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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1917
Page
2
Britain is organizing youth across classes for soldiering as early as eighteen. Training plans emphasize discipline and safety, with graded drills, physical conditioning, and education. Officers assess aptitude for noncommissioned roles and commissions while protecting recruits from excessive strain.
Washington reports enormous airships driven by three 700 horsepower engines with four ton payloads and 100 mile per hour speed. The plan envisions a navy of battleships of the air protected by swifter smaller planes and centers on Italian triplane models as prototypes for Allied use.
Miss Genevieve Alexander of Berkeley California arrived in Washington D C recently on a long foot journey to write a book on Woman's Age. The trip was made mostly on foot and the proof of her arrival was shown in a sepiature.
The new minister asks if his sermon was sound and witty. A gulf player quips that he halved too many holes and should have worked harder.
The Kansas City Star notes Mrs T Bone Rayer safeguarded her husband T s letters. A puppy dented a porch letter and a missing envelope revealed a bridge score showing they won and he was down 1 17.
A shipwrecked sailor camped on a raft in the trackless sea with worn shoes in his grip. He declares I can still take to my heels as he eats a semiweekly meal and passes the afternoon picking nails from his teeth.
The group described as freaks in the show line exude pride of calling themselves artists. They emulate Shakespearean actors and grand opera stars in temperament and seek satisfaction from audience size and the duration of their performance.
In a domestic exchange Mr. and Mrs. Bacon discuss a welsh rabbit while warning about a cigarette. A joke about nicotine’s effect on a rabbit is cited, suggesting a warning on careless smoking behavior.
An eclectic roundup notes bells struck by mallets in Africa, petroleum found in Angola coal deposits, a knee writing device by a piralelon to Portgnd, British Isles height contrasts, an Illinois inventor patenting an oven and boiler for a miniiature cook stove, and a compact combined counter money writing desk in a case.
An Indiana congressman mailed free seeds in franked envelopes bearing a "Penalty for private use, $300" warning. A supporter asked how to use seeds privately without incurring the fine, saying they cannot afford to pay and do not want to be law-abiding.
An ad claims granulated eyelids inflamed eyes and sites are relieved overnight by Roman Hye Balsam with one trial proving its merit. A separate note discusses a rural spectator attending a Chicago play for six nights, prompting a press agent to seek the story.
In Fat Gerth. Towne-No, Grafton doesn't work at all now. Browne-He doesn't? Why, when I knew him he seemed to be a young man with considerable push. Towne-All that's changed now. He's a young man with considerable push and doesn't have to work.
In a domestic exchange, a wife proposes a small backyard garden and bird seed plan to raise canaries, while her husband contemplates amateur gardening. The dialogue centers on a collaborative domestic project and garden ambitions.
The excerpt cites a cartoonish exchange about Villa money and mentions the Louisville Courier-Journal. It then notes global cereal yields between 16 and 19 billion bushels and Southern cottonseed production around 1.45 million pounds.
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