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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
4
A Dubois County advertisement touts THES Dubois County Telephone Co as offering first class local connections to any point in the county and reliable long distance service in all directions. The firm emphasizes its comprehensive coverage and national reach for residents and businesses.
Dr H F Beardsley, graduate veterinarian, respectfully tenders his professional service to stock owners of Ferdinand and vicinity. Office De Motte’s Livery Stable, Home Phone.
The underelamed one of Feet nand county Serie eeepe 08 8 rence to Je On the 1st Saturday in each nee faere at'hia own.
The Democrats of Dubois County are called to meet in mass convention at Jasper Indiana on Friday December 31 1909 at 1 o clock PM for selecting seventeen delegates to the District Convention of the Third Congressional District meeting in New Albany January 6 1910. Bomar Traylor County Chairman Antony Lange Secretary.
Dubois County Democratic Central Committee members will meet in Jasper Indiana on Saturday January 8 1910 at 1 pm to fix the county primary date and handle other business. All Democrats and candidates are invited to attend. Secretaries Anthony Lange and Bomar Traylor announce.
Classified note offers a complete furniture line for sale at reasonable prices with contact Frank Steltenpohl in Brukettaville Ohio. Local date December 24 1909. Letter mentions subscription pledge of Ferdinand News and Louisville Courier Journal with warm holiday goodwill. Signed Henry Beyke Box 62 RF D1.
HuBert Quante applies to the Dubois County Indiana Board of Commissioners at the January 1910 term for leave to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in quantities under a quart for one year at premises described as a 26 by 90 foot room on ground floor of a two story frame building on Lot 134 Ohio Street Ferdinand. The license allows luncheon and noise selling with act restrictions.
A meeting of the Ferdinand National Bank shareholders will be held at Mathias Olinger’s Hall on Tuesday January 11 1810 at 1 o clock p m for the election of directors and other business as brought before the assembly.
Weekly corrected market list from Ferdinand StockY08 and co sellers. Items include butter 22c per lb eggs 28c per doz hens 11c per lb cocks 5c per lb and more. Wheat 1.21 per bu corn 45-60c per bu flour 8.00 per han and other farm goods listed with varying weights and prices.
The United States Bureau of Plant Industry has been studying spineless cacti since 1907 and plans to distribute about 9,000 cuttings free for testing to growers in suitable areas. Some varieties show promise, but harsh conditions may induce tiny spines. these plants must be farmed like crops and require water, though they tolerate drought.
The piece analyzes two paths to harden rapid growing cacti for northern cultivation via seed selection and hybridizing with hardy species. It notes the slow progress of seed methods, the persistence of spines in so called spineless varieties, and the temptation of commercial spineless cacti promoted by newspapers. It cites foreign observers and the Bureau of Plant Industry urging careful study and broader botanical consideration.
Hog raising guidance emphasizes selecting good sows for breeding and letting hogs root under proper conditions. Two litters yearly can be profitable if most pigs mature. hogs should gain a pound daily until eight or ten months. Do not breed sows too young. crossbreeding yields strong pigs, but progeny should be sold for pork.
An article extols a dairyman with fifty two cows who identifies each by voice and day or night. It discusses CrEanings and Celeriac as crops, pruning shears usefulness, pricing gains from better fruit, and humane trapping methods favoring contrivances that end life swiftly over steel traps that cause suffering.
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