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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1920
Page
3
Sy David Elden, son of a rancher, shoots at bottles with his pistol from his cayuse. An automobile crashes near him and doctor Hardy arrives to treat his daughter Irene after the accident. Irene then manages the household.
Irene assists her father while a visiting doctor waits to depart. Dave returns with supplies and repairs the wrecked automobile. The pair navigate a dangerous ride to town, a water obstacle, and Irene contemplates riding with a makeshift saddle, sewing late into the night to prepare.
Doctor Hardy notes Hardy's recovery and a growing bond between Elden and the physician as they share memories. Elden opens about his pain over his son and past mistakes, then recounts a cattle-custling tale. Irene, in a Bloomer outfit, volunteers for a horse trip with Dave guiding a cautious first ride into the foothills.
Irene and Irwin Myers share a tense moment in a forest clearing as he speaks of leaving the harsh frontier life. He reveals self taught literacy, pride in his work, and a wish to escape to a different life, while Irene contemplates their connection and the future after her departure.
A fragment notes chrysanthemums in a French home setting with domestic details and cultural reference. The brief hints at everyday life and local color without a clear event or named individuals.
In Detroit Mr and Mrs Paul Parsons confront their affair with Thelma Deioggie. The wife slumps after taking poison but a blood transfusion from Parsons helps her recover. Police investigate while Parsons and Deioglie confess to the affair and discuss divorce and remarriage.
Russell Zimmerman, twenty four, had his hand caught in a binder on his father’s farm near Tifton Ohio. He was forced to walk around a field for four hours as horses circled. He grew exhausted before a farm hand found him at dinner.
Prohibition officers traced eighty seven five-gallon jugs of liquor cached in a water tank supplying oil-well operations in Mannington West Virginia. The tank was drained after a jug burst revealing the stash attributed to Charles Miller who was later arrested with one jug. Oil-field workers drinking from the tank helped authorities locate the remaining liquor and remove it.
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania a deer darted from the woods into the path of a motor car driven by Henry Miller after nightfall near Blooming Grove. The deer was struck and the car upset. Miller and passenger Miss Anne Seltzer of Hawley were shaken but uninjured.
A dignified retired minister takes his granddaughter to a Sunday school offering. On Mary Ellen's fourth birthday she clutches her pennies and declares she will keep them, prompting the grandfather to step forward with four pennies to preserve his reputation amid amused churchgoers.
The article traces King Charles II's 1670 grant to the Hudson's Bay Company, noting the vast hereditary domain and its later shift to Dominion control. It highlights the company’s evolution into modern retail, and reports that over 3,000,000 acres of remaining grant lands are now being sold to farmers who will cultivate and settle them.
A Sydney Bulletin excerpt recalls a late 18th century naval rivalry over New Caledonia and nearby islands. It claims a French lead allowed rival landings hours before the British rejoined the scene, costing New Caledonia and the Loyalty group with broader Pacific stakes including the New Hebrides.
Fire logs once used on stage for years become available for general use. Made from imitation wood and translucent asbestos reinforced with metal, the hollow logs house electric bulbs. Each log is hand painted to resemble partially burned wood with shading to simulate glow.
In Portland a new kind of school operates without a truant officer or degrees and draws both young and old. About 36 taxi workers attend weekly intensive grain grading sessions under federal standards run by the U S department of agriculture. The class meets outside normal business hours in the federal grain supervisor’s office. Students include grain dealers dock superintendents foremen and shipyard workers.
A New Haven Register quip notes that limits and prohibition will not halt natural elements such as the moon setting or fog dissipating, reflecting a wry take on policy rhetoric. The remark ties together a comment on governmental limits and meteorological inevitabilities.
Physicians and druggists advise using Calotabs to purge the system overnight and prevent influenza complications. Take one tablet at bedtime with water. next morning, liver active and body purified, appetite restored. Original sealed packages priced thirty five cents. druggists refund if not delighted.
An advertisement extols Boschee's Syrup as a long standing remedy for coughs bronchitis colds throat irritation and lung troubles. It claims influenza killed far more than the war and touts nightly rest and easy morning expectoration from use. Made in America and sold widely. Query posed about suffering from ignorance versus knowledge.
An advertisement urges readers to buy a small bottle of Danderine at drug or toilet counters to eliminate dandruff and prevent hair loss. It claims after several applications hair regrows with life, vigor, brightness, and thickness, ending with a moral line about hope.
An advertisement targets women, claiming Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root cures kidney and bladder troubles. It urges sample requests by enclosing ten cents and lists Kilmer & Co as the sponsor, with bottles available at drug stores.
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