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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
3
The wife or daughter of a public figure often takes a vacation as regularly as the head of the household. Many prominent women favor trips that offer genuine solitude away from public eye and duties.
The article lists prominent American women and their families choosing tranquil summer retreats across estates, camps, and lakeside houses from Forest Hill near Cleveland to Adirondack camps and New Hampshire farmhouses. It notes Mrs. Rockefeller, Miss Anna Morgan, Mrs. Taft, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Kuor, Mrs. Meyer, Secretary Nagel’s family, Mrs. Hughes, and others pursuing leisure at farms, lakes, and camps. It highlights individual pursuits from tennis and boating to golf and dog shows.
A reflective column examines the rise of chicken farming as a fashionable dream for city dwellers. It contrasts city enthusiasm with farmer pragmatism, noting the high hopes, financial temptations, and practical limits of rural venture, including cost, knowledge, and lifestyle. The piece cautions that city hype often collapses against real farm work.
Ithaca New York President Jacob Gould Schurman of Cornell urged Congress to grant a national charter for the Rockefeller foundation. He endorsed the plan while proposing only: trustees be appointed by the president with Senate consent or by other strong government bodies rather than by local cooperation.
The Zeppelin II, part of Germany's aerial fleet, broke moorings in a storm and drifted northeastward from Homburg toward Cologne. It was forced down near Limburg an der Lahn and wrecked, with the airship smashing to pieces after a brief escape and subsequent descent in Wellburg.
A Burlington passenger train on the Northern Pacific line was saved from disaster near North Yakima when the engineer applied brakes after striking a defective switch. Fireman Meyers of Pasco and engineer Gordon of Ellensburg died in the crash.
Miss Mary Guthrie of Carthage Missouri is arrested in the dynamite blast that wrecked the $12 000 Quick home three miles east of Prairie City Iowa Dr Alexander Hall of Colfax and his bride Myrtle Quick former fiancée were inside the house occupants escaped unharmed New York April 25 Louis Rose a ten year old Jersey City boy died after falling into a shallow pond while racing to catch a foul ball
A New York City man reports relief from a severe generalized itchy skin eruption after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment in late March 1909. He describes rapid improvement from March 31 to April 1 and credits the products with curing the condition.
Two street cleaning department men argued while driving carts along upper Broadway. One man mocked the other’s race and status, prompting a tense exchange quoted from the New York Press with racial caricature.
A humorous note on laundry care contrasts yellow soap with rosin and caustics causing fabric wear. It promotes Easy Task Laundry Soap as a mild, effective option that saves clothes and health without extra cost. The quip closes with a joke about Bishop Foss and a sleep talker.
A poet’s wife recalls her husband reading his last poem at a public celebration before thousands. The dialogue highlights media satire on publishing and literary fame. Additional snippets touch on a historical novel’s hero, and a domestic quip about how heavy drinking affects spouses.
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