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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
7
A moral meditation on hope rooted in tribulation. The author cites Paul to show patience leads to experience and true hope, nurtured by God's love. It contrasts hopeful, patient people with pessimists, and defines hope as aligned with nature and God's will, requiring spiritual culture and integrity.
In a constitutional critique the speaker condemns easy chartering of corporations by state departments. He argues for honest inquiry, judicial review of securities, and a fair share in profits for workers, while ensuring capital returns and responsible growth. The piece advocates structural reform to align private and incorporated enterprises with public interests.
The piece surveys a wide array of feather styles in women’s hats, noting the growing extravagance from plumes to paradise and ram goura, with chic trends like willow plumes, wide quill effects, wings, and spiral ostrich mounts. It warns that such hats could push prices high.
The column notes that fashion favors a willowy back as the standard for stylish figures. It cites walking as a route to the new back, discusses loosening corsets, and offers a floor exercise to strengthen the abdomen and back for the sharp waist curve sought by modern girls.
An eastern physical culture teacher trains girls in posture, walking, and dress handling. She aims to transform raw courtesies into polished bridesmaids, maids of honor, and wedding guests with guidance on carriage, trains, skirts, and elbow handling.
Instructions on cutting a taffeta collar to place the front on the straight grain and the curved part on the bias. Advices include dropping the shoulder seam backward, bending steels or whalebones at the waistline before casings, and placing bias underneath when attaching bias to straight fabric to prevent stretching. Also advises a smaller neck than collar base and careful tucking into position.
For shirt waists nothing beats silk-laced poplin with plaiting and tuck options. White poplin at about 60 cents a yard launders like fine linen, irons dry, and offers a cashmere look. Available in various colors, but white remains superior for shirt waists with dainty madras figures.
The Housekeeper notes new millinery fancies such as velvet brims with silk crowns, trimmed with cog feathers. Another trend covers a wire frame with pink taffeta ruchings packed to resemble feathers, trimmed with velvet and a'bickle, creating a refined, becoming look.
A practical home instruction on improving nails through nightly routines. Soak fingers in hot water for five minutes, press back cuticles with an orangewood stick, lengthen nails, then apply cold cream. Avoid skipping steps to wake the cuticle.
Louis E. Halpin escaped the Indiana reformatory briefly to hurry to his wife in Indianapolis. She died in a city hospital on his train journey before he arrived. The fire that killed her father James Henry Smith also claimed Smith’s granddaughter in a neighboring home fire. Halpin, convicted of perjury in Franklin last October, faced 2 to 21 years. friends planned a pardon petition for the governor.
Clark county judge dismisses a depository bid discrimination issue in the First National Bank Charlestown v board of finance Oregon township case. Separate Charlestown township suit moved to address similar claims. Confectioners discuss candy theft prevention and freight-class changes. Hazleton fire drill stops a basement blaze at Decker school. Aurora State Bank incorporated in Indianapolis with $50 600 capital and a list of directors.
Charles Bundy a founder of the Jeffersonville Star died in Marion Indiana from a stroke. He was prominent in Republican politics and once served on the State Prison Board of Control. The report notes his active public role and ties to Indiana politics.
Miss Lida Scott 22, daughter of Andrew Farmer, testified in a court in Anderson that Shirley Doyle 24, a parolee, slashed her throat during a buggy ride on March 19 1905 and attempted suicide. Doyle is charged with attempted murder. In Indianapolis a boy named John O Leary younger son of Harry J O Leary died from a self inflicted pistol shot debated as accidental or intentional after burglars were discussed at breakfast.
A man believed to be Gurn Baldwin of Coraopolis Penn fell from a train near Washington Indiana and died claiming to be Baldwin. Three Pike County residents identify him as Thomas Bolden from Orville Indiana. A telegram from Coraopolis confirms the Baldwin link. A $200 found in an old footstock tied to William G. Ratta’s estate raises questions. In Jeffersonville an $800 find is contested by a daughter who seeks a claim against estate assets.
In Bedford Indiana a powder ignition aimed at a flashless photograph started a fire that caught lace curtains at a local dry goods store. Clerks fled in panic but flames were soon extinguished with quick action by staff.
George W Bemene long prominent as president of the Central Baseball League died after a fall at his country home near Evansville Indiana. His condition had been reported as poor with little hope of recovery.
Oscar Horner a Bloomington business man and prominent family member sues for divorce from his wife Estelle Elchel society belle of Evansville. The filing caused a sensation in the community as details emerge.
In Jeffersonville Indiana a court suit by George A. Ratta and Ollie Batts against Bifie EB Stoner seeks to quiet title to 106 acres in Washington township and three in New Washington. Evartist reports from Shawneetown say a public building in Evansville burned, causing about 25,000 dollars in damage and threatening the jail, which was saved after efforts. Six prisoners were rescued with difficulty.
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