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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
9
In 1919 France faces industrial ruin from war damage and German looting yet pursues self sufficiency and renewed trade with Germany. Paris clamps imports including American cars while seeking to rebuild textiles and coal industries to restore employment and stabilize exchange rates amid Allied relations.
London reports Lieutenant Porten, former German aviation officer, tried by courts martial for selling a full park of aircraft at Vilna to Bolsheviks for 2,000,000 marks. The planes were valued at 10,000,000 marks. Porten fled to Königsberg and led a conspiracy against the German garrison commander at Kovno. the plot was uncovered and he was arrested.
Henry Pickle faced a life sentence after the supreme court affirmed the lower court verdict. The courtroom quip reflected the tone as the ruling upheld life imprisonment.
Rochester reports hog breeder societies push for union hog sales in Fulton County. Robbery at Morocco Farmers State Bank nets about 25000 in Liberty bonds and 1500 in cash, then lines cut. Henry County farm land averages 1485 per acre. county unit road petitions exceed available funds. Justice of the Peace term dispute follows jail sentence in Fremont Miller ruling. Indiana foresees possible Victory drive oversubscription with bank resources nearing 635 million. State tax board sessions start April 7 to set levies. reforms expected to lower rates. Tractors rise in use but farmers still buy remount horses. labor not in acute shortage in most counties. One to two parades for One Hundred and Fiftieth artillery planned in Indiana after WWI. Delaware and Green counties file road improvement petitions totaling over 1 million. Nova Scotia miners gain UMWA membership. Ice price in Goshen set at 60 cents per hundred pounds. investigations launched into regional price disparities. Flu and pneumonia deaths total 970 in February in Indiana. Canteloupe crop expected to record its greatest year in Indiana. State-wide legal appeals and rate cases continue through Indianapolis courts.
Fragmentary quotation from Mrs Elizabeth Porter describing a tonic called Discovery. The text mentions using the product to build up when run-down and notes prior use, though the source is garbled and incomplete.
A conversation about going downtown to mail letters and the high cost of postage. One speaker chides another for spending, while the other defends, noting the trickiness of starting a subscription and the cheaper mailing option in the city.
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