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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1922
Page
3
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A health ad urges daily morning bathing by drinking hot water with limestone phosphate to flush the digestive system. It claims this cleanses the stomach and bowels, boosts appetite, and cures a range of ailments from constipation to biliousness, urging readers to buy limestone phosphate.
The Klu Klux Klan is described as only wearing its uniform in the context of funeral services for a member, suggesting a rare use of the attire outside those ceremonies.
Frank C. Thieman thanks Dubois County voters for their support in the sheriff nomination campaign. He pledges a clean, honorable campaign and that if elected in November he will run the office on a high plane to credit the people of the county.
Sam Vogea thanks Jackson township voters for support in the May 2 primary and hopes for similar support in the November election. He pledges his best attention in the office and expresses appreciation for their efforts.
The speaker thanks friends in Dublin County for support in the treasurer race and notes a large cross county vote. Despite not winning, they announce plans to run again in four years and anticipate broad future support.
John Seger endorses Mehne and urges voters who backed his opponent to join Mehne, pledging full Democratic support in the campaign.
In a brief note dated May 2 1922 Joseph Eversmann thanks Ferdinand township voters for their support in the primary election. He says he was defeated but will run again for the same office when health permits and promises to seek the office once more.
A defeated candidate thanks voters for support in Du Bois County race and pledges to run again next primary. She asks friends to back the successful nominee November and to remember her for the future race.
A sequence of brief items notes political thanks from Henry J. Huebner and Joseph A. Klueh after county race results, a Knights of Columbus initiation at Jasper with attendees from Ferdinand, a business notice by E J Merkley promoting M Schulz Player Pianos, a birthday party for Raymond Mehling near St Meinrad, a death notice for Rose Sims with suspected poisoning, and an advertisement for E J Merkley’s shop in Jasper.
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