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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
14
An advertisement claims Milks Emulsion cures stomach trouble and constipation, boosts appetite, and rebuilds strength. It features testimonials from Bert Becker and promotes use with a six bottle trial and money-back guarantee. Also notes a quip about popular songs and attention.
Advertising jingle extols Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a pure vegetable herbal cure for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims non stimulant doses with sworn purity statements and a sample offer. Also includes Cuticura skin products and a Balzac quote with generic taglines.
The instruction touts applying Freezone to a tender corn and then lifting the corn. It reads as a simple home remedy tip focused on easing corn discomfort.
Styles for spring and summer showcase a wide array of wraps and cape inspired pieces. Long capes with oversized collars, plush cape like coats, and fur trimmed options appear in silk and wool textures. Silk sweater coats in bold and muted tones pair with skirts for street dress while features like patch pockets and large buttons attract attention.
The article notes gingham and other cotton dresses now cost as much as wool frocks, urging mothers and daughters to sew at home to save money. It highlights simple, neat summer frocks for girls and a trend toward matching hats and light sun bonnets, plus new negligee styles inspired by Chinese fashion.
A profile in Along Broadway highlights Fanny Crosby the prolific hymn writer. She became blind at six, met Alexander Van Alstyne at the New York Institute for the Blind, married him, and taught at the institute. Her hymns appear in Moody and Sankey books and remain influential and widely recorded.
An aged Birmingham Age-Herald remark quotes a boxer declaring he would not join movies for 10000 a week, then his manager reveals the fighter was inebriated and not responsible for the boast, shocking the crowd.
A short reflective line counsels letting go of foes while valuing allies and cultivating patience in hoping for better outcomes. The quote attributes the idea to a variant of Vauvenargues.
Lithuania’s beekeeping stretches from social custom to industry with thousands of honey barrels exported annually. Midus made from garden hive honey is a common city drink as Lithuanians keep at least one beehive each. A separate note tells of Julius Mercier the “sleeping tramp” arrested in Versailles for rabbit theft and his unarousable sleep in custody.
Returning soldiers recount a mule driver in France who veered his four mule team onto an old road through No Man’s Land. A listening post doughboy signaled to hush as the driver realized he was heading toward the German line. He was compelled to turn the four-mule team around in a low whisper.
A year after grasshoppers devoured nearly 100 million dollars of water wheat scientists produced grasshopper bait. They mixed 4565 tons of bait from 500000 lemons and eighty three tons of arsenic and spread it across Kansas. Grasshoppers foddered the bait and did not return this year.
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