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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1915
Page
2
An American observer in Berlin describes a humorous scene at the German general staff HQ. A senior professor of philosophy, now enlisted, offers an apple to his junior noncommissioned officer, saluting with regimental formality. The Feldwebel accepts, prompting polite exchanges about rank and propriety.
G C Longley of Pelham New York spent six winters on Jamaica seeking traces of the extinct Arawak. He unearthed 1 500 objects from kitchen middens including celts, chisels, grinding stones and pendants. He donated the collection to the American Museum of Natural History. Pendants match insignia worn by chiefs in northern South America.
James R Garfield of Cleveland recounts a 1878 travel tale with his father President Garfield. He explains why campaign speeches repeat key ideas to ensure audiences remember them, noting repetition as a deliberate tactic to overcome distracted attention.
The discovery of a twenty foot vein of anthracite in Pennsylvania is hailed as good news for all. Pennsylvania papers note this is the second recent discovery in Bear Ridge and the third major find in the anthracite region in recent years. If Pennsylvania, so familiar to the world, still hides unknown riches, the implication is that global coal resources may be greater than expected despite exhaustion alarms.
A critique of tainted politics argues that personal gain drives campaigns and policies, with calls for honesty in government. It praises farmers, bankers, and merchants entering legislatures as the remedy, proposing fresh air and sunshine to counter machine rule and defend agriculture and industry.
The article argues that farming bears excessive financial water from usury and overvalued notes. It cites farmers paying 200 million dollars annually in real estate and chattel loan interest and warns of widespread economic risk to seven million homes if water in agriculture is not drained.
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