Fragmented Local Notice From Ragged Text
The readable parts show a time 7:47 a m, mention of Ferdinand and ages, and a reference to Gill. The cramped text appears to be a damaged notice fragment with unclear context and no complete event details.
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
4
The readable parts show a time 7:47 a m, mention of Ferdinand and ages, and a reference to Gill. The cramped text appears to be a damaged notice fragment with unclear context and no complete event details.
Department notice outlines language study guides and courses on conversation grammar pronunciation and letter writing. Includes sample copy offer and agent recruitment with pricing details from Evanston Illinois.
OW Wheat harvest is in full blast and the farmer is a busy man now. Many young people attended a Santa Claus dance in Kern's hall. Maston Comer of Lamar visited town on business. Mrs. Mary Birehler and son Leo attended church and visited the Birchler family in St Meinrad. Wagonmaker dae Ruppercht stayed busy repairing and making grain cradles. Sepp the skilled tradesman. Mrs. Friedel and son Victor traveled from Huff to St Meinrad for ordination services. Meinrad Birchler and John Haller with Albert Dilger visited Evansville and Rockport to see Robinson's wild west show. Mrs. Frank Zogimann recovered from illness. Miss Mary Riehl left for Owensboro to spend the summer. Birth announced for Theo Kaut and wife a girl. A heavy rain aided crops but slowed clover hay making. John Pfeiffer returned from Haubstadt where he worked. Many attended ordination services at St Meinrad. Holy mass attended by Rev. Weerdehoff and Rev. Wessling at Dyeraville Iowa.
Relatives and students gathered as Corpus Christi rites were observed at St. Meinrad with a procession to the new church. The ordination of Rev. Aloysius Schnellenberger and others was celebrated with a Mass, blessing, and sermon by Rev. Odillo Witt O S B. Attendees, including Rev. Beecher and Rev. Weerdleboit, joined in the ceremonies and Holy Communion.
A list of real estate transfers including John C. Line to Zeno A. Scarlet for lot 11 in Dubois and F Becker to Louisa M. Warensman for part of lot 13 in Wunstingburg, with prices 75 and 800 dollars respectively, plus multiple other parcels and buyer-seller pairs across towns such as Jasper Holland Ireland and Gains.
Southern Railway announces regular passenger trains on the new French Lick West Baden Extension starting Sunday January 6 1908. The health resorts will be easily reached with attractive round trip rates from all points and agents can provide rates and schedules.
Ferdinand Township Dubois County Indiana trustee will attend township business every Saturday at his lodge. Persons with township business are asked to present it on that day. Helming, Trustee, Ferdinand Indiana.
Historic survey details the invention of chain cables by Robert Flinn in 1808 aboard the Anne and Isabelle, and Samuel Brownian experiments leading to naval adoption. It notes 1810 11 introduction to ships, 1847 hemp reduction, and wartime demonstrations in the Baltic and Black Sea. It traces anchor evolution from wooden to stockless designs and explains modern stowage methods.
The Ohio Magazine notes locomotives are expected to cover 100000 miles between general overhauls and undergo intermediate repairs at roundhouses. Responsibility for failures rests with the superintendent of shops and master mechanic, with joint inspection before reentry to service. Timekeeping and cost are recorded per engine mileage and repairs.
The German duchess of Sachsen Coburg-Gotha, with a lady in waiting, buys meat at a market and laments high prices stating a workman’s wife cannot make ends meet. She vows to tell her husband, noting the royal kitchen daily relies on frugal meals and potato peeling.
In Italy, notable petroleum deposits were discovered in the Apennines near Piancenza around 1893. A French syndicate formed about four years ago to develop the field. Some ninety-five wells operate, with about seventy exhausted, and new wells are being bored.
Sir James Simpson, pioneer of chloroform in surgery, and Lyon Playfair recount a dangerous experiment. Simpson tested a new anaesthetic on rabbits after hesitation, and the rabbits died under the test. The next day Simpson prepared to try it on himself, seeking to learn from the rabbits’ fate.
The London Globe reports the French Academy of Science offers a 4000 pound prize for a patent system enabling communication with the moon or other planets. The prize will be awarded in 1910 if won, Mars I is barred as communication with Mars is already established.
The first group of American Rhodes scholars will finish their three year program at Oxford next June. Examinations this month in the states will begin the third installment of scholars on their journey toward study abroad.
Bud Ledbetter, a 54 year old Indian Territory deputy marshal, patrols a corner by the Muskogee federal court building where thousands of gallons of liquor have been spilled and destroyed. He has confiscated about 10,000 gallons over three years, using drag and burn methods to deter bootleggers amid a large, thirsty crowd and rail traffic that aids smuggling.
The article contrasts the modern notion of a calendar with the ancient Roman calendar seen as a money lender’s account book. It notes the calenda as the first day of each month when interest was due and cites Seneca calling calendar a word born from greed.
The article describes yegamen or yeggmen as itinerant criminals acting like a blend of tramp and burglar. They travel by stealing rides on freight trains and target banks or post offices in small towns. It notes they may turn to begging after injury and become known as ex yeggmen.
A Sacramento judge vacancy drew three candidates. Two agreed to roll dice to decide who withdrew, and the governor later appointed the third candidate to the post.
A line notes that eighty five women bootblacks are numbered among the industrial workers of the United States, illustrating a broader participation of women in wartime labor and production roles across factories and workshops.
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