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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1920
Page
14
In a divided household, Jessup, engaged to a goddess of whom no man is worthy, wrestles with an overbearing sister Prue and a looming marriage. A chance encounter with Rose Mayberry reshapes fates as neighborly aid leads to a hopeful romance.
A traveler recounts a feast at Napsangoak's camp where men eat raw seal with bloodied knives, sharing pieces with courtesy. The host frets over the guest refusing, offering another portion and warning the smell is strong yet enticing.
An excerpted fragment from Youth's Companion describes a pupil's explanation of smell and nose anatomy as learned in Chile. It includes notes on the olfactory nerve pathways, cautions against tobacco use, and advice on preventing reduced smell from cold or nasal care.
The piece describes Afghan greeting customs as highly ceremonious. It notes the standard salutations Salaam allakum and Wi ba allakum salaam, plus phrases like Manda na bash and Zinda aa fasht, with long trading of compliments. It also details how friends reconnect with nods and the questions Tore nati Rokhate neti Khoob jore asti, emphasizing extended ceremonial greetings.
The article explains dockage as foreign material removed from a wheat sample to determine a dockage-free grade. It details how dockage is measured from a 1,000 gram sample, when dockage is disregarded, and how dockage affects grading and certificates. It distinguishes dockage from foreign material other than dockage and notes handling and impact on wheat value.
Gotham’s Financial District trembled as Richard Armstrong alias Jimmy Valentine, 23, confessed to a spree of bank robberies netting about a million in cash and Liberty bonds. He claimed leadership of a safe-robber gang and boasted he could read safe mechanisms by touch, and sought high value bonds while describing his art gallery heist and the loot.
At Stourbridge police court Arthur Sidaway was sued for arrears of maintenance. Evidence revealed Sarah Fraser had married Jacob Fraser who signed over his wife to Richard Knowles in exchange for fair treatment and no further maintenance. The judge refused an order and ordered the keeper of the cafe to be paid.
Western Canada farmers expect a fixed $2.15 per bushel for last season's No 1 wheat with certificates sharing extra profits. The Wheat Board to distribute about $40 million among Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba farmers, with open market forecasts suggesting prices between $3 and $5 per bushel amid global supply concerns. Dr Robert Magill warned open trading could yield better producer prices than controlled sales.
An old advertisement extols Calotabs as a nausea free calomel tablet for biliousness and digestion. It claims one nightly tablet cleanses the liver with no taste or griping and promises no danger with any diet, priced at thirty five cents per package.
Mrs Della M Doyen writes that after ten years of stomach trouble she found relief from one box of Eatonic. The ad claims Eatonic removes excess acids poisons and gases so the sufferer may regain health when the cause is removed. It urges readers to buy from a pharmacist with a money back guarantee if unsatisfied.
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