell died in Evansville after a short illness at age thirty. She leaves a husband three children and multiple relatives.
The Fourth of July passed without incident in St Anthony as most residents traveled elsewhere, leaving the town looking like a deserted village. A Sternberg hall dance on the second drew a large crowd and was enjoyed by all. George Troxler Jr from St Louis spent the holiday here while Mr Henry Frick and a young daughter visited Miss Kate Lory. Mr and Mrs John Schurz Jr had returned from Petersburg after six weeks away with a sick child now improving. John Pond and wife moved from Berdinand and took possession of a newly purchased saloon.
Fulda residents haved visits from Bryan Louis Snack of Clay City and Rev. James Pfeiffer of St. Wendell. A large Fulda gathering plus the Star band traveled to Mariah Hill for a young ladies of the congregation picnic. Benedictine Sisters left for Ferdinand Convent for vacation. Local church events include the St Benedicts young mens society annual meeting and new officers.
The Southern Railway will begin regular passenger trains on the new French Lick West Baden Extension starting Sunday Jan 5 1908. The resort areas French Lick and West Baden Springs become easily reachable with attractive round trip rates from all points. For rates and schedules contact any Southern Railway agent. J C Beam Jr assistant G P P A
Notice invites owners with timber to call 8 W Pitts who offers the highest market price.
Winter or early spring is best for pruning most orchards and gardens. Peach pruning is advantageous in late spring to remove dead wood and shape for fruit, while apples and pears suit February or March in the north. Grapes prune in late fall or early winter to avoid sap loss. An illustration shows the correct and incorrect pruning methods.
Farmers are advised to clear remaining etumpe from fields using Hercules 609 dynamite to complete post harvest cleanup. The notice emphasizes action against agricultural debris and equipment residues remaining after harvest.
Experiments at three stations tested cooking pumpkins for pigs. Raw pumpkins plus grain yielded 262 lb grain and 376 lb pumpkins per 400 lb gain, cooked pumpkins cut to 222 lb grain and 1150 lb pumpkins per 100 lb gain. Cooking plus apples raised costs despite solid gains.
The text notes manure must stay moist, especially horse manure which dries quickly and decomposes fast, with sheep manure similarly affected. It warns that fire fanging results from too little water and can be prevented by sprinkling. It then describes a French method from Farmers Bulletin: spread manure on inclined packed-earth plots draining into a pit for well rotted composting.
The passage explains using two manure plats for fermentation, with one kept full while the other ferments at 8 to 10 feet high. Manure is moved from stables to the heap top in wheelbarrows via a board inclined plane, and heap sides are smoothed to limit air access and preserve leachings.
The article outlines that sheep feeding for market requires tight business discipline and strong personal qualifications. It emphasizes regularity, energy, perseverance, discretion, and financial sense, plus attention to detail and suitable surroundings. It advises a dry sunny corrals area, gentle south slope for drainage, and a properly arranged running water system.
Instructions describe constructing a simple straw shelter in a field or barnyard. Use six gusts eight feet long forked at one end, set posts two feet deep in three-post rows, place crosspieces from two twenty-foot poles, lay aspen poles six to eight inches apart, and angle poles around the frame to create a top and open end for a draft-free shelter to keep straw secure.
The weekly salt feeding is advised to keep sheep tame and easy to handle. Salt can be scattered on the ground or placed in small boxes in the field. Regular hand feeding over time makes the flock cooperative for moving or handling.
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