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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
13
WM W Richards assistant horticulturist at Purdue Experiment Station and Purdue University Agricultural Extension authored work on fire blight. The notice highlights his role and affiliation with the Purdue system.
The article warns that fire blight and twig blight have ravaged Indiana apple and pear crops this season. It details causes, including borers and bacteria, and prescribes cutting out diseased tissue, sterilizing tools with corrosive sublimate solution, and winter sanitation as essential to prevent spread.
The piece argues that building a poultry business starts with reputation built on high quality stock and fair treatment of customers. It emphasizes breeders knowing both practice and theory, and notes that after producing birds, public exhibition and advertising are essential to credibility and growth.
Exhibiting furnishes material and verifies announcements of advertising while publicity supports growth of reputation for both.
Feed young guineas with grass seed or small seeds and baked bread. Hatch early enough for the knot on their head to harden before frost. August is ideal to wean as grass seeds ripen during the month.
Instructional guidance on beginning poultry farming by keeping a small number of fowls and renting chickens, then adding more stock as success is observed, to test fitness for the business.
The note urges keeping grit available to replace tea for fowls and other needs, stressing continual access. It emphasizes ensuring liberal supply for birds and related uses at all times.
The Johns Day Association held a Riverside park reunion near Eaton Indiana with a parade including autos horses and carriages. John Studebaker and John Adair considered a horseshoes contest while age based John contests and athletic events drew attendees from Indiana and beyond.
David Flant eighty eight a lifelong Fay ette county resident died at Fayette sanatorium after four days of paralysis. His formal schooling lasted three days at an old time school where he endured punishment and confinement. He later built skill in business and figures and became a dev oted reader quoting Shakespeare he loved music. His wife predeceased him and there were no children. He left a wagon farmer estate.
The passage elevates the Messiah as a symbol of freedom from toil and spiritual emancipation. It links Christ's teachings to modern industry, equality, and universal love, arguing mass relief comes through scientific progress and social reform spreading from the west toward the world, with the east recognizing the guiding star.
Collins in Columbian City hosts the Onion Day program on August 20 seven miles north, promising a notably superior annual indices show for Catlins with a fresh schedule and planned activities.
The eight-room Hughes farm home near Anderson burned early Saturday causing about 3000 dollars in damage. Elmer Hughes and his family woke to crackling flames and fled in their night clothing with only the clothes on their backs.
Miss Minn Thomas of Fairmount, 49, died at Marion hospital from elephantiasis a rare skin disease. She weighed about four hundred pounds and was brought to the hospital last week after doctors corrected her diagnosis from dropsy. The body was sent to Fairmount for burial.
Rochester August 14 report says a daring young woman drove an auto along the Argos sidewalk in the town's business district. Pedestrians fled to stores for safety as she balked at a blocked street and sought a sidewalk route. The town marshal seeks her identity.
A rain and wind storm swept Kentland Newton county on Aug 16 damaging the area. Wires are down and streets blocked by fallen trees.
Terre Haute August 12 Frank Woerman aged 16 died Saturday after a buggy struck him while he rode a bicycle. The buggy occupant, a drunken man, identity unknown, fled the scene. Died at the age of ninety in Vincennes Elizabeth Page born near Vincennes ninety years ago is dead here after a rare trip outside the city to Saint Louis nine miles away.
The four year old son of Alva Shelburne, living three miles northeast of Fronsville, died when he fell from his seat on a load of hay as a wagon passed through a gate on August 16.
In Peru on August 16 Hay Moon, age 14, was wounded fatally suspected after he and Karl E. Jarvis, also 14, played Indian and Jarvis fired a revolver. The bullet pierced Moon's abdomen. Police investigated the incident as a possible fatal injury from an improvised game.
A digest of Indiana items reports ex-accountants editing school books in Manapolia and Greenfield, and assessments of bills against T I C Traction for a death damages suit. It notes deaths from a nightmare bed accident in Bloomington, a fatal fire at French Lick, a suicide attempt in Sandusky, and a Paris, Missouri marriage bid interrupted by a disapproving father in Terre Haute. Other items cover a bull attack near Marion, Woodmen of America events in Muncie, a divorce suit in Bloomfield, a West Hammond missing-woman inquiry, and property damage from a lightning strike in Brazil.
The article argues that humans are dual beings of body and spirit and that true spirituality comes from prioritizing the spirit over the flesh. It cites Colossians, noting believers are dead and life is hid with Christ in God, and urges Christians to be insensible to the physical world without becoming dominated by it, striving for spiritual supremacy.
A modern preacher proclaims truth endures beyond human tradition and historical fading. He asserts the light seen in ancient pages remains, and Jesus’ influence persists even as times change. The quote warns that public applause asks for self-scrutiny, while censure tests one’s deeds.
The Grouch recalls a desolate Tor ridville gathering with dust-raising horse traffic, a noisy band, a wrinkled statesman, a wobbly merry go round, a pavilion selling dubious horned toads, a snake-eating vendor, a naval balloon that wouldn’t rise, and crowds of farmers and veterans grumbling at a so-called reunion or rally.
A quirky vignette features Rudyard Kipling and Dorothy Drew in a visit to Howe den with Mr Gladstone present. Dorothy assures her mother that the famed author has not worn out, claiming that Kipling is wearying her instead in a humorous exchange.
The piece warns mothers that forcing a child to endure darkness can frighten the nervous system. It notes children's nerves are very susceptible and harmful impressions last, advising to provide light when a child asks for it.
A recent Daily Consular Reports compiles memos from cities worldwide showing universal appeal of moving pictures. From England to Japan and beyond, cinematographs attract immediate and lasting audience interest.
Fragmentary quotation notes people buying automobiles and dust raised by easy money, with no clear event, names, places, or dates to identify a specific news item.
A clipped Washington Post item warns that the fattening calves brochure will soon be exhausted. The note suggests many people are eager to meet social obligations over debts.
A physician describes using Postum instead of coffee in his family and patients. He notes improved health, claims grocers stocked it, and says it aids convalescence from pneumonia and typhoid fever. Read The Road to Wellville for more information.
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