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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
5
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Mrs. John Bender was on the sick list last week. Ebencamp of Ferdinand sold a fine horse to Anton Blume. Minnie Bombolaski visited Lizzie Dean last Tuesday evening. Felix Lanette recently returned from Louisville. Anton Blume barn raised on Wednesday with good spirits. Philip Schnell and Ed Schlachter traded wheat and horses. Lizzie Arehart praises the school’s end of term. The local baseball nine traveled to Uniontown for their first game. Mandana Chewing and mother moved back to Bristow. Wedding bells expected for VanP as weeks pass. Boys eye Bristow skating rink in the zomax and Witbe Hall. Uncle Charley Cummins remains poorly, recovery unlikely. Rose Hobbs visited Huntingburg. Felix Linette Jr. in Louisville visiting parents. Gilliatt invited a friend from Washington. Miss Grayen Hobbs visiting Bristow. Ida Wright dies near Mentor. J.R. Hail and family from Bristow visiting Hobbs. Charley Hobbs in town on business Friday. Minnie Bombolaski offered advice on fine postcards.
The Jasper column notes many local items including tax payments, James J. Cunningham advocating temperance in Birdse y township, and school closures with Thursday evening exercises at the Court House. It records sympathy for Senator John Bentz in Leavenworth, Mrs. Flora Traylor’s return from French Lick Springs, a three sided fight near Burger Bros saloon, and possible candidacies for Judge and Joint Representative. Horace M. Kean attended the Petersburg dedication of a new Oda Fellows building costing ten thousand dollars. The school question excitement wanes as peace returns.
Fulda notes report widespread whooping cough among children and several residents visiting nearby towns. Local church weddings announced for next Tuesday, including Joseph Keller and Katie Birchler, with many social events such as a city hall ball and various visits. Weather mentions frequent rains delaying farm work and a log rolling event. May is described as a merry time for marriages and festivities.
Rev John Becher of Vincennes arrived in St Meinrad to witness the wedding of his niece Miss Josephine Becher to Theodore Fischer on Tuesday morning. The ceremony was conducted by Rev John Becher, uncle of the bride, with singing of High Mass. Afterward the couple were congratulated at the uncle’s home before visiting the bride’s parents. Miss Rosament returned home to join the gathering. Philip Ender, a former local, called from Cincinnati shoework.
A fragment reflects on childhood memories resurfacing when a man returns to his former home and recalls favors received during illness, ending with the initials ei M. C.
Mariah Hill details a brief visitors run with Miss Maggie Hollander arriving from Louisville and Miss Monica Bosler visiting her sister Mrs. Will Dilger. Families F W Wagner and son Richard return from Evansville, Dr. A J Maslowsky visits Fulda, Ed Ringeman passes through from St Meinrad to Dale, Frank P Horlander spends Sunday in Fulda, Pete Jochim family attend the Bickwermert Pund wedding at Ferdinand, Frank Jellig family heads to Fulda to make their future home, and a large group of young people attend Monday dances at various spots.
A quirky verse filled with forecasts for May mocking politicians and society. It winds through playful lines about May’s birth, elections, social foibles, and comic month rituals with shifting images of notable figures, strange measures, and humorous prophecies.
The passage mocks Gemini traits and predicts soldiers earning 13 dollars monthly, restless movers, and opinions on Taft and Bryan. It dresses a June wedding rumor around Madam Gould and Prince Sagan with comic violence and a spitting tabloid scene. It ends by urging purchase of a two cent hanger card from DominicaARDS Co. in St. Louis to curb spitting.
A Bangor Commercial report describes telephones strung along the West Branch of the Penobscot aiding river drivers in clearing log jams. Dams hold back water for drought control and timing, while telephones direct dam gates and jam breaking with dynamite if needed. A fire wardens' post on Squaw Mountain, six miles west of Greenville, uses teles and range finders to locate fires within sixty miles.
The text instructs that plants should not be nourished if they retain enough for immediate needs and warns against driblets, recommending immersing pots in water. Interjected lines disrupt flow with a fire warning and household chat, mentioning a tray and Mrs Pacekill.
Vast sea rafts built from Pacific timber travel in long cigar shapes from Washington and Oregon to California. Weighing heavy timber blocks reach up to 650 feet long with up to 800000 linear feet in a single raft. Two steamers guide the slow, dangerous voyage around Stella and the Columbia River estuary to San Francisco.
The National Tailor notes New York State now leads in dressmaking surpassing men’s clothing output with a value near 340 million dollars, employing about 75 000 women and 53 000 men. New York accounts for about 70 percent of women’s clothing, nearly 97 percent of nation’s collar and cut production, and about 64 dollars million paid in wages. The Worlds Work cautions about rising married men's burdens while observing fashion industry shifts.
An entertaining exchange critiques a home and its hostess. Comments praise the wallpaper and books but fault the layout and decor. The voices jokingly chastise the hostess for hosting, while Frank jokes about his lack of funds in a light, satirical tone.
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