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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1920
Page
5
A bank outlines a conservative approach favoring bonds and securities with market value and fixed interest. It warns against speculative stocks and offers temporary certificates of deposit at 3 percent and permanent U S Government Liberty Bonds at favorable rates. Prospective investors are invited to visit for guidance.
Beautiful weather noted as residents report numerous trips to Huntingburg Ferdinand and Louisville. Entries name Dr FJ Schurz Andy Jacobs Charley Limp Mrs J Burton and numerous relatives with visits and journeys across Indiana Kentucky and Ohio.
Johnsburg residents host and join neighbors for weekend visits. Mrs. Neilie Brooner of Huntingburg guests Mrs. Naoma Schnell on Thursday. Will Haug John Jochem and John Schmidt travel to Huntingburg Friday. Mrs. Jesse Michel visits Christina weekend with relatives. Bernard Buening of Evansville spends a few days visiting in the vicinity. Mrs Kate Helmbeck and Rose Boonville visit John Heil ers family. John Schwinghammer travels to Jasper on business. W E Young of Princeton stops in town Monday.
Ground hog sees shadow warning of bad weather. Joseph Otto of Jasper attended devotions then visited Paul Jasper. Jacob Gehlhausen celebrated 27th birthday with a large crowd and playful chase. Dance-goers from here attended Adgeville on Thursday. John Arehart traveled to Cannleton. Subscriptions nearing expiry prompt renewal.
Rene Bache explains floebergs differ from icebergs noting color, formation in Labrador bays, and the process by which icebergs form. He describes attempts by the Andros coggin crew to blow up bergs with shells and mines, which failed due to distance and drifting ice hazards.
Fifty disabled veterans and other trainees climbed 360 steps of the House of Commons tower in London to study Big Ben. They learn clock mechanics under the ministry of labor watch and clock repairing program. The guide notes Lord Grimthorpe designed the clock placed in 1895. The minute hand is 14 feet long, weighs 224 pounds. the pendulum weighs 700 pounds and swings every two seconds. The bell is nine feet in diameter and weighs 14 tons. the striking hammer weighs 766 pounds. An electric motor now winds the clock in 20 minutes, replacing two workers and three afternoons a week.
Two weary tramps reconnect after a long separation and trade tales of hardship. One asks if the other has been to the front and learns about a condition called Influenzy that saps energy and invites rest and sleep, a complaint the speaker says has lasted twenty years.
John Armbruster recalls early telephone service as a daily convenience. He shares a humorous anecdote about a central operator who left the receiver on so a mother could hear the baby cry and requested Mrs. Brewster’s doughnut recipe. The author contrasts past ease with modern efficiency.
The American Concrete Institute advises using limestone, trap rock, and burned clay over highly siliceous gravels which disintegrate under heat. If gravel is used without coating, columns should be round. with spiral reinforcement add one inch cement plaster coating on metal lath or light expanded metal for protection.
A new electric tool novelty is a portable circular saw with a handle like a hand saw. It weighs a fraction of a pound with a quarter horsepower motor and cuts 3 inches across or rip. It features a depth gauge, an aluminum base grooved to slide on a guide track, and a safety blade guard.
The article notes heavy destruction in occupied Italian districts but predicts limited postwar industrial growth. It suggests Italy’s need for rough and saw lumber for normal commerce may not exceed 2,000,000,000 terminology units, even with favorable freight developments.
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