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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
3
The Ferdinand Hews publishes every Friday by Henry Haake. Entered May 24, 1908 at Peru Indiana as second class matter. Rates show one year 21.3 eight months 31.00 six months 75 cents four months a half month 25 cents. Display ads five cents per column inch. liquor license standard rates. business locals five cents per line.
An announcement lists Jacob L. O Bannon of Floyd County Shipman Minton of New Albany and Thomas B. Buskirk of Orange County as Democratic nominees for Congress in the Third District, contingent on primary results.
Evansville Ind December 24 1919 Wheat 2.33 per bu oats 0 8c per bu Corn 1 90 per bu Potatoes 1 90 per bu Onions 0 0 per 100 lb Cabbage 14 60 per 100 lb Water washed 0 75 per lb Ginseng 14 00 per lb Eggs 0 0 Butter 0 70 per lb Spring Chickens 0 20 per lb Old Roosters 0 13 per lb Turkeys 0 7 per lb Cattle 0 60 815 00 per hundred Heifers 5 50 11 20 per hundred Cows 1 00 9 50 per hundred Hogs 6 00 5 75 per hundred Hams 13 00 per hundred May No Sumothy 28 00 per ton
Local page shows Bartley’s Store advertising candy coffee jewelry and a large jewelry line while various tiny notices include trades of vehicles and auctions. A mine accident near Evansville killed two miners Henry Zink and John Lusch. A gas station explosion at a Hun tingburg garage injured Frank Wuetcher.
A flurry of in town visits and returns mark the holiday season. Martin Troesch and Hubert Sternberg were in town Tuesday, with Eifert of Covington visiting St. Meinrad friends, and many others returning from Detroit for Christmas. 180 Monastery students traveled through town on Monday to enjoy Christmas vacation.
Time table shows train departures and arrivals between Ferdinand and Huntingburg with connections to Evansville Louisville West Baden and Rockport. All trains run via Bouthers Railway Depot at Huntingburg Indiana.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a reliable 35 year old remedy for catarrh promising a $100 reward for incurable cases. It claims the medicine purifies blood and heals the diseased areas, asserting noticeable relief after short usage.
Church notices list services from Monday to Sunday with Mass times and names of attendees. A probate notice requires creditors, heirs, and legatees of Clement Lueken Jr. to appear in Dubois Circuit Court on January 6 1920 to show cause why final settlement should not be approved and to prove heirship. Admin J A Sondermann and attorney John E McFall oversee the matter. Reckelhoff and Muller advertise silk shirts and neckwear as Christmas gifts.
A newspaper blurb touts drinking hot water with lime stone phosphate each morning as a cure for many ailments. It claims cleansing the stomach liver kidneys and bowels will prevent headaches bad breath and other ills, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate at the drug store.
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