09 Apr 1915
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
1
The text defines undivided profit as earned money held for stockholders or reserves, explains exchange as earnings from bank drafts, interest as collected on notes and bonds, and discount as profit from buying notes below face value. It notes these four items reflect a bank's earnings before deposits are discussed.
A class under instruction discusses shipboard routines in the Navy prep program at Newport Commissary. The piece notes meals, water, sanitation, and drill practices on battleships, with emphasis on maintaining discipline, readiness, and provisioning for long Atlantic cruises.
A garbled OCR text describes a Newport training station class with references to meat texture, various unclear phrases, and mentions of editor life and Uncle Sam. The legible elements hint at a wartime or training context but details are obscured by errors. The piece resembles a clipped, stray record rather than a coherent news item.
Local notes record births and visits including a son born to Mr and Mrs J F Buxer last Saturday. Mary Lomax of Bristow visits, with travels to Indianapolis and Louisville for study and family, plus several townsfolk making trips for shopping and Easter plans. A Kentucky visitor lingered, a train near miss noted, and Louis Shaffer Sr sold two giant poplars for 100 dollars.
Gum Bittel and son Robert of Wboro Kentucky visited relatives, brief glimpse of family ties in the Forsyth column noting travel and local ties.
Uncle Billy Zehr is on the sick list. Mike Agnes A C Lindenschmidt and Bill Poe traveled to Jasper and Hantingburg on business. Mrs Casper Merke’s new residence is nearly completed with Joe Fisher and son holding the contract. Ben Gottage of Celestine visited on Monday and A Lindenschmidt repaired Jack Eckerty's engine at Eckerty Wednesday.
Bretzville reports cold weather. Mr and Mrs John Limp visited Huntingburg and Pikeville with Charley Limp. Ben Bretz and sister Willie went to Ferdinand on business. Mr and Mrs Leo Bartley traveled to Huntingburg for business on Thursday.
A Recorder Vaal Tuesday filed fifty four gas leases in Lucc and Ohio townships. The agreements are issued to Albert L. Brahm & Co. of Pittsburgh and cover between five thousand and six thousand acres of land.
An OCR damaged notice lists fertilizer and seed offerings for potatoes and tobacco from J Keratiens and Seed Parecad Shoda. It mentions seeds, farm supplies, and bargains from Reckothott Muller and others, urging readers to reference the paper for Ratexin’s seed stock and related farm items in Shenandoah Iowa.
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