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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
4
Fragment shows numeric figures and pricing notes with entries like 50.00 12.60 each and scattered digits. Details incomplete, no clear item names or context available for full summary.
Evansville Indiana market prices list for July 30 1914 shows wheat at 78 cents per bushel oats at 36 36 to 36 cents per bushel corn 77 cents per bushel potatoes 1 00 per bushel. eggs 12 cents per dozen. butter 1437 cents per pound. live stock prices include hens 1 per pound cocks 6 cents per pound steers 5 25 to 8 00 per hundred heifers 1 00 7 25 per hundred cows 4 00 to 5 65 per hundred bulls 4 95 to 5 70 per hundred hogs heavies 8 70 per hundred pounds.
The article reports hostility to Postal Life Insurance Company of New York as lawmakers in Senate and House propose prohibiting mail use to procure policies in states that ban such insurance. It notes Postal Life’s nationwide advertising, absence of agents, and regulatory scrutiny by New York’s insurance department, amid calls for federal insurance regulation.
Indiana Auditor of State notes no proposed 20 or 25 percent raise in personal property valuations for Dublin County. A Democratic meeting at the school house lists township nominees for Advisory Board Justice of the Peace and constable positions with several districts unrepresented.
Next week the Dubois County Fair is upcoming while reports from Europe show the war raging and many killed in battles. Local items note Misa Hollinden resigning from Home Telephone Go, births and a death from blood poisoning, a brewery partnership change, and twins born to Joe Daunhaver. A chemical fire engine was ordered for trial, Frank Riehl sustained a head wound, and other community happenings.
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