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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
3
Mrs. Fannie Eads of Circleville reports suffering from long lasting womanly weakness and back pains. After using Cardui she gained strength and weight, saying she is a new woman and recommends Cardui to all women. The ad urges readers to buy Cardui at local drugstores.
A stream of residents from Troy Evansville Huntingburg and Jasper visited town last Sunday and Monday for business friendship and social calls. Names include Arthur Beckmann Herbert Mueller Ben Egbert Louis Bretz Dr and Mrs Gugsell Joe Barth family Linus Spayd Andy Gogel and many others from St Meinrad Mariah Hill Stendal and Louisville. Local residents renewed subscriptions and conducted routine errands at the Convent Machine Works and Wagon Works.
The excerpt cites Ben Franklin discussing vegetarianism inspired by Tryon, detailing his self-sufficient boarding plan, saving money for books, and claiming clearer thinking from temperance. It notes his early life at sixteen and his later influence as a creator of the United States Constitution.
The text lists lunar beliefs about luck and timing for seeing the moon, writing letters, births and marriages, hair growth, animal vitality, tree cutting, and cooking. It notes full moon as lucky for events and increase phase for growing lashes, crescent births as weak, and waning moon effects on cooking and decay.
The text recalls St Alban as the first British martyr during Diocletianic persecution. It notes Constantine’s restraint in Gaul and Britain and tells how Alban sheltered and helped priest Amphibalus, then swapped clothes to aid his escape before being beheaded by the Roman governor.
A Kansas farmer, William Soda, explained the twister that wrecked his home with a terse line. When asked how long the storm lasted he said it did not seem to exceed two minutes but it “worked like the devil.” The quote captures the blunt, vivid testimony amid lengthy graphic portrayals in magazines and papers.
The author argues that most people have a natural aptitude and that a small fraction possess exceptional genius. A perfect education would cultivate all faculties while allowing free development of each individual aptitude, but the American school system fails to do this.
The fragment reads a garbled exchange asking if a message was delivered and noting a name. It preserves the sense of a transmission inquiry and response between two speakers with unclear spelling. The readable portion suggests a communications moment or telegram style inquiry.
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