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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1922
Page
7
A humorous tale about a hungry husband who asks if the lobster is ready. The servant explains the mistress wanted it broiled but the lobster refuses to cook properly, ending with the man walking out tail up and no dinner for him as sardines replace the plan.
In Indianapolis a man known as Mr Jones prefers loafing at a corner grocer. The grocer and staff disapprove of idleness and laid a sheet of fly paper on the counter. Jones fled the scene, leaving flies tied to his trousers, later seen in his Sunday best walking past the store.
A detective reviews a report on two joyriders who failed to control a car on a mountain grade. The driver panicked after brakes failed and left the vehicle as the bus continued downhill with Jill aboard. Both held accident policies and the car's insurance is questioned.
A Paris dispatched report states fishermen near Hyeres caught a submarine in a net. The net pulled their boat toward ruin until the submarine surfaced and towed the craft to port, rescuing the crew and averting disaster.
A Chicago Journal reminiscence recalls a sleigh trip three years ago with brothers. A failing sleigh broke on a hill and dumped the riders as a bob sled team passed by. The man on the sled escorted the narrator home. the brother arrived later uninjured. The piece ends with a playful question about whether the brother laughed at the speaker.
The newly elected bank president introduced to employees questions a cashier’s cage worker about his forty years of service. The clerk states he has made only one light mistake in four decades, and the president replies that he congratulates him but urges greater caution in the future.
A vast beaver dam near the Cascade mountains slows water flow as beavers construct seven central lodges up to 14 feet high and 30 feet wide at the base. Government wardens report trapping over 1700 beavers and selling pelts while recognizing beaver populations rise under protective laws.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer column praises a New York legislature proposal to remove the age question at polls. It argues voters should simply affirm they are beyond twenty one, calling the change chivalry and common sense. It urges making voting at the polls a pleasant experience without age scrutiny.
The French national library receives an historic autograph collection donated by Baron Edmond de Rothschild via his mother Mme James de Rothschild. The archive is famed as the most complete set of letters from kings and queens of France, including Philippe le Bel, François I, Henry IV, and Marie Antoinette, plus letters from Sully Colbert Turenne and Saxe and works by Villon Racine and Mme de Sevigne.
Glenn M. Farley argues in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that the shipping board installed shimmy machines on transatlantic liners to aid over fat passengers. A vibrating belt supposedly mimics a violent shimmy, with one man losing 60 pounds on a New York to Bremen trip while Americans complain about living costs yet eat too much.
A Woman and a child exchange a brief, awkward scene as the child prods the Woman to speak about a visitor. The Woman reads a book while the upstairs remains silent, and the dialogue ends with the child insisting she can talk.
A London Chronicle note reports a gardener near a celebrated aerodrome blaming drought and flying machines for garden backwardness. He argues exhaust and air pollution from aircraft stifle flowers and fruit, and remains unconvinced by counterarguments.
A Peru Brazil newspaper notes Swedish and German geologists have arrived to study petroleum lands in La Paz department. It states petroleum exists and may be exploited, but extraction will not begin for several years due to the country’s difficult terrain.
Ralph A Day quotes a Vermonter hotelier to argue prohibition would be harsher in New York. The tale recounts a waiter using hot water jugs to supply shaving water after hours, leading to reduced late night shaves.
William Wirtzberger and son Edmund spent last Sunday at Dale. Joe Eversmann went to Dale Tuesday to help at the Service Garage. Mike Altmann of St. Meinrad visited the office last Saturday. Mrs. Gerhard Kippenbrock went to Evansville Tuesday due to her brother Mike Belz’s illness. Elizabeth Wagner and daughter Bertha were in Huntingburg Tuesday. Sophia Vaeth of St. Meinrad visits sister Lena Rallis. Mathias Olinger traveled to Rockport Evansville Monday and Louisville Wednesday. Frank Reckelhoff left for Louisville and Cincinnati Wednesday afternoon. John A. Greulich of St. Meinrad passed through town Wednesday en route to Rockport. Misses Clara and Ida Remke returned from Louisville Saturday night for a week’s visit. Mrs. Herman Leinenbach and daughters Mona and Mrs. Albert Weaver returned from Lexington, Kentucky, Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Bredheld of Akron, Ohio, spent Wednesday with Math Hass’s family after attending the funeral of his sister Rose Sims in Evansville. Elizabeth and Ida Krampe returned from Louisville Saturday night. John Brenner of Mariah Hill was a pleasant caller Monday. Louis Hochmeister and family of Huntingburg moved back to Ferdinand into Mrs. Xavier Bailis house Tuesday.
Massachusetts scientists link a western Patagonia expedition to a reported pale silhouette in Mill Creek Hyannis from summer 1897. Cape Cod residents recall a sea creature with a long neck dubbed a sea gator while experts at Woods Hole Fisheries Station identify the bones as a shark.
Bargomascher Rimmel of Neuw Chn Bavaria refused to marry a couple claiming the bride cannot cook or manage a home. He urged maidens to attend a domestic science school and published a notice stating he will not marry any woman who cannot prove cooking and housekeeping ability.
Chinese women show widespread attention to hair care complexion teeth and nails. Native preparations yield to imported perfumes toilet waters face creams powders while tooth paste grows in popularity and toothbrush use remains established. Imported soaps increasingly replace native brands.
Mrs Lindenschmidt purchased the barber shop building from Philip Horney on Ohio Street and moved it to a lot she bought from the administrator of her son Anthony. An addition will be built to serve as a residence. Also notes a Briscoe touring car for sale with starter demountable rims four tires and overhaul price 150. Call Bert Crane 805 N Clay, Jasper Ind. Hoover Suction Sweeper ad promotes health and easier cleaning by HK Merkley, Jasper Ind. Phone 223 415 Main.
In the past week a single suit was filed in the Dubois circuit court naming Even Bartlett of Aetna Life Insurance Co as plaintiff against a failure to pay claim on a policy. Jasper high school reports 18 graduates seven boys and eleven girls for the fourth year. Notice to Farmers advertises spring plowing by hiring a tractor from Remke Bros. Garage. Joseph Hollander aged 73 died at Mariah Hill Monday evening at five o'clock. Further particulars will be provided in the next issue.
Grandmother used Sage Tea and Sulphur to darken hair and restore natural color. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold at drug stores and advertised as easy to apply with a comb or brush to darken gray hair by morning. It claims to give a glossy look without implying a medical cure.
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