Death of Mrs Theresia Mehling at Ferdinand
Mya Peter Schmitt states Theresia Mehling died at her home east of Rermend last Saturday at nine after months of illness due to heart failure. She was born in Ferdinand, aged 66 years 7 months 22 days, left many children including Herman Evansville John William Henry Ferdinand Mrs Harry Lohse Mrs Henry Thornton Louisville Sister M Lucia Convent Jos Schlachter and Peter Schmitt, with siblings Christ Mehling and Mrs John Ginder. Interment was Tuesday after a requiem mass at St Ferdinand church. The bereaved express sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mya
Peter Schmitt
Theresia Mebling
Rermend
Ferdinand
Herman
Evansville
John
William
Henry
Jasper
Albert
Harry Lohse
Henry Thornton
Louisville
M. Lucia
Jos. Schlachter
Christ Mehling
Slater
John Ginder
Democratic Central Committee Meeting Notice in Jasper
The Democratic Central Committee of Dubois County will meet at the Jasper courthouse on Saturday May 26 at 10 oclock A M. Precinct committeemen and Democrats are urged to attend. John Judy, County Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Central Committee
Dubois County
Court House
Jasper
John Judy
Marriage Licenses and Local Notices in Huntingburg Area
The notices list marriage licenses for Joseph Kiem with Rose Welp, George Weisman with Laura Mutchman, Urban Gerner with Maggie Hopf, James Meyer with Alice Wilkey, all residents of St Anthony or Huntingburg or Jasper. A found pocket-book of $3 was returned to owner Arthur Eiberg after proper verification. A baby boy named Hilbert Isidore was born to Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Schuler, with sponsors Mrs. Loui Heits and Isidore Kineb. Two youths were jailed for disorder after a dance at Mike's Place. A postmaster examination has been filed and papers returned. A warning about lodging warnings while away and a general drug advertisement concludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Kiem
Rose Welp
St. Anthony
Geo. "Weisman
Laura Mutchman
Huntingburg
Urban J. Gerner
Maggie Hopf
Jasper
James Meyer
Alice Wilkey
Joe Lueken
Here
Hintingburg
Arthur Eiberg
C. R. Schuler
Hilbert Isidore
Loui Heits
Isidore Kineb
Tha
Cap
Navy enlistments and county offices on June opening day
Four men join the navy with mixed results from examinations. County events excite June first week with Board of Review and County Commissioners meetings, circuit court term opening, and a county superintendent election with five candidates. May 15 consignments, assesor’s returns, and conscription registration underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Circuit Court
Dubois County
A. T. Whaley
Birdseye
C. C. Kemp
Ireland
Robert Kemp
Holland
Robert Eckert
Jasper
Wm. Melchior
Town Marshal Appointment By Board Of Trustees
The act passed by the last legislature requires towns to appoint a marshal who serves at the board's pleasure and whose salary is fixed by the board. In the future no town marshal election will occur, and the position will be filled by appointment by the town board of trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Postoffice Building Sold to Move to St Henry
John Fischer of St Henry bought the old postoffice building from Werner Wollenmann last Saturday and plans to relocate it to St Henry. The 1878 structure, built by Mathias Olinger for Dr Math Kemp, has housed a drug store and later served as a post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fischer
St. Henry
Postoffice
Werner Wollenmann
Mathias Olinger
Math Kemp
Local residents noted in town gossip and visits
A string of short notes records residents and visitors: Fred Bromm and Arthur Beckmann nearby from Jasper and Evansville, John Geiss from Huntingburg, Miss Augusta Hoffmann and Miss Theresia Schneider traveling to Indianapolis and Evansville, and many others from Siberia, St. Meinrad, Mariah Hill, Jasper, Jasper, and Celestine. Several couples and families visited relatives, attended dances, or went on business, with multiple trips to Jasper and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Daunhauer
Mariah Hill
The American Flag and Local Social Notes at St Meinrad
A patriotic poem by J. R. Drake titled The American Flag appears beside local social items. Residents Ed Ida and Lucille Beckmann. Thecla Krapf. Emma Seufert visit St Meinrad. Jasper visitors Tillie Buechlein Rosalie Kuntz spend weekend with Jos Kuntz. Families from Huntingburg and St Meinrad travel by auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida
Lucille Beckmann
Thecla Krapf
Emma Seufert
St. Meinrad
School Enumeration 1917 County Totals and Losses
School enumeration 1917 lists counts for Columbia, Harbison, Boone, Madison, Bainbridge, Marion, Hall, Jefferson, Jackson, Patoka, Cass, Ferdinand, Birdseye Town, Ferdinand Town, Huntingburg, and Jasper City with a county total of 6441. The record notes a net loss in the count, details incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Harbison
Boone
Madison
Bain’bridge
Marion
Hall
Jefferson
Jackson
Patoka
Cass
Ferdinand
Birdseye
Ferdinand Town
Huntingburg City
Jasper City
Dogs At Large Cause Garden Damage Warned
Town trustees urge residents to keep dogs home to protect gardens and support food production during upcoming period.
Daddies and Laddies Poem Endorsed By Home Finishes Ad
Poem by Denis McCarthy celebrates daddies as loved figures among laddies. An advertising plug for Alabastine wall coating follows, claiming sanitary lasting finish for plaster or wood from Madlon & Boehm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madlon & Boehm
Driftings Dirt Transfers and Quiet Title Notices
A sequence of property transfers lists Henry J. Meyer to Joseph Mandy for 21 acres at 32 dollars, Nervia J. Chanley to Herman A. Niehaus for 20 acres at 600 dollars, Rosa Wibbels to Henry Wibbele for lots 17 and 18 in St. Anthony at 300 dollars, Crown Pottery to Mary J. Nolan for 1.50 acres with quiet title action, and other fractional lot moves including Jones to Silaa Mills for 1 acre at 125 dollars and Gerner to Urban Gerner for 20 acres at 1 dollar, with additional exchange of parcels in Jasper and Huntingburg and a cemetery trust transfer for 85 acres at 1 dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Meyer
Joseph Mandy
J. Chanley Jolda
Mery Niehaus
J. Chanley
Herman A
Niehaus
Rosa Wibbels
Henry Wibbele
St. Anthony
Crown Pottery Et al
Mary J. Nolan
John A. Jones
Silaa Mills
Notice to Farmers Offers to Buy Live Stock
Notice to farmers seeks to purchase any live stock at best market price based on quality. Also advertises Sand claimed to improve liver and kidneys with a $50 bottle sold at the drug store. Birth announced a girl to Mr and Mrs Andy Lindauer Tuesday evening with congratulations. Mrs Wm Sauer ill for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Andy Lindauer
Choate dies former ambassador to Great Britain
Jos H Choate former ambassador to Great Britain died Monday night in New York. The report notes other items including drain completion delay in Spencer county to August, Petersburg dogs to be killed, and the marriage of Nona McAdoo to Ferdinand Mohrenschildt in Washington. Also mentions Ev aneville conscript camp plans and other political and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. H. Choate
Great Britain
New York
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St. Ferdinand
Mike’s
Huntingborg
Squire Johnson
Yetaara
Gealiee
Tebow Ins Ison
CO. Capitol
Emil Schuetter
Emil Dischinger
Edwin Gerber
Juliue Giesler
Navy
Chicago
Sheriff’s Office
bin Gael
Carolina Brinkmann
Maria Beckelhof
Anna M. Metzger
Theresia Schmitt
Louis Boerste
Adam Bumm
America
Union League Club
Fred Bromm
John Geiss
Father Shea
Cannelton
Town
John Arehart
Siberia
Augusta Hoffmann
Theresia Schneider
Indianapolis
Arthur Beckmann
Vaal of
Robert Klueh
John Bartley
Mayme Bloemer
Academy
Arthur Miller of
Hubert Beckmann
Otto Spayd
Renus Reinacker
Louis Sauer
Alvin Whaley
Birdeeye
John Plock
Schnellville
Verena Sondermann
Henry Grewe
Lizzie Lindenachmidt
Evanaville
Frank Uebelher
Jasper Sunday
Arthur Andrews
Princeton
Ida Leinenbach
Jasper Laat
John Engelbrecht
Evanston
Joe Aghnaues
Sia
Mok Burkey
Celestine
Mys-Preaders Fransen of
Loule
J. R. Drake
Ville
Hugo Beckmann
Tillie Buechlein
Rosalie Kuntz
Jos. Kuntz
Wm. Pfaff
Gerhard Schipp
Near Huntingurg
Jacob F. Ruxer
Valentine Feig
Mrs. McLane
Leo Seufert
Clara Rumbach
Laura Ecketein
Edwin Horny
R. J. Beckmann and Son
L. J. Ballmann
Chas. Horry
Mary Zeller
Otto Reckelhoff
Threshermen
Ote
Louis
Coast Artillery
Maggie Schumaker
Maggie
Beckmann
Town Board of Trustees
Denis McCarthy
Frank Gerner
Urban Gerner
George Kreilein
Wm. Herbig
Samuel 8. Sandere
Birdseye Cemetery
Lillian Kreuger
Geo. F. Kreuger
Wm. R. Sauer
Joseph Schaeffer
Spencer County
Cates
Petersburg
Ind
Nona McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Ferdinand Mohrenschildt
Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce of
Evaneville
Senate’ Finance Committee
George Ledebour
Reichatag
Germany
Grain Exchange
Hugo
Sol
Tom Deunhauer
Mariah, Ah
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