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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1922
Page
5
Passengers aboard the Cunard liner Carmania witnessed a gigantic waterspout about 800 miles from New York during a round trip to the Near East. The funnel-like column grew rapidly, alarmed passengers as it neared the ship, then subsided suddenly before impact. Captain Melson steered at full speed as the spout drew closer.
Atlantic City judge Recorder Clarence Goldensberg urged Webster Risley to beat up Thomas Curtis after Mrs. Risley testified Curtis harassed her in public and sent unfounded letters to her husband. The remark described a confrontation where Risley, tall and muscular, faced the smaller defendant.
Police arrest two members of a burglars’ ring who ran operations from a rented downtown office and were thwarting a proposed spring trade. The arrests expose an organized theft operation affecting local businesses.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture urges close cooperation between canners and growers for peas used in canning. A Farmers' Bulletin explains growing, harvesting, soil needs, and contracts with canneries, noting peas as a nitrogen-boosting, cool-weather crop central to the Great Lakes region's industry.
Cowpeas make a good rotation following wheat and oats. After harvesting small grains, plant peas if conditions allow. Peas endure heat and drought better than many crops, yielding well in suitable seasons.
Protein feeds are essential in dairy cow rations to balance carbohydrates and maintain meat and milk production. The text notes that a cow’s flesh may increase only when adequate protein is included, and that protein feeds are crucial for profit in dairy operations.
Thrift Magazine advises reviving an unused wooden bowl with shellac and dark paint. Apply a coat, let it dry, then lacquer it to create a decorative piece. The guide touts painting flavors and pretty borders to enhance appeal.
A small visual garden tip highlights tame greens as a mighty producer. Kale spinach and turnips offer iron rich harvests from a few square feet, providing plentiful green food when most needed.
Programs offer incentives for improved farming and higher living standards. Farmers should live comfortably while raising families, giving children a chance to enjoy life.
Early planting is advised for horseradish roots to develop well. Roots should reach about lead-pencil thickness and roughly six inches long, ready for future harvest.
The text notes feeding roughages such as alfalfa hay clover or pea hay to form the bulk of the protein ration while cottonseed meal serves as a concentrated protein source.
Report warns of blue bugs that hide in poultry houses during the day. They are larger and tougher to control than mites, with crude oil as the recommended treatment applied throughout the house.
Remedy for Scaly Legs describes a mite causing leg inflammation and swelling. Wash the leg with warm water and saturate with kerosene every five days until cure and disinfect the house. A separate note urges speakers to take tractor care seriously and pursue power farming as a business.
The passage notes that many Chinese fathers omit daughters when counting children and that most girls are not taught to read or write. It attributes this to the belief that women are inferior to men and to the idea that literacy is useless for girls.
A local Alabama man Mosey Diggs, described as an orderly figure, is arrested for having more than one wife with the last wife the complainant. In court he explains he has had six wives and offers a risqué, evasive reason for incompatibility, quoting a troublesome exchange.
An immigrant faced a form marked by a first question horn and answered with Yor. The brief dialogue shows quick, unhesitating response highlighting language barriers and confusion in the intake.
Article notes a scene where a character remarks on a splendid match while another questions the value of a win. The exchange hints at competitive stakes and underlying tensions without detailing outcomes or participants.
The article notes a shift from the traditional gold wedding band to a divorce ring worn by divorced women. The ring features a broken Cupid’s bow with a jewel, and each subsequent divorce adds another jewel. It marks a public, evolving symbol of single status after court-sanctioned marital dissolution.
Two sailors crouch behind a packing case on Brest deck during World War II. One reflects on the tough labor battalion and jokes about a commander shaving with a blow torch. The excerpt preserves period slang and wartime frontline humor.
A witty Life quotation notes that when an irresistible woman meets an immovable man the result is she never does, implying an impossible match. The line plays on opposing traits as a humorous paradox.
August Lutteken of Denver, a major stamp collector, claims to own a 1859 envelope with no stamps but postmasters stamps for five cent overseas postage and five cent delivery fee. The mail item lacks a street address and required in person pickup at five posts, a Civil War era practice once common but soon discontinued. He believes this is the only known surviving example.
In a dialogue about fashion, Miss Cayenne rejects extreme lengths. She advocates a balance between the very short trapper look and the longer style that brushes the street, seeking a happy medium.
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