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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1907
Page
1
The text lists post office dating and subscription prices, advertising rates by column size, and payment terms. It also jokes about breakfast food digestion costs, and warns of dangers while bathing with a tongue biting quip. A line notes a thousand drownings in 1906 before dismissing bathtub fear.
Col. Watterson urges youths to go south while Horace Greeley championed the west. Readers blame a preference for easy routes as public sentiment shifts. Two prizefighters have died in rings in six months, challenging the old claim that prize fighting is less dangerous than football.
Voters are urged to back a two per cent tax on February 15 to fund the Ferdi nand Railway as road conditions around Fer dinand are described as fierce. An English tailor praises American soldiers for better appearance than other nations, and the note invites reassurance that U S troops look finer than the Japanese.
A 41 story 625 foot high office building is planned by a sewing machine company for the corner of Broadway and Liberty street in New York. A proposal suggests adjoining the Jet site be used to erect a one story bank with Tonie columns for artistic effect.
An Amherst professor argues that future men will be weak unless education shifts from book work to hands on labor. He contends that engaging youth in physical work builds strength and character, claiming he would deserve credit if his ideas persuade others to adopt practical tasks.
The record lists allowances and payments from the December adjourned term of the commissioner's court. Names include M. A. Sweeney auditor J. P. Huber clerk V. V. Cassidy sheriff W. F. Beckmann treasurer P. J. Kunkel recorder Henry Wehr Henry Landgrebe Herman Teder Milburn & Traylor and LoL Jacobs truant officer W. H. Kuper assessor J. Robinson secretary Wm. Melchior Co. Supt. Public Building with amounts 575.00 526.50 451.00 425.00 325.00 56.25 30.00 43.00 212.50 23.70 378.50.
The Jasper area community paper records names of residents businesses officials and recent bids. Included are lists of households telephones roads and miscellaneous notes. It notes court bids for health services and asylum physician appointments along with a treasury report and an insanity case.
A veteran cook warns that many chefs season for their own palates not for customers. He says longer cooking leads to excessive salt pepper and spices, making dishes too hot for half the patrons to eat.
An old fashioned Keene New Hampshire druggist, at his corner shop for 50 years, refuses to overmeasure a recipe. The customer asks for a good measure and the pharmacist replies that giving even one extra grain would lead to hell, illustrating strict scruples in practice.
Local dialect vignette centers on Uncle Josh from Upcreek inspecting an ice box and warning Henry that the artificial ice seller is fooling him. The fragment hints at a skeptical eye on a cold storage scheme and a curious family exchange.
The Ferdinand News reports new subscribers since the last issue. Names include Theodore Stallmann Louisville Mrs T Brownrigg Rincon N M Molly Snyder Evansville Ind Apston Halbleib Ferdinand Wm Meyer Louisville Ky Henry Berke Dayton Ohio Henry Wessel Ferdinand B Kippenbrock Ferdinand B F Gude Nebraska City Neb
A Stockbridge memoir recalls Horace Bird, an old villager who, intoxicated, broke the gate arch to enter his own yard after climbing a fence and rolling the pin toward the latch. The anecdote is set beside a remark on civilization and a railroad stock case from Herington.
A sermon excerpt argues law through life and money, noting desires exceed what God grants. It contrasts earthly hunger with divine sufficiency, urging return to the Father for true bread and lasting joy. Pearse emphasizes spiritual fulfillment over worldly accumulation, warning against insatiable longing.
A father offers brief financial maxims urging thrift. The son is reminded to avoid spending unless funds are on hand. The guidance emphasizes prudent money management and saving.
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