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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
5
Fraudulent aspirin tablets were sold as Bayer Tablets of Aspirin by a Brooklyn manufacturer mainly composed of talcum. True Bayer Tablets are American made and bear the Bayer Cross, sold in original Bayer packaging with proper directions. A separate sports crowd scene mentions soldiers admitted free, while an umpire banters about keeping out the doughboys.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap, quick remedy for corns and hard skin on feet. It claims only a few drops lift corns and calluses, leaving underlying skin pink, healthy, and non irritated after treatment.
A gossiping note mentions Jinks and his wife, a movie actress, with remarks on his time at the pictures. The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Ointment for the complexion, Cuticura Talcum, and the Cuticura Toilet Trio as daily skincare.
A sharp exchange unfolds as one party taunts another about payment using a playful line about wig and debts. The dialogue hints at financial tension and clever repartee without escalating to confrontation.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a premier remedy for kidneys liver and bladder saying it suits thousands of cases due to its mild immediate effect and gentle vegetable formula. It urges testing with a sample offer and lists drugstore availability in small and large bottles. It also includes brief humorous lines from other notices.
A sweeping Indiana roundup reports on Seymour dairy groups, Miami county school commencement with 200 graduates in Peru, tax board actions on Madison county bond plans, and Elwood mill resumptions. It notes massive whiskey stock in Harrison township, feeble-minded study in Chicago, and a string of court sentences in Shelbyville. It covers tax assessors boosting Rush and Boone counties, Masonry growth to 90,000 members, Franklin college honors, Culver Lake health assurances, canning industry inspections, and Boone County taxables surge. It also lists Seymour property tax rise, foreign opinion on Indiana prohibition, DePauw honor system vote, Bartholomew County gains, and convocation notes from Jeffersonville, Columbus, and other towns.
A period column presents fish chowder with pork, onions, potatoes and milk, plus pea and walnut salad with French dressing in lemon cups and a potato olive salad with mayonnaise. Spanish Chicken Soup uses chicken stock barley carrot onion and tapioca with egg added before serving. A Jeremy Taylor quote on friendship closes the piece.
Practical tips to save steps and maintain tools in the kitchen. Emphasizes sharp knives, wheeled trays, wire dish drainers, and paper products. Recommends kerosene cleaning, a sturdy table, a kitchen cabinet, and a footstool to ease tasks. Mention of a card index of recipes for quick reference.
Belle-T'npa claims only homely men have brains while Jeck-He boasts appearance. Belle-No counters that Jack is the exception proving the rule in a sharp exchange filled with humor.
The exchange notes the doctor’s assessment that the daughter is not strong enough to play many hours daily due to health concerns. The dialogue centers on piano practice limits and a humorous mishearing about beer playing.
The article offers a method to stop a leaking fountain pen by soaking in warm water, drying, then applying heavy cylinder oil to the bearings. It warns against overheating when loosening set parts and notes caution to avoid melting. A second anecdote contrasts a child's mispronunciation with a parents guidance about table manners.
A grim remark about marriage shows a man declaring he will be master at home, while another character retorts that such expectations are common. The exchange hints at control and gender roles framing a domestic conflict.
The piece asks why ships are spoken of as feminine and offers a likely reason that vessels are routinely trimming their sails, reflecting a maritime humor about language and boats.
Cindy the colored laundress praises guardhouse at training camps likening it to the Red Cross. Her employer asks how. she recalls a postcard from Duke claiming ten days there spared his life, else he would have been a corps.
A lighthearted local exchange unfolds as Mrs Youngthing scolds another woman for dyeing gray hair while Mrs Wellalong denies it. Amid the chatter, residents note a family scene about burning soft coal and household routines.
In a terse exchange about revenue and a luxury tax, two women debate spending on ice cream sodas and government funding. The remark about firmness versus contrariness highlights civic fault lines as the public discusses taxation and budgets.
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