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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
8
A lone man in a city parade clings to his hat as crowds demand he uncover. Three men confront him and the case goes to the magistrate where the hat is emptied revealing four bonds, a Cross certificate, a war note, and a family tragedy.
Three men are asked by a magistrate to reveal patriotic contributions and losses at the front. They exchange looks, gaze at the judge and officer, then slip away with a silent, comic retreat. Moral: loud patriotism can be misleading and easy to feign.
A poem recounts lovers separated by departure for duty at sea. The speaker describes market bands, flags, and bright sunlight as they board a ship. He vows their love will endure through peril, fighting, and distant battle as waves and stars whisper around them. The wartime setting frames a pledge of fidelity amid looming danger.
A 3 000 crowd at a Seattle Red Cross event raises 500 soldiers as phantoms in imagination. The narrator recalls a $50 000 pledge and asks how many lives may be saved or lost by donations, pondering real soldiers versus imagined ones.
Juliet W Tompkins argues readers should calculate the true cost of extra Liberty bonds. She urges individuals to sell bonds themselves, listing printing engraving advertising mailing and office costs as part of the bill and contrasts this with British and French methods and wartime efficiency.
An examining physician notes many life insurance applicants are rejected due to kidney trouble, often undetected. An ad touts Kilmer's Swamp-Root as an herbal remedy and offers samples. The snippet also includes miscellaneous items about a German farmer in Australia and a cheeky letter to a newspaper.
Detective Broncho Bob praises sharp sleuthing that narrows suspects after crashes show up along the road. The men lacked tires to be cut as empty liquor bottles were smashed, revealing who opposes the prohibition law.
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