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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1919
Page
3
An old remedy Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised to restore natural hair color. The ad claims the product darkens gray hair evenly, remains undetectable, and is easy to apply with a comb or brush for visible results by morning or after a few uses.
A fragmentary exchange notes a letter writing habit and humor about enacting a law prohibiting indictments unless one serves on a grand jury. The dialogue hints at reform proposals and civic participation.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap treatment for corns and hard skin on feet. It claims a tiny bottle removes corns from toes and calluses from the bottom of feet leaving the shin pink and healthy and never sore.
An old time advertisement urges readers to take Doctor’s Pleasant Pellets to regulate bowels and stomach. The odd phrasing imitates a stage voice with a mock introduction to a song. The piece blends a vaudeville style line with a health product pitch.
A terse exchange from the city desk features a heated back and forth about locating an item. The dialogue hints at a missing object and the urgency to resolve its whereabouts. Officials offer limited clues, underscoring a puzzling search.
A vintage advertisement blend touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as the top medicine for kidney liver and fat ailments. It promotes quick mild relief from a vegetable compound and offers samples by mail from Binghamton New York. The page also includes generic ads for nursery stock and tonics.
Barton Baynes a farm orphan in 1826 moves in with relatives on Rattletoad Street. He meets Sally Dunkelberg and the enigmatic Roting Kate while Am os Grimshaw warns of money power. At sixteen he befriends Silas Wright Jr. and aids a stranger during a highway robbery before the thief escapes.
A narrator recalls a first love on a sunlit August day with vivid color imagery. The moment leads to questions of love and marriage as family figures discuss fate, schooling, and a letter about leaving home. The scene shifts to Uncle Peabody and Michael Hacket arranging the narrator's future with a coming change.
The narrator recalls a sunny late September move to the Hacket village home to live with schoolmaster Michael Hacket. He bonds with Sally Dunkelberg, meets Mary and the children, and learns lessons on joy, study, and the "green chair" spirit of Michael Henry. A sealed note from Silas Wright, Jr. and a sheriff’s pursuit in the night foreshadow deeper trials ahead.
Mitchell Indiana Mrs Pearl Monyhan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing neuraglia during pregnancy and aiding recovery after childbirth. She reports relief after three bottles and improved strength enabling housework and a healthy seven month old baby weigh 19 pounds. The company has received many letters praising maternity support.
A city cousin teases about Bill Simpkins as useless while another notes he grows fine weeds in a park. Garfield Tea is promoted for purifying bloods and curing ailments. The federal migratory bird treaty act bans sale of migratory game birds nationwide except for science, propagation, or farmed waterfowl with proper permits.
An advertisement claims Roman Eye Balsam prevents and relieves tired and watery eyes and eye strain. The Optimist quote humorously contrasts cheerfulness with observing crowds of shoppers, suggesting a wary view of modern life.
An old advertisement describes a home remedy to darken gray hair by adding Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine to water. It claims the mix will color faded gray hair gradually, leave hair soft and glossy, not color the scalp, and not be sticky or greasy. Full directions are in each box of Barbo Compound.
A brief note recalls that Scandinavian countries led Europe by sanctioning full political enfranchisement of women. The dialogue frames learning music as idle, with a grim teacher remark on dedication.
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