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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
3
The Ferdinand Hews was entered as second class matter May 14 at the Post Office in Ferdinand Indiana under the act of March 3 179. Rate card effective act 6 1916.
The Evanaville market listing shows prices for farm goods and livestock. Wheat at 1.60 per bu and 1.50 for top grades. potatoes at 3.60 per bu. butter creamery 40 lb. beef hens 13 cents. roosters 12 cents. turkeys unlisted. cattle at 5.00 to 6.50 per hundredweight. hay and timothy priced 15.00 per ton. hogs 10.00 per hundred. milk products and other farm items noted.
The undersigned trustee of Fern Township Dubois County Indiana will attend to township business at a specified time, noting Gerhard Bolte as present. The brief notice emphasizes official duties and procedural attendance.
A jumble of short items reports a 102 year old resident, Mrs. Conrad Spitzer's death from Brights disease, and Andrew Schum & Son expanding marble works with new machinery. Also notes Frank Eckert’s 97th birthday death, boiler safety incidents, a stray engine trip, the Enquirer publisher’s financial warning, and a blood hound case involving City Marshal James and his dog Biddy.
Hubert Quante, a 21-year-old resident of Ferdinand for 90 days, applies to the Dubois County Board of Commissioners at the January 1917 term for a license to sell spirituous, vinous, and malt liquors in a 26 by 50 foot ground floor room of a two story building on Ohio Street. The premises front a public street and the license covers one year from issuance with permission to sell luncheon and other items under Indiana act governing alcohol sales.
An old advertisement extols salts to “keep your kidneys active” and relieves backache by drinking water and salt to neutralize urine acids. The blurb urges readers to buy the product locally and claims quick relief from kidney discomfort.
An invention described by Science Monthly angles a tin wheel with fine-mesh spokes that attaches to an electric fan. The wheel dips into a water tank as the fan runs, spraying water to cool and purify the air. other liquids such as perfume disinfectant or medicated fluids may be used instead of water.
Cremated wood blocks, long used as paving, are entering flooring markets per the Forest Service. Durability, quiet operation under heavy traffic, and sanitation boost appeal for factories, warehouses, foundries, platforms, and even animal cages. High cost remains the main drawback, but growth is expected to accelerate.
A traveling man complains the station is far from the business district and asks a boy beside him why. The boy offers a puzzled reply that it may be to be alongside the railroad.
Eyewitness reports clash over last night’s Skyhigh roof garden act. A bystander recalls a lively trapeze moment and a dramatic ejection of a man with a bleached blonde, while another patron calls the show the worst.
An old health ad claims drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning cleanses the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It promises clearer skin better appetite and relief from constipation bilious attacks acid stomach rheumatic twinges and a pallid complexion after one week.
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