This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
6
A well supplied vanity box stays portable for the traveler and should include makeup, rags, brushes, and soaps. The article advises packed lotions for sea and land travel, cleansing routines, and skin care tips to prevent dust and salt air damage while highlighting affordable, practical containers and dress trends for travel.
A reader asks about uneven theater programming and etiquette for friends attending the same show, plus requests for an announcement party menu and inexpensive favors. Other queries cover romance timing for girls, dinner party plans, card etiquette, and how a seventeen year old should dress and behave.
The text advises Dolly to send a timely gift before commencement with a card message reading Congratulations and good wishes and suggests pairing gifts with collars for style. It also instructs Jane to consult proper names in the dictionary to understand meaning, and notes a view that seventeen year olds are too young to marry, suggesting waiting a few years.
The note to M. F. H. suggests seeking a top pharmacist who might know a chemical to restore color. It mentions Mme. Merri as a related name and implies professional input on a remedy.
Tips on making liquid soap from small soap scraps and using cold water for milk, plus methods to rewarm rolls and toast, store perishables below fifty, and quick peach desserts. Suggested diet and digestion notes. beans baked with soda. Nenana baked long. flavor hints with mustard and onions.
An old verse-style reflection asks what one has given today and vows to bring a smile to each lonely Ife soul this Sunday. The lines frame a communal greeting and exhortation to share kindness.
A compilation of household reminders covering stove care using molasses, kerosene cleaning methods, and packing advice for moving. Tips include airing rooms, cleaning with kerosene, handling burned food, and careful packing of china and rugs to ease move in day. Also notes on cleaning bottles, bamboo furniture, and breathing space for sick rooms.
A brief readable fragment notes self made men brag about riches and daughters boast of adjacent claims, reflecting a social quip from Lippincott's. The line hints at vanity and family pride in a compact literary aside.
Prof James W Glover of the University of Michigan says a $10 000 ordinary whole life policy may save about $20 yearly if tuberculosis and typhoid fever were eliminated Tuberculosis alone costs policy holders $16 70 to $17 50 by age 30 at high death rates Tuberculosis greatly shortens life expectancy At present the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis urges a united effort to lower rates and disease impact.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin and hair care, offering samples via postal request. Separately, Senator Bankhead criticizes hypocritical lawbreakers and cites a parson’s domineering wife in a Fayette address, noting a quip about heaven’s first jaw.
A judge recalls Smithkins rising from a junk shop owner to moving to a fashionable street with the same stock now labeled antiques. He notes the shift in fortune from humble beginnings to a high end display.
An amateur writer discusses selling a short story while a veteran adviser suggests buying stamps. A Paxton Toilet Co advertisement promotes Paxtine Antiseptic hot douches for pelvic catarrh, priced 25 cents per box, with postpaid mailing from Boston Massachusetts.
A humorous dialogue mocks dieting and cooking while promoting iarteld Tea as a remedy for digestive woes. The exchange jokes about keeping a cook and her family, suggesting widespread sickness stems from digestive ailments and that the tea will set things right.
A compilation of mixed ad lines and light jokes mentions Red Cross Ball Blue doubling wash power, a dialog about baseball explained to a girl, Mire Winslow’s syrup for teething and calms wind, teaherb Garfield Tea for liver and kidney relief, and a critique of self-absorbed people.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.