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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
3
A study describes how frogs moult about every eight days amounting to weekly cleaning. Snakes shed skin several times a year while toads shed only mucous. Aquatic birds bathe openly, spray bodies with water, and use bills to rinse. Swallows skim ponds and sprinkle bodies by flipping tails, then shake and rub feathers with bills. Families share these grooming duties, as seen in domestic geese and ducks.
Admiral Sigsbee warned that obedience can be carried too far in an after-dinner speech. A lawyer told his office boy to say he would return at noon, then went to court. When asked if anyone called, the boy replied that five beggars would check back at twelve.
A South Norfolk Connecticut workman used a small bell tied to a rat to scare away a rat infestation at the factory. The jingling alarm drove the pests from the premises, clearing the company’s place of rats.
Reading the excerpt, the Siamese disdain walking and favor riding whenever possible. It notes other nationalities like Venetians and Hollander may walk, but Bangkok residents and families arrange boat transport for the individual.
The Atchison Globe quotes a quip on consumption as the average girl's notion of reckless dissipation, describing a soda fountain beverage priced above a dime and reflecting contemporary social humor.
The New York World announces plans to be a better paper in 1907, offering impartial political news, expanded news service, and full reporting of important world events. The paper promises abundant markets, cartoons, and fiction, with a regular subscription price of 1 per year for 156 issues.
The Ferdinand News offers a yearlong subscription for 1.65. The ad promotes a simple payment plan and long access to local coverage through a single-value package.
The Rev. trl R Hicks 908 Almanac offers a beautiful colored cover, fine half tones, astronomical engravings, and full year weather forecasts. Priced 35 cents by mail, 30 cents on news-stands. Word and Works monthly magazine by Rev Arley Hicks includes weather forecasts and family reading for $1 a year, with an almanac included. Agents wanted. address Word and Works Publishing Co., 2201 Locust Street, St Louis, Missouri.
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