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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
8
A Princeton Clarion News report notes postmasters are being paid for obtaining naval recruits, provoking surprise in some circles. The Republican counters that government policy pays the line, while newspapers face higher costs for boosting recruiting efforts.
Harold Bolin, believed dead by his parents for five years, arrived home Tuesday afternoon after a trip with a stranger named Tipton who promised easier work and more money before they headed toward Jeffersonville.
The Ferdinand township trustee of Dubois county Indiana will handle township business on the first Saturday of each month at the trustee's office at the home of Gerhard Bolte and on other days at the trustee's home. Citizens with township business should present it on that day. Nick Senninger, Trustee, Ferdinand, Ind.
There is more catarrh in this region than all other diseases. local treatments fail. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is a constitutional remedy taken internally and said to affect blood and mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any cure failure. Sold by druggists at 75 cents. Also Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Evansville Indiana market report lists prices for wheat oats corn potatoes eggs butter hens old roosters ducks turkey geese and beef hogs and hay No. 1 timothy with per bushel and per hundred weight figures for each item.
A wartime verse by Eva Melton of Louisville is printed and attributed to her grandfather Fred Elbert in Harrison County Mine Gott. The poem mocks the Kaiser and imperial power, contrasting submarines with Edison's new weapon as a change in global dominance.
A reader questions what to do with chicken body fat around the gizzard and intestines and wonders if the fat is valuable. The inquiry hints at agricultural policy and the role of the United States Department of Agriculture in guiding fat use and preservation.
The article notes chicken fat can fetch up to $1.10 per pound, with many collectors supplying butchers and dressers. It advises housewives to insist on delivery of dressed poultry and explains methods to render the fat, its storage, and its culinary uses including shortening for cakes and frying.
An editorial urges American citizens to buy Liberty Loan bonds, arguing the funds support the United States armed forces and national needs. It frames investment as a noble act, noting the money finances arms, equipment, food, and supplies for the Army and Navy for Americans at war.
The sale proceeds will underwrite allies and be used in America for food and supplies for allied armies at the European front. It states America’s first contribution toward the war and defense, with no funds for tribute to autocracy.
The 1917 schedule shows trains between Ferdinand and Huntingburg Indiana. Train 1 links with Southern trade to Evansville Rockport and Louisville via Train 9 east, Train 5 north to West Baden. Train d connects to Southern 6 west to Princeton and 11 north to Baden with 10 south to Rockport and Catleton. All trains operate to and from the Southern depot at Huntingburg. Leonard Muller, Vick GP &P.
Partial timetable data shows train 120 Wert arriving and train 9 East schedules. It notes connection: train 13 links with train 33 between Huntingburg and possibly Ki. Several fragments indicate times and routes but are incomplete.
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