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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1918
Page
1
Wartime letters recount service in France with mentions of church days and rough fighting near the line. Private Theodore J. Ernat writes of family, hometown ties, and Germans, while Robert M. Remke describes gunner duties and a hopeful homecoming, all amid daily drills and morale songs.
Since the war began about 10 000 soldiers have been discharged from the U S army due to tuberculosis. The piece argues communities must prepare to care for returning veterans, noting tuberculosis hospitals are scarce and Indiana counties provide insufficient facilities. It calls this a duty and a failure to keep faith with defenders.
Public sale notice announces two week bargains at Bartley’s Store beginning Monday November 4 1918 on wool dress goods ginghams shirting calico underwear notions ladies misses and childrens cloaks rain coats hardware groceries shoes and hats plus many other items. Readers urged to watch posters and buy ahead to save for the year. The rest of the clipped text mentions local social events wheat outlook an upcoming election and various personal notices.
Vice President Marshall calls Indiana citizens to unity urging delayed judgment until wartime questions are clarified. He asks voters to consider whether a republican victory would slow the war effort and cites figures and policies tied to Wilson’s administration.
Austria seeks peace and talks move toward an armistice. Germany informs the United States that armistice terms are awaited and that the Kaiser has relinquished war powers, transferring authority to the Reichstag.
Army medical officers report whisky as a stimulant aiding treatment and note large successes in cases involving alcohol. Mrs Mary Lehr from Kampsville Illinois sends 1 53 for the NEWS detailing apple sales at 8 00 per barrel with 130 barrels ready to ship to St Louis and Peoria and offers strawberry plants at 25 cents a dozen.
Fragmentary text lists names such as Rosa Kraus John Wigger Herman Jos Lueken Leonard Schipp and Gustav Woerter with days Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday and references to Henry Laake John Seng Ferdinand Wagvoer Caroline Kitten and Mary Fischer of the St Anna Society.
Questioning support for Woodrow Wilson as world leader and urging readers to consider whether voting against his approach would signal repudiation of the Wilson wartime strategy. The rhetoric challenges voters to align with or oppose his center stage role.
County Agent notes announce seven Farmer's Institutes in Dubois County with dates at Cuzco Birdseye Holland Haysville Ireland Huntingburg and Portersville plus a first Annual Plowing Match at Oakland City College on November 71th featuring contestants from all pocket counties and farm machinery exhibits. The event aims to draw farmers and spectators with a world champion plowman on hand to demonstrate plowing skill.
County Agricultural Agent H. C. Thompson notes a new exhibit featuring five turnips totaling 17 pounds with the largest at 3 pounds 13 ounces. The specimens were presented by Mrs. John Bumm last Saturday and are said to be the largest seen in the locality.
Notice restricts hunting on farms owned by Henry Remke Edmund Hedinger Willie Weyer Frank Schlachter and John Schlachter. Also mentions an Albert Hanser ad on another page and assorted local notices about sales, property work, and farm-related business remarks.
The State Board of Forestry offers prizes to school children for essays on The Relation of Forests to National Defense. Seventh and eighth grades receive $5, high school classes $7.60. Essays may not exceed 2000 words and must be mailed by May 16 1919 to the Secretary, State Board of Forestry Indianapolis.
The Dubois Circuit Court commissioner will sell Lots 25 and 254 in Ferdinand, Dubois County, Indiana on a Saturday at 2 PM. The sale is by public auction for not less than two-thirds of the appraised value with at least one third cash and the remainder in installments over up to three and six months. Commissioner Joseph Reckelbuff and attorney Bomar Traylor leading.
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