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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
5
Local update notes Mayme Hollinden, very ill with typhoid fever, is improving. The item mentions various community notices including social events, sales, and local business ads.
Personal notes detail weekend and weekday visits among families and individuals across towns. Readers include Mr and Mrs Robert Ramsey, Miss Ella Beckman, Miss Cornelia Beckman, Mrs Susan Schumacher and family, and many others from Uniontown Lafayette Tell City St Henry New Albany and beyond.
Farmers notice forbids hunting or shooting quail on farms listed: Fred Hoffman Herman Veercamp Elisabeth Veercamp Henry Hackmann Henry Brinkman Henry Muller William Bickwermer Joe Wendhold Henry Neuschny k.
A birthday party for Ludwina Roos marked her 20th birthday held Tuesday at her grandmother Mrs. Joe Leppert’s home. Guests included numerous friends and family from local towns, with music by the Jesse James Band and various refreshments.
County residents recoil at overpriced ranges as Wrought Iron Range Co of St Louis is sued in Dubois circuit court. They seek $50 yearly license per wagon for ten years totaling $3,000 after peddlers vanished, prompting court action against the sellers.
At Jefferson Barracks Missouri Joseph Heidel a Princeton Indiana resident enlisted as a musician on the 7th and was sent there from Princeton. Described as a good magician by friends his enlistment is not surprising to them.
Pauline Egler aged 6 or 7 died yesterday after being severely burned when boiling coffee spilled on her. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Egler. The family plans to bury her at St Ferdinand cemetery this morning. The bereaved parents express deep sorrow.
Classified sale notices list a piano, bedroom suite, range, band instruments, and a farm near Ferdinand Indiana. Contacts include Joan Wendhoot Carl Fischer and Henry Nevach with locations in St Meinrad and Ferdinand seeking quick buyers.
Timber sale notice lists a single baying lot with wall yourket price indicated. No purchaser details provided. The fragmentary text offers minimal identifiable entities or dates.
Oct term dispositions include from Ninie Robinson v Wm Robinson renewal of judgment and contempt risk, Elizabeth Stephenson v Theo Stephenson divorce with alimony, State v Jim Hanselman guilty petit larceny and good behavior release, and numerous civil judgments such as Central Manufacturing Co v Hass and street assessments against many defendants, along with road and liquor license actions and traffic-related orders.
Miss Hattie Meurer, 22, daughter of Mr and Mrs Adam Meurer, drank carbolic acid at her Walnut Street home to end her life. A note said she wished to “get out of the way of everybody” and named her sister and sweetheart. The discovery followed routine chores and a locked room with a six-ounce bottle and three ounces remaining. The event prompts questions about motive, no clear cause given.
Church notices for the week list Rosa Beckman Angela Wapkenberg Elizabeth Janson Paul Daxchbach Bernard Laake and Margaretha Rood with collection reminder for Sunday and graveyard duties noted. The text reflects scattered OCR errors but preserves main names and the collection instruction.
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