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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1916
Page
4
A Paris Journal account describes a French lieutenant's bombardment night behind the lines. The shelling shatters the trench, dust and fumes fill the air, and soldiers scramble to aid buried comrades. The officer notes the chaos, halted communications, and near-miss deaths as the bombardment rages.
In Gardner Kansas a banker from Williamstown Utah punctured a tire near Edgerton and found a woman's coat button. He left a note and the button on a fence. Laura Ellaworth a local schoolteacher found the note and button. She agreed to marry him after he proposed and they plan a San Francisco honeymoon by car.
In Jeffersonville Indiana several justices of the peace who settle marriages are discussing a merger to run central marrying parlors and share all earnings equally. The plan aims to end runners who split fees, often under three dollars, with eloping couples sometimes paying just one dollar plus occasional extra charges.
Guy Williams known as the wild man of northwest Kansas has been placed in Brown County alms house at sixty four after years living in a hill side hole near Roys creek. He wandered nearly naked in cold weather and could light matches by scratching them on his feet. He refused help and chose solitude.
Doherty, an American airman, survived a 29 hour ordeal in the Adriatic after his hydroplane failed. Stranded in darkness amid a northern gale, he and a companion bailed water from the craft, signaled with smoke bombs, and were finally rescued by a torpedo boat twenty miles off the coast. Doherty's vigil ended as Italian ships sought them, with his future posting shifting to Pare and Londen.
A fragmented passage shows dialogue about sending someone to a debate and skepticism about the person’s concern. The speakers describe him as carefree and uninterested in worrying about issues, implying a tension between concern and indifference.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Soap for itching rashes and irritations with a free sample by mail. It touts Gruff hands and sore hands relief and claims superior cleanliness and purity. The copy includes a Boston postal address for requests and notes broad availability.
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