26 Feb 1915
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1915
Page
1
A wounded sergeant recalls a lazy looking trooper nicknamed his lordship who surprised all by defending a Bavarian village bed and pillow in the trenches. He slept through a dawn assault, then woke for coffee as the rest pressed forward and the captain commended him in dispatches.
In North Yakima Washington friends recount how C E Denny of Cle Elum wooed Miss Clara Ripp of Minneapolis Minnesota after he won packing peaches last summer He wrote his name on a peach wrapper and the Minneapolis girl answered by mail prompting a romance that led to marriage plans and a disappearance in November.
Mrs John Peyton Clark heads the Silent Voice Neighborhood clubs and directs the New York League for the Hard of Hearing. New York City has over 109000 with severe or total hearing loss, and the United States counts about 5000000 are afflicted. The piece notes extension of silent roles and advances in science.
Washington reports on how a ship purchase bill could be killed by endless debate a tactic called talking a bill to death Senate rivals wield the practice more due to un agreed voting days The piece cites Carter Stone Gore La Follette and the Aldrich currency bill as notable examples detailing how lengthy talks force adjournment and votes without passage
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania an Orphans court proceeding identified Mrs. Alice Kobler Hooper by a scar on her wrist as the missing legatee of Mrs. Barbara Hess. Hooper, formerly of Highfield and once married to a Mr. Ham, receives her inheritance after the court verified her identity via familial recollection.
An Arkansas school teacher is not obligated to curb flirting among pupils and cannot be disciplined by the school for encouraging faith of the heart among students. The case hinges on teacher authority and moral guidance within the classroom.
The Indiana House amended the eugenic marriage bill to require health certificates for both spouses before licenses and moved it toward passage. It also refused to kill a bill creating a chiropractors examining board. Major themes include tax reform debates, workmen compensation plans, and primary and registration reforms with multiple bills discussed and actions taken or blocked.
Thermos Silo company and Bankers' Guarantee Title and Loan firm back two weighted deals. The Huntington firm promises to manufacture and sell vitrified clay block silos with a $10,000 cap. Fort Wayne based lenders extend $50,000 to insure titles to real estate with several named individuals involved.
A Seventh Congressional District conference on Social Welfare opened at the Claypool hotel in Indianapolis. A. W. Butler cited congenital defect data, John H. Holliday led the session, and speakers urged stronger public schools, broader charity work, and caution against premature mothers pensions. Francis Loomis opposed mothers’ pension proposals as inadequately aiding all worthy cases.
Mrs. Josie Sellan, wife of an East Hammond saloonkeeper, drove three men who robbed her husband’s cash register a half mile away and shot one in the leg but she refuses to prosecute. The brief report notes unclear additional line about Raymond Oswald.
A vintage advertisement touts Cascarets as a ten cent remedy to purge headaches biliousness indigestion and upset stomach. It claims the product cleanses the stomach removes sour fermenting food eases bile from the liver and eliminates constipated waste while you sleep for a clean stomach and healthy bowels.
A defense lawyer sighs we rest and such is life as Raggery Rufus recalls the scene to Plodding Pete. The dog is set on them after they rest and pay for it.
An old advertisement emphasizes Castoria for infants and children, noting it has been in use for over 39 years. The fragment includes chatter about a quarrel over marriages, mentioning Julia, Alice, Smith, Jones, Brown, and Mr von Booster.
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