Farmer Voices Outrage Over Food Speculators
A farmer condemns food speculators and urges government action to stop gamblers from profiting off crops like wheat corn and potatoes. He argues every bushel should benefit producers not speculators.
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
3
Wartime Grain Hoarding Criticized By Citizen Editor
A reader denounces food speculators as "food hogs" who drain scarce supplies during war. He calls for swift government action, jail for profiteers, and warns of price gouging harming the public as enlistment and hardship loom. He cites beans and spuds as essentials and laments the absence of wartime sacrifice.
Rules of How and When to Use the American Flag
A detailed guideline on flag display rules including timing sunrise and sunset, half mast on Memorial Day until noon, parade etiquette, proper portrayal in art, flag on banners and bier, desecration limits, wearing as a badge, outdoor display on poles, vertical and horizontal hung rules, and list of holidays for flag flying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Washington
Lincoln
Market Report from Swanaville Indiana May 24 1917
Wheat prices range from 2.97 to 3.00 per bushel with corn at 1.65, potatoes 3.10, eggs 0.29 per dozen. Butter 0.38 per pound, various poultry and livestock quotes listed including steers 11.50 per hundred, heifers 10.50, cows 9.50, hogs 16.15 per hundred, hay No 1 timothy 15.00 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanaville
Ind
Ferdinand Township Trustee Notice in Indiana
Ferdinand township trustee of Dubois County Indiana will attend to township business at the office at the home of Gerhard Bolta on the first Saturday in May and other days of the week at his office.
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Ferdinand Township
Dubois County
Ind
Hin Offee
Gerhard Bolta
Hin
Isertram Pickhardt
Washington
Ecnsist
Engineering Corpa
Army
Bert
E. W. Pickhardt
Huntingburg
Tom Holbrook
Rockport
Tom
C.connor
Rockport Democrat
The Tempting Bronze Craft and a Tyrian Master
A historical note on Solomon seeking Hiram Abif of Tyre to teach bronze craft for the temple. It recounts Hiram’s murder by jealous artisans, the loss of secret metalworking knowledge, and how bronze was then recycled into weapons for Solomon’s fighting men.
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Tyre
Solomon
Temple of Jerusalem
Hiram
Tubal Cain
New York Sun
Naphtali
Masonry
Advertising Builds Trust and Speeds Sales
Without advertising a merchant gains a slow reputation only with time. Advertising makes the public know it is safe to buy, letting salespeople sell more in hours and spread selling costs over more sales. The result is higher volume and lower unit selling costs.
Couldn't Blame Him The Accessible Forest Joke
A Cleveland boy strive for good geography marks at John Eaton school learns by heart. Father questions the meaning of accessible forests. The boy replies anything easily cut by axes is accessible in a humorous take on reading comprehension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Park
John Eaton
Washington Star
Shuddering Advice From Detroit Journal
The Detroit Journal advises daily practice to master shuddering during sorrowful news. It recommends brief exercises and quiet reflection on horrible thoughts to build capacity. The piece notes initial difficulty but promises gradual proficiency and links failure to empathic listening.
The Son's Opinion In Parliament Question
A short anecdote from the Henniker Heaton family shows a midshipman son criticizing his father's habit of asking questions in the House of Commons. He says many naval careers are ruined by fathers in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henniker Heaton
House of Commons
No Arrests After Sundown Sparks Indian Law Tale
A Buffalo Express tale describes an Indian merchant who dodged debt collection by staying home after sunset, capitalizing on a no-arrest rule to avoid arrest until daytime, while his creditor watched from above. The wealthy debtor finally paid when he needed to travel weeks later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Buffalo Express
Neglect of Eyes Warned by Dr. Lisk in World’s Work
Dr. Eugene Lisk cites popular ignorance of eye care in World's Work. He warns readers about eye strain from riding streets cars while reading, glare from lights, flickering illumination, and overuse of moving pictures. He notes improper remedies and resistance to proper glasses, risking constant discomfort and potential vision loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Lisk
Water drinking joke at seaside hotel leads to whispered warning
A man dining at a crowded seaside hotel drank only water. Across from him an older whisky drinker whispered that water is excellent and to drink a lot of it, then added nervously that this should be done in the night.
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Seaten
San Francisco News-Letter
Jack Smith
Marign ‘Gibrel
Grover Shadix
Main Street
South Main St
Mr. Shadix
Arteat Lan
Rockport
Miarsba
Roscoe Harrell
Grays Township
Chrisney Sun
Evangelist Warns Against Booze In Vacations
In Boston a temperance speaker warns that liquor intrudes on vacations. A Manayunk man boarded a Boston steamer with his wife and vanished into the bar's dark, foul-smelling void. His wife then pleads, urging him to enjoy the scenery, but he resists, adamant about not losing his vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
George
Curious minds spark a global misadventure abroad
A historical reflection on curiosity pushing leaders to test limits and trigger a widespread crisis. The narrator recalls a pair of bold ideas that opened a chaotic sequence, underscoring how a single playful challenge can escalate into a large scale international mess.
Three day old John McDonald dies. burial at Fairvein cemetery
John McDonald aged three days died Saturday morning. The infant was laid to rest in Fairvein cemetery Saturday afternoon. Jasper Herald offers heartfelt sympathy to Mr and Mrs H M Kean.
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John McDonald
H. M. Kean
Fairvein
Jasper Herald
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