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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
2
An architectural feature article describes a bungalow with a large pergola porch set in a lawn to enhance its beauty. It details stucco and stained shingle walls, a low gable roof, French doors linking living spaces, casement windows, and the role of the architect in planning layouts and exterior harmony.
The article explains that alphabets grew from pictures read by children before letters existed. It notes ancient Egypt using picture writing called sacred writing, the Rosetta Stone enabling translation by showing the same text in pictures and letters. It mentions letters forming from pictures, with O from an eye and I from a house.
A country gentleman dines with a neighbor and leaves his lantern. He returns home by moonlight but cannot find the lantern. A note asks for the lantern to be returned, and the reply requests the parrot and cage be sent back instead of the lantern.
Charles Phelps Cushing captures American scenes from New York skyscrapers to Niagara and California shores. He travels through Pittsburgh's furnaces, the Mississippi, Southern towns, New Orleans Canal Street, Mackinac Fort, Charleston, Boston, and West Point, tracing enduring national pride.
A town councilor joins the annual visit to the local workhouse as Father Christmas. His playful tricks amuse residents until overheard remarks reveal uneasy thoughts about the inmates and the nature of the charity event.
A fragment reflects a late 19th to early 20th century admonition urging calm living. It urges dismissing hustle and worry and focusing on daily duties without excess. The source preserves a clipped moral tone with practical guidance.
Two Italian burglars desert to join the fight and, in Zurich, raid the Austro-Hungarian consulate spy bureau. They uses gas proofed safes, smuggle papers into Italy, and leave tools valued at over 62000 francs. A Berne cable notes the political burglary amid wartime tensions.
Fragmentary obituary style note cites Otto H. G. Lipper of Cincinnati and a promotional request to send a sample to Dr Kilmer in Binghamton New York for a liquid remedy. The ad-like text mentions a booklet and price.
Visitor urges caution and reflection as he exits the place. Convict complains of being accused of witchcraft and claims he has faced many hardships.
A humorous saying asserts that women are naturally generous with secrets. It contrasts ninety-nine women ready to share with one who keeps a secret, reflecting playful social code of privacy and gossip.
Norah breaks a willow pattern plate into several pieces and Mam hints at making a shared picture puzzle for Harold. The exchange is playful and centered on household mishap and a family activity.
Fragmentary note discusses infant mortality and unsafe remedies. References tinctures and soothing medicines for children and warns against poisonous effects. Mentions Castoria style product claims and avoidance of opiates.
In Chicago Mrs. Margaret Naughton told judge David Naughton spent more on liquor than two years’ earnings. The judge granted her a divorce immediately.
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A country town sports meeting scene features an old man studying a disused program when a well dressed observer asks about the next event. The reply nods to a donkey race, humorously prompting the question of participation.
An old column mixes a dubious freckle removal ad offering ethine double strength with a money back guarantee and mentions alter ego jokes. It also includes a brief classroom exchange about the phrase and a stray note about a man who thinks he is ready money, with scattered miscellany.
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