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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
3
The article notes the two Thiemann children recovering from typhoid fever with nurse Mina Jackson of Evansville leaving for home. It lists other local movements including visits by Rev. Father Markle of Nashville, mail carrier Paul Ehrmann starting rural route No. 1, and obituaries for a local figure.
St Meinrad notes announce birth of Yo Mr and Mrs Henry Muth and mention visitors and relatives across Jasper Evansville Ferdinand and Louisville. Local families include Ringemann Sturm Niehaus Exloff Klueh Denning and Bock, with neighbors and friends spending time together in the community.
Mrs. Stoxer and her children of Louisville are visiting sister Mrs. Tom Wilson. Miss Lena Fritz, who stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Mike Fritz, returned home Tuesday. Mrs. John Bretz visited relatives here and left for Adgeville Sunday. Miss Clara Verkamp of Louisville is visiting relatives here. Mrs. Jake Bartley is visiting Ferdinand this week.
Miss Clara Goets returns from Louisville to Fulda to visit her gravely ill mother. The item notes a social dance on Tuesday night and updates on local residents including the Biiehler, Trotter, Pfeiffer families and the appointment of John Haller as trustee after Simon Loehrsein’s death.
Local residents host visiting relatives from Evansville Louisville and Jeffersonville with multiple stayed days. Funeral attendance and a house break in incident near Herman Hackman noted. A typed article with no signature mentions a marriage and social updates in the community.
The New York Press notes men mocked for chasing bargains. Professor Max Bart calls bargain hunting a form of wanderlust tied to youth’s high blood pressure. He argues both pursuits share a thrill of adventure, while cautioning against overreliance on instruments to judge human behavior.
The Swiss farmer toils on steep terraces above precipices using stone walls and earth to reclaim ground. He lugs hay from cliff shelves in day long harvests, sleeping on rock, carrying dries in nets to the lower meadow, where stones keep it from blowing away. The Alpine hay is gathered and stored for winter.
The countryside essay urges campers to respect forest grounds. It warns that littered camps, ruined wilderness, and forest fires from careless gatherings harm nature and timber growth. It stresses following simple woods rules to keep solitude and beauty intact for others.
English projectile maker Robert Hadfield estimates a modern high velocity gun's useful life at about three seconds. He explains this is the travel time from powder chamber to mussie multiplied by rounds before rifling wears enough to affect accuracy. Scientific American notes the high cost of a 12 inch gun, ranging from $80,000 to $900,000.
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