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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
7
Ridgeway bank inspector Henry Beckmann visited Ferdinand National Bank on Wednesday and found everything in tip top shape. He noted support for the auditor and commended the cashier on prudent business methods.
Henry Beckmann announces completion of stock at Our Gents Furnishing with up to date styles for Gents Youths and Boys. New Farmers Store features Boys Communion Suits and footwear. Baseball club adds John Olinger Joe Muller Anthony Linden schmidt Robert Beckmann Ed Muller William C Baasa Conrad Meyer Ben Grewe John Russ Hugo Beckmann Hubert Beckmann as new members.
Two young men fishing by a pond are halted by a lantern bearing woman who teases about a big fish. The scene pivots to a lighthearted moment as Frances jokes about the catch amid a note on subscription arrears and cash in advance policies.
A notice invites anyone with timber to sell to contact S. W. Pitts who offers the highest market price for timber.
Creditors and legates of Magdalena Seger deceased must appear in Dubois Circuit Court Jasper Indiana on April 11 1908 to show cause why the final settlement accounts should not be approved and heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Witness Clerk Joan P Hutler Dubois Circuit Court.
Notice announces a new line of dress goods including Cross Bar Ginghams Sheppard Checks Lawns and Colors plus White Goods for communion dresses and shirt waisting. Henry Beekmann owner invites customers to call for a showing of the spring and summer collection.
The Ferdinand News lists subscribers and recent payments. Names include Vint Lindauer Lincoln City Indiana Fred Hoffmann Ferdinand Ed Weyer Lowell Indiana Val Fleig St Meinrad Indiana Eva Schwinghamer St Henry Indiana Aug Krampe Ferdinand Joe Altmeyer Paul Schmetzki Henry Segers Cincinnati Ohio.
A frontier tale set near the Platte describes Sergeant Johnny of a cavalry detachment defending emigrants. After two white men kill a Native woman and threaten a child, Johnny arrests them at the station, shoots one in a confrontation, and escorts the lieutenant to a coach. He and a Deacon then flee with the girl, later found years later in a Montana mining camp as colonel Johnny and the Deacon.
In New York City about fifty Chicago packers use skewers to mark beef quarters sold to as many as a hundred buyers daily. Each salesman places up to three skewers to indicate ownership, customer, and order, enabling rapid delivery without readable names. This tagging prevents cross sales between houses and hides individual customer details, while allowing quick retrieval when delivering orders.
It is estimated that 10,000,000 dollars are invested in English golf clubs and that 20,000 people took up the game in 1906. There are 2,000 clubs and about 300,000 players with a total annual expenditure over 27,000,000 dollars, an average of 90 dollars per player. At a rate of one ball per golfer per week, 15,000,000 balls are used yearly on British links.
A workman at Prospect Park in Reading England struck clay while digging and uncovered a clay covered quern or hand mill. The artifact likely originated from the nearby Romano British city of Rochester on historic trade routes. The relic was discovered during excavations and experts will assess its date and origin.
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