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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1906
Page
4
Local items include reminders of Labor Day events and the Dubois County Fair September 10 to 16. Notices cover old papers for sale, hub machinery for sale, and a Building and Loan Association movement. Birth announcements, marriages planned, the Reichle Malone store ads, and a dirt plow accident near Huntingburg are noted along with a notable eye injury case.
All accounts in favor of the late Amadus Weerter not settled by September 6 will be placed with attorneys for collection. Mrs. A. Warner.
Dozens of names appear from Tell City and nearby towns as residents and visitors travel to or from the city. Mentions include individuals from Huntingburg Ferdinand and French Lick, plus visits to Owensboro Evansville and Louisville. The note ends with a remark that Ferdinand needs a railroad.
A historical price list from Ferdinand's Market outlines COUNTRY PRODUCE including eggs at 15c, butter 123¢ per lb, potatoes 50c per bushel. MEATS feature Bacon sides 10c per lb, shoulders 9c, hams 12c, lard 9c, hens 8c, springers 9c, cocks 3c. Also listed are WOOL, ROOTS, HIDES, MILL STUFF, GRAIN, TOBACCO and more with various unit prices.
A professor known in science used opera glasses to trick a pet monkey that had fled to a high tree. He left the glasses on the ground and retreated, the monkey descended and, viewing the master's form through the glasses, believed him distant. The professor then seized the chain and recaptured the animal.
A fragmented historical excerpt contrasts garments and cultures from Mesopotamia to Atlantic City, praising a freeman’s simple attire while ridiculing savage or cannibal stereotypes. The text references Bashiflazook belt, shark teeth girdle, gunny sack dress, and blue galluses as marks of civilization.
Daniel Webster argues that a freest government would fail if laws promote rapid property accumulation by a few. As property inequality grows, the non-possessing majority may resist laws protecting such property, risking violence or revolution. He favors a distribution pattern that aligns laws governing transmission with broad societal interests.
A quaint portrait of Copenhagen portrays a city of canals and clean linens. Residents are described as courteous, with social rituals such as greeting the conductor on boarding and tipping the conductor as a sign of respect. The excerpt highlights polite manners in transit.
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