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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
4
Gossip from the NEWS neighborhood reports Adan Schatz visiting at tende church, Ed and Max Wanninger returning from army discharge, tobacco stripping activity and deliveries, a small house fire at Carl Lindarer’s home, Felix Linetti at Ferdinand, Hilbert Egler visiting John Arehart, a Christmas program planned at Brettville church, and local residents noting nine days until Christmas.
Albert Graves and family visited Mrs Graves parents and plan to move to Sokumo. Private Hugo Fischer returned from camp with sister Frances visiting. Private Robert Schlachter discharged and home. Butchering active with Felix Linetti Henry Tebben Simon Petry Frank Heeke Joe Heeke among workers. Locals John Arehart Ferdinand trip. Gilbert Avehart Hilbert Egier returned from Mt. Pulaski. Pete Tempel and Henry Jockmaen noted in town news.
Miss Brigitta Becher left for Cincinnati to spend the winter. Andy Jent and his wife are visiting from town with relatives. Frank Arehart of Siberia was in town on business Tuesday. Curtis Hensley and B. Cherry of Ameri can Telephone Co at Fonville spent weekend at home. Miss Clara Niebans of Sibaria was in town Monday. George Denning and family visited Nick Dilger’s near Ferdinand. F X Buxer family spending week in Indianapolis with Jess Pigkhardt. Regina Boler returned from Indianapolis to stay a few weeks. Privates Leo Becher and Jake Moipr are home from Camp Taylor discharged.
Butchering season is in full swing. Philip Partenheimer and Clara Partenheimer took a business trip to Huntingbury. Arthur Limp left for Indianapolis for a new position. Alvin Edwin Henry Brent and Alwin Partenheimer returned from Illinois where they shucked corn. Lizzie Clouder arrived from Evansville to visit relatives. Limp returned from Camp Taylor with a discharge. Louis Brets and Lemmons of Huntingbury undertook several days of business travel.
The Red Cross through its Home Service and 10 000 committees unites diverse American races under one flag as war accelerates melting pot unity. A December 16 Christmas Roll Call aims to raise membership from 22 000 000 to the available limit, demonstrating nationwide solidarity for honor mercy and good faith.
The National Tuberculosis Association and Journal of Outdoor Life plan a nationwide campaign to enlist tuberculous patients in Red Cross membership during the Christmas Roll Call. Sanatoria campaigns aim for 100 percent enrollment, with each patient urged to recruit another. The drive, funded by Red Cross support in 1919, is a collective contribution by tuberculosis patients nationwide.
An article touts an inside bath regimen using hot water and limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims purification of the alimentary canal and improved complexion and energy, recommending azone phosphate for persistent symptoms.
American Red Cross trucks operate along the Belgian front reporting 240 tons of foodstuffs moved in two weeks and salvage of residents’ effects from shelled towns including Furnes Abeele Coxyde La Panne Alveringhem Oost-Duprick Trappist Farm St Jean le Biezen and Reninghem. Trucks and drivers suffered no injuries despite shelling during operations.
American Red Cross advances scientific farming in Italy by teaching youths with modern machinery. Agriculture schools opened with the Comitato per gli Orfani de Constadin Martin Guerra, in Rome near Porta Furba, training orphans of peasant soldiers in theory and practical farming.
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