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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1921
Page
3
The Ferdinand Hews weekly paper edited by Henry Haake notes it is published every Friday and lists its post office filing as second class matter May 24, 1906 at Ferdinand Indiana. The notice includes a rate card with an effective date of August 7 1920.
The front page states that expired subscriptions will be the first copies sent unless renewed. Readers are asked to remit promptly and that the publication must comply with government orders, continuing to respect names on the list where possible.
A small Hamburg area tea package is suggested with a tablespoonful steeped in boiling water then strained and drunk as a cold remedy. The tea purportedly opens pores, relieves congestion, loosens the bowels, and is described as inexpensive, safe, and harmless with use at any time.
An old time remedy advertises rubbing away rheumatism with St Jacobs Oil. Claims include soothing, penetrating relief for aching joints muscles and bones, stopping sciatic and back pain, and limbering up in moments. Instructions urge readers to buy a 35 cent bottle from any drug store and rub on the tender spots.
Seaplanes, seven craft, thundered over Old Providence Ishind startling inhabitants. Islanders describe primitive life and rare air visits with a lone yawl serving as the coast’s fragile link, sometimes delivering mail, sometimes not, as weather and freight dictate.
A marine sergeant argues about his origin proposing apes or protoplasmic beings as ancestors. He claims a Giana origin stone birthed humans and that island natives explained all life traces back to this site. The letter to recruitment officials recounts his belief and calls others to consider ancestral pathways.
The piece criticizes dearth of deed and overemphasis on property as happiness. It argues ambition over real work, urges modest living and prudent use of resources, and warns against avarice shaping youth. It references Cervantes and Newell Poavinghe Ply to illustrate the theme.
The text debates whether presidents were college men and cites Grover Cleveland as possibly the twenty second and Harding as the twenty ninth. It questions the link between education and the presidency and notes the difficulty of calculating percentages.
A World War era report notes palm oil usage as a clean connecting force and as a potential motor fuel. It cites experiments in Africa and Belgium where pulp oil powers cars, with price effects on petrol.
A German scientist named Riedel proposes enriching the air with carbon dioxide to boost plant growth. He notes industry exhaust from coke firms releases large volumes of carbon dioxide, which could fertilize seeds and accelerate plant flourishing.
A fragmentary sci fi style notice describes a star catching fire and heating entire worlds into flames. It warns of a zone of heated gas expanding through space and Earth facing possible total destruction by fiery heat with humanity crippled.
The article notes growing interest in glass covered electric meters as deliveries rise and customer preference for visible operation strengthens demand. It highlights perceived reliability, reduced complaints, and concerns about condensation inside the housings affecting performance.
Pittsburgh workers begin belated preparations to cover and stabilize a major project. The article notes labeling operations and engineering tasks under way, with an estimated cost between 90 thousand and 100 thousand dollars and a completion plan spanning five years.
An oblique, fragmentary meditation on gymnastic dancing and nostalgia. The text references an grandfatheric past, shifting tastes, and a restrained modern sentiment, with uncertain allusions to Alexander and Welsh influence, ending in a wistful question about future generations.
Burbank native Luther Burbank, famed for fruit and vegetable varieties, was born March 7, 1849 in Lancaster Massachusetts and began experiments on a farm near Lancaster. He later moved in 1878 to Santa Rosa California where he resided.
The piece praises French living and social ease, arguing Americans should focus less on housing and more on lifestyle. It contrasts French dining civility with American reserve, suggesting lessons in politeness, neighborly openness, and enjoying beauty over fear and cluttered proprieties.
The New York Sun notes visitors flock to Fifth Avenue and landmarks like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wall Street. Sightseeing buses, with conductors aware of who’s who, provoke traffic holds when famous financiers appear in close view.
A rebuilt power plant at Varga Sweden now runs without coal. It uses seven electric boilers totaling 21 000 horsepower and operates at high voltage with three electrodes per boiler. The system claims up to sixty percent efficiency and reduced maintenance.
A fragmentary timber piece from the Mayflower was given to two American Friends representatives at a meeting house near Chiddent St Giles Buckinghamshire where William Penn’s grave is said to lie. The timber was received by A Cotterell for the British Friends Society and will be shipped to the United States for installation in a peace portal at Blaine Washington next October.
Avalon residents ignore the odor of bleaching whale bones after a contractor turned the sun bleached bones into the supports for a new shelter at the Avalon Tuna Club. Canvas, wallboard and flooring were added to create a “whale of a bungialette” for the island’s visitors.
Peter Norbeck of South Dakota rose to the U S Senate after starting as a wells digger. At 25 he borrowed 150 dollars to launch his artesian well business, growing it into a leading Midwest firm. He credits persistence and friends for his ascent.
State highway surveyors, led by L H Wright of Indianapolis and Grant Johnson of Dale, viewed the Rockport to Chrisney route and secured right of way from Ritchey Crossing to Rockport. Work continues toward completing the highway survey to Rockport as electric light pole installation begins for Chrisney project. The report also notes a Weasels colony encountered by night shift at No 7 mine and the arrest of Bill Hawkins on incest charges in Huntingburg.
Independent notes a break in at H H Hillemeyer general store near the depot with about forty dollar damage. It references past petty thefts in the area and vows continued investigations. Also mentions tax visit by John A Greulich, St Meinrad, and a St Joseph church light installation by Jos Ofer.
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