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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
2
Rates listed for subscriptions and various column widths, with payment terms in advance. Also notes on advertising costs, job printing bills, and reminders about delivery, sampling rules, and compliance with the National Food and Drugs Act. Mentions European war opinions and local church events surrounding St. Maurus and St. Meinrad.
The text outlines a three part sampling process with official seals. It requires three approximately four pound or two quart packages labeled and sealed. One sample goes to the purchaser or guarantor, one to the Bureau of Chemistry or a designated chemist, and the third remains sealed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Correspondence reports F W Wagner’s pleasure trip to Ferdinand on Monday. Town teachers held their monthly institute at Dale on Saturday. Harry Dilger, son of Mr and Mrs Will Dilger, steadily recovering from illness. Paul Ender spends the week at Rockport. Frank Arnold left for Louisville after spending months at home. Paul and Robert Collignon passed through en route to Jasper to resume studies at college. Alfons Rusprecht of Feour Lown made a pleasant visit Thursday.
Citizens in St Meinrad meet for the second time to adopt the Civic Improvement Association of St Meinrad as the group name. Members may join by February meeting with a 25 cent admission after that, and monthly gatherings occur on the second Thursday. A committee was formed to oversee a proper enterprise, next meeting set for January 24, 1907 at 7 PM.
West African Red River hog is among the most brightly colored mammals. Juveniles show stripes, adults burn bright red hues blending with red West African soil. Despite lacking enormous tusks, it defends itself with bony ridges and hardened facial callosities, capable of holding its own with wart hogs. Westminster Gazette notes its elegant shape and tufted tail.
A caller spends 45 minutes persuading a desk man that his company offers the best safe insurance at low rates, only to reveal he is a life insurance agent seeking a lead, leaving the man satisfied yet unharmed.
Philadelphia prints more than a quarter of all US music and total output is six times what it was 15 years ago. Europe shows no such rise and US total remains under half Leipsic, Germany. Instrumental music once led but vocal music rises to near equal in quantity amid more comic and sentimental pieces. Religious music growth lags.
A dinner invitation features a pot luck with chicken soup and fricassee. An Englishman scoffs at boiling a chicken for multiple courses and insists on serving a roast instead, contrasting British and Yankee practices.
Marblehead tale recalls Skipper Mira Preble fitting out for a trip when Mopy Chambers asks for tongues and sounds. Preble agrees if Mopy furnishes a firkin. The next day Mopy brings a huge firkin and offers the deal. Mira promises a handsome gesture if Preble brings a buick level full firkin.
An amusing verbatim advert from a Danish paper touts a charming hotel set amid a nice garden with good cuisine and kindly accommodation at moderate charges. It promises easy salmon and trout fishing access and easy conveyance, noting surrounding mountains as a draw and the landlord speaks English well.
A practical dog restraint system using two posts and a taut telegraph wire lets hunting dogs roam along a length of about 100 feet while keeping them safely tethered. The arrangement permits guarding the dwelling and gate, reduces risk of harm, and avoids constant lack of exercise.
In Germantown William Bradey a Civil War veteran and Irish son, a campfire tale recalls a doctor’s prescription that seemingly cured him. Mrs Bradey hid the paper in jam to disguise the remedy, and William improved by night, as neighbors laughed at the ruse.
Oscar S Straus secretary of commerce and labor praises hand made arts over machine produced goods in New York interview. He cites woodcarving tapestry weaving and cabinet making as sources of art while warning that machinery robs useful arts of artistic quality and individual expression. A street sweepers quarrel is told to illustrate pride in craft with an ornamental twist.
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