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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
5
Fresh oysters and peach ice cream announce weekend offerings at Bromm's saloon and Ferdinand Tee Cream Parlor. A farm on the market and a used piano for sale headline local classifieds. Births, illnesses, and a silver wedding anniversary are noted along with a post office theft and horse theft chase reaching Huntingburg.
Personal visits and travels populate the week with many names. Paul Jochim and Andy Jochim attend family events in Mariah Hill and Huntingburg. Maria Hill residents Meier Klueh and Gauber families host relatives in Jasper and Ferdinand. Others, including Mueller, Reutman, and Echstein, journey to Louisville Evansville St Meinrad and Troy for weddings services and business.
Ad fragment offers a catalogue of 10 cent sheet music. Mentions G W Pitte and a note about timber sale terms. Written in terse, promotional style with limited details.
Local leaders push for a canning factory after E. E. Small and C. H. Ausburn of Hastings Industrial Company visit to assess the project. If approved, the cannery could employ about 50 workers and process tomatoes, beans, pumpkins, corn, and other produce for national distribution. William Helming will field questions as townspeople weigh the plan.
A bright all white wedding in St. Ferdinand’s church united Miss Minnie Meyer and Anthony Renner of Huntingburg Tuesday morning. The ceremony drew a large crowd with Magmie Meyer as maid of honor and Albert Renner of Jasper as groomsman, followed by a grand dinner at the bride’s home.
Ben Grewe and Mrs Josephine Woerter married Wednesday morning at St Ferdinand Church. Witnesses were Mr Leo Snyder. Grewe, a town leader and store manager, and Woerter, a widow with ongoing support for her children, start their second marriages as Newa community cheers. All State Orchestra provided music at the bride’s home ceremony.
The text notes Otto Gehlhausen, brother of the groom and son of Henry Gehlhausen, a prosperous farmer near town, with Miss Witte described as the daughter of John Witte and a highly respected young lady.
In Jasper Dubois County a case arises after Mat Schmitt learns his wife Mollie Griesam Schmidt may have been married to Rudolph Griesam in Louisville in 1875. Schmitt seeks to annul the marriage and quiet title to real estate, raising questions about Mollie’s prior marriages and pension rights.
The Jasper Herald reports Rudolph Mathias Griesam, once married in Louisville, spent years wandering across many states after leaving his wife. He later learns his son is a London priest and remains an inmate at a county asylum while his wife remarries. His case fuels local debate over annulment and truth.
Carrie Gehlhausen writes from Oak Grove Louisiana about hunting and fishing trips with friends family visits and plans for another ten day trip. She mentions a Lake Providence priest planning to build a church and a birthday dinner for mamma. The piece notes Father Emilian Egler's first mass at St Ferdinand church and a gathering at Leppert's Hotel with St Eberhard Aid Society Band.
The McCormick Nursery Co. of Monroe Michigan seeks a live agent to solicit orders for trees shrubs and roses. No experience required. Offers good weekly pay and free canvas selling outfit. Write for particulars and mention this paper.
Monday to Saturday list of names Janson Wagner and others with daily services. The forty hours devotion starts Friday Oct 30. Services Oct 30 10 o clock Vespers 2 30 and evening service 7 30. Continuous church schedule spans Oct 30 to Nov 1.
Reported dialogue shows a team meeting where all members oppose traveling to a Sunday game. Arguments include posters seen as insulting and a claim that no one will accompany the team, with implied hostility toward the opposing group. The scene ends without a farewell as the caller notes another player was recorded yelling about a hook at the other end.
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