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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
7
Announcement states John L Bretz is authorized to seek the judge post in the upcoming Joint Primary election on March 17, 1908.
A male citizen of twenty one living in Ferdinand for ninety days prior seeks to sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors in his room of a 24 by 30 feet one story frame building on lot 18 Beckmans addition Ohio Street Ferdinand town Dubois County Indiana at the February 1908 meeting of the Dubois County Board of Commissioners. He also asks to sell luncheon and confection under state act provisions.
A historical column defends hazing at West Point as a tool to mold character and temper. It cites brutal initiation methods, argues hazing builds obedience, and proposes mild punishment for severe abuses while endorsing controlled, harmless hazing as beneficial yet condemning excessive acts that cross lines.
In a studio scene from the Chicago Record-Herald a country uncle exclaims with wonder, saying gosh and dang my buttons at the artist’s impressive work. The young painter replies politely, then asks Henry if his painting income covers frames, highlighting concern over earnings.
The article describes serpent worship in India highlighting snake shrines in Travancore and Cochin. It notes thousands of sanctuaries, daily offerings, ritual processions led by an eldest celibate woman, and festivals funded by poppy revenues. Snakes are revered, rarely aggressive, and fatalities from bites are uncommon.
A Bohemian essay notes social pressure around admiring Peruvian girls on the street. Foreign visitors face price shocks for photos and clerkly indignation if they hesitate. The piece describes a ritual of buying portraits to gain status and avoid insult, with a playful look at “The Most Popular Young Lady in Our Midst.”
A Nashville Tennessean report quotes Austin Beddock of Marietta Georgia at the Maxwell describing widespread southern beliefs. He cites neighbors fearing dog moans owl calls and night screams as omens, attributing these to old time Negro influence and noting similar ideas across southern states.
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A fan question about whether professional baseball players truly enjoy the game prompts mixed views. Muggsy McGraw and Clark Griffith describe the strain and nerves of play, while Cy Young notes some prefer sun and exercise over amusement. Old Jim McGuire recalls lasting early joy in the game.
The St. Louis Republic surveys ancient and modern basket making from carved logs to steam processes. It details steps from log cutting and boiling to veneer, splint cutting, and weaving. It notes specific splint sizes, labor roles, piecework pay, and international practices in England Scotland Germany France and China.
A Chicago inventor designed the huge forest motors seen in Canada to haul logs over snow and rough roads. One machine can drag two hundred tons at twelve mph, the only unit that will pull heavy loads through three feet of snow and over logs a foot high. It weighs twenty-five tons, has two hundred horsepower, and runs on four tunners with a central seven-ton traction wheel, enclosed in a boxlike housing.
Fragmentary dialect laden notes mention a phrenologist Madam and her son described as fit for moving furniture or handling baggage on railroads. The text is incomplete and presents a humorous or caricatured stance on occupational suitability.
An article describes the Springfield Armory auction of about twenty five thousand rifles and thousands of small arms to illustrate how Uncle Sam disposes of antiquated weapons. It notes the rifles often end up with second hand dealers or repurposed for school cadet rifles and fencing use. The piece discusses the new U S magazine rifle's superior velocity of 2300 feet per second, ranged effectiveness, ease of loading and tool free disassembly, with plans to stockpile hundreds of thousands of rifles.
A man who bought currant buns at a bakery found a fly inside one bun. He returned to complain and demanded another bun. The saleswoman offered a swap: return the fig and she will exchange it for a currant bun. Harper's Weekly notes the fopanda and relates the incident.
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