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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1907
Page
2
One column one year 100.00 three-fourths column one year 75.00 one-half column one year 50.00 one-fourth column one year 25.00 one-eighth column one year 17.50. Business locals five cents per line per insertion. Advertising bills payable monthly. Bills for job printing payable on delivery of work.
Local items report Wm Kessaner buying a blacksmith outfit and planning a shop. Various residents visit friends, travels and social news from Kluehs Huffman Ferdinand and Evansville areas. Minor incidents include a tree roof update and a chopping mishap by Nick Klueh.
Eph Crosier, once a county resident, visited Jasper while Mrs Nan Withers lies ill. Samuel E Dillin of Petersburg tours the area and hints at a bid for prosecutor. Michal A Sweeney returns from Louisville and New Albany after attending the Chautauqua. The Presbyterian church plans to remodel the Basil B Edmonston house into a manse for Rev Ducket. Horace M Kean promotes Odd Fellowship and a new Duff lodge. Workers raise the depot yards as flood waters threaten.
The piece argues price increases reflect excess farm output and broad prosperity. It cites Secretary Wilson noting crops exceed national needs while demand remains strong, and suggests rising living standards and unequal effects among citizens. It questions who should bear the cost and implies the burden falls on those less able to boost themselves.
The Pittsburg Gazette reports a St Louis race track syndicate was exploited months ago and a New York advertisement touts a plan to recruit investors with 250000 capital promising 150000 gain per member in a year. The scheme parades as fraud but lures with high returns.
A Times-Democrat opinion notes that rising profane language in the United States stems from a limited vocabulary. It argues women describe as awful or funny what is merely odd, while men, with more freedom, resort to oaths to express vague ideas.
Dr Fagnani of Union Theological Seminary calls on Wellesley Club members to stop being merely mothers of families and become dangerous women. The NYT notes that observers see the beauty of Wellesley girls as dangerous and potentially fatal to future peace of mind.
Henry Clews argues marrying locally keeps wealth in America while marrying foreigners could curb fortunes deemed excessive, reflecting a Roosevelt era stance on wealth and national interests as reported by the New York World.
The Pittsburg Despatch notes recurring gas explosions in mines and subways underline the need for strict ventilation, citing the fatal toll and questioning why such lessons cost so many lives each year.
Governor Ardaman decries the effects of narcotics and alcohol on individuals and society. He warns that whisky and cocaine addiction corrupts the mind and character, noting the dangers of white men succumbing to such substances and the ugliness of the fiendish path.
Historical investigation finds testimony suggesting the Emperor Louis Napoleon wore a yellow mustache. The claim aligns with era rumors and cataloged observations.
The article notes peacocks as food only in rare, prestigious settings, valued for elegance and rarity rather than meat. It recalls chivalric vows tied to the bird, compares it with swan and boar, and mentions the peacock’s ceremonial use at Christmas masses alongside other royal dishes.
Workmen deepening the River Main near Karlburg uncovered six large oak trunks buried in the stream bed. The ebony dark wood is very hard and suitable for inlaying. German authorities estimate the trees have been submerged for 1,000 to 1,500 years.
Jerusalem reports on opening graves at Perga mos revealing a golden rosary a wolf head of gold gold leaf wreaths and various farming tools swords and weapons. The antiquities were sent to the Museum of Constantinople.
A famed Edinburgh city official renowned for wit is celebrated for a prank that involved hiring a hearse to carry his mother’s body to the family burial place in the Highlands. He returned with the hearse full of whisky and quipped that he only took the body and brought back the spirit.
Green gutta percha is obtained from the caputchoue tree leaves and is said to be more durable and cheaper than the stem product. In France it is already used in submarine cable construction.
A discussion notes wide ranges for life expectancy. The text cites common estimates of horses living twenty to thirty years or thirty to forty years and dogs from twelve to fourteen or twenty to twenty four, signaling uncertainty about precise lifespans.
Dust raised by motor cars is blamed for diseases among children including sore throat and eye irritation. The report notes higher infection rates where schools sit on busy roads and cites a school with ten sore throat cases now versus only one five years ago.
An officer from the recent German Fez expedition recounts meeting a lone English woman traveling across central Morocco on horseback with only a few servants for accompaniment, illustrating perceived stability in the region.
English grocers rally behind the slogan No more trading stamps. Whos shop in East London notes that small grocers earn about 6 percent after costs, with average profits around 10 percent, arguing stamps erode earnings.
Anise is a favorite flavoring for beverages in the Mediterranean. In Athens anise brandy is a popular drink sold at cafes and by street vendors who carry glasses in a belt made for that purpose.
The article traces golf ball changes from feathers to gelatin fillings and notes early uses in shinty, described as an inferior form of golf known in London as hockey. It also contrasts the era's football as a large wind filled leather ball and recalls marble bowling balls that gave rise to marbles.
A stone said to foretell weather changes was found in Finland by an explorer and studied by scientists. It appears white in sunshine and grays then blacks as rain approaches, due to clay water and rock salt. In dry weather salt remains prominent. in humid air it absorbs moisture and darkens.
The Brass World reports that the best trolley wheels contain no lead to prevent rapid wear from arching and wire burns. Lead-containing wheels wear out quickly, and finding scrap metals without lead is hard, so trolley wheels should be manufactured from new metals.
The Courier-Journal notes support for the ticket and instructs readers to send their order for the combination to the paper. It mentions the regular price of the Weekly Courier-Journal at $1 a year.
Country produce eggs 12 0 per dozen butter 12 ½ per lb potatoes 60 per bushel meats include bacon sides 19 cents per lb shoulders 8 ½ cents ham 18 ½ cents per lb lard 10 cents per lb plus other items Wool items listed as well
A Spanish laundry uses an outdoor stationary tub in the courtyard. Rain does not reliably fill it, so water must be drawn from the well to fill the tub, increasing labor rather than lightening it.
Wealthy Salvadoran natives order American shoes while large scale imports face debarment by the high import aunt.
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