13 Apr 1917
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1917
Page
1
The Fulda Star Band will present Hans von Smash and other plays at Hallander's hall on Sunday April 15 with afternoon and evening shows. Lyric Orchestra provides music. Also noted is local activity from farmers repairing a place near town and a cattle sale by Selby & Grass at Evanston.
Property listing notes a sale or rental offer for the Schuhmacher residence on Virginia Street. Inquiries directed to Mrs. Susan Schuhmacher for more details.
An old hair care remedy praises Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as an easy way to restore natural color to gray or faded hair. The ad touts a ready-to-use bottle from druggists offering darkening results by morning after brushing through strands, with no disease cure claimed.
Local ad notes a special sale offering horse blankets and bath robes merchandise. Gustav Woerter invites customers to visit for bargains and deals on assorted items.
A sequence of property transfers records sales and transfers. Notable deeds include Willam Helming to Andreas Jacoby one acre for 350 dollars and Wesley G. Rehl to Huntingburg Realty Co. for lot 8 in Huntingburg at 300 dollars. Additional entries show multiple Jasper lots and acreage trades with prices ranging from 15 to 2000 dollars.
The state laws abolish the road supervisor office and shift duties to the township trustee with increased pay. Salaries listed for Bainbridge Boone Cobb Columbia Ferdinand Hulda Farbison Jackson Jefferson Madigan Marion Dundas Patok total 6 450 dollars, yielding net savings of 1 534 12 compared with 1915 total 7 1984 12.
The Indiana Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis urges high school girls about to graduate to consider public health nursing as a path to service and financial independence. With rising community health oversight, demand greatly exceeds supply and pay ranges from $70 to $100 monthly. The Indiana State Tuberculosis Society notes competition from other states and invites interested students to pursue training.
Julius Kruttschnitt, Southern Pacific executive, tells the Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce that wages, materials, and taxes push expenses up while legislation caps revenues. He argues for federal regulation to unify policy and warns that continued cost increases without relief could push railroads into receivership by 1918.
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