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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
7
Dr. Ernest W. D. Laufer outlines wartime food conservation and home gardening tactics. He urges citizens to maximize agricultural production, preserve vegetables by drying or fermentation, and store crops like carrots beets cabbage and corn for winter use to prevent hunger during the war effort.
Recommends medians quality aoila for fair crops and weed control. Advocates free from weeds, constant cultivation, and special fertilization for heavier yields and tender products. Spraying with Sulphate of Iron, Atlas A or Eureka weed Killer on weeds in fences and out of the way places. Urges community action to boost winter food supply and provide dishes often missing in American households.
An early 1900s public health style piece urges starting each day with a glass of real hot water and a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to cleanse the digestive tract, improve appetite, and purify the body. It claims wide benefits for digestion, skin, and general health, urging readers to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from the drug store.
Modern Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound offers a simple at home remedy to darken faded or gray hair. A 50 cent bottle, sold in drug stores, promises natural, even coloring and a younger appearance after use.
The Courier serves Evansville with fresh local news and updates, delivering city events, weather notes, and community reports for readers starting their day.
Ferdinand township trustee will meet for township business on the first Saturday each month at the trustee's office at the home of Gerhard Bolte. Other days at his home. Persons with township business should present it on the specified day. Nick Bonninger, Trustee, Ferdinand Indiana.
AV farmers reining tobacco and potatoes urged to buy the best sprayer on the market. Visit to place orders before April 76th. Price listed at $9.00 Bt. J. Hf Beckmann.
An advertisement touts a hair treatment product claiming to restore color and thickness, eliminating gray, making hair appear darker, fuller, and younger. It urges at home use with banter about not needing a doctor and promises quick transformation through topical application.
Mrs. Fannie Eads of Circleville Ohio testifies Cardui cured her two year back and limb pains. She says she weighed 150 pounds and could walk after taking the tonic and urges other women to try it. The ad promotes Cardui as a general strength tonic available at druggists.
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