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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
3
In war torn France American Red Cross care for homeless children flourishes amid barrack nurseries. Babies to ten year olds, many orphans, receive nursing, classroom lessons, and trades training under American doctors and teachers.
A wounded WWI letter describes raiding at night in No Man's Land, a brutal ambush, and being saved by stretcher bearers under a blazing artillery barrage. The writer ends hopeful, reuniting with a loved one who had sent no letter until their shared recovery begins.
The American Red Cross has allocated substantial funds since a $100 million donation last June, with about $45 million aiding refugees orphans and wounded from France Belgium Italy Serbia and other regions. France alone has received over $30 million for canteens district reconstruction homeless children and civilian relief. More than $2 million fights tuberculosis and $1.15 million shelters war orphans. Italy’s relief exceeds $3 million aiding refugees after the Austro German drive, while Serbia faces famine with over 50 000 refugees near starvation for two years. American funds aim to resume farming in Monastir and bolster seed and implement imports. Our support remains vital to sustain this humanitarian effort.
Smith joins the Red Cross Home Service as it tackles urgent civilian needs in a condemned tenement family and coordinates medical clothing furniture and shelter. The story follows field work from a hospital discharge to a camp with 300000 troops while staffers explain the value of caring for soldiers families and future service in the camps.
Dr. Harry Barnard, Indiana Federal Food Administrator, reported J. P. Michael Company signs admissions for knowingly violating food regulations and pays 3000 dollars split among Red Cross YMC A and K of C. The firm’s license was revoked then suspended. Lafayette grocer B A Carman suspended a week for overpriced pancake flour. Tippecanoe county admin advised. Hoover urges restraint on corn meal prices and warns against profiteering. Ice shipping to surplus communities discouraged to conserve resources. Thrift stamp bonuses and other stimulants for wheat products banned. No change to strict ration laws.
Readers are urged to drink a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. The text claims internal bathing cleanses the body, improves complexion and eliminates toxins absorbed from food and drink, presenting this as a vital daily health measure.
The Third District Democratic Congressional Committee declares loyalty to the President and Congress in the war against Germany begun April 6 1917. It praises Woodrow Wilson as leader and urges nationwide support, criticizes Republican critics, endorses Representative Cox, and pledges unified Democratic backing to sustain war aims.
Mrs Myrtle Jenkins of Hillsboro Ohio lauds Thedford s Black Draught as her family s standby medicine for stomach and bowels. She recounts relief from torpid liver headaches and constipation after using full then smaller doses, noting her children also benefit as a laxative. The ad urges readers to keep Black Draught in their medicine chest at 25 cents per package and one cent per dose NCB-12
War effort appeals mark local notices with fundraisers and moral urges. A May 28 benefit dance at Schwinghammer’s Hall in St Henry aims to raise Red Cross funds, a Hoosier Fire Insurance Company meeting is set May 30, and infantry draft notices call for 18 to 21 year olds with May 25 arrival in Indianapolis as a deadline. A local baby’s death mourns at St Ferdinand cemetery.
Notice by the executor of Susanna Wagner deceased that at her residence in Nand on Wednesday June 5 at 1 PM there will be a public auction of all decedent's household goods and kitchenware with terms including $5 cash in hand and credit terms for larger purchases to be arranged through surety and approval by the undersigned Bomar Traylor and attorney Joseph.
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