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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1920
Page
6
Gossip and community notes report rain and busy farming, births, visits, baptisms, and travel. Entries include births to Henry Welpabhey and Ben Elmer, visits by John Bender and family, and Miss Mathilda Brockmann’s church attendance. A severe windstorm damaged fruit trees while rain aided tobacco planting.
Notice is given to John J. Baker that he must appear October 5, 1920 in the Dubois Circuit Court at Jasper Indiana to answer or demur to the divorce complaint filed by Nannie M. Baker. If he fails to appear the proceeding will be heard in his absence. The notice is dated May 26, 1920.
Johnsburg items list visits and travels including N W Mathes of Louisville traffic agent. Miss Ruth Cooper of Kalispe Mont visiting family. Mrs Naoma Schnell in Evansville. Miss Martina Jochem returning from Louisville. Amos Martens at French Lick. Mike and Henry Schwinghammer at St Anthony. Misses Clara and Bertha Kunkler Evansville visit. Mrs Theodore Kunst to Evansville. Will Kunkler in Huntingburg. Mike Hohl in Jasper. Mrs Peter Jochem in Huntingburg. Mrs John Rupprecht and children visiting in Evansville. Mrs Ben Burehler ill. marriage announced John H Wanninger New Boston and Miss Francesa Schatz.
Readable fragments list individuals with dates and roles connected to a congregation. Names include Elizabeth Laake Frank Senninger Frank Albert Henry Bolte Louisa Sehlachter Florens Kitten John Fischer Henry Wessel and George Hedinger with days of the week noted as Wednesday through Sunday.
Bidders are invited to submit sealed bids on June 12 1920 at 2 00 pm for painting the town school house including woodwork two coats of paint roof weatherproofing sash and blind repairs and supply of white lead linseed oil and red roofing paint. Ferdinand School Board presidents treasurer and secretary urge bids and reserve right to reject any or all. Information from undersigned. Thrift White priced at 3.20 per gallon with 50 percent white lead and 82 percent linseed oil available at Deie's agency Heider Bros samples available.
German American Bank transfers to Mary E Dillin on lots 5 6 7 8 Ireland for 300 dollars. Multiple deeds record sales in Huntingburg Birdseye and Delphine areas including 200 acre parcels to Hilbert Quante and 204 acres to Alois Niehaus each priced at 100 dollars. Additional transfers include 120 acres to George L Mehringer 2000 dollars and 1117 Birdseye lot with 10-100 acres to James Cummins for 51 dollars plus other settlements among diverse buyers and sellers.
Frederick Hoffmann named administrator of the estate of George Hedinger in Dubois County Indiana. He was duly qualified before the Clerk on May 6 1920. Estate declared solvent. Leo H Fisher is attorney of record.
A West of Ireland landlord drives a guest through his lodge when a bullet whizzes by. The landlord jokes the shot was from his lodge keeper and vows not to arrest or dismiss him, praising the shooter as one of his worst marksmen.
The Jackson statue in Lafayette Park Washington was the first equestrian statue in the United States. Clark Mills designed and built it a self made sculptor who started as a plasterer. The canton captured by Jackson forms the statue’s metal and the horse’s hind feet were fixed to the pedestal to avoid wind or wind gusts.
A Worcester Evening Post item reports a man driving an express wagon in Southbridge street reading a newspaper. The paper blocked his view and the horse wandered over three quarters of a mile, leaving the driver lost and doing extra work before realizing the mistake.
The two best known carryalls in Washington belong to Senator Edge of New Jersey and United States Marshal Sprain of the District of Columbia. Edge’s car bears New Jersey license No. 1, a tiny mark on the big green vehicle. Sprain’s “one-horse shod” cart requires him to sit in the center to keep it even, otherwise it keels to port or starboard.
Gold production in Western Australia shows a steady decline. For six months to June 30 1919 total Australian output reached 573,379 fine ounces with WA contributing 410,428 ounces, down from 641,911 ounces in 1918 and 727,000 ounces in 1917. Rising working costs and high prices of machinery and materials are cited as causes with little expected near term improvement.
A New York engraving shop owner chides a slow engraver named Mr Brown, saying he arrives at 11 after watching icons like Rockefeller Morgan Vanderbilt Taft pass by. The tale appears in the Rehoboth Sunday Herald as a humorous office anecdote.
Evansville Indiana market report shows grain and livestock prices for June 3 1920. Wheat ranges 2.78 to 2.80 per bushel oats 81.09 corn 1.85 potatoes 4.50 onions 7.00 cabbage 3.75 per 100 pounds and assorted livestock pricing including steers 7.00 to 12.50 per hundredweight heifers 7.50 to 11.00 cows 4.00 to 9.25 bulls 5.00 to 9.00 hogs 14.50 per hundredweight and hay No 1 timothy 40.00 per ton.
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