11 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
1
A plea to build home industry and form an Improvement Association or Booster Club to attract capital and unite residents for economic growth. The writer argues locals invest abroad while risking little for hometown ventures and warns about social changes at the beaches.
Ferdinand Volmer of Posey county faced misidentification after a death report in Evansville. Bertram Pickhardt of Huntingburg was named to Indiana Association of Presidential Postmasters Executive Committee. Cleophas Kunkel suffered severe hand injuries at Jasper Denk Co. plant. doctors report he is progressing well.
An advertisement claims catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube. It asserts only a constitutional remedy can restore hearing and offers $100 for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Circulars available. price 75 cents.
Mrs. Fannie Eads of Circleville Ohio asserts Cardui, the woman’s tonic, cured her two year battle with womanly weakness and back pain. She says she went from a walking skeleton to 150 pounds and can resume all her work after following the directions.
Medicus laments misrendering the southern saying the spit an image. He cites variations such as thue The spittin image and references an American writer using a negro character. The phrase, he notes, derives from spirit and tmegs meaning likeness in origin.
James M. Songer of Dubois County informs Indiana Board of Tax Commissioners why 1916 assessments fell to 76 percent of prior year, citing empty cribs and stock, urging a more equitable tax law to avoid injustice to taxpayers lacking cash items. He asserts assessors acted properly and appeals for the county’s assessment to stand.
An article notes concerns about high meat intake and kidney health with references to dull kidney pain and cloudy urine. It mentions a trifle of medical advice about avoiding irritation and contains stray local items about a baker and a farmer Joe Rolmann paying a visit.
The piece laments sausage losing its former charm as commercialism changes the meat trade. It recalls autumnal aromas and family meals, notes modern sausage as mere food, and contrasts past savor with present blandness. The author blames economic shifts and altered practices for the decline.
A device used on an English street car line helps drivers by placing a clock face at the center of a circular frame. A cardboard ring fitted around the clock face is divided to show timing segments for motormen.
A clock like device uses a ring with 60 equal segments each bearing a stop name in clockwise order. The minute spacing between names matches minutes on the schedule. A frame aligns the minute hand to the starting place, showing if the trip runs ahead or behind. A second side can show the return journey and a second ring can extend for trips over an hour.
The ongoing European war raises U S drug costs as supply tightens and prices jump 25 to 300 percent. Pharmacists say scarcity is driven by conservation, not gouging, with essentials like veronas and antipyria scarce or disappearing. Prices for antipyria have surged from 36 cents to five dollars per ounce.
A book agent claims to offer sets of books that should be in every home while a skeptical man of the house rejects the idea and declares he has no time for reading and hates desks.
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