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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
6
The piece outlines spring fashion shifts with tailored suits in varied styles, emphasizing waistcoats, uneven hemlines, and braid trimming. It notes high shoes returning in popularity, cloth tops, and diverse footwear including oxfords and slippers, with color trends leaning toward tans, beiges, and blacks.
The article describes household linens featuring advanced embroidery and delicate filet patterns. It highlights linen towels with tufted strips, filet-edged cloths, and a card table cover in white with a subtle filet border and corner squares displaying card suits.
Gabriel Purcell, a veteran factory foreman, challenges new management at Wynne’s plant as Arnold Purcell, his son, and Thomas Wynne clash over modernization. When profits plunge and a quarry dump pits waste to a lake, Purcell offers to back the company to resume the old, steady methods, reuniting with Wynne to revive production and staff morale.
Fragmented OCR text mentions exercise and suburban promise with unclear dialogue. Reading lacks clear events, dates, or names to identify a specific news item or outcome.
In a lively scene at the post office a new mother presents twins a boy and a girl to celebrate, while the excited aunt rushes to buy stamps. The clerk asks how many and what kind, and the aunt eagerly replies two stamps for the newborns.
A nostalgic ad touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a universal backache cure. It promises three to four daily for permanent relief, claims Dutch royal sanction, and urges buyers to insist on the GOLD MEDAL brand in safe packages from reliable druggists.
A Detroit bank cashier refuses to cash a check without identification but grants it after the actor Joe Jefferson delivers a line from his signature work. The scene ends with the cashier cashing the check. Also mentions Roman Eye Balsam, an antiseptic ointment for external use to relieve inflamed surfaces.
A whimsical tale from a small town recounts a girl who fastened her girdle with a needle by mistake and, two months later, a needle emerges from a young man's arm. The pair speculate the needle’s identity by a look in its eye, a playful urban legend style observation.
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of Castoria bottles to ensure the signature appears, noting the remedy has been in use for over 30 years and that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A butcher posted a sign promising “All sorts and sizes of shoulders to suit all purses.” A young woman teased him asking what shoulder would suit an empty purse. He replied “Nothing but the cold shoulder, Aftas.” The quip ends with a play on phrases about stuttering and guidance.
A London Mail item reports a raw servant girl told to order vegetables for the family. The grocer asked if horseradish was needed. Mary Jones replied that none was wanted and noted her master keeps a motorcar.
A comic exchange in a newspaper clipping shows a character named Mr Glimmering humorously instructing a visitor in a lobby. The bit parodies a simple advertising bit and ends with a quip about home rule and a joking question about the first baby.
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