Aged Kitten Engine Maker Dies After Illness
Florensa Kitten Sr a longtime maker of Kitten engines and threshing machinery died at his home Monday at 3 30 am after a short illness of chronic cystitis. Born in Germany in 1840 he immigrated as a youth, married Catherine Seugers in 1869, and had a son Joseph who died in 1917. A natural mechanic, his early work included a water driven wheel sculpture and he later built threshing machines and upright traction engines. He leaves a widow and grandchildren. The remains were laid to rest in St Ferdinand cemetery after a requiem mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florensa Kitten, Sr
Germany
America
Ferdinand
Catherine Marie Seugers
Joseph
Kitten
Frank Hoge
St. Ferdinand
Inlaw
Joe Kitten
Stallmann Death Strikes Louisville Family
Leo Stallmann son of Mr and Mrs William Stallmann died at his home in Louisville last Friday night at eleven after a lingering tuberculosis illness. He leaves his widow and two year old child, two brothers and three sisters, with interment in Louisville Monday morning at nine. The bereaved extend sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Stallmann
William Stallmann
Louisville
Local notices and ads from Charleston Arkansas 1920
A garbled local page lists sales, licenses, and notices: one marriage license issued to Ford Ausburn and Edith Spurlock plus a public sale for John L. Verkamp on April 6 1920. Kilns and garden items advertised. Muller Remke begin garage foundation work. Chas O Reilly’s mother dies in St Louis. a Kemp school play invites attendance. various merchants and services including Lennox Oil and Paint Co and spraying materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartley
Ford Ausburn
Edith Spurlock
Duff
Better Schools Movement Brought to Dubois County
Indiana plans statewide push for rural education with a April 6 meeting in Huntingburg and a Pike County conference in Winslow. State leaders L N Hines Benj Burris E B Wetherow Z M Smith headline talks on consolidation, one room schools, and practical improvements for rural districts.
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State Department of Publc
Rural School Survey Committee
Indiana
Dubois County
State Department
Huntingburg
L. N. Hines
Supt
Benj. J. Burris
E. B. Wetherow
Z. M. Smith
Pike County
Winslow
Princeton
Hints on sowing oats by the county agent
County Agent H. C. Thompson urges farmers to sow clean seed and use 100 pounds of acid phosphate per acre to boost oats growth. He promotes temperate-season varieties, soil lime for clover, seed testing, and proper planting with a drill to ensure early ripening and profit. A divorce case in Dubois Circuit Court granted the plaintiff Elmer Effert a divorce from Irene Eiffert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Effert
Irene Eiffert
Haysville
Dubois
Death of Mrs. Ben Wilmes After Illness at Daughter’s Home
Mrs. Ben Wilmes of near St Meinrad died at her daughter Mrs Frank Ebenkamp’s home after a ten day illness from flu advancing to pneumonia. Aged 54 years and one month she left behind her husband five daughters and two sons with several siblings. Funeral rites were held in St Meinrad with a requiem mass and burial in St Meinrad cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Wilmes
St. Meinrad
Frank Niehaus
Siberia
Frank Ebenkamp
Ferdinand
Emma
Viola
Verena
John
Edward
Campus
Ill
John Wilmes
Evatsville
Henry Wilmes
A Booster Poem in Prose for Ferdinand Town
A rousing booster piece urges residents to wake and work to uplift Ferdinand. It blends exhortations about boosting the town, quitting pessimism, and joining in cheerful action, with old time slang and rhythmic calls to “toot a few” and rally supporters. The verse mocks detractors and casts boosting as civic duty and communal pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack
Ferdinand
Montrose Ave Hospital ad offers nursing training in Chicago
The notice promotes nursing programs at Montrose Ave Hospital 2546 Montrose Ave Chicago Il with two and three year courses and graduate registered nurse in two years under Illinois law Liberal salary room and board included Also lists private nurse earnings and a separate obituary note about the 13 year old child of Mr and Mrs Ben Wassing of Louisville formerly Ferdinand with pneumonia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montrose Ave
Chicago
Ben Wassing
Louisville
Waning
Ferdinand
Proposal to add precinct for women voters in Ferdinand township
Officials propose creating an extra precinct in Ferdinand township due to women voting this year. The plan divides the area into two eastern and western precincts with lines along Washington and Ohio streets, Huntingburg road near Gehlhausen school, Siberia road, Sections 27 and 28, and the Princeton road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Township
Washington Street
Ohio Street
Ohio
Washington Streets
Huntingburg
Gehlhausen
Siberia Road
Princeton Road
Notice to settle debts and claims against Dr V Knapp
All persons indebted to or having an account against the late Dr. V. Knapp will please come and settle or present their claims on or before April 1st, 1920. Also reports on funeral attendance, sales ads, local notices and various small town happenings appear in this fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. V. Knapp
Herbert Mueller
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Reinacker Company
Louisville Pattern Works
Louisville Pattern & Engineering Corportion
Gustav
Theodore W. Roth
Wyandottes
Anconas
Minorcas
Orpingtons
C. M. Wilson
Jasper
Ind
Claude Lindauer
Lindauer
August Dilger
Barbara Dilger
Ferdland
Fulda
Leo Birchler
Evanston
Wir
Danken Auch
Charleston
Ark
Henry Haake
Ferdinand News
Thr
Freund, H. Verkamip
Lennox Oil & Paint CO
Cleveland
McLane’s
Ed Gunselmann
John Fischer
Kyana
Adv
Chas. F. O’reilly
St. Louis
Mr. O'Reilly
John L. Verkamp
Kemp
Muller & Remke
Mies
Ida Beckmann
Hines
Schoo
Eigth
Columbia
Laura Milburn
Harbison
Edward Arnold
Boone
Effie Frank
Madison
Helen Rose
Bainbridge
Victoria Urich
Marion
Katie Beckmann
Hall
M. L. Kellams
Jefferson
Alvin T. Whaley
Jackson
Roy Dugan
Patoks
Lillian Rummel
Cass
W. A. Hammer
H. F. Brackmen
Town
Woes Weber
Ver
H. C. Thompson
Joseph Kitten
Marie Graehler
Henry Wessel
John Hassfurther
Hon. of
Florens Kitten
Ben Leugers
Catherine Kohmetcher
Mary Kohmetcher
John Kohmetcher
Evansville
Leo Lueken
Holland
Tony Lindenschmidt
John Thimling
Frank Ballis
Widmer'’s Corner
Jos. F. Vaal
S. Meinrad
Rockport
August Maffenbeier
Mariah Hill
Harry Kippenbrok
W. A. Wollenmann
Tao
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