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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
4
Wheat 81.43 cents per bushel oats 3 per bushel corn 60 cents per bushel potatoes 60 cents per bushel butter creamery per pound hens 12 cents per pound old roosters 7 cents per pound ducks 12 cents per pound turkey 18 cents per pound geese 9 cents per pound steer 500 dollars per head heifers 1 50 per hundred cows 4 dollars per hundred bulls 475 at 8 50 per hundred hogs heavies 4 80 per hundred hay No 1 timothy 13 50 per ton.
Ferdinand railroad schedule effective Sunday 1916 shows trains from Ferdinand to Huntingburg Fontinend and back with departure times 7:54 a m 9:20 a m and 7:00 p m 8:15 p m. Connections include Southern train No 12 to Evan ville Rockport and Cannelton and other east west routes. All trains depart from Southern Railway depot at Huntingburg Indiana. Leonard Muller G F and P A Heatingburg Indiana L B Jenkins Train Master Ferdinand Indiana.
The trustee of Perch End Township Dubois County Indiana announces weekly township business sessions at his home in Gerhard Bolte’s residence with a coffee gathering every Saturday and other days of the week. Residents with township tests to present are asked to come each specified day. Wick Renntageur Trustee Fesdtia and Indiana.
Dr E B Genglebach suffered a slight stroke but returned to his Huntingburg office. Alfordsville, Newtonville, Marengo, and other towns suffered fires and property losses including a 9100 000 blaze in Alfordsville and a depot restaurant fire.
Notice to Ferdinand residents that Hubert Quante of twenty one years seeks license from Dubois County Board of Commissioners at January term 1917 to possess and sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in a room 26 by 30 feet on ground floor of a two story building at Ohio Street. License period one year with luncheon and noise sales under act.
A dubious health warning urges reducing meat consumption to protect kidneys amid claims about uric acid and blood, citing an unnamed authority. The message appears repetitive and garbled, with unclear attribution and dates.
Readers are urged to drink a glass of hot water with phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels and refresh skin. Proponents cite improved digestion elimination of impurities and relief from bilious attacks and constipation.
A preacher delivers a folksy sermon on Noah from the Holy Writ using dialect, noting the ark of gopher wood and cubit rule. He mocks doubters who warned of rain, urging faith as the flood arrives, and ends with a moral to heed warnings and support the local paper.
An advertisement touts Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound as a home remedy to darken gray hair and restore a youthful appearance. It describes a simple application with a soft brush and promises natural, even color by morning after daily use.
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