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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1922
Page
7
A call to vigilance against insects as warlike foes to humanity notes that 400000 described species of insects threaten humans. The piece argues insects outnumber humans, spread disease, consume crops, and drive battles for subsistence, urging immediate intensified control measures against pests this summer.
The article recounts Queen Victoria’s discovery of a wedding gift misfiled in Aberdeen during widowhood. She launched inquiry into mislaid items across Windsor Osborne and Balmoral, ordering cataloging and photographing of wedding gifts, a system later adopted for Edward and George gifts with leather bound indexed volumes.
A tourist tours Shanghai and surrounding provinces, viewing ports, rivers, temples, and pagodas. He notes smoke rising from factories signaling burgeoning cotton flour and bean-oil industries shaping a modern economy. Canton impresses with broad streets, grand stores, and hotels rivaling world standards. The piece ponders whether awakening China could become a great world power.
In France experiments show firing causes the gun barrel to oscillate elliptically, deflecting the barrel. Vibration periods range from one twenty-fifth to one five hundredth of a second, suggesting small bore rifles may be preferred so the bullet exits before barrel deflection becomes significant.
Samuel Untermeyer jokes at a Ritz-Carlton dinner about social distinctions and a war profiteer hosting guests in a Fifth Avenue house. The story recalls an evening with an orchestra and a butler's quip that the first two violins dine in the dinky room while the rest eat in the servants’ hall.
Rev Father Albert Muntsch and Michael Girten delivered principal addresses at the St Joseph State League convention first day sessions. Delegates paraded from Westcott to St Andrews and toured the city with a 2 pm Knights drill. Muntsch urged unity for a new social order and stronger family life to sustain civilization and property rights. Girten discussed German language and immigrant naturalization propelled by mid 19th century Central societies. A separate note reports 135000 spectators at Indianapolis race, Jimmy Murphy winning at 94.48 mph average for 500 miles.
The column lists numerous residents from Columbus Louisville Huntingburg Evansville Tell City Jasper and St Meinrad visiting relatives and friends or traveling to events last week Sunday Tuesday and Friday. It mentions specific names such as August Schmitt Gregor Schmitt Raymond Reckelhoff Leonard Muller Mrs Leonard Muller Father Odile Henry Eversmann Misses Charlotte Anna and Dolores Witt Ed Bauer Ed Beckmann Mrs Herman Brinkmann John Klueh Leo Wirtaberger John Wessel Albert Hoffmann Renus Reina cker Joe Sehum Hubert Sternberg Henry Klein Charles Metzger Harold Metzger Elizabeth Maloney Edwin Stallmann Bernadina Woebkenberg Robert Remke Louis Hochmeiser Conrad Seitz and Ferdy Olinger.
If nostrils are clogged from catarrh or a cold, Ely's Cream Balm is advertised as antiseptic and germ destroying. A small amount is applied in the nostrils to clear air passages, promising instant relief and free breathing.
An old health note promotes Hamburg Breast Tea sold in pharmacies as a remedy for colds and grip. It instructs a tablespoon inboiling water, strained, to drink daily, claiming it opens pores, relieves congestion, loosens bowels, and clears the system.
An ad touts St Jacobs Oil as the quick fix for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatic pain. It claims a 35 cent bottle applied once dissolves soreness and ends misery without skin burn or harm.
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