Expenditures and Taxes for Ferdinand Township 1918
The Ferdinand Township Advisory Board meets September 3 1918 at the Trustee's office to review estimates. Expenditures listed as 572 dollars and township tax at 20 cents per hundred. total tax 2 cents per hundred. Taxable property totals include lands improvements and personal property with fringe credits for mortgage exemptions. signed by Trustee Nick Seininger, dated August 6 1918.
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Ferdinand Township
Dubois County
Ferdi
Nick Seininger
Card of Thanks to Wendling Neighbors and Friends
The family thanks kind neighbors and friends of Ferdinand and St Anthony who assisted during the illness and death. They extend sincere gratitude to the donors of many beautiful flowers, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wendling.
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Ferdinand and
St. Anthony
Peter Wendling
Water and Kidney Troubles Advice Ad
A vintage health ad promotes four ounces of Salts to flush kidneys and ease irritation. It claims the preparation cleans clogged kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, and reduces bladder weakness. Suggests drinking a tablespoonful in water daily for a few days and endorses the grape and lemon juice based formula.
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Jay
Navy vigilant at sea as light endangers troop convoy
A Saturday Evening Post naval officer recalls a wartime Atlantic convoy watch. A Spanish fireman flashed an electric light on a troop transport. a bluejacket seized the moment, tossing the torch overboard to avert disaster. Five days of solitary confinement followed for the offender. The Navy maintains strict discipline aboard merchant ships carrying troops.
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Atlantic
France
Saturday Evening Post
Jesus Fernandez Mendoza
Navy
Explosives Industry Risks Questioned by Doctor
Dr W G Hudson medical director of E I Du Pont argues in a paper to a medical association that dangers in explosives manufacturing are exaggerated. He cites railroading as having higher injury rates and says most factory accidents come from worker carelessness rather than explosives, noting manufacturers aim to reduce hazards by increasing machinery and cutting workers.
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W. G. Hudson
E. IL DuPont de Nemours & Co
Popular Science Monthly
Barge Whistle Signals Birds At Panama Canal
A barge used for underwater blasting at the Panama Canal attracts wild birds when it blows its whistle before detonating charges. Birds, fish, and locals respond as dead or stunned fish rise after explosions, turning the whistle into a dinner bell for many species and workers nearby.
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Panama Canal
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Belief That Tired Businessmen Defies Fatigue
In American Magazine the author argues that fatigue is a mental state not a physical limit. He cites Edison Bell Ford Hoover Wilson Pershing to show great figures persisted despite long work days and stress, suggesting effort can outpace weariness.
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Amys
Edison
Bell
Henry Ford
Herbert C. Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
General Pershing
France
Effect of French Language on American Speech After War
A Scribner's Magazine writer speculates on how returning soldiers will absorb French and British ideas, leading to new shades of meaning for old terms. He notes likely adoption of French words or altered English usage, with examples to emerge in postwar literature as observers watch closely.
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Scribner's Magazine
France
Ony
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for Deafness
An advertisement explains catarrhal deafness as caused by inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. It asserts that reducing inflammation restores hearing and offers a $1000 reward for any case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine, circulating free samples from J Chen & Co in Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
All Pines
Tes
J. Chen
Toledo
Hot Water and Limestone Phosphate Claim Liver Cleanse
A medical claim urges drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to wash the liver and bowels, remove previous day’s toxins, and refresh the digestive system. It warns against calomel and promotes a safe, tasteless solution sold by pharmacists as inexpensive and harmless.
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Saya
Farm Sale Near Adgevilla Registered
Paul Senninger sold his farm near Adgevilla to John Troesch last week. Found a sum of money. Owner call on Frank A. Meyer.
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Paul Senninger
Adgevilla
John Troesch
Frank A. Meyer
War stints and food relief in Indiana wartime drive
Compiled for the Indian State Council of Defense by George Ade, the piece notes lifting bans on tracaroni and noodles, wheat acreage plans for 1919, and U S Food clubs in 88 of 92 Indiana counties to rally public cooperation. It calls for 15 year olds to join Working Reserve, praises Red Cross recruiting, and urges seed saving.
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Indian State Council of Defense
George Ade
U. S
Lidiana
Uncle Sam
Europe
Tomatoes Delivered in Ferdinand At Prices by Bushel
Tomatoes delivered in Ferdinand priced at 60 cents per bushel or 35 cents for eight half bushels. Order by phone, Peter Durchhols.
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Ferdinand
Thousands of Nurses to Go Overseas Weekly
Allied Armies demand a thousand nurses each week for two months to meet war needs. Surgeon General Gorges and Anna Gladwin urge Red Cross units in Ohio Indiana and Kentucky to speed enrollment. Past enrollments show 703 in six months with August and September needing triple. Red Cross promotes Home Care First Aid and student nurse recruitment. Pay raised to 75 monthly for overseas service and 60 in the U S. Local nurses from Dubois county pledge readiness for Army Training School and deployment anywhere. A horse and buggy collision occurs with minor damage. a newborn boy is announced.
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The
Red Cross
Sisters of Soldiers and Sailors
Ferdinand
Lake Division
Gorges
Anna Gladwin
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
Thee
Tts
America
Keet
Gladwin
Horace M. Kean
Jasper
Dubois County
Pearl Gerber
Olivia Gosaman
Cordelia Urig
Jeanette Wulfman
Edna Mosby
Mildred L. McKinney
Arial Anderson
Bernestine Sprayer
Florence Hartke
Hantingburg
Alma Rieven
Birdseye
R. J. Beckmann
Knitting Club
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Ferdinand Hews
Henry Haake
Tve
Mickie
Academy of Tn Immaculate Conception
Sisters of St. Benédict
Board of Education
State of
Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Washington
Committee On Food Production
Purdue
R. L. Oakley
Peniall Arms Section
Ordnance Dept
Poultney Bigelow
Peter ‘Durchhols
John Pound
Herbert Lueken
Mra
Peter Was
Alng
Congratus ‘Jationa
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