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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1910
Page
7
A Wilmore Kentucky farmer, declared hopeless by doctors for dropsy and heart failure, says after taking Dr Miles Heart Remedy in 1902 his swelling subsided and he recovered enough to work again. The ad touts the remedy as beneficial to heart nerves and muscles and offers a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails.
Subscription offer lists New York World thrice weekly at 6 per year and Cincinnati Enquirer weekly at 25 cents, stating old and new subscribers eligible with cash with order. Emphasizes non political papers and home delivery.
Dr H F Beardsley graduate veterinarian tenders professional service to stock owners of Ferdinand and vicinity. Office De Motte s Livery Stable HomePhone national education association Boston Mass July 2nd 8th 1910. Exceptionally low rates to Beaton account this occasion via Southern Railway tickets on sale June 30 July 1 and 3 with limit July 14 and extension to September 15 1910. Ackany Agent Southern Railway or write J C Beam Jr AG P A St Louis Mo for rates and complete information.
A news item corrects a previous report naming Prof H F Brackmann and Mrs Brunner at Huntingburg. The correction states the Prof’s wife is away and a potential divorce suit could follow if read. The editor seeks $5000 damages for the error and notes the need for signed news items from responsible senders.
Advertising proves a store values your trade by clearly stating stock and service, offering needed goods at stated prices, and acting as a contract between seller and buyer. It boosts sales by enabling low prices competitors cannot match, plus other unspoken benefits to shoppers.
A humor tale describes a customer in a neighboring town who seeks an axe and learns from a hardware store that online mail orders list a lower price. The buyer pays $1.10 locally, then covers 10 cents change and 25 cents for express charges. The man confirms the axe cost $1.15 and adds five more cents for money order fees and postage.
A purchaser quotes one dollar and twenty cents for an ax. The merchant retorts that it is not cheap, then places the tool back on the shelf and instructs the customer to return in ten days to fetch the item, citing mail order delays.
Dr Schroeder notes two theories on bloody milk caused by either physical stress from fighting flies and body movement or by diet and weeds. He favors the latter, citing improved cases after changing pasture or seed. He adds that some cures involved feeding half sulfur and half saltpeter mix, though effectiveness is uncertain.
A brief column notes Ferdinand Man leaving his wife amid an advertisement for American Fence highlighting weather resistant live-wire construction. It also mentions H. B. Tormohlen opening a real estate office in Holland and Cass townships with several farms for sale in Dubois and Warrick counties and offers home phone access.
The article notes old pan methods lose butter fat as cream fails to rise, souring milk and reducing butter quality. It urges using a hand separator in summer to recover cream and in winter to separate cream quickly for calves or pigs, asserting a hand separator is needed year round on dairy farms.
To realize the best profit from dairy cows all the feed should be grown up on the farm. The note emphasizes self sufficiency in feed production and farming practices for cost efficiency.
A New Trust John J. Ames, a multimillionaire and trust president, faced a gaudy alliance proposal for his daughter Billy. He demanded a million in pig iron stock and 200000 a year or a 3 million mortgage payoff, but the blue-blood matchmakers and lawyers priced nobility far higher. The Rex Title Trust brokers the market for titled husbands as Ames travels with Billy toward Europe and back to the United States.
The piece argues grade stallions lack true prepotency beyond appearance and vigor. It warns that relying on scrubs or low-grade stock prevents genuine improvement, as progeny inherit the base metal of their ancestry. It urges improving pure-bred stallions through work, exercise, and sensible feeding to avoid stagnation.
A practical design describes a hay manger formed by a grain box hinged to a floor fastened 2x6. The grain box should be four to six inches high, two feet six inches deep and three feet wide or matching each cow’s space. It uses two straps or T hinges with the hinge centered above the 2x6 to keep the box open when feeding and reduce disease spread.
The piece notes a national dairy scale affecting production and consumption of over 9.0 billion gallons annually. It cites retail value near 2.6 billion dollars, about one fiftieth of national wealth, and compares dairy to wheat and corn crops. Wholesale dairy value was around 800 million, with implied dairy prices near ten cents a gallon or seven cents a quart.
An Oklahoma plan in sandy counties cuts prairie hay along roadsides to lay on the roads. The method reportedly works well, making hauling cotton, corn and other products to markets easier for farmers. A Pennsylvania dairyman kept calf milk records showing 80 calves drank 12,000 quarts, earning 481 dollars, and calves doing the milking. He notes 146 quarts of milk yield a four week old calf weighing 160 pounds with Holstein blood.
A local market scene notes poultrymen tending diverse yards with vegetation and crops. The report highlights oil from fowls as a notable byproduct and hints at a plaza setting aiding farmers and vendors in showcasing produce and poultry.
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