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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
2
The Ferdinand News publishes rate cards and post office advertising details. Rates include eight months for $1.00, four months 5 cents, two months 2 cents, and monthly 5 cents in advance. Display ads cost per column inch with additional charges. business locals priced per line. liquor license minimum $5. Advertising bills payable monthly.
Public notices announce Jacob L. O Bannon of Floyd County and Sherman Minton of New Albany as Democratic candidates for Congress from Indiana's Third District subject to primary results. Also Thomas B Buskire of Parl Orange Co seeks the Democratic nomination and John W Ewing of Floyd County authorizes his candidacy pending primary decision.
Jasper candidate BKOMAR TRAYLOR runs in the primary for Judge 1 S7th Judicial Circuit covering Du Bois and Pike counties. The decision rests with voters in the upcoming primary election.
Representative M A Sweeney runs to win the fourteenth district seat in the Dubois and Orange counties contest. The statement signals alignment with Democratic voters steering the nomination decision.
The party announces Joseph A. Sondermann as a candidate for reelection to the office of Treasurer of Dubois County. Voter decision will occur in the upcoming Democratic primary.
Southern Time Card effective Sunday Nov 9 1919 shows eastbound 4 east and 13 east trains. Train No 13 connects at not train No 23 which now serves all between Huntingburg and Lewisville. N A Jochem Agent.
National Authority on Railroad Transportation urges self supporting railroads or risk bankruptcy. In Philadelphia January 3 Dr Emory R Johnson warns carriers must regain revenue to cover operating costs maintenance and capital charges and to attract private investment or face government ownership. He calls for regulatory revenue to fund improvements and surplus reserves.
The article explains that diverse U S financial institutions and individuals collectively own large amounts of railway bonds. It cites figures for individuals, life insurance companies, savings banks, fire and marine insurers, benevolent groups, trusts, and banks, with specific totals and regional breakdowns for 1918 and early 1919.
A statement by the Interstate Commerce Commission, prepared for Senator Belden Smith of South Carolina and presented to the Senate on December 29, shows freight and passenger sales increases under federal control reaching 1.535 billion dollars through July 31, 1919. Wages increased to 1.7748 billion dollars in July 1919, constituting 97 percent of the revenue from the higher rates.
The United States shows the highest railway service and per capita ton miles, outpacing Germany and France. In 1918 Americans carried about five times per capita the rail miles of Germany and far more than France, with the U S increase since 1913 exceeding those of both nations.
Residents and guests travel through Huntingburg with many calls on relatives. Names include Kippenbrock Seufert Durchholz Snyder Meyer Reutmann Reckelhoff Fleig Seger Greulich Schaefer Schnauss Beckmann Engle Linetti Roth Kiefer Pfaffenberger, and others from Jasper, Evansville, Louisville, and St Meinrad. Several trips amid family visits, business in town, and hospital recoveries are noted.
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