Train Schedule Notice from Ferdinand
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
6
Agents Wanted at One Dollar Year Sample Copy Offer
An old advertisement seeks agents with a yearly subscription price of one dollar. It offers a sample copy for ten cents and invites readers to join a sales network by distributing periodicals or products through subscriptions. The notice emphasizes low cost entry and potential profits for sellers.
St Meinrad Correspondence Notes Visits and Weddings
St Meinrad chatter records visits from Peter Egloff and family and Dr Eugenius Sturm and wives in Jasper and Glennonville. J Jent and Emma Fischer wed in the new church. Roads and mail service are blamed for high water disruptions, with residents urging drainage improvements and tax payments noted.
Adgeville Notes and Local Visits Across Towns
Absent residents plan a return to Adgeville. W. W. Jeffers and son Earl made a business trip to Cannelton on Friday. Mrs. Boniface Jacobs visits Fulda home folks. W. T. Weednan and son Oscar from Bristow were here on Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Skrynecki visited Nick Breit in Bristow Sunday. Florence Jeffers returned from Mt. Vernon visiting relatives. Joe Schaffer and Katie Jacobs visited friends near Bristow Sunday. Eva Mullen and Ida Jeffers were in Bristow Wednesday shopping. Z B Miles and J W Dixon were in St Meinrad Saturday on business. Bernice Kessner visiting relatives at Tell City this week. Minnie Mullen visited relatives and friends at Main Indiana Tuesday. Sadie Hobbs was guest of her brother Lawrence Hobbs near here Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Hobbs
Lawrence Hobbs
Rebecua
Local Officials Convene as Wet Week Ends
Jasper notes show County Council and Board of Commissioners in session all week with visitors from The Independent The Argus and Huntingburg Signal. Levi Jacob re-elected truancy officer. Gus Kunkel denied liquor license by the Board despite moral character claims. County Auditor Mike Sweeney ill but working. Dubois doctors referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Education
Ab Goounty
Melchior
Levi Jacob
Gus. Kunkel
Board of Commissioners
Gus
Schnellville Notes Trace Moves and Confirmations
Schnellville residents share travel and shopping sightings from Louisville Jasper Ferdinand Kyana and Birdseye. Sacred Heart Church confirms May 12 with local families and students. Local social entries include dances at St Anthony and visits by families including the Whaley Stratman Schnell Miller Heldman and Emer son.
Furnishings and visits in Fulda and Ferdinand scene
Fulda reports Mrs Lehr ill and Emma Hartz visiting Katie Birehler while Emma spends spring with John Kuntz. Fr ank Jellig and family move to Main Street cottage. a feather renovating Co. opens in town. Warnings on crops temperate and the Keller Birchler wedding plans unfold with John Hildenbrand and Anna Loehrlein engagement announced in church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hildenbrand
Anna Loehrlein
Siberia News In Briefs and Personal Notes
Miss Mattie Schlachter is sick with pneumonia in Siberia and hopes for a speedy recovery. George Miller Jr. returned from Orange County to visit family over the weekend. He comments that Siberia remains unchanged though time is short. Joule is gone. Martin Bombolaski, recently in Louisville, returned home last week. A cheerful note expresses happiness at his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie Schlachter
George Miller, Jr
Orange Co
George
Siberia
Town Folks See Visitors On Weekend Roundup
Mike Brockman and Hd Schlachter went to Bristow last Tuesday. Miss Susie Beckman came home from Louisville last Saturday. Mrs. George Miller Sr. called to see Mrs. John Bombolaski last Friday. John Bombolaski made a business trip to Cannelton earlier this week. Virgil Dixon of Main was in town Saturday. Frank Lanman and Mansfield Dixon of Princeton passed through Saturday evening en route to M. M. Dixon's at Main. Miss Lena Seiler and Annie Schlachter visited Miss Minnie Bombolaski Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Zeph Miles of Dixon Valley were in town Saturday. Walter Schnell Jr. makes regular trips to Birdseye twice a week for Mr. Blume. Hurrah for the baseball boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Brockman
Hd Schlachter
Bristow
George Miller Sr
John Bombolaski
Frank Lanman
Mansfield Dixon
Princeton
M. M. Dixon
Main
Walter Schnell Jr
Birdseye
Mr. Blume
Minnie Ain’t
My Lady's Lid Hat Stuns with Improbable Width and Wonder
A New York World poem marvels at an extraordinary ladies lid that spreads from centerpiece to rim, towering like a mountain and stretching to cover streets and horizons. The speaker exults over the hat's size, daring anyone to compete, and jokes about its influence on fashion and crowds.
Real Estate Transfers Listed From Argus
Real estate transfers are recorded with numerous names and parcel details. Transactions include J J Ray to C M Dougan lots 9 and 10 Kyana block 4 for 150, Bertha Ryan to Effie Staler in Blem ker block Hantingburg for 1000, Go a Gramelspacher guard to Jos F Berger 4 260 in 2 1 B for 2, Emeline Moog et al to Henry D Koch pt in lot 29 Huntingburg and pt lot 26 Jasper ad 1200, Edward J Blemker to Wm H Lukemeyer et al 15a in 26 2 6 for 300, Leopold Friedman to John A Beyera ua in 25 1 3 and 80a in 18 In Bio, John Keller to Geo W Zeigler 160a 1 27, Malinda A McGary to Oately With Anthony Bateh to Bertha Bateh 400 pt lot 21 Huntingburg Geiger ad, Geiger ad includes Phine Hedinger lot 158 167 205 206 and 27 St Mark 100 In 25 3, Jesse Spraggins to Martha E King 8 a in 25 23, John A Voghl to John Preyberger Jr king lot 40 Huntingburg Geiger’s D, Fred Brown to H C Mandel et al 60, Ferdinand B L and Ass’n to Jose Wm E Pollard in Wm Robertana, Frank Zimmer to Cortelia Bailey lot 113 Birdseye Jarboe’s ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Ray
C. M. Dougan
Kyana
Bertha Ryan
Effie Staler
Blemker Block
Hantingburg
Heira
Julia Newton
Edward Crook
Mentor, Landreth’s Ad
Goa
Gramelspacher Guard
Jos
F. Berger
Jasper
John Kreilen
Phil
Kereilein
Edward J. Blemker
Malinda
A. McGary
Oately
Anthony Bateh
Bertha Bateh
Lot
Huntingburg
Geiger
Jesse Spraggins
Martha E. King
John A. Voghl
John Preyberger Jr. King
Cortelia Bailey
Birdseye
Jarboe
Ferdinand Township Trustee Notice for Saturday Meetings
Ferdinand township Dubois county Indiana trustee Wm Hutunia announces weekly Saturday office hours for township business. Citizens with matters to transact are urged to present them on that day of the week. Ferdinand Indiana
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Township
Dubois County
Ind
Hie
Hutunia
Ferdinand, Ind
Abyssinia Supposed Sweetheart Kill Tale by Former Official
Frank Mowrer, ex Consul General to Addis Ababa, warned that Abyssinians kill white men to please their sweethearts. He claimed escorted travelers are safe, but lone travelers risk murder to win a bride. He described natives, wildlife, and customs, noting few white women, a hockey climate, and peculiar feast practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abyssinia
Frank Mowrer
Addis Abeba
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New England
Abyssia
Russian Soldiers Teeth Decline Among 650 Examined
German dentist Dr Franzius surveyed 650 soldiers in Russia and found 258 with dental caries about 49 percent. The third molar most often affected, and a sequence of tooth decay noted from lower third molar upward. Upper teeth endure longer than lower by about 3 to 2. Tall stature linked to weaker teeth. right side more vital. life conditions cited as not harmful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franzius
Russa
The Man-Fish and the Manatee Folklore
Sailor lore describes mermaid like manatees inhabiting the mouths of Amazon and Orinoco. The creature features paddle like paws with membranes and four flat nails, a short thick tail, a round head, and hairlike musculature giving a beard impression. Names in Spanish Portuguese and Dutch reflect woman fish and bearded manatee ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon
Orinoco
South American
Ancient razorless shaving methods referenced
The text notes Dionysius of Syracuse using burning with walnut shells to remove a beard, claiming he failed to achieve a close shave. It mentions Roman youths avoiding razors by depilatories and ointments, with Marilal epigrams lampooning these timid dandies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dionysius
Syracuse
Rome
Marilal
Thirst-Proof Beasts: Desert Mice and More
The New York Herald notes surprising drought endurance among desert animals. Sheep in Northwestern deserts survive forty to sixty days without water in winter, peccaries endure months without liquid, and the pocket mouse reportedly lives three years on seed with no water or green food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
New York Herald
Sawdust to Ethyl Alcohol Could Boost mill byproduct
Alcohol made from treated sawdust is an ethyl spirit indistinguishable from grain ethanol. A large sawmill has installed a distilling plant producing several barrels daily, with potential profit and expansion to straw cane cornstalk and other plant residues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
New Theory on Iron Rust Emerges
London chemists challenge oxidation view and propose rust forms chiefly from carbonic acid. Iron reacts with air carbon dioxide to make carbonate of iron, which converts to ferric hydroxide. Experiments suggest shielding iron from carbonic acid can prevent rust even when near water for long periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemical Societies
London
Lifting the Hat Through Ages of Courtesy
The piece traces the evolution of hat lifting from medieval chivalry when knights removed helmets to show trust, a gesture once bold in public, especially before women. It notes the custom’s decline in elegance and danger as society modernizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Sunflowers Bring Fever Relief in Europe and Russia
A Peruvian and Mexican native, the sunflower is popular in Europe as a febrifuge. In Russia extensive cultivation for seeds is noted, and a Russian physician testing on 100 children from 1 month to 13 years reports that alcoholic extracts of sunflower leaves and flowers rapidly cure fever alongside quinine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Mexico
Europe
Russia
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Saa
Ferdin
Louisville
West Baden
Lincoln City
Rockport
Cannelton
H. A. Hoffman
Ting
Josephine Turck Baker
Evanston, Ill
Railroads
U. S
F. McArdry
St. Meinrad
Peter Egloff
Egenius Sturm
Jos. M. Sturm
A. Egloff
Anna Hubers
Mary Meiring
Glennonville
Eugenius Sturm
Joseph John Jent
Emma Fischer
Father Maurus
Highmasa
Mariah Hill
Rex
Adgeville
W. Jeffers
Earl
Boniface Jacobs
Fulda
W. T. Weednan
Oscar
Paul Skrynecki
Mrs
Nick Breit
Florence Jeffers
Mt. Vernon
Joe Schaffer
Katie Jacobs
Eva Mullen
Ida Jeffers
Z- B. Miles
J. W. Dixon
Bernice Kessner
Tell City
Minnie Mullen
Ed H. Dufenbach
Louis Katter
Independent
The
Argus Man
Ernst R. Pickhard
Mike Sweeney
Dr. Robinson
Joseph Fischer
Dubois
Schnellville
Katie Heitelbeck
Frances
Minnie Lochte
John Brames
Gerhard Leschte
Alvin Whaley
Miss Bertha
Joe Stratman
Miss Angela Home
Children of the Sacred Heart Church
Joe
Adam
Minnie Stratman
St. Anthony
Joe Schnell
Evansville
Fred Wormen
Oscar Schnell of
Irvin Whaley
Emerson
Joe Miller
Leonard Heldman
Tony
Celestine
Rambler
John Lehr
Emma Hartz
Katie Birehler
Emma
John Kuntz
Ford Lindauer
Owensboro
Frank Jellig
Anderson Cottage
Main Street
Snyder
Jellig
A Feather Renovating Co
Fred Pond
Lorena
Zeno
Joe Bauer
Ben Birchler
Alberta and
Cletus
Birchler
Wm. Collignon
Santa Claus
Katie
Celia Wanninger
Stephen Birechler
Celia
Daviess Co
Keller— Birchler
John Collignon
Albert
Fred Pund
Keller— Birchier
Martin Bombolaski
Susie Beckman
Virgil Dixon of
Lena Seiler
Annie Schlachter
Minnie Bombolaskis
Zeph. Miles of
Dixon Valley
Baseball Boys
Brown
My Lady’s Lid
New York World
Argus
Sweetheart
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