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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1915
Page
4
St Meinrad residents and visitors share a Sunday of calls and drives to nearby towns. Families from Ferdinand, Troy, Mariah Hill, Huntingburg, and Louisville are listed among those seen in town. A local dance is planned at John Kost hall for May 18 with attendees and travel details noted.
Joe Muller of Ferdinand moored to town last Sunday and spent a few hours there. A party hosted by Misses Ida and Katie Weaver celebrated Ida’s return from Louisville with refreshments and music by the Big Four Orchestra. Frank Jacobs bought a new saw mill at Ferdinand last Thursday and plans to move one of his two mills to his Hatfield area farm. It is prayer week, and Tuesday many in the congregation traveled to Broad Plain to attend a service at 7:30.
Fine weather described as we write. Several locals including Dutch Enles of Cuzco, Ben Schroering and others visited Dubois. Residents and visitors stopped by Dubois Machine Works on Monday and reported sales and business, including Ed Rasche selling his farm and a fertilizer shipment from Celestine.
Rural Route No 1 reports cooler spell currently. Mr and Mrs Mathias Olinger of Evanaville visited Mrs Olinger and family Sunday and Monday. Mr and Mrs John Schipp received a surprise Thursday honor.
At a late hour departure wished Mr and Mrs Schipp many more happy returns of the day. Work is progressing nicely on the silo built for Mrs X Olinger. The boys report the machine working fine. Alois Gerber of Ferdinand is erecting a new summer kitchen for J Seger.
Frank Yent and Rob Widmer of St. Meinrad were in town Saturday evening. Mrs Edward Mullen spent last Saturday with her daughter Mrs Chas Metzger at Ferdinand. Miss Grace Jeffers stays with her sister at St. Meinrad. Robert Sehlachter and Miss Mathilda Hrockmann were guests of Lizzie and Anna Hobbs Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Wheeler visited Mr and Mrs Jas Van Winkle Sunday.
A batch of rural deeds lists transfers in Huntingburg and surrounding areas. Names include Caroline C. Eggers, Kilian Hufnagel, James M. Coffey, Roy Powell, Minnie Ring, John Kamman, Anton Lindauer, Bernard Verkamp, Mathew Burton, Peter Wi Gand, Livicia Simmons, Charles Parsons and Jeph Lockwood with parcels ranging from 0.25 to 80 acres and prices from $1 to $500 in dated entries. The Kentucky Vitrified Brick Co. is noted with a $81 total for a pipe company deed exposure.
Evansville Indiana May 13 L T Cooper the Tanlac Man will increase charity bread donations due to rising Tanlac sales He will supply several hundred loaves weekly to the Salvation Army Ensign Knapp thanks him and bakery deliveries start Sunday morning at 10 00 am Additional bread goes to the Associated Charities and Ferdinand area Tamlac is sold in Ferdinand by A G Wollenmannady.
Daily train schedule lists departures from Huntingburg with connections to Louisville Evansville and West Baden. Trains run from early morning 7:24 A.M. through 3:20 P.M. with No 1 linking to Lisouth Rock Canyon and Evansville and No 9 to Louisville.
Readable fragments show a time card reference for West and Kant stations. Partial entries mention Train 12 and Train 9 with locations West Kant and Southern Time. Details are incomplete, leaving uncertain schedules and destinations.
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