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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
6
A humorous exchange mocks German reliance on poison gas and imagines a cruel twist with gas bills labeled Please remit after a gas attack. Hardaway and Dingleberry debate the atrocity in a satirical wartime scene about Advocity.
A brief workplace exchange where an employee cites a reason for not laughing at a boss joke. The employee notes they will quit on Saturday, signaling a planned departure and potential tension in the office.
Mrs Asst Langon of Providence reports severe stomach inflammation and backache that left her unable to stand. After consuming six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she says many friends were helped and she regained health.
Western Canada shows rapid development with Alberta rail mileage at 4087 and Dominion Commission rate control. Education advances are evident as University of Alberta attendance surges 1000 percent within five years, spanning sixty one districts. Testimonials from J B Edward of Blackie describe profitable mixed farming, notable yields, and improved health since relocating from Iowa, with no land for sale but openness to inquiries.
A downtown office boy boasts his big brother is a printer and can place a death notice to persuade the boss he plans to attend a ball game. The exchange shows wit and a practical joke about newspaper notices.
A shopper notes marked-down shoe sizes at Blank's triggering a debate over pricing. The remark emphasizes size-specific discounts rather than general price cuts and reflects customer frustration with stock and value.
A rustic exchange centers on language and its use. Farmer Corntossel quips that a friend’s eloquence serves mainly to drown out ideas, highlighting rural wit and a playful critique of verbosity.
The readable text includes a mix of quoted ideas about expenditure and ownership, a possible reference to a person named Jesutifel, and assorted phrases about Easter and grocers, forming an unclear mosaic of ad like or literary bits without a coherent report or event to summarize.
The sermon argues true nobility comes from self possession through surrender to Christ. It contrasts self mastery with bondage to passions or wealth, noting self-owners retain inner graces and ideals. With faith, loss of earthly wealth matters little as enduring inner wealth remains safe.
John Tauler argues that inward guilt stems from imperfect work not aligned to God. He contends disquiet arises when one seeks personal gain, while true work should be done to God for His glory and neighbor’s good, else conscience is rebuked.
A humorously overheard train conversation contrasts garden woes with a hotel living tip and a late 19th or early 20th century classified ad offering a cheap "split second timing stop watch" for sale by M. Mitchell Wilson in Indianapolis. The excerpt blends humor with a sales pitch and reflects period dialogue.
French inventor develops parachutes for the whole aeroplane. Two folded chutes in cone-shaped receptacles attach to the wings near the ends. A lever releases them and they deploy, allowing the aircraft to fall safely while passengers hold on.
In a Cleveland Plain Dealer quip, Mrs Pinkey wore a hat described as a $30 fright. Mrs Pinkey borrowed the hat this evening, prompting a playful exchange about taste and ownership between Mrs Pinkey and John Ike.
Gasserby recalls a pleasant morning encounter with Dorfiing as two elderly acquaintances pause to argue a disputed Shakespearean point, momentarily forgetting the war. Their exchange reflects a light, literary diversion amid broader events.
Two girls trade sharp remarks about a deceitful male figure. One says IT wouldn’t trust him and the other agrees, calling him treacherous like a fountain pen. The exchange reveals tension and judgment from the local social circle.
The exchange notes that engagements of American women and foreigners are less discussed while Gotham mentions foreigners busy with engagements among themselves. Fleecer is ridiculed for writing promissory notes and IOUs in a wry Boston Evening Transcript quip.
The passage presents a garbled exchange about giving advice to a wife and a laundress using All grocers. It pivots on a terse line about beginnings and endings in task effort, with a bright, advert-like prologue about clothes and service. The text reads as a fragment from a period domestic humor column with product placement.
What Is Castoria and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over S0 years, has borne the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this, All Counterfeits, Imitations and ''Just-as-good '' are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children -Experience against Experiment. Genuine Castoria always bears the signature of A Oerer is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drop.
A Russian government monopoly ban on vodka sales across the empire, begun at mobilization, has reduced Moscow consumption in 1914 versus 1913. July figures fall from 622 686 to 359 124 gallons, August from 667 926 to 22 373, and October from 707 688 to 2 913, as bottles were banned and only on premises drinking allowed with fines.
A St. Louis clergyman laments that images of poets and painters fail to charm the faithful. He argues reality replaces poetry, noting Sassafras once touted as a remedy for melancholy. The piece reflects a shift in cultural taste and medical belief in a liberal season.
Achild explains to mother that she knitted a single sock rather than a pair to aid a one legged soldier. The exchange highlights compassion and small wartime acts of service by children.
A wife scolds her husband for a spotted waistcoat after he returns from a club. He defends himself, insisting the lack of menu cards meant he could not guess what they had to eat. The exchange highlights a lighthearted domestic moment.
The year ending March 1914 saw large sums paid to inventors at army ordnance factories. Col. C. L. Holden received at least £4,000 for various improvements in ordnance mountings and tools, plus £600 on another account. W. T. Thomson, chemist and manager at the Royal Gunpowder factory, was paid £2,360 for nitro cellulose manufacture improvements, plus a previous £1,160. Other payments included £250 to W. H. Turton for improved manufacture machines, £100 to W. Lambert for steel bullet testing, £26 each to William Rogers and F. Pullar for labor-saving tool improvements, and £20 to S. Capon for a forge muffler.
Senator Sorgum cites faith in plain people while acknowledging divergent opinions among them. He questions whether broad consensus exists and asserts he will not yield to a thoughtless crowd if it does not align with his stance.
A fragment quotes a wry remark about the speed king and his mechanics, hinting at the person who widens the question and meets many stars. The line suggests humor about work behind the scenes in racing.
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