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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1921
Page
3
The front page explains that an X marks an expired subscription and the last copy will be sent unless renewed. It notes readers expect no list removals but government orders compel compliance and no exceptions. Prompt remittance is requested.
A period piece touts daily morning hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the bowels and purify the digestive tract. It links internal sanitation to relief from headaches, biliousness, constipation, foul breath, and other ailments, urging readers to adopt “inside bathing” for better health.
A narrator recalls a Jerusalem guide who spoke softly and clearly about the Gospel. The guide’s patient, almost schoolmaster tone contrasted with harsher caricatures, and the narrator concedes the guide may have been a better man than he first judged.
Central News dispatch from Broken Hill reports Australian pastoralists fear wild dogs will force rearing of cattle in districts north of Broken Hill unless urgent action protects sheep. John Durie, president of the West Darling Pastoralists Association, warns of one of the greatest regional threats as districts from Darling River to Queensland border face widespread dog predation and livestock losses. Government fencing aid, previously 250 pounds, has not kept pace with the renewed menace.
Kansas City Star recalls a period when a predatory man terrorized streets grabbing and kissing women. Women like Miss Lucretia Links and Miss Arabella Platters sought safer routes as shadows loomed and chatter spoke of ongoing fear in the town after a spree of capers.
A tall woman employed at a Tulsa firm confronted by a group from the quasters club. she reacted with a swift hit to a male assailant's back as she walked away, leaving others startled by the incident outside the building.
The Grays and Giants met at the local park last Sunday in a practice game. The Grays showed spurts but faded in the first two innings as the Giants surged ahead, finishing with a 8 to 5 score. Umpire Renus Reinacker was ragged at by attendees while Olinger and Klueh fanned four batters.
The Ferdinand railroad timetable shows daily departures from Ferdinand to Huntingburg and back with morning and evening trains. It notes connections to Southern Railway trains to Evansville Rockport Camdenton and Louisville as well as westbound links to Princeton and West Baden. Listed by Leonard Matler GFL PLA Huntingburg, the document is dated July 7 1918.
A small package of Hamburg Breast Tea is recommended from pharmacies. Steep a tablespoonful in boiling water, drink a teacup full during the day or before bed. It is said to open skin pores, relieve congestion, loosen bowels, and drive a cold from the system. Safe and inexpensive as a vegetable remedy.
Suffer no longer from backache lumbago or sciatica Try Bacent old st Jacobs Oil. Apply a little to the pain and within fifty counts the soreness eases The soothing oil is claimed to be magical harmless and non skin burning It promises rapid relief from back pain in a single use
A large beaver ranch in Edgerton, Canada, raises over 100 beavers on a creek bank with plans for yearly revenue once they multiply enough for trapping. The landowner secured breeding privileges and rights to sell the increase, positioning the operation as a major beaver enterprise.
An ad-promoted remedy promises rapid relief from nasal congestion and catarrh. It reports opening air passages within a minute, soothing inflamed mucous membranes, and easing nighttime breathing after applying the fragrant antiseptic cream in the nostrils. A small bottle from a druggist is recommended.
The article notes a revival of sailing craft despite fewer square-riggers. New sailing vessels use internal combustion engines for calm winds, with future ships likely fore and aft rigged. Sail remains the cheapest propulsion, so sailing ships may persist on both American coasts, especially in lumber trades.
A German engineer faced a passport denial for his bride living in a neighboring country. They staged a frontier ceremony with the groom on the German side and the bride on the other, the service completed as she crossed the line into Germany. The groom then pulled her across in a waiting car, yielding a border marriage without a passport.
A real estate dealer mistook his old car for his new one at the city market on Sunday. He placed groceries in the wrong vehicle and left, later discovering the other car had left with his Sunday dinner and weekly supplies. The incident stems from habitual behavior and a mixup between vehicles.
Auckland correspondent James A Thomson recounts February trips with friends in the Bay of Islands. They caught kingfish up to 63 pounds and large moka sharks, including a 9 ft 3 in fighter weighing about 40 pounds that leaped from the water when hooked, a noted contrast to other sharks.
A boy fell disappointed at a public gathering when no refreshments were served. He pointed to a bulletin board as a promise unmet while mischievous youths tampered with signs and seating.
A gilt plate French dessert service with double thread shell pattern and imperial cipher, including two sugar sifters four spoons sugar tongs twenty four small spoons and twenty four forks and knives with porcelain handles, formerly owned by Napoleon, sold at a London auction house. The former owner remains unnamed.
Frank Altmann and Christ Wig ger carried a tobacco load to Dale on Tuesday. Many residents visit relatives in Huntingburg Indianapolis St Meinrad Jasper Jasper and nearby towns with trips for funerals dances and business.
Mike Hitler, a former saw mill operator now in Arkansas, visits friends here. Gentry of Lincoln City secured a separator at the Machine Works last Thursday. Arley Philips of Bristow bought a separator there. Joe Berg and Andy Hasenour from St. Anthony were in town Monday. George Kunkler of Siberia passed through Tuesday en route to Evansville. John Doll of the Swan Abraham Hat Co. Detroit Louisville was in town Tuesday. J A Greulich of St Meinrad was en route to Rockport Monday. Mr. and Mrs. John Verne visited their son Leo and wife at Dale Sunday. William Wirtzberger and Ed Beckmann were at Evansville Sunday. Miss Ida Hoge left for Louisville Monday. Jasper visitors last Sunday included Mr. and Mrs. A Haller, Misses Marie Schneider and Anna Dischinger. Zipper Seger, Othmar Kuebler, Edwin Roelle, and Edgar Schuetter of Jasper spent Sunday in town.
Wesley Ashring of Santa Claus sold a Pollard Shorthon bull calf to John Heilers last week. The calf weighed 1800 pounds and is an imported steer. Ben Seufert and crew began Remke Bros. new garage, but bad weather slowed progress. A. E. Krempp won the Kiessinger road contract in Patoka township for 837,800, about three miles long. Gratitude expressed for help during Frank Dere's illness and death, especially Father Anthony of Ireland J. BL Lubers. For sale purebred Poland China pigs 5 gilts 7 males by Eberhard Ruffarth. Flour mill closed all day Tuesday May 10 per G. A. Bolte. Two carloads of hogs shipped from local stockyards. All cars repaired and Fords fixed. see last page ad for Remke Brus specials. W. A. Wollenmann offers a nearly new piano for sale at this office.
An advertising pitch urges women to use Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken gray hair and restore a youthful look. It claims the remedy darkens naturally, can be prepared at home or bought in drugstores, and leaves hair thick and glossy after one or two applications.
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