Local Notes From Nearby Villages and Visits
Miss Bertha Yellig of St. Louis visits family near Adgeville for a few weeks. Miss Tina Arnold departs for Louisville after weeks with relatives. Mrs. Jos Sturm of Jasper and Mrs. Marie Wigger of Ferdinand visit town. Nurse Kathryn Kurzdorfer from Evanaville attends sick F W Wagner. Roy Yellig returns to Louisville after a week. Verona John of Jasper visits Dilger home. John Brenner Jr. goes to Evansville on business. Ford Bockting family visit St Meinrad relatives. Jos Nord of Louisville visits home folks. County education board discusses preliminary institute in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Sturm
Jasper
Marie Wigger
Ferdinand
Miss Verona John of
Wm. F. Dilger
Fulda School Month Opens as Families Travel
Fulda schools opened on Monday September 9. John Holtzmann and Victor Fleischmann conducted business in the county seat Saturday. Mrs John Rupprecht of Evansville visits her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Nemer for several days. Henry Feldhaus Evansville Demokrat solicitor visited. Hubert and Carl Lindauer left for Jasper College to attend, with a farewell party Sunday night. Election inspectors for Harrison township appointed: Precinct 1 J A Greulich, Precinct 2 Joe Peters, Precinct 8 Boniface Schaeffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Rupprecht
Evansville
Joe Nemer
Hubert
Carl Lindauer
Jasper College
Board of Commissioners
Harrison Township
J. A. Greulich
Joe Peters
Boniface Schaeffer
Local Town Gossip and Weekend Visitors
A roundup of residents and visitors from Dubois and surrounding towns with notes on dances, travel, and a recent baseball game between Schnellville Sluggers and Dubois Stars. Highlights include Ed Mundy, Fred Keller, John Hemmerlein, Martin Snyder, Martin Merkel, John Neukam, Joel Rowekamp, Tom Cave, Tony Lindenschmidt, Dr Goble, Mike Agnes, Tom Striegel, Henry Miller, Fred Beck, Gust Hasenour, and a scoring recap of the game led by Ceder Dekemper and Ed and Bill Harder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schnellville Sluggers
Dubois Stars
Ceder Dekemper
Bill Harder
Snnings
Ed Harder and Bill Harder Pace Home Run Win
Off Dekemper for one base on balls and Friedmann for four. two home runs by Ed Harder and Bill Harder highlighted the game lasting two hours and ten minutes with umpires Jack Harder and Ed Nordhoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dekemper
Friedmann
Ed Harder
Bill Harder
Jack Harder
Ed Nordhoff
Ferdinand Railroad Timetable and Connections May 26 1912
Timetable issued Sunday May 26 1912 lists daily operation from Huntingburg to connections with Southern Railway. Trains interchange with Evansville Rockport Cannelton routes and with Louisville West Baden. delays limited to 30 to 40 minutes for late Southern trains. All trains run to and from the Southern depot in Huntingburg under Southern rules. Bartley Bros advertises men s underwear sale 50 to 40 cents and 25 cents to 2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntingburg
Southern
Evansville
Rockport
Cannelton
Louisville
West Baden
Southern Railways
Southern Railway
Princeton
GFL & Pla
Ind
Ferdinand
Bartley Bros
North Bound Train Schedule From Johnsburg
Southern Time Card lists north bound trains from Johnsburg with departure and arrival times including 4:50 and 4:14 pm and 7:5 am. 12 leaves Johnsburg at 4:29 am and 12:07 pm. notes schedules are for information only and not guaranteed. Nov 11 13 12 14 service runs West Baden to Evansville with free reclining chair cars. agent T. N. Luebbherusen signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boutin
Johnsburg
N. B
Louieville
Evansville
West Baden
T. N. Luebbehusen
Old Marshall Homestead Stands North Manchester Landmark
In North Manchester Indiana the house where Thomas Marshall future Indiana governor and vice presidential candidate was born still stands north of Walnut Street. The building has weathered decades with few repairs after moves and ownership changes, remaining a neat reminder of early local history.
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House
North
Manchester
Ind
North Manchester
Thoman J. Marshall
Indiana
Walnut Street
Main Street
Lawrence National Bank
Daniel Marshall
New Sphinx Found Between Colossi at Memphis Egypt
A fourteen foot high alabaster sphinx weighing ninety tons has been uncovered on the waterlogged plain of Memphis between the Colossi. Discovered by Mr Mackay of the British School in Egypt, it is to be raised upright next year and dates to about 1200 B.C. The find, part of broader explorations with many new Egyptological relics displayed at University College London.
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Cairo
Egypt
Memphis
Bakkareh
Ihe Tal
Mackay
Flinders Petrie
B. C
Rameses II
Ptah
Ny Carlsberg Museum
Copenhagen
University College, Gower Street
Prisoner Free Hunter Returns to Workhouse Amid Parole Push
In St Louis prison records, Sexender Hunter who had sixteen months left for a workhouse sentence, attempted to flee work details to gain parole. He initially hid on a river wire stretcher to Kimiskwick, then rode back to St Louis by train explaining the missing fare. Authorities report he faced two years added for burglary charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Sexender Hunter
Chesley Island
Csevin J. White
Harter
Hunter
Kimiswick
Tie
Superintern
Wille
Corset Cover Ends in Self Inflicted Death in Asbury Park
Annie Spellman thirty, of Newark, hanged herself with a noose using a covet cover in her room at Ocean Grove near Asbury Park. The muslin rope broke after she had been hanging for some time and fell to the floor, where Mrs. Shittery found the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
Annie Spellman
J.P. Slattery
Stantey Street
Newark
Mrs. Shittery
Veteran Editor Weds Stenographer in New York
Announcements from New York report the marriage of Edward Pege Mitchell editor of the New York Sun to Misa Ada Morongba a 28 year old stenographer in the Sun business office. Mitchell is sixty. The couple wed in New York with Morongba of Brooklyn as the bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Pege Mitchell
The
New York Sun
Misa Ada Morongba
Brooklyn
Mitchell
Sun
Spanked 60-Year-Old Daughter Leads to Arrest
Mrs Margaret Armstrong eighty four, arrested in Philadelphia on a charge of mistreating her sixty year old daughter Maria Dean who says she continues to be spanked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Margaret Armstrong
Maria Dean
Early Egyptian funerary goods and tomb beliefs
The article notes that ancient Egyptian burial practices favored grave goods such as headrests sandals and gypsum vessels. It cites vases bearing the name Mena the earliest known Egyptian king and compares relic tributes to modern wreaths. Evidence shows scarce waterlogged artifacts and tomb raids were more common in early periods.
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Mena
Minister Marries 4000 Couples Over 23 Years in Bristol
Rev Alfred Harrison Burroughs of Griatol, aged eighty, has married about 4,000 couples since 1889. He says he never planned it as a business but began marrying runaway pairs for accommodation. His growing practice led him to build a hotel to house eloping couples and at times he wed three to eleven couples daily.
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Vigwest
Pierceton
Kray
Thomas Marshall
Tolks
Wip
Side Te Poot Krisher
DP. W. Krisner
Jocattes
Bristol
Tenn
Alfred Harrison Burroughs
Griatol
Laundry bill shocks San Bernardo man
George B. Rowan opened his weekly laundry and found a pile of 960 bank notes. He recalled leaving the money in his clothes, and the mislaid currency appeared with his washed items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardo
Cal
George B. Rowan
Local notes and town updates from Ferdinand period
Frank Drach returns from Jeffersonville. Local markets seek white oak and poplar lumber. Ben Bolte & Sons and the Siberia church undergo painting and frescoing. New office for Dr Metzen. Dupont Dynamite line touted. Public sale plans and school openings noted along with civic happenings and nearby travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Bolte & Sons
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Lai
Henry
J. Beckmann
Caseuen
J. A. Sondermann
Paas
Beckmann State Bank
Bank & Trust
Liabilitie
State of
Dubois
R. J. Beckmann
Mathias Olinger
Mariah Hill
Bertha Yellig
Adam Schatz
Near Adgeville
Tina Arnold
Kathryn Kurzdorfer
Evanaville
F. W. Wagner
Roy Yellig
John Brenner, Jr
Mrs. Ford Bockting
St. Meinrad
Jos. Nord
Howe
County Board of Education
Ord
Fulda
John Holtzmann
Victor Fleischmann
County
Henry Feldhaus
Evansville Demokrat
Harri
Ed Mundy
Huntingbury
Fred Keller
John Hemmerlein
Kellerville
Martin Snyder
Rvanasville
Martin Merkel
Celestine
John Neukam
Jloe Rowekamp
John Birch
Tom Cave of Crystal
Beech Grove
Tony Lindenschmidt
Dr. Goble of
Mike Agnes
Tom Striegel
Mike Keller
Henry Miller
Fred Beck
Gust Hasenour
Ellsworth
Kb Stars
Ceder
Andy Harder
J. Friedmann
J. Towers
E. Merkley
J. Buechier
Towers
Merkley
J. A. Wood
L. B. Jenkins
Huntingburg TV
M. Oy
J.C. Beam
Bt. Loule, Mo
Thomas R. Marshall
British Museum
Old
Workhouse Trusty
Suppelea
Tennessee
Hata
Frank Drach
Jeffersonville
Siberia
Fluor
Varnieh
Luatro
Cuilon J. HM. Beckmann & Saver
Metzen
Pew Modern
Dupont
Jobn G. Beckmann
J. M. Walker
Adgeville
Beckelhoff & Maber
Ohio Street
Joe Barth
F. J. Muller
Truge Robert
Romana
Bartley
A.B. Lovejoy
George Ferrell
Emma
Zanesville, Ohio
Iaste
Sternberg’s Hall
St. Anthony
John G. Beckmann
Mr. Leingang of
Troy
Jimmie Ward
John A. Bartley
Bartley Broad
Joe Leppert
Ferdinand Township Achoola
Tony Vollmer
John Schniedera
Louis G. Blessinger
Oscar Hanfling
Wm. Wirteberger
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