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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
8
The driver Mack Sennett hires a wagon at dawn after his car runs dry twenty miles from town near San Diego. The gasoline peddler explains he supplies small stores, earning ten dollars for the trip as Sennett rides into a nearby burg.
A quirky musing on social ease and judgment. A man who cultivates country ties is seen as prudent while a woman’s conscience is likened to a flexible tongue. Life’s grind is noted as a force that sharpens character.
An advertisement extols Red Cross Ball Blue as the best American made detergent loved by housewives. It features a playful punch line about a heroine defining a married woman.
Readers are urged to sample Cuticura emolients by mail and consider them essential for skin scalp hair and hands. An ad explains Britons Americans per capita sugar consumption varies by country and is tied to duties on sugar coffee and tea.
A dramatic exchange unfolds as a father berates a son for kissing his daughter. The youth retorts that he avoided capture because the father wore rubber heels, amplifying the charged moment.
A playful exchange from Hie Guess discusses an owl’s cry and a ballgame crowd’s mood. The Bensonhurst quip notes a desire to see the home team win while the crowd also prefers an umpire injury for dramatic effect.
Wash dates and arrange in dishes with peanut topping and whipped cream. Bake ginger puffs with butter sugar molasses and ginger. Create Chop Suey with chicken pork onions mushrooms peas and broth. Prepare Tomato and Cucumber Salad with paprika mayonnaise. Casual homely guidance on pride and conduct.
Fish chowder uses fresh fish pork onions potatoes milk and milk crackers. Japanese eggs bake cooked rice with an egg in each pocket and milk for fifteen minutes. Egg retich browns pork bread and potato with eggs for a hearty dish. Creamed salmon in peppers fills pepper cups with salmon in white sauce and buttered crumbs baked until tender.
The article extols Western Canada for mixed farming in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta led by examples from Alberta. It cites E L Deputy of Frye Sons and farmer Thomas McKay near Hardisty praising yields cattle and wheat quality while noting strong American investment in Canadian agriculture and the region’s favorable climate. It ends with a note on light therapy improving skin and kidneys per E C Titus.
A dialogue notes confusion over nautical mile versus lead mile. Wife asks why distance differs as things swell in water. Husband responds that gear changes with water, implying measurement distortion.
A fragmentary dialogue sketch shows a wedding plan comment and a playful remark about love matches. The exchange includes a romantic maid declaring marriage and an amused widow with a humorous nod to fate.
A playful exchange between a young boy and an older friend reveals family jests about bravery and aging. The boy teases that the woman is both brave and older, while an observer asks what the double talking means.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder as the standard remedy used for 25 years to relieve tired aching feet. It claims the powder prevents swelling and hot feet and includes a testimonial from a guest at the Expositions praising its comfort in shoes.
A local page features satirical quips and mock dialogue about heredity stock market surgery and readers cramps. It includes playful exchanges with a visiting preacher and advertising blurbs for Red Cross Ball Blue. A farmer jokes about watching a town man milk a cow.
Terre Hill Pennsylvania resident Mrs Augustus Lyon reports appetite return and relief from aches after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts the product as a grand remedy for women's ills with testimonials and claims of avoiding surgery, praising its herbal origins and long history.
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