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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
3
A fragmented list records numerous land transfers and partial deals in Dubois County with buyers and sellers including Theresia Schmitt, Amanda Miller, and A W Piper. Amounts range from small parcels to larger tracts with prices noted, along with several names and parcel descriptions. The text ends with unrelated medical advertisement for Sanol kidney and bladder remedy.
In a proclamation attributed to President Wilton dated April 13, the message urges heightened production across farms, factories, mines, and ships. It stresses that workers who drive industry will wage peace and freedom with the same resolve as soldiers in battle.
In Hayti, residents salvaged packing box tops and sides for fences and shelving. Flattened tin cans serve as shingles and patching material while five gallon kerosene cans fetch 15 to 20 cents gold in value. Local women haul cans to sell for tin and use five pound lard tins as dry measures or for storage, cooking, and water.
A tall candidate answers a domestic help ad but cannot cook. Mrs. Hostetter trains Inkella for ninety days and nights in a mix of global dishes, then Inkella surpasses her mentor and starts a cooking school, prompting another ad for help.
The Tiradle recounts Wage-Earner and Wage-Soother crossing the river of Competition. A meddling Agitator sows discord, forcing Wage-Paver to steer while Wage Barnes clings to the prow. The quarrel and missteps lead to stagnation as the pair fail to reach the shore of Success.
Reportedly Wave Tarver and Wave Barner clashed over steering as they believed a course was dangerous. Anger flared, oars were seized, and Desai pulled with full strength to force a direction seen as correct, leading to violent fighting that damaged the boat.
Wace Earner and Wage Payer Frank Iyostated disputes and reached a settlement granting Wage Payer guiding rights on the river. The boat trip finished faster due to cooperation. Wage Earner enjoyed a bountiful feast of profits. Agitator is absent, and his meddling is noted as a fault.
Incomplete OCR reads as scattered phrases about the water front, lacking identifiable people, places, dates, or events to form a coherent news item.
A bungling burglar entered a Broadway apartment house and caused a noisy scene that woke about 200 residents. He tangled with a baby carriage in the dark and fled down a front fire escape without taking anything. Residents stayed awake, fearing a return.
Your best talents lie invisible and idle until called by a great occasion. Those content with themselves are least fit for action. Measure yourself by what you can become, not by present. hidden reservoirs wait to be unlocked. Begin now and ignite new impulses to challenge you.
The article describes mealie as the staple food for several African groups including the Zulus and Hottentots, noting its prominence in their diets and its cultivation. It characterizes Zulus as highly developed and contrasts other groups as less advanced, mentioning Attah and Buahreed as examples.
Explains a practical method to estimate indicated horsepower from a steam engine. Use a cast-iron diagram to find average steam pressure per stroke, compute piston area from diameter, then calculate piston speed from rpm and stroke. Multiply area, pressure, and speed to obtain work per minute, divide by 33 000 to get horsepower, and note friction losses reduce usable power.
A writer recalls advising a young woman using statistics on marriage ages from the goifer jenn Magazine. He notes that many women marry young and that only one in six twenty five year olds who reject a proposal receive a second offer, using humor to spark her reflection.
Rattan, a cheap but bulky export of Singapore, dominates world markets though little raw product is produced locally. Most comes from Sumatra, Someo, Celebes and smaller islands. Chinese merchants guide jungle harvests and Singapore traders grade and bundle it for sale to buyers worldwide.
Werer Zeitung of Bremen notes a Berlin bookbinder’s discovery of codfish skin as a binding material. Compared to shark leather it is cheaper, more available, and shows snake like appearance. The skin’s strength equals parchment and it is easy to work and tear resistant for books and leather goods.
Fragmentary notes discuss gold leaf origins and early uses across ancient cultures. References hint at applications from adornment to ritual practices, but the text remains incomplete and appears exploratory.
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