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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1919
Page
7
The American Red Cross runs 17 convalescent homes to help American soldiers far from home. Centers provide home like settings with books games music and social events to ease the transition from hospital life. Housekeepers, often American matrons, oversee comfort and morale for recovering troops.
American Red Cross reports from Paris describe wounded American soldiers eager to speak with American women in charge of the canteens after the Franco American drive north of Verdun. Soldiers said their wounds hurt but they would not skip a chat with the nurses and volunteers.
The American Red Cross has set up an experimental dairy at a base hospital in France with 1,000 cows loaned by the French government. It is aimed at producing enough milk to supply about 20,000 injured fighters daily, a key factor doctors believe aids speedy convalescence.
A small factory in Leghorn, Italy furnishes work for refugee families under American Red Cross protection. It provides salaries, food, and clothing for more than two dozen families from Sprezluno each month.
The Kruyseska drying process uses a five meter diameter frontal drum with rotating metal wings powered by a steam turbine. Fluid is foamed, dried by hot air, producing a powder that stores well and dissolves in water. Berlin and Bucharest plan plants to process about 140000 eggs daily.
Far flung Alaska parishes face financial trouble after Russia stopped church funding. Congregations fund upkeep. many churches house valuable art and robes. To supplement his pay, Father A. P. Kashevaroff, arch priest of Juneau, served briefly as inspector at Hidden Inlet for the summer.
Rev William Barnes Lower pastor of Holy Trinity Presbyterian Logan Philadelphia spent vacation on a Schwenksville farm and urged able-bodied male members to assist in harvest. He said we can thrash grain in the field and thrash the devil in the coat-line trenches around our churches.
An Amsterdam dispatch notes persistent rumors that the Kaiser has lost his mind and that Europe faces renewed war prospects. Another unconfirmed report hints at Christmas on December 25 this year and possible shortages affecting water supplies.
The Rochester Post-Express notes a farmer showing a vast pumpkin claimed to grow far from its stalk and uses the metaphor to critique education. It argues education should produce direct, useful outcomes and warns against overemphasizing immediate vocational results.
The article traces Cologne from a thriving medieval trade center famed for weavers goldsmiths and armories to decline after the Reformation. It notes French occupation in 1794 reducing the city to 40 000 inhabitants with only 6000 civil rights and its later revival under Prussia after 1815 to a major German city approaching half a million.
A British airplane model is described as nearly foolproof with balanced wings. In a test a pilot climbs high, cuts the engine, and removes hand contact on the controls. The plane glides twenty miles to an airfield, steering itself with only feet on the rudder bar, requiring only control for landing.
Experiments training dogs to carry messages in field service show satisfactory results. The most receptive dogs are half breed collies and retrievers, with some bob-tailed sheepdogs performing well. Trained to work under heavy firing, they run errands under fire and can be shot over like ordinary sporting dogs.
Chaplain at base hospital 48 reports two San Franciscans Corp Arthur T Mull en of 621 Alvarado St and Private Jeremiah Sears of 623 Alvarado St served together after enlistment, fought in the same division, escaped wounds, and were both wounded October 14 in the Argonne battle while being treated side by side on adjacent cots.
New American Industry reports Lewiston mills in Maine now produce thousands of Turkish towels daily with high-grade quality. One mill operates a wide line turning out 30,000 bedspreads weekly and also fabricates large quantities of mercerized silk.
Scores attended the funeral of a canary bird at the home of Harry Chambers in Moorkstown New Jersey. The bird was twenty-two years old and known by many since childhood. It was buried in a little wooden box.
County agent advises burning garden refuse to curb pests and stresses destroying cabbage and cauliflower stumps to prevent cabbage lice. Recommends mulching onions Swiss chard spinach and strawberries to winter protect them and suggests loosening mulch in winter and spring. Encourages maintaining farm records and pre planning machinery repairs for saving time and money.
County Agricultural Agent H C Thoopson warns of runoff from manure piles washing into streams. He urges covering or cleaning the manure heap to prevent loss as weather and field conditions permit.
A dated advertisement touts Wall's Catarrh Remedy as a universal cure for catarrh, claiming strong testimonial faith and offering a $100 reward if it fails. It urges readers to write to PF in Toledo Ohio and states the product is sold widely.
Health advertisement urges readers to start each day with hot water and limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It claims improved appetite and vitality, touts cheap cost and dramatic benefits for constipation bilious spells and overall wellbeing.
The piece contrasts wartime leaders talk of a league of nations with a Paine era proposal for a European pacific republic. It cites a 1610 plan to abolish war through a continental congress and arbitration and includes a 1792 Lafayette letter urging support for a campaign to end German despotism and ease taxation.
The Indianapolis News notes Indiana once printed session laws in German from 1852 onward. Joint resolutions and special sessions through 1867 saw German editions, with Mrs. Edward Franklin White suggesting it aimed to attract German settlers rather than promote culture.
Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson, recipient of the Daly medal, argued against civilizing Eskimo tribes in the far North. He said earlier efforts harmed natives, noting a 1825 English discovery tribe of 5,000 had fallen to 40 due to adopting civilized living in the harsh climate.
The text notes Siam's flat rice plains and numerous canals reduce demand for farm wagons while boosting focus on urban road construction in Bangkok. Municipal vehicle needs are anticipated as cities develop, reflecting a shift from rural transport to city infrastructure.
The Rochester Post-Express notes a German bomb plan hidden in a church belfry aimed at destroying a monastery altar in France. Marshal Foch’s armistice stipulations held German commanders personally responsible for any damage, preventing the attack.
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