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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
8
The article praises a one piece dress with double skirt and embroidered vest, highlighting warmth and chic lines. It describes a satin peplum blouse ensemble with a fur trimmed collar, new sleeve shapes, soutache braid details, and matching hats and accessories, including vibrant arm bags.
A column argues mothers cling to rules for childrearing, urging focus on habits and real outcomes rather than formulas. It cautions against overreliance on precepts and praises guiding examples that foster genuine development and spontaneous learning.
A wealthy husband and his wife host a notable party for a society leader. Guests discuss the event and a guest named Professor Muchman, noted for a bandage on his neck and an astonishing vocabulary, is described with a possible misinterpretation of his appearance as a carbuncle.
Tarantula hawks stalk tarantulas on stony ground at dusk. The wasp sting paralyzes the spider, warm body preserving for egg incubation. Grubs then hatch and feed on the tarantula husk, sustaining the larval stage.
Article notes that horseflesh was used as food in Gaul after Frankish invasions and traces references to 1404 in Paris. It states European records show horsemeat eaten in that era, often from horses.
A foreign contemporary describes a process to assign color values to metals. Polished samples photographed through a blue grass screen under exact exposure and development conditions yield a color scale from 0 for silver to 50 for copper. The study shows color increase with pigmentation but cannot distinguish pure from standard 92.5 percent silver and 7.5 percent copper, indicating limited sensitivity.
A meditation on life as a sea voyage stressing faith and a good conscience as the compass. It warns against drifting, cites Job as a model of repentance, and urges loyalty to faith to reach the heavenly haven with the pilot awaiting at port.
A short exhortation urges facing fear openly to reduce its grip. It prescribes acknowledging fears, tracing their sources, and using belief in God and humanity to foster faith. Faith is described as active and transformative, capable of banishing fear as one chooses to believe and act positively.
Fragmentary text discusses joy as a state that comes to us rather than something pursued, but the passage ends abruptly with missing context and incomplete thoughts.
Doctors report grip leaves patients run down with kidney strain and back pain. Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, herbal remedy, claims to heal and strengthen kidneys after grip. Sample bottles offered for ten cents. regular sizes available at druggists. mention the paper. Spain mined 2,402,000 tons of coal in 1915 and imported 1,200,000 tons.
An advertisement touts 10 cent Cascarets as a remedy for biliousness and constipation. It links torpid liver and clogged bowels to a foul tongue, bad taste, sallow skin, and headaches, claiming a nightly cleanse and morning relief.
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