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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1912
Page
2
The advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease through internal once a day doses. It offers a $100 reward for failure to cure and invites readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
In a market note, Ben Bolte & Sons states continued readiness to purchase white oak and poplar lumber and timber, seeking steady supply for their operations.
Early spring warmth fuels sugaring as Henderson’s sugar bush runs full. Four large kettles boil sap to syrup but the next morning the shed door is found open and the copper kettle missing, a bear raid blamed after a toppled camp and discarded evidence. Joel Henderson vows revenge on the mischievous trespassers.
A Liberty Pa. man reports two bears raided his sugar bush leaving sugar splashes on the camphouse and gear. He claims the bears danced as if at a young folks’ party and vows to kill them despite doubt about law.
The article notes a shift from traditional mail carriage to air delivery as the post office grants permission for Atlantic mails to be carried from steamships to New York by aeroplanes. It discusses potential impacts on railroad subsidies and mail efficiency, highlighting early optimism about air routes transforming government mail service.
The article describes a duck egg incubation trade in Canton with expert egg selection by light inspection. Examiners reject 8 to 10 percent of eggs for cloudiness, accept none less than seven days old, and handle up to 6,000 eggs daily. Selected eggs are kept in shallow saucer baskets on wicker cylinders over coal braziers in a darkened room.
A fragment reports on Agriculturea Nouvelle describing beekeeping among the Kabylee, a white African group under French rule in Northern Africa. It notes two bee varieties held by these people and their cultivation practices.
The passage notes a so called wasp bee named for color and temper, possibly the Apis Adansonis of entomologists. It calls it one of the most beautiful and honey bearing bees, a main source of honey and a valuable perennial clover and alfalfa pollinator. It mentions long pipes and frequent cutting of combs with marked differences between two bee species.
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