11 Mar 1910
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1910
Page
1
A bustling local update notes new grocery lines at Daunhauers and fashion at Sondermanns with spring millinery and Born suits. J A Sondermann advertises services. John Lindauer is back home after illness. Frank Steltenpohl to auction furniture March 18. Ben Seufert awarded St Henry church contract.
A series of visits and business trips are recorded across Jasper and nearby towns. Henry Dall and Jake Albert visited Jasper and Huntingburg. John G. Beermann and families traveled to Louisville and St. Henry. Various residents including Oscar Snyder, Tony Lindenschmidt, and Miss Lizzie Lindenschmidt made brief trips to Jasper, Huntingburg, Tell City, and Ferdinand for business, social visits, or church events.
A letter received by Father John Schorno accuses William E. Cox of wrongdoing over a hunting ditch project and urges fair treatment in the race. The missive, dated March 2 1910 from Washington DC, asserts Cox’s innocence and calls for defense of his character amid political campaigning in Dubois County.
Church announcements list events across March with names including John Altmann Magdalena Kunst Elisabeth Buschkeetter Henry Buschkettter Mary Meiring Margaretha Hulemann Lorenz Buechler Anna M Beckmann and George Weyer. It mentions observances for St Joseph and for seven volume B M V.
A large crowd attended a Purdue led horticultural demonstration in Johnsburg Indiana on March 9. Prof Eckard covered pruning cultivation and fertilizing in the morning and insect enemies and spraying in the afternoon. He urged proper pruning, cultivation, fertilization and spraying to improve orchard profitability.
A report notes a man with an ax and saw who prunes shade trees improperly after last fall. He pressures property owners for payment, cuts limbs too close to trunks, and ruins trees to gain more wood. The piece urges proper early trimming and careful pruning to preserve shade trees.
Executor of Mary M. Meiring late of Dubois County Indiana qualified to settle the estate which is said to be solvent. Traylor & Traylor and John Durchois attorneys act as executors. Sale offered includes a money power engine a 36x60 separator wind stacker a Clover A Huller a corn shredder and a water wagon with hose and pump. Home phone St Meinrad exchange 43 118.
A reader argues against topping trees to avoid weak limbs and death from decay. The piece promotes sparing the tree and requests information on pruning shade trees from the State Forest er, Indianapolis Indiana.
The first examination for common school graduation will be held in townships on Saturday March nineteenth. Seventh-year pupils should not take it as it is for eighth grade level. Rural graduates must complete eight years as outlined by the Sete Buen Education. Applicants should bring their fifth readers to the exam, readings drawn from that book, old or new reader acceptable. Start promptly to avoid rushing through the allotted time. Vs. MELCHIOR, Co. Supt.
Joseph A Sondermann appointed by Dubois Circuit Court Clerk as administrator of the solvent estate of Bertha C Sondermann of Dubois County Indiana. Traylor & Traylor named as administrator's attorney. Swicks
The notice references Ayrshire coal delivered on short notice by HERMAN BoLTE and Morris & Co spring fertilizer available to farmers. A death report notes Mrs Rich hard Eiberg learning of her brother George Droste's death in Louisville from consumption. He lived in the city fifty years ago and leaves a wife three children eight sisters and a brother. Also mentioned is Gerhard Johannemann, a Jasper saloon operator, visiting town and sponsoring a twin birth, with his Ferdinand connections and many local friends.
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