15 Oct 1909
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
1
Community brief listing visits from Tell City, Ferdinand, and Huntingburg residents. Notes include weddings, illness, and work progress. mentions of Dr Cox's Barbed Wire Liniment and local business ads. Several names appear: J H Beckmann, Sauer, A G Wollenmann, John Mehling, John Lindauer, and others.
Weekly corrected list of market prices from Ferdinand's Market including meats dairy produce and livestock. Butter 20c per lb eggs 21c per dozen hens 11c per lb cocks 6c per lb springers 1c per lb potatoes 35c per bu onions 60c per bu bacon 12c per lb shoulders 10c per lb ham 10c per lb beef hides 10c per lb calf 1c per lb tallow 4c per lb feathers 50c per lb grain and livestock prices furnished by Muller Son Beckmann Ferdinand Stock Yards listing cows bulls steers sheep lambs hogs with per lb or per unit prices
Thresia M Kunkel transfers 4 50a in 35 1s 5 to A B Krempp and E Traylor. Schumacher transfers 75a in 25 1 B 7 to George Kuebler. Amy Ott Palmer to Ernat Mister 33a vnn 96 9 Giver cres eee gens 900. J H Heitman jr to HH Hilkemeyer pt in lots 71 72 Huntingburg 100. Wm Huther et al to John P Kuther lot 147 and pilot 142 Ferdinand.
St Meinrad Ind Oct 14 Joseph Wigger Jr and Miss Mary Rickelmann received the holy sacrament of matrimony Tuesday morning. He is a respected farmer and son of Joseph Wigger. She is daughter of Bernard Rickelmann, noted as a bright young lady. The ceremony took place at their home with many friends in attendance.
A Ferdi nand train from Huntingburg on Monday morning halted near a junction. The engineer and fireman were seen in a corn field gathering pumpkins, carrying one under each arm into the cab. Passengers and crew, including the general passenger agent, conductor, and brakeman, watched and smiled at the comical scene.
The article reports $175000 in fire losses among Indiana farmers with no insurance, noting hundreds of acres burned and fences destroyed. It credits the State Board of Forestry for outreach and mentions the forest fire law fines of 5 to 50 dollars and liability for damages, plus free 12 by 18 inch signs available from the State Board of Forestry in Indianapolis to post at crossroads.
Xavier Obermeyer was cut by a mowing machine while mowing grass Wednesday morning. He sat on the mower, it went through a ditch, he fell off, and his right arm was caught by the blade, suffering a severe cut and a fracture above the elbow. His left leg was also cut.
State Game and Fish Commissioner T Sweeney notes strong reports from game bird preserves he established as the first to create exclusive habitats. He has distributed about ten thousand mongolian partridges and hungarian pheasants, with 7400 more planned this winter, drawing applications statewide. The imported birds live peacefully with quail and are aimed to replace dwindling quail populations.
Xavier Olinger builds an ornamental two story residence on Mariah Hill and Ferdinand road. Olinger Bros of Ferdinand laid the concrete foundation and Frank Olinger the Ferdinand carpenter frames the bays and porches. Olinger is a leading taxpayer and barns owner with plans for one of the township's finest homes.
A fragment from a humorous verse mocks tradesmen urged to advertise and invest in projects. The spoof urges readers to act now, promote their business, and avoid neglect, referencing a caricatured advice column style. The piece attributes the quip to C B A Lange via Success Magazine.
The readable lines list names and days: parents of B B Gerhard Hevels Tuesday. John Weyer Sr Joseph Eversmann Wednesday. John Weyer Sr Joseph Brinkmann Friday. Karl Goepherich Saturday. Gerhard Verkamp Sunday. The fragment references several individuals with days attached.
Fulda notes Frances Schatz travels to Evaville for the winter while Joe Keller and family from Owensboro visit Mary Birchler and discuss moving to Calhoun Kentucky to farm. Sheriff Trasher from Rock Port appears on business. Mrs. John Bittel visits her mother in Owensboro and Miss Schats attends Daviess County Fair. Robert Sergesbetter begins tearing down an old structure to build a new one.
A welcome rain arrived Sunday and Monday night benefiting farmers by aiding wheat sowing after a period of dry weather. The text mentions a person traveling to a place and returning, noting the rain's positive impact on agricultural tasks.
In St Meinrad a Tuesday convention nominated a full Newtown election ticket. Robert Widmer and Henry Meiring named trustees, Marcus Meyer as clerk, A A Sturm treasurer, Meinrad Borho marshal, with George M Sturm elected permanent chairman and Paul Ringemann permanent clerk. Also a town board session approved a Howe engine purchase from Howe Engine Co Indianapolis Igd. Ed Rickelmann family attended a wedding. Rev Leo Gans visited from Wisconsin. Joseph Vaal Co tried a new corn shredder from Jacob Ruxer.
A reader asks about Cook’s remark on standing near the pole and how noon and midnight could occur on mirrored lines across the earth. The letter explains a hypothetical line through Johnsbury showing daylight differences around the globe and notes various local visits and movements among residents and relatives in the region.
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