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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
6
Farmers urged to adopt corn silos as a means to save two-fifths of the corn plant’s feeding value and cut costs. Purdue data show silage lowers weight-gain costs, raises profits, and sustains feed during winter.
Purdue University guidance promotes home landscape improvement using hardy perennials and annuals to beautify farm yards. It outlines simple design rules, such as open center spaces, avoiding straight lines, and planting for seasonal bloom from February to November. Emphasis on neat premises, scale planting, and subordinate integration with the dwelling.
American farmer Lew Palmer of Staveley Alberta after ten years from Duluth Minnesota owns 480 acres of land, 84 Percheron horses, 30 thousand dollars in value and 30 thousand dollars of wealth from crops and livestock, including 7,000 bushels wheat and 6,000 oats, with hog and onion gains. He moved from Duluth ten years ago and now travels with four cows and three horses. his farm and stock are worth about 30,000 dollars.
New York correspondence describes a dove resting on a ten inch gun as the Montana sails north through fog with over 100 sailors, recently home from their terms. A yellow swallow carried from Cuba rode to Vera Cruz and remained aboard another cruiser.
The article urges spring cleanup to curb flies and mosquitoes, noting these pests lay eggs now for a later insect army. It stresses using a swatter and kerosene can, alongside broom and scrub brush, to protect homes before warm months.
One hundred years ago Dr. Thomas Fanshawe Middleton became the first bishop of Calcutta. He consecrated in London and sailed to India where he laid the Bishops' College foundation and established a consistory court. He died of fever in 1822. The Christian faith has since expanded slowly in India, making up about one percent of the population but exerting outsized influence.
A humorous exchange features a gifted speaker claiming world renown and a chairman admitting a label was needed to boost status. The dialogue reveals local vanity and a skeptic’s tone about prominence.
The paper jokes that the average man carries enough lime in his system to whitewash a fence. Egbert counters with a gag about men appearing on the fence, suggesting a humorous exchange on the topic.
The article gives health guidance on preventing tuberculosis through proper handling of sputum and contaminated items, including lysol or carbolic acid solutions, boiled utensils, and segregated dishes. It also reports on Thomas Morris of Westernville Nebraska, born 1794 in Montgomeryshire, now the oldest Welshman and a centenarian who witnessed historic events and uses simple provisions like tea with meals.
A Washington clubman laments bad luck at golf claiming the hoodoo follows him. He recalls nine off tee drives with crowds watching, then a perfect shot with empty veranda. The tale ends with the moral that placing money and faith in the wrong venture leads to loss of confidence.
Wil lam Bailey of Georgetown owns Mike a rat terrier who yesterday was found mothering a pair of kittens stolen from a neighbor. Mike abducted the kittens by the neck, carried them home, and cared for them. The kittens were returned to their mother and Mike refused to eat since.
In a witty exchange, Miss Young-What asks the best marriage time and Miss Elder replies that it should be when the man is ready. The dialogue reflects social norms of courtship.
Mrs. A. O. Price of Morgantown West Virginia is set to receive a 250 square inch skin graft in a medical procedure. The operation details and medical team were not disclosed in the available text.
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