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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
5
William A Radford offers free advice on bungalow building and interior layout. He highlights a one story, ground hugging home with reception hall, back hall access to bedrooms and bath, dual bedroom exposures for air, ample closets, and a bright living room.
A 31 by 44 foot bungalow showcases two front projecting gables and exposed timbers. Interior includes five rooms a reception hall a pantry and bath with a brick and concrete porch supported by unusual pillars. Drainage grade considerations and stepped lawns enhance appearance on a typical 50 foot lot.
A mix of home economy advice and recipes. Guidance on preserving foods, making larger portions, and canning for winter. Includes detailed recipes for stuffed egg salad steak ends peanut butter rice spoon bread and hermits, plus remarks on wartime thrift and fruit cake ideas.
An advertisement touts freezone as a painless cure for corns and calluses with direct application to the tender skin. It claims quick relief and root-and-all removal, plus easy access at drug stores, and even suggests asking wholesalers if a pharmacist lacks stock. A second item recounts a humorous mishap over a silk hat at a formal party and a clever recovery.
A promotional notice urges nightly and morning face cleansing with Cuticura Soap and hot water. It suggests applying Cuticura Ointment for pimples or dandruff and claims Cuticura is best for daily toilet needs. Free samples offered by mail from Boston.
A Jersey newspaper editor reports a reader question about dynamiting a stream and the editor’s reply suggests four sticks of dynamite tied around the neck with a fuse to light and flee the water. The ad notes Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills for spring purgation as a tonic laxative.
Druggist customers praise Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as the best seller in the market. A local eight year user reports no complaints and claims it aids kidney liver and bladder health. Sample bottles offered for ten cents from Kilmer Co with a pamphlet. regular sizes sold at drug stores.
The congressman, speaking impulsively, wonders aloud what he will tell constituents when he gets home. He hesitates, saying he is waiting to see if it will be safe to go home, while a gruff figure complains about a washday dinner and would prefer to have done the washing.
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