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Newspaper

Ferdinand News

Location

Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1907

Page

7

Real Estate Transfers in Huntingburg and Nearby Towns

A condensed list shows numerous ownership changes including Geo Weasel to Aaron Utz for a outlet lot in Huntingburg and multiple adjoining parcels. Transfers involve Hempstead to Hagen, Hall to Spurlock, Schlachter to Schlacter, Pfaff to Pfaff, Nolan to Harden, Buchart to Block, Kalk to Broamer, Mele to Schnarr, Behrman to Voges, Wagner to Schefer, and Wening to Witte, among others. Values range from $90 to $12,000 with parcels described by block and lot numbers across Ferdinand Jasper and Dubois counties.

Weasel Aaron Utz Huntingburg F. Mann Amelia Hagen Cornell Alpha Spurlock E. W. Hall A. FE. Spurlock John Schlachter John F. Schlacter Peter Pfaff Frank Pfaff BP Bay Thos B. Nolan Jas. Y. Hardin Goa Joseph E. Buchart Frank X. Block Louis H. Pickhardt Anna A. Thallmueller Franziska Robert Maggie Behmer Outlet Leon Dillon Nancy E. Craig Jos B. Buchart John F. Block Christ Kalk Henry Broamer Dubois Henry Brosmer Byres Conrad Mele John A. Schnarr Henry Schum Ferdinand Wagner Mary Snyder Frank Drach Jacob EF. Neukam Lott John H. Beckmann Samuel W. Pitts Fraziska Robert Walter N. Thies G. Stewart F. Beckmann Gao Apple Iga Phil J. Kunkel Lorence Giesler Jasper Kundeck John Scheppers Elizabeth Scheppers Anna Mary Elmer Anna M. Hoffman Benedict Johannman Geo. Kaiser Emma Whitten Mary E. Scherman Bo c Icc

Church rites and nuptials mark St Meinrad gathering

The St Meinrad community enjoyed a fourty hour devotion in the new church with grand ceremonies, adoration, and Te Deum. Tuesday, Alois Fieth and Miss Mary Walser wed in the old church as visitors from Jasper and Washington, Indiana, spent days touring. A local Seminarian, Jos Flosrke, was visited by his mother and sister from Washington, while Mrs Kunigunda Riegel of Owensboro, Kentucky, visited his mother-in-law. The Fontanet powder explosion shock was felt locally, described as an earthquake.

St. Meinrad Abbey Alois Fieth Mary Walser St. Meinrad Jasper Washington Ind Jos, Flosrke Indiana Kunigunda Riegel Owensboro Mary Jent Fontanet Combedee

Literary dandies and their famed flamboyant dress

The piece catalogs how figures from Disraeli to Dumas and Balzac adopted striking outfits. It notes Disraeli’s velvet coat and gold chains, Stevenson’s sealskin cape, Nerval’s sea color garb, and other writers’ eccentric wardrobes while highlighting the era’s fashion as a blend of flamboyance and performance.

Lord Lytton Dickens Disraeli London Stevenson The Savile Club Gerard de Nerval Dumas the Elder Bacchus Gautier Paul Bourget Monk Lewis Beckford Vathek Fonthill Boswell Paoli Stratford on-Avon Leslie Stephen Cambridge Balzac Samuel Richardson Clarissa Harlowe Rousseau Thomas Moore Biffon

Prize Gunner Scores Show Naval Gunners Improve

The latest target practice results reveal higher efficiency for American naval gunners with ten ships attaining at least 85 percent of the trophy winner's final merit. This year the average final merit rose to 71 percent from 64, and the Pacific squadron leads in final merit. Swinburne’s second Pacific squadron outperformed its peers by 20 percent, while the Atlantic fleet claims the battleship trophy.

Pacific Squadron Pacific Fleet Swinburne Atlantic Fleet

Beloved of Many Described as Superior Virtue

A saying extols wealth and strength as good but ranks being beloved by many as the greater virtue, highlighting social esteem over material power. The quote emphasizes communal regard as a key measure of worth.

Horse Whisperers Touch Turbulent Racehorses in England and Ireland

A London journal story describes horse whisperers who calm unruly beasts without drugs. Don Sullivan, once in Kilimallock, gained fame for taming King Pepin at Mal low using whispered words, silence, and a pipe and tobacco ritual before the start. The method reportedly quiets horses that otherwise lash out as jockeys and grooms are flung aside.

England Ireland London Joorpak Don Suldlivan Vna Kilimallock Lord Doneraile Sullivan King Pepin Currough Mallow Thaneh Pepin

Your Second Best

Reflect on daily choices and aim for continuous improvement. The note urges seeking higher effort tomorrow, not settling for second best, insisting readers push to their full capacity and seize the golden opportunity before them.

Iook

Brave Leader of Arabs in Morocco Known as Red Kaid

A correspondent describes Kaid el Hemerr of the Mdacra tribe near Casablanca as the romantic red clad commander who often leads charges against the French. Though his hands are paralyzed, he earns pay for leading and wielding a talisman for luck in battle.

Morocco Red Kaid Kaid el Hemerr Hemerr Red Casablanca

A Puzzle of Two Suitors and a Woman's Choice

A woman recalls two surviving suitors from youth and weighs them. One, Billy, would dominate and shield her yet stifle her will. the other offers companionship and growth but lacks decisive strength. She weighs who to marry, then asks readers who she chooses.

Sune Carlest Conmimmunion Tam Billy

Shaw Disputes Gourmand Label While Living in London

George Bernard Shaw declares he eats sparingly and has no fixed home, noting his main residence is Wandelphia terrace in London while Fitzroy Square is his official address. He jokes about his life as a writer and vestryman, and recounts a dinner remark from a Socialist conference where a lunch banana tally sparked humor.

Wotter Ann

Mourning Customs Through the Centuries

A fragmented reminiscence notes changes in mourning attire and habits from the seventeenth century to the eighteenth century. It mentions undertaker Chofret remarking on future mourning trends, widows wearing black bed curtains, black mourning lace and stationery, nobles using ebony utensils, and gray cloth signaling evolving fashion in mourning.

Go Ant Theo

The nature fake and a swan tale at the zoo

Dr William J Long recalls a nature tale about a boy at a zoo who steals up to a swan with a brick. The keeper stops him as the boy mutters he wants to hear the swan sing. The anecdote warns that the nature fake harms as the bird’s quiet nature is broken by human mischief.

William J. Long

Dialogue Fragments Highlight Social Friction and Miscommunication

In a brief exchange, a woman praises Tom while a friend critiques him as silent and dull. The dialogue reveals social dynamics, judgment, and miscommunication between characters across a casual street conversation.

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