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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
7
Soldier Stlerheim risked life to aid comrades under heavy fire at the front. He carried rations, fetched a wounded sergeant under machine gun fire, and used a log as a dugout support. A skilled carpenter, he built dugouts and tended shirts, wounds, and the dead, never fleeing despite danger.
Richard Stierheim, a 27 year old carpenter from Ingo-Mara near Pittsburgh, serving under guard at Camp Dix, refused to bear arms in France as a conscientious objector while in the 78th Infantry. His comrades say he is among the bravest, having exposed himself under fire, deserted briefly, then returned, and earning praise despite his stance against all war.
In an interview with Prof George B E Nichols of Yale, new facts emerge on using sphagnum moss in surgical dressings. The Red Cross adopted it in 1918 and produced hundreds of thousands of dressings for Italy and the American war hospital, with Britain and Canada also turning out large quantities.
Wells county wheat crop destroyed by weevil. Anderson and Madison report variable yields with spring wheat lagging winter. Louisiana weather and crop estimates. Inland Coal and Mining placed in receivership after employee claims. Wheat thresher under way in Vanderburgh and other counties with mixed yields. Pension approvals and farm land investment leaps noted in Indiana. Public works and sanitation debates in Hammond and lake protection costs discussed. Fresh notes on pearl industry decline and notable county farming records in Bartholomew and surrounding areas.
Mrs Sara Shaw of Portsmouth Ohio praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as best medicine for women's ailments. Letter promotes the product and urges others to seek relief, offering advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts after forty years of experience.
A courtroom banter scene from London Tit-Bits portrays a barrister demanding a clear definition of a gentleman from a down trodden witness. The witness quips that a gentleman can be seen if the barrister steps aside, highlighting humorous legal improv.
An ad touts Dr Peery Dead Shot as a swift worm remedy promising one dose cures. A middle-of-the-pack man purchases theater tickets, ordering two center seats for his city cousin, joking about a friend’s perpetual hard luck stories.
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