Texas boom town Slaton described by Indiana correspondent
A letter from Clem Kitten in Slaton Texas dated March 19 1913 extols Slaton's rapid growth since its 1911 founding. It notes 1000+ inhabitants 30 brick business houses a new 15000 dollar public school building Santa Fe railway improvements 500000 dollars in facilities including a depot round house and yards and a trans continental line due by September 1st. The writer praises climate stock crops and land prices from 15 to 25 dollars per acre inviting Indiana friends to visit and homestead.
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The
NEWS
Indiana
Plains
Texas
Slaton
Santa Fe Railway Company
Santa Fe
Galveston
San Francisco
Amarillo
Joe
New Uniforms Ordered For Ferdinand Baseball Team
A community drive raised funds for Ferdinand baseball team uniforms at Olinger's hall. The order, sent Monday, includes light gray shirts with a large F in old English style, new stockings belts caps balls and mitts. A detailed accounting lists donors and totals, with $39.25 still in the treasurer’s hands.
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Ferdinand
Olinger’s Hall
Ania
Card of Thanks for Loretta Senninger
We thank neighbors friends and relatives for kindness during our daughter Loretta's illness and death Special thanks to Rev Father John and Dr E E Schriefer for prompt care Mr and Mrs Nick Senninger
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Loretta
John
E. E. Schriefer
Nick Senninger
Discount Sale Ad Promises Deals On Clothing And Carpets
Bartley Bros advertises a 10 discount on ready made clothing shoes matting rugs and hats and 25 on carpets ending March 29. Miss Mosher of Colorado appears at the school hall Sunday night with admission 12.5 cents. Correct Shape Patent Leather Shoes promised with a free replacement if cracked. Reckelhoff and Maller pitch footwear. Seats for 600 offered with full view and reserved seating options.
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Bartley Bros
Reckelhoff & Maller
Miss Mosher
Little Girl Called Home Dies in Four Day Illness
Loretta Senninger nine year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Nick Senninger died Monday evening of broncho pneumonia after a four day illness. She was bedfast two days and interment was held yesterday at St Ferdinand cemetery. Our sympathy goes out to the bereaved family.
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Loretta
Nick Senninger
St. Ferdinand
Peter Durchholz
Unclear Names and Dates in Church Notices
Fragmentary OCR items list Rosa Beckmann Clemens Lueken J Weyer Sr Regina Schorno Philomena Gerbeer Wilhemina Linder and Miss Mosh er of Colorado with scattered weekday references suggesting a church notices page. No coherent event or dates clearly extractable from the readable text.
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Rosa Beckmann
Clemens Lueken
J. and
L. Schlachter
John Weyer, Sr
Regina Schorno
Philomena Gerbeer
Bunday
Wilhemina Linder
Barn Fire Destroys Navier Fleck's Farm and Horses
A large barn near St. Anthony Indiana owned by Navier Fleck was totally burned on Sunday night. Five tons of hay three hundred bushels of corn sixty bushels of wheat and farming gear were lost. A fine wooded stallion perished despite efforts to rescue the horses. The structure and animals were partially insured.
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St. Anthony
Ind
Navier Fleck
Ferdinand Township Rock Roads Election Urges Voters to Support
A public notice to Ferdinand Township voters explains the March 31 election on rock roads, arguing the ten year levy remains modest and contrasts costs with longer funding in other townships. It asserts freight impact is offset by short local hauls and urges慎 voters to consider benefits to all residents and horses amid winter travel hardships.
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Ferdinand Township
Rock Roads
Ferdinand Railroad Co
Patoka Township
Ferdinand Railroad
Severa Vetera
Fervinand
Mr. Farmer
Ferdinand
Rain disrupts rail service and Purdue dairy train plans
Heavy rain caused floods that halted Ferdinand and southern trains and delayed service for a day. Purdue University extension will run a dairy production train on the Southern Railway starting April 1 with lectures at Evanville division stations. A Huntingburg night meeting April 8 will feature Purdue dairy cows. John G. Beckmann promotes farming equipment and prices.
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Ferdinand
Florenz
Agricultural Extension Department
Purdue University
Southern Railway
Evanaville
Huntingburg
Purdue Experiment Station
Miss Mosher Promises True Love at Hunttingburg Dance
A staged romance pitch touts Miss Mosher of Colorado as proof money cannot buy affection. A special train will run to Hunttingburg after the Aid Society Band dance at Senninger's Hall on Monday night March Stet.
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Miss Mosher
Colorado
Huntingburg
Aid Society
Senninger’s Hall
Rock road initiative urged to advance progress in Ferdinand area
The speaker promotes a march voting push for rock road construction, arguing long term community benefits and progress beyond individual interests. He cites Ferdinand and McFall as examples of local township development and questions opponents’ motives while urging support for the road program.
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Ferdinand Newa
Clem Kitten
Saloot’ Fron
Reckelhoft & Muller
Joe Barth
Casper Schultz
Hubert Quants
Vee
Daunhauer
Leo Seufert
Joe Mueller
S.ceeseeseee
Joe Kippenbrok
Albert Weaver
Sylvan Schnieders
Joe Leinenbach
Frank Roos
Frank Riehl
Wirtzberger
BE. Metgger
J. H. Kerstiens
Herb Senninger
Leonard Roth
Sam W. Pitts
John Rugs
Frank Mueller
Henry Beckmann & Sona
A. J. Reinacker
Reckelhoff & Muiler
Karl Olinger
Val Fleig
Victor Roos
Louis Saner
Anthony Lindenschmidt
Gustav Woerter
Erne F
Wm. Helmrich
Mathias Olinger, Jr
Burleson
Lucy
Sidney
Virginia
University of Texas
Washington
M. Sondality
Clemens Hilmers
Sebastian Schreiner
Loretta Senninger
Mary Reinacker
Aberdeen
Angus Bull
Henry Fleck
Xavier Fleck
Erc
Reckelhoff & Muller
Jasper
W. A. Wilson
Ferdinand TP
John Deere
Hartman Mfg. Co
Hamilton Co
Campbell
Hoosier
John G. Beckmann
McFall
Ferdi
Fe Township
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