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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1917
Page
4
A mid‑century appeal urges citizens to deposit money in the bank under government and state supervision. The message says kept funds support merchants farmers and honest workers, reducing panic fears while the system promises security and national financial stability. It warns against hiding money as disloyal and destructively unpatriotic.
Joseph Schaefer Jr. arrives from Ferdinand Idaho for a few weeks visit with relatives and friends. Local reports recount family notes, illness, travel, harvests, hunting, and community errands around Ferdinand Huntingburg Siberia and nearby towns.
Fragmentary item from Bretzville notes a seven day countdown to Christmas with a quirky reference to a person or character named Banta Miavs Mir.ad Man and a hint of a business trip.
In Siberia the heavy snow remains but benefits the wheat crop. A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tempel last Sunday. The Kitterman school closes due to deep snow. John Arehart trips to Ferdinand to fetch George Boeglin and daughter Emma for Christmas vacation. William Tebben returns from Illinois. Hog sales and other farm notes appear, including cattle, corn, and local sightings.
Ben Kappner of Evansville spent the early part of the week with friends there. Frank Stallmann is ill with pneumonia. Miss Barbara Harlander returned to Owensboro after a three week stay at home. William Spayd Gost Hartz Raymond Heidelbech and Bernard Miller came back from Illinois last week where they were employed. Misses Lastiee and Clara Bredhold and Edward Meyer enjoyed a sleigh ride to St Henry Sunday afternoon. Andy Gogel put up some fire ice Monday.
Johnsburn residents F X Kunkler and Wm Jochem were in Huntingburg on business last Wednesday. Peter Schnell handled matters in Evansville Thursday. Mrs Sarah Young visited her son Earl at Huntingburg Thursday. Alois Kuper was in Evansville Friday on business. N A Jochem was in Huntingburg Friday. Miss Ruth Cooper went to Jasper Friday evening. Mrs Henry Hoffmann and Mrs Otto Schwinghamer shopped in Evansville Saturday. Nick Hohl was in Huntingburg Saturday, Mr and Mrs Ed Michel and
A Toledo Ohio firm claims catarrh can be cured at all stages through constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as acting through the blood to mucous surfaces, building constitution and aiding nature. Offers $100 for any case failing to cure with testimonials requested. Sold by druggists.
Children attended the funeral of a relative at Mt. Vernon Sun. Mrs Naoma Schnell returned home Sunday evening from a few weeks visit in Minter City Miss. Ed Hohl came home from Foosland Illinois Saturday morning. Gust Hartz left for Owensboro Monday where he expects to spend the winter. Mr and Mrs August Brau necker of Troy were in town a short time Tuesday morning. Miss Elsie Leather visited in Huntingburg Tuesday.
Advertises Elv's Cream Balm as a fast relief for clogged nostrils and catarrh. Claims the antiseptic cream opens air passages, soothes inflamed mucous membranes, and provides instant breathing relief. Recommends buying a small bottle from a druggist and applying in the nostrils.
A persuasive advertisement urges readers to embrace reading as progress and science and promotes available magazines at The Ferdinand Drug Store and a notice highlighting the Quality Store in this issue.
An old home remedy Sage Tea and Sulphur, now sold as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound, claims to restore natural hair color and shine by simple application. The ad notes it is not a disease cure and highlights ease of use and cosmetic效果.
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