Fulda Newsnote From Our Neighboring Towns
Corrrespondence from Fulda reports social events and local business. Joe Bauer of Ferdinand visited on Monday. Ed Wortman was top bidder at a 40 acre sale near Santa Claus for 2000 dollars. The freaco painters stopped by Maria Hill church after painting Fulda church years ago. An accident occurred when their electric flyer derailed on Main Street due to darkness. Visitors include Dr N A James from St Meinrad and Miss Maude Mayfield from West Baden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Birdler
Santa Claus
Ed. Wortman
Freaco
Mariah Hill
Fulfla
Local Names and Visits Amid Two Week Breaks
John Weegers resumes his bowling work in Lexington Kentucky. John A. Greulich and wife are on a visiting tour, leaving for Chicago and Milwaukee. Mrs. Meinrad Borho returns with her children after two weeks away. Miss Francis Otto visits relatives on two weeks vacation. Venus Strosizk brother of O. B. visits with Milwaukee relatives. Mr. Baker and wife with daughter Mrs. Sullivan return to New York after two weeks with Crist Wiesel family. Miss Anna Becher and niece Frida Kunkler spend weeks with her mother. Weather turns cooler midweek. Wm. Hollander of Evansville and F. Miller of Tennessee visit the Hollander family. Miss Mary Vogers returns to Cincinnati to resume housekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weegers
Lexington
Bolleymaker
John A. Greulich
Chicago
Milwaukee
Meinrad Borho
Francis Otto
Mr. Baker
Mrs. Sullivan
New’ ‘Fork
Crist Wiesel
Adgeville Social Notes From Nearby Towns
Mrs John Haynes and Miss Bernice Keasner of Tell City visit relatives here Dr Lomax and son Myrel of Bristow in town Friday Ernst Walker on business to Ferdinand Miss Emma Cherry leaves for Evansville Sunday RosousHicb of Bristow guest of John Kost and Maude en route to Bristow Ernst Walker Sunday at Huntingburg Mrs Edward Mullen shopping at At Motered Boulter at Louisville listed in note mix
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Mayfield
West Baden
Bristow
A. L. Mayfield
John Haynes
Bernice Keasner
Tell City
Dr. Lomax
Myrel
Ernst Walker
Ferdinand
Emma Cherry
Evansville
John , Kost
Births and a death mark week in Mariah Hill area
Mariah Hill reports the birth of Robert John, a son to Mr and Mrs Will Dilger on Saturday. Mrs Ben Hollander and her Tell City family visit relatives. Paul Ender and daughter Misa Lena enjoyed a trip to Ferdinand. Tillie Wolf arrived from Louisville for a months visit with her mother, accompanied by nephew Robert Kluemeir. Joseph Brendel of Evansville died of consumption at his sister Lizzie Wolf's home after a three week visit, age 17 years 4 months, leaving two grown children. burial in Mariah Hill cemetery occurred Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Dilger
Robert John
Ben Hollander
Tell City
Tillie Wolf
Louisville
Robert Kluemeir
Joseph Brendel
Evanaville
Lizzie Wolf
Mariah Hill Cemetery
Drenching cattle dangers warned by Dr. Roberts
A historical notice from Dr. David Roberts cautions stock raisers about the deadly risk of drenching cattle. He notes liquid can pass into the windpipe, causing instant smothering or later pneumonia, and cites post mortem findings as evidence of drenched cattle dying from lung injuries and related losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Roberts
Don’t Weary the Coller Two Year Colt Welfare
Guidance on training young horses stresses that a two year old should haul little, avoid weariness, and stay undeveloped to prevent injury. Under five, heavy pulling must be avoided. three year olds can plow lightly but not pull hard. Early overuse can cause ring bones spavins and curbs.
Dry Lot Hog Rations For Hogs In Dry Lot
Farmers favor feeding farm grown crops for fattening hogs in dry lot. Skim milk could work well but is rarely available in sufficient quantities for extensive hog feeding.
Walt Till Creamie Ripe
A fragmentary note describes a cream product with a peculiar rhyme about ripeness and a reference to 70s imagery. The text hints at a snack theme tied to a butte setting, but clearer details are unavailable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Till
Foreburg
Butte
St George Highway in Knox Maine Noted for Low Cost Road
A description of the St George highway in Knox County Maine highlights its low cost and substantial construction. The 18 foot wide road drains well and cost 50 cents per foot, or 2640 dollars per mile, built from nearby stones and granite chips. Workers laid a lower stone bed then filled gaps with smaller pieces and top dressed with chips, compacted by a horse drawn roller to produce an excellent road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Telford
St. George
Knox County
Piping Gutter Water In Local Driveways
The paper explains extending driveways to gutter centers requires piping to carry runoff beneath. Regrade to meet gutter grade when possible to allow surface water to flow uninterrupted. Open end pipes clog with leaves and sand and cause gutter leakage. install a catch basin and connect a pipe deep enough to discharge into the gutter below the driveway.
Stirring the Country for Highway Improvement
The nation awakens to highway needs as sixty-five percent of the population voices support after years with only six states joining road aid. Pittsburg platform united twenty-two commonwealths toward use of state funds, with New York pledging 5 million dollars annually and Connecticut planning near one dollar per person for road improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Commonwealths
New York
New Connecticut
Maximum Grade Standards For Road Surfaces
Maximum Grade discusses American practice for road grades noting a typical limit of 5 percent where affordable, and a 6 percent grade described as a vertical rise of 5 feet per 100 feet. It explains that horses and vehicles face difficulty on steeper grades and that maintaining macadam or any surface becomes costly beyond moderate slopes.
Level Macadams and Road Crown Debate
Authorities debate macadam road design urging no level surfaces. Advocates say slight rises and proper crowning permit surface drainage. Even level roads can be crowned to sustain drainage depending on macadam width.
Water Weakens Foundations Under Macadam Roads
Water should never be permitted to remain under a macadam road. It softens the foundation, allowing wheels to push broken stones down and form ruts. In freezing, it expands and heaves the stones, breaking the bond and causing damage.
Liquor License Application In Ferdinand Indiana 1910
Mathias Olinger, a 21 year old Ferdinand resident, seeks August 1910 approval from Dubois County commissioners to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart for one year. Premises described as 23 by 37 feet room on ground floor of a two story concrete building on Ohio Street, fronting the street, with luncheon and confection sales to accompany the liquor sale under licensing act provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town of
Ferdinand
Board of Commissioners
Dubuis County
Indiana
Ohio Street
Ferdinand Township
Mathias Olinger
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Fulda
Joe Bauer
Joe Miller
The
Big Five Orchestra
St. Henry
Ida
Katie Weaver
N. A. James
St. Meinrad
Emma Keat
Ida Jeffers
Venus Strosizk
Milwaukee, Wis
Misa Anna Becher
F Frida Kunkler
Wm. Hollander
F.©. Miller
Tennessee
Hollander
Mary Vogers
Cincinnati
Adgeville
Bridgeport
Rosous'Hicb of
Wm. Dilger
Jos. Brendel
Paul Ender
Misa Lena
Garden City Feeder
Meverdinand Foundry & Machine Works
Ferdinand, Ind
Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Sisters of St. Benedict
Wooster Special
F.j.moeller & Son
Reckolholf Am Muller
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