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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1918
Page
3
A jumble of spoofed and stylized wartime letters and voices recount German and American attitudes. The text blends faux German phonetics with American wartime rhetoric, referencing the Marne, Berlin, Hindenberg line, and calls for military recruitment and supplies.
Ownership details for The Ferdinand News published weekly in Ferdinand Indiana list Henry Haake as publisher editor and business manager with notary Mathias Olinger dated September 26 1918. Mentions Beckman State Bank major security holder and Liberty Bond subscriptions totaling 14000 with local communities Huntingburg and Jasper noted as over the top.
A shipment of the latest cloaks in ladies misses and children sizes arrives with prices advertised. A baby boy was born to Mr and Mrs Leo Lichleiter of Louisville two weeks ago with grandfather Frank Meyer joyfully celebrating.
Stop and shop Bartley’s Millinery for the newest hat styles offered at reasonable prices. Jacob Bartley Jr urges readers to visit and be convinced. Voter registration reminder states October 7 is the last day to register for the November election.
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Henry P. Fleck to appear in Dubois Circuit Court Jasper Indiana on October 7 1918 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Witness the Clerk and Seal this 12th day of September 1918. Wm Bockelmann clerk.
Mrs Hubert Quante visited Byansville Monday. F X Buxer of St Meinrad was in town last Saturday. Miss Vidla Reekelhot spent Sunday and Monday in Louisville. Dr E E Metzger was at St Meinrad yesterday on business. John Bender of Siberia transacted business Thursday last week. And many others from St Meinrad Louisville Jasper and Evansville were listed visiting repairing or attending events in town last week.
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