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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1914
Page
10
A cryptic OCR fragment references a delivery of items valued at 100 00 and 5000 25 00 1250, noting a pach inser delivery. Details are unclear, but the read hints at a completed or pending shipment and associated amounts.
Evansville Ind July 2 1914 market report shows Wheat at 70 cents per bushel and oats from 38 to 45 cents per bushel. Corn and potatoes priced, eggs firsts at 1? cents per dozen, butter stock price listed. Livestock values include steers 86 to 100 per head, cows 40 to 60, bulls 45 to 60, Milch cows 20 to 60, hogs heavy at 8.25 per hundred, hens 11 cents per pound.
North bound Train 9 departs Johnsburg 8 47 a m with 6 02 p m arrival south bound Train 12 leaves Johnsburg 9 39 a m and 11 55 a m and 4 20 p m runs. Evansville Accommodation Nos 14 18 12 14 runs solid between West Baden and Evansville carrying free reclining chair cars. N A Jochem Agent.
An 19th century advert alleges a $100 reward for any catarrh case cured by Hulls Catarrh Cure and endorses FB J Cheney of Toledo Ohio. It asserts internal use against blood and system issues, with testimonials and pharmacy availability.
Mathias Olinor, a 21 year old resident of Keidsland, seeks permission from Dubois County officials at the August term to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors in quantities less than a quart for one year. The described premises occupy a 23 by 37 feet room on the ground floor of a two story concrete building on the southeast corner of lot 128, Ohio Street, Ferdinand. He will also sell luncheons and confections subject to state licensing laws.
Secretary of Agriculture argues the U S could raise enough sugar beets in one state to supply the nation. He cites beet crops and byproducts boosting farm income and notes current imports cost about 100 million dollars yearly. He recalls early experiments in Iowa and the push to expand beet growing and rice for balanced agriculture.
The piece notes rising recognition of highway value as state aid and cooperation expand across 28 states. It cites 1904 road data with 7.14 percent surfaced, and 1908 updates showing macadam, gravel, and special materials increasing, with costs per mile and total road value around 1.72 billion dollars. Experimental roads test tar and asphalt methods for faster traffic.
A report shows New York's highway costs lag behind Massachusetts Connecticut and New Jersey. 1895 to 1907 Massachusetts built 558 miles at 7663 per mile while Connecticut 1899 to 1906 averaged 6072 per mile and New Jersey 1894 to 1907 paid 4676 per mile. 1909 contract work in New York ran 492 miles at about 9265 per mile with more under contract at 10326 per mile. The state eyes a reform with the new highway commission. The Sinois Highway Commission tests oil treatment on earth roads promising waterproofing though expensive, 30 to 40 cents per square yard.
Governor backs a proposed 18 million dollar bond to fund state road work with support from the California Good Roads Association. Another bill aims to map and prepare a state road system under the Engineering Department. Georgia notes drive to organize Good Roads Clubs statewide with Rural Mail Carriers leading the movement.
A New England village tale recounts a stingy minister famed for gifts he hoarded. After years of favored donations, a冬 cheese misadventure reveals his vanity as nine cheeses tumble from his sleigh to the astonished family and parish. The episode endures as a century‑old joke about his miserliness.
Farmer Jimaon reports storekeeper Jason at Apple Bend offering inducements with patent medicine. Deacon Elderberry asks if prices drop. The claim says the inducement is a package of cloves with each bottle rather than a price cut.
Comic dialogue depicts Colley and Kelly in a street encounter. Kelly claims to be in the meat business without a shop, describing himself as the haw in an advertising sandwich. A passerby offers a kiss amid chaotic chatter and stray medical talk about disease.
August East of Fulda and other named residents visited in town on Monday or recently. John Ketzl Dale, Geo Kroeger Buffaloville, Dr. E E Metager Evansville, Wm Marlett French Lick, Miss Mary Krampe Huntingburg, and many others tied to Louisville Evansville Huntingburg and Jasper appear in a stream of calls, repairs, visits, and sightseeing across the region.
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