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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
9
Railway schedule lists daily departures from Ferdinand at 7:35 A M and 6:45 P M with connections to Evansville Rockport Cannellton West Baden and Leathers Run. Notes limit through trains from Louisville and restricts movements to Huntingburg Huntingburg yards and related routes. Train Master L B Jenkins signs the notice.
Reading of a damaged OCR fragment notes a time card issue at Johnsburg with unspecified numerical values and unclear staff actions. The text is fragmented, offering no confirmed names or dates, and does not reveal a clear event or outcome.
Charles E. Yanney of Meltean County Illinois reports a six acre alfalfa trial started in late July 1906. He prepared the ground broke it sowed 20 pounds per acre and treated the soil with repeated harrows and rollers. By 1907 the crop yielded about two tons per acre and 1908 saw strong pig profits with 150 pigs raised alongside. Total returns from alfalfa and pigs reached 693 dollars, about 115.50 per acre, despite winter setbacks and reseeding.
The excerpt notes hogs weighing 45 50 and 60 pounds with mid December average 125 pounds. It calculates returns from six acres at 109 per acre, details alfalfa yields and hog pasturing in 1509, and praises the new crop by Mr. Yany or Yanney along with many others achieving strong results.
Coburn states alfalfa embodies the peak of modern farming. He calls it nature’s gift to man and the preserver of the homestead, noting its sun loving growth and financial benefit to thrifty farmers. He argues alfalfa is most valuable in the Corn Belt due to abundant starch and limited protein.
Hon A P Grout of Winchester UK and Joseph Jh Wing of Ohio share alfalfa insights. Grout notes early struggles but persistence yields knowledge and wealth for Illinois farmers, while Wing touts alfalfa as a long lived perennial on well drained soil with multiple harvests yearly and strong regional yields.
The speaker asserts alfalfa outperforms other crops for state wealth. He emphasizes knowledge of alfalfa as key, noting hay yields of three to six tons per acre and high nutritive value comparable to wheat bran. It provides excellent feed for cattle hogs horses and sometimes sheep or cows, with caution to avoid bloat in some animals.
Joe Meyer ill this week. Ferdinand Greys dance receipts total 34.26. Edmund Bromm rents meat market. new straw hats and embroidered veils arrive. Bartley Bros advertise shoes, dresses, rugs, and curtains. Community harvests and weddings announced. rural mail carrier John C. Clapp starts duties. Petersburg murder trial outcomes noted. culvert bids invited for Vienna and St Henry roads.
For sale by John W H Rorstiens in Ferdinand Indiana a handcrafted Hoosier style row planter titled as the best one made. product described as nurtured and ready for use.
The article lists numerous graduates and class members from multiple townships led by Edna Hutianel and Anita Fieke among others. It notes Olivia Geeuin and Kelsie Clason among standout names. County honors race leaders include Elmer Honefeld and Bertha Ring with school district No. 3 to build a modern five room facility.
An Ohio druggist in Marion touts Dr King s New Discovery as the best throat and lung remedy after other treatments failed. A household staple for bronchial colds and coughs, with a price of 50 cents to 1 dollar. Also an adjacent notice offers one acre in Muriah Hill Indiana with an implement store and two story building for sale by William F Dliger.
Fred Gayer, a leading Troy businessman, was found dead Tuesday evening on a river bank. He had been hauling rubbish and it is believed a horse may have trampled him. The incident occurred near the river, with his chest reportedly collapsed.
A testimonial from Mrs. O Alvault of Vestal Center New York claims Electric Bitters restore energy and appetite, aiding stomach liver and kidney health. She urges readers to try the remedy, priced 1.00 to 1.00 and sold by all druggists.
An old advertisement offers Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents per bottle. It includes a testimonial from a Toledo firm and urges readers to try the product with a doctor recommendation and a money back guarantee.
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