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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
6
R. J. Beckmann serves as Cashier and J. A. Sondermann as Assistant Cashier in the latest bank leadership appointment and staff designation.
Adolph Egloff of Vincennes spent Sunday here with relatives. Dr. and Mrs. EB Sturm of Jasper and Dr. Claude Lomax spent Sunday afternoon in town. Peter Holemann of Tell City visited. Mrs. George Glasner and baby, and Miss Katy Gerhardt of Louisville, visit with their parents. Ed Ringemann and Edwin Jent arrived from Rayne Louisiana to spend the summer. Rev. John Becher of Vincennes is here with relatives. Lizzie Breit of Louisville visiting. Robert and Miss Agnes Loehrjein of Fulda visited Sunday. Mrs. George Voegers Sr returned from Louisville. Miss Anna Weaver came to spend a few weeks. Wagner Friday welcomed a baby girl Mary Elizabeth. Mrs Val Limp hosted the Young People Society.
Mrs Jakie Bretz and her two children of Huntingburg are spending a few days at home. Mrs Christina Highsmith and family left Sunday for Velpen to stay with her parents. Mr and Mrs Frank Bischen and family visited Philip Partenteimer. Katie Frick returned from Louisville on Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Frank Brenner and daughter of Tell City visited here last Sunday as guests of Joe Weaver and family. Paul Schaffer Herman Wanii ver Jacob Schaffer and son Otto and George Pfeiffer with baby attended church at Rockport and spent a few hours with relatives. Wheat harvest is at hand this week and activity is high with mixed quality wheat reported in the locality.
A small regional report notes clover hay movements and farm trips. Theodore Hofmann and family plus Felix Linetti visited Ireland Sunday from Theodore's Porch. Anton Brockmann delivered clover hay via John Arehart with 18 loads from five acres. Henry Ernst attended church while Lillie Linder returned from Louisville after a months visit. Ed Tempelt traveled to Huntingburg. Frank Brockmann and Theodore Ernst toured Huntingburg with Frank Brockmann’s Ford. Henry Niehaus returned home from Lac Gau—local chatter and readers invited.
An advertisement touts Jad Salts as a kidney flushing remedy to prevent backache and bladder issues. It claims four ounces daily in water before breakfast for a few days, produced from lemon juice and lithia, neutralizing urine acids and promoting kidney cleanliness.
An optimistic plea promotes daily morning hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It claims to cure headaches biliousness bad breath rheumatism and skin pallor by internal sanitation and urges readers to obtain the remedy from druggists.
England’s railway expert W M Acworth told the Newlands committee that the United States faces a serious commercial crisis from its transportation system. He urged higher freight rates to cover rising costs and called for central regulatory authority to replace conflicting state systems. He warned government ownership under democratic control often impedes public benefit, citing Prussia as a model where military needs guided efficiency.
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