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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
15
Indiana county fairs enter season as state board urges keeping gambling out of expositions. Secretary Downing says successful fairs must stay pristine, warning a single game taints the entire event. Also notes valuation hikes for Indianapolis utilities and various state tax decisions.
Five to ten and twenty five cent trade group invites 5000 merchants to its fourth annual convention at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis from August 12 to 16. The sixth to eighth floors will host manufacturer displays with more than 160 firms expected to exhibit. Special invitations have been sent to over five thousand merchants.
An essay argues combining orchards with dairy and poultry to stabilize labor needs and raise profits. A small dairy herd on 40 acres supports silos, alfalfa, and clover. use pure dairy breeds, test cows with Babcock and Airedale testers, and integrate pigs for waste. Poultry expands earnings alongside fruit farming.
Ellen Richards questions how to guide unnumbered thousands when love and wisdom are absent. The quote contrasts the secure upbringing of some with the uncertain fate of others, urging consideration of moral and applied guidance for all children.
A brief guide to cooling beverages suited for hot days. Ginger Water and Rhubarb Drink are explained with simple home methods, followed by Orangeade syrup and a Boston Cream preparation for emergencies. The piece closes with a poem about nature and a note attributing authorship to Leonard.
A collection of dessert recipes. Orange Charlotte uses gelatine lemon and orange juice with whipped egg whites and cream. College Pudding blends butter sugar eggs apple sauce and lemon juice in a pastry lined dish. Blueberry Dumpling includes flour baking powder salt butter milk sugar blueberries vinegar and bake time. Nuts form a crust on custard pie for a crisp topping.
In a playful exchange, Miss Homeleigh jokes a stranger kissed her once and Miss Cutting retorts it would require a bold man to kiss twice. The dialogue highlights wit and social back-and-forth among the house guests.
Senator Sorghum debates a man’s role as either conducting a campaign of education or acting as a plans lobbyist, depending on the observer’s point of view. The exchange hints at political strategy and the blurred line between advocacy and policy promotion.
At a Washington luncheon Senator Root urged caution in pursuing big trusts. He warned against treating business success as the old man in a story, noting a captain’s failed rescue after a buoy was thrown. The tale underscored risks of indiscriminate action and misreading outcomes.
Mrs Bertha Underwood of Sunfield Michigan recounts a seven month eczema eruption starting on the scalp spreading to the body and ears. After six months with no relief she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and within a month was completely cured. Sample offers and a 32 page Skin Book are advertised.
An elderly man voices in a restaurant a wrathful demand to remove an egg from his table. The waiter complies as the customer contemplates further action, then asks what to do with the egg, growling about wringing its neck.
The piece urges careful examination of CASTOHRIA bottles with a 30 year signature claim. It cites the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis estimating over a million consumptives in the United States with a third unable to receive home care, demanding more hospitals and sanatoria. Also notes water adulteration and promotes Hed Cross Mall Blue.
An insect in French apple orchards bores into fruit causing it to wither and drop, leaving many orchards denuded and struggling. The note adds a proverb about riches moving to feather others nests.
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