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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1907
Page
2
Advertising rates listed for one year columns with varying prices and monthly bills payable. Property transfers appear noting Maggie Herder to Ed J Kunkler and Roller to Henry Mauntel with parcel details in Huntingburg. A long April examination list names numerous students and townships with many individuals and families.
The Ferdinand Theatrical Club announces an entertainment at Senningers Hall in Ferdinand Indiana on Sunday night May 12 1907 for the benefit of St Ferdinand Catholic Church. The club clarifies no member receives pay and notes proceeds support a new school building with a full house urged for the last appearance of the year.
Real estate transfers catalog shows numerous deeds including Levi Nolan selling 10 acres in 22 and 23 to Florian Nolan, and parcels traded between Nolan, Chas Nolan, and Oscar Nolan. Transfers mention Eldington, Huntingburg, Haysville, Duff, and Ireland with multiple lots and acreages. sums range from 100 to 4200 dollars.
Historic sale sheet lists prices for eggs butter potatoes and meats at Ferdinand's Market with items across country produce wool mill stuff grain tobacco and hides. Prices include eggs 14c, butter 18c per lb, bacon sides 10c, hams 12c, lard 10c, wheat 70c per bushel, corn 46 to 50c, hay 10 to 12 per ton, tobacco lugs 2.60 per 60 lb, leaf 4 to 6c, beef hides 8c per lb.
A fragment notes The Courier-Journal will back the ticket as elections near. The piece mentions political alignment, patronage groups, and an offer to purchase a weekly Courier-Journal combined with a subscription incentive.
A ship named St Andrew reports whale collisions and a dramatic waterspout encounter on a voyage from Antwerp to New York. Mate Spice recounts striking a whale, recovering a whale head for a museum, and fending off a waterspout with the six pounder. The captain muses on fate and safety gear while the crew discusses possible outcomes. A Dutch medical mystery, Doctora Nonplussed, describes a contagious heart fever in Ouddorp near Utrecht with over 100 cases and perplexing origins.
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