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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
3
Dave Hilden, son of a reckless ranchman, breaks a bottle with his pistol as a runing cayuse spooks. An automobile arrives, crashes, and injures Doctor Hardy with no harm to Irene. Dave lifts the wounded man and rides 40 miles to a doctor.
Irene Elden and her father arrive at a rugged ranch and meet Dave, a brave helper who fetches a doctor after an accident. The empty kitchen and bare rooms reveal hardship, while Irene’s reflections in moonlight hint at a life beyond their city comforts. The doctor treats the injured man as Irene weighs the pull of frontier conventions versus home life.
The future of Ypres remains uncertain as rebuilding starts on a wooden framework amid ruins. Most former residents remain dispersed in Paris Plage and Blankenberghe, while adventurers and souvenir trade fill the gaps. The Belgian government plans to preserve key monuments and allot sites at Menin Gate for Canada and an English church, with talk of memorializing the town’s remains.
The Columbus Dispatch notes the frosty morning brings renewed hope and energy after a dreary spell. It describes improved vitality, sharper dispositions, and stronger labor, with the cold air praised as healthful and inspiring for the community.
San Francisco police aviator Ivan Gates flew across the bay to Alameda and back with James M. Kelley, sentenced to six months, no handcuffs used. The trip rose to 5,000 feet and took under five minutes. Chief White notes planes could shuttle suspects to Reno or Los Angeles, saving time and money.
Arrangements are made in Great Britain to establish mills for potato flour on a large scale. The industry, proven on the continent, is new here. The ministry of foods has long tested potato flour to use excess potato production.
A maidservant at Wordsworth’s home told a visitor that the poet studied in the fields. The piece argues that Wordsworth owed more to nature than books and that true education comes from time spent outdoors. The Girls' Companion notes that no diploma replaces a postgraduate course in the open.
The London Mail notes a quoted exchange where Lucie replies she is wedded to her art while a patron quips she did not marry for money. The brief exchange highlights artistic integrity and patronage dynamics in a London social setting.
A period tone recipe card outlines orange cake cranberry cake chocolate potato cake and eggless fruit cake. It lists ingredients and basic methods to bake layered cakes with icing and spiced flavors for winter family enjoyment.
A guide on easily digested meals for recovering patients. Recipes include Egg Soup with lemon and nutmeg, Baked Apples filled with raisins and sugar, Tomato Toast with seasoned tomato, Pineapple Pudding with pineapple juice, Rice Pudding with rice cooked in milk, and Prune Whip topped with whipped cream.
An old advertisement promotes Celery King as a purely vegetable laxative tea that quickly aids bowels without distress. It claims benefits for colds, feverish symptoms, sick headache, biliousness, and liver sluggishness, available at druggists. a generous package costs only a few cents from 8 C Wells & Co Le Roy N Y.
A humorous quip frames a mistaken belief about horsehair on Henrys coat. The response hints at a worn seat cover and stuffing from an automobile, delivering a wry joke about misread clues and casual style.
There is one medicine that stands out for kidney liver and bladder ailments. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root is a gentle healing vegetable compound with immediate effects. Sold at drug stores in two sizes. Send ten cents for a sample bottle.
A war sufferer recalls failed bookin g during the war and taking a job. An advertisement touts Wrights Indian Veget able Pills as a gentle vegetable tonic and purgative.
The United States Shipping Board halted concrete ship construction at Oakland California. Some see this as the death knell for stone freight carriers, though the Faith has shown concrete ships can be structurally feasible and navigable.
An old ad promotes Green's August Flower as a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach, stimulates bile, and eases indigestion and constipation. It claims wide use for over fifty years in homes worldwide and urges readers to buy from druggists with no substitutes.
Passage from the Philadelphia Record notes a gentleman entering a venue and sparks a quip about his status. The remark contrasts bachelor or widower and reflects social humor of the period.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap. It also promotes daily use for clear skin and mentions Cuticura Talcum, a light razor, and a note about an English inventor mounting a small electric lamp to a safety razor handle.
A local anecdote describes Mrs. Jibway stepping back from spiritual communing after Papa Jibway learned that the club’s increasing tricks would lead him to quit smoking and cigars. The tale shifts to a household cure sparked by a comic fear of ghostly indulgence.
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