St Meinrad News and Local Notices Passages
From our neighboring town St Meinrad residents visit friends here and attend the St Johns church festival. The St Meinrad band toured with local citizens while Rt Rev Joseph Chartrand is named to succeed Bishop D O Donaghue. Wheat threshing is active and a 12 inch sewer is planned from the new courthouse to connect with Newton street. Several property transactions are recorded including acres and lots with various sums, and the death of an infant son is noted with condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Chartrand
D. O’donaghue
New Court House
Newton Street
Bettags Welcome a bouncing little son
Mr. and Mrs. George Bettag are the proud recipients of a bouncing little son. Mrs. Frank Gogel celebrate a fine little girl. Mayme Arnold returns from Louisville for vacation. Miss Theresia Gogel weds John Daunhauer and Miss Minne Geesken weds August Lindauer announced at church. Mayme Mayme Nord visits from Louisville. F. W. Wagner spent days at Jasper. Mrs. Sampson Jones of Huffman visits daughter Mrs. A. J. Maslowsky. Mrs. J. Wirtzberger and Mayme take a pleasure trip to Ferdinand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bettag
George
Jasper
Frank Gogel
J. Wirtzberger
Mayme
Ferdinand
Mayme Arnold
Louisville
Theresia Gogel
John R. Daunhauer
Minne Geesken
August Lindauer
Our Church
Fulda Social Roundup and Schoolhouse Plan
Rosa and Lizzie Pfeiffer remained in Louisville after a visit. A peanut party and refreshment served at Louis Schaffer’s with a good time. Rumors of a fourth saloon in Fulda. Santa Claus dance drew many locals with Big Five Orchestra. A contract for a new Dist. No. 4 schoolhouse to replace Jackson school, likely on Anton Haller’s farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Schaffer
Big Five
Dist. No. 4
Jackson
Anton Haller
Birth notices and a job appointment in Chicago and Indiana
A girl named Al is born to Mr and Mrs Sam Mel chidr with both parents and newborn doing well. Prof Alda Beiter has secured a bookkeeping position with Swift and Co in Chicago at 3244 Indiana Avenue. Anthony Hodgesang won the contract to build a two story brick business place for Jacob Lorey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius
Sam Melchidr
Alda.Beiter
Swift & Co
Chicago
Indiana Avenue
Anthony Hodgesang
Jacob Lorey
Maine’s St George Highway: cheap sturdy road in Knox County
The St George highway in Knox county Maine stands as one of the least expensive yet most substantial roads in the country. It measures 18 feet wide and drains well, costing only 50 cents per foot or 2640 dollars per mile. Built with locally available stones and granite chips, the lower stone layer binds itself as a rough-fit base, then pieces fill crevices, a long-handled hammer breaks large rocks, and finally granite chips are spread and compacted with a horse-drawn roller to create a durable surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Telford
St. George
Knox County
Piping Gutter Water Through Driveways
Local practice often extends driveways to gutter center grade causing water to flow through pipes under the driveway. Regrade when possible to align with gutter grade so surface water flows uninterrupted. Avoid open ended pipes as they clog. use a catch basin, connect the pipe, and discharge underground into the gutter below the driveway.
Births Dogs and dredge boat in Huntingburg
Huntingburg notes celebrate a newborn Bert rand child born to Mr and Mrs Thomas Bert rand. Dogs roam the streets as before amid no law. Raymond Rush fractures left arm after a fall. A merchant should advertise to be trusted. Citizens witness a dredge boat at work on a drainage ditch seven feet deep and 21 feet wide, digging dirt at three yards per minute and guiding the channel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntingburg
Raymond
R.C. Rush
Huntingburg Independent
Orange Blossom Suppositories Promote Female Health
An old advertisement touts Orange Blossom Suppositories as a positive cure for numerous female ailments including inflammation congestion prolapse of the womb and menstrual disorders. It claims safety and universal use with testimonials from around the world and offers a book and free sample via druggists for one dollar.
Stirring the Country on Highway Improvement Costs
The nation debates road aid with New York and Connecticut pledging funds. Discussion covers state contributions, per capita expenditures, and the practicality of a five percent maximum grade for major roads, noting costs of steeper grades and surface maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Commonwealths
New York
Connecticut
No Level Macadams Road Grading Details
Some authorities argue a macadam road should never be perfectly level preferring a slight rise to aid drainage. An absolute level road can still be crowned so gutters drain surface water. Grading width depends on macadam width adopted.
Water Weakens Foundations Under Macadam Roads
The text warns that water should not be allowed beneath macadam surfaces as it softens the foundation. This causes stones to sink under vehicle wheels, forming ruts, and in freezing conditions it damages stone and binding, causing larger stones to rise.
Application for Liquor License in Ferdinand Indiana
Notice publicizes Mathias Olinger as an applicant for a yearlong license to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a 23 by 37 foot room on ground floor of a two story concrete building at the southeast corner of lot 123 Ohio Street Ferdinand Indiana. The sale includes luncheon and confection and is subject to state liquor license act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town of
Ferdinand
Board of Commissioners
Dubois County
Indiana
Ohio Street
Ferdinand Township
State of
Mathias Olinger
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St. Meinrad
Mia
Peter Guetling
Evansville
John Greulich
John A. Greulich
John Hubers
Xavier Sifrig
Here
St. Johns Church
James
Anna Weegers
Charles Schnellenberger
Frank Tillmant
Mrs. Mary Hollander
Andrew
Jacob Eckert
Andrew Eckert
Anna Guneelman
Mary C. Stewart
Elizabeth Bonter
Ireland
John B. Alvey
Jacob E. Schurz
Gue Gramelspacher
Dennis Kellems, Jr
Belcher
Dennis Kellems
John Meyer
Fred J. Henke
Holland
Lucy R. Abell
Chris Bauerfeind
Helena R. Kunkel
Frank P. John
Willard Farris
Chas. Dike
Anton VonBoken
Elizabeth Heidel
Curtis Cummings
Birdseye
Martin Friedman
Minnie Kueb- Jaa
mAee
Inna
Sampson Jones of
Huffman
A. J. Maslowsky
Ida Nord
Fulda
Louis Schaefer
Rosa
Lizzie Pfeiffer
Andrew and
Jacob Eckert Bisselve
Part
Nership
Edie
Thos. Bertrand
Ordinand Foundry & Machine Works
Ferdinand, Ind
The
Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Sisters of St. Benedict
Hoosier
FE. J. Moeller & Son
Reckelhofft & Muller
Suaz
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