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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1922
Page
4
The author warns Ferdinand residents and the broader community to beware of new road charity drives promising grand projects with flashy names like Yankee Doodle Highway. Public funds are already stretched by legitimate road work, and hundreds of booster groups may seek subscriptions, many serving only the organizers. Citizens should investigate each association before giving.
Mr and Mrs Rudolph Tempel visited Valentine Hoffmann at sundown Edwin Derning met Ferdinand Monday and Tuesday Erin Heese returned home after a treatment in Louisville last Saturday Rox Linetti attended a wedding dance at Birdseve Mosada The evening featured dancing and a late lunch Names present at a family gathering included Jens Lintti John Blame Edwin Bender Gilbert Arehart Edwin Keening W O M Kemper William Toupel James Haven Celis Jasper Elizabeth Our Catherine Ernst Lena Fieth Laura Maymie Arehart Louis Gehl M Terry of Princeton visited Thursday Mrs Joe Mbelhar and Mrs Frank Hittel Owensboro returned home Saturday noon Anna Wilders returned from Louisville George Neuman Huntingburg visited H A Hoffmann Bernard Bucetine Evansville spent three weeks nearby N A Jochem in Evansville Tuesday.
St Meinrad residents William Lomax and party visited Huntingburg on Saturday while Frank Prockman Hues Greulich and Hubert Ruxer traveled to Louisville on Monday. Dr and Mrs William Lomax and daughter Fila were in Evansville Monday and Mrs Khen Peters was hospitalized there for surgery. Victor Friedl and family and Mrs John Friedl of Boston visited Max Rupprecht. Jasper residents Dr E E Sturm and families spent Sunday with I 2 Rydal. Extensive preparations are under way for a big picnic love next Sunday at St Meinrad. join for a good time.
A notice seeks a 14 to 19 year old boy in town to serve as a part time sales agent for Movie Weekly Magazine. Pay equals earnings with prizes and free tickets, rapid promotion for strong performers. Apply by letter to Mr. E. J. Gilbert in New York City with selling experience, parental details, school grade and two references.
Thanksgiving observances noted for Albert Eversmann on Friday and John Weber on Saturday, with Herman Beckmann and the Congregation mentioned for Sunday services.
The great balance at the Bank of England weighs gold coins with seven foot height and two tons. Dust on the device affects accuracy, and a postage stamp on a weighing pan moves the index six inches. The balance weighed gold against new notes during currency changes, revealing a 35,000,000 loss over 25 years from coin abrasion.
A Christmas party guest claims he can read character and plans to frighten time using a family ghost. He warns the butler Briggs and sketches a prank involving a revolver. He ultimately decides not to proceed with the joke.
The Magna Charta remains the most popular British manuscript drawing 14 000 visitors to the British Museum last year. Americans seek the charter that guarantees Englishmen their rights while foreigners show more interest in the papal hall shown beside it. Green blinds protect the parchment from light. most visitors miss King John’s signature but read the inscription claiming it was given by the sovereign in a meadow near Windsor on June 1 1215.
The passage cites 1902 Britannica figures showing low literacy among Chinese women and a 1920 Americana view noting slow but notable gains. It credits missionary influence for expanding access and moving toward gender equality in intellectual training.
The piece describes artificial gas as the silent partner of industry with upward of 2000 uses. It cites a 4 billion dollar investment in plants and equipment and about 4600 communities served. Gas powers over 7 million cooking stoves and appliances, 1.5 million water heaters, and 1 million gas heaters, vital to many manufacturing operations.
A brief, dated joke exchange frames a marital policy remark about shared preferences. The husband quips that they have arranged favors for each other, implying mutual tolerance and humor in domestic life.
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