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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1906
Page
3
A fragmented report describes a local club planning a new culvert and improved grounds with a grand stand for better ball games. Attendees face private-ground trespass rules and a May birthday party for Master Wheron Rickelmann amid a parade, circus visit, and community notices.
The meeting featured Fr. John Seliomo and Fraternal Brotherhood praise, Dr. Gaudin describing birth and growth of the order with stereo views, and a quintet performing Home Sweet Home and My Old Kentucky Home. The Ferndinand lodge expects strong benefits.
Local society report from Ferdinand covers guests and visitors staying at hotels including Evansville and St. Meinrad, with mentions of Miss Mary Rickelmann and Miss Mary Olinger, arrivals from Tell City and Leopold, and a wedding reception for Peter Weaver. The Prince Henry Orchestra provided music for a dance, and Henry Haake assumes control of The News job office.
A playful exchange between Willie's twin-like names and their papa centers on whether a second banana should be bought for the other boy. The father answers with a light moral twist, affirming fairness and sharing while noting the humorous strain of the situation.
A Yonkers Statesman clipping quotes a woman saying her husband pays her a quarter each time she laughs at one of his jokes. Her friend expresses surprise that the woman is a writer before clarification to the joke source.
A clipped remark recalls Tissington as ready to confess flaws while Slowe-Noonsense boasts of being selfmade. Cassell's Journal notes the exchange, framing it as a moment of bold self-promotion.
A Chicago Daily News note remarks on a man who married an athletic woman, defying stereotypes about athletes and gender, highlighting unexpected pairings in sports culture.
Ferdinand loses to St Meinrad in a high scoring game at Olinger's Park. Walker drove in the deciding runs with a dramatic eighth inning hit as St Meinrad builds a late lead and adds two in the ninth before final score.
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