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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1912
Page
4
Local notes show R J Beckmann in Bilstow, Gose from Louisville, Trotter from Evansville, and many others visiting or transacting business in Ferdinand and nearby towns. Mentions include huntingburg visits, Louisville and Mariah Hill errands, and a funeral crowd from Troy, Huntingburg, St Henry, and Louisville.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy, claiming a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It promotes internal use to reach blood and mucous surfaces, and urges sending testimonials to F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also lists Hall's Pills and Ferdinand railroad schedule effective May 26 1912 with connections at Huntingburg Indiana.
A frost marked the first of the season on Tuesday. Sprauer's Studio opens next Sunday. Wm Mailers is ill with typhoid fever. Hubert Quante adds a room to his home. Anton Vonbokern hosted a "Span fergel" lunch at the saloon last Saturday. Bartley Brees adds a new delivery wagon for town service. Ohio and Wagner street culvert extension completed this week. The Daisy Orchestra to play at Senninger's hall Tuesday night October 15. A baby boy born to Mr and Mrs Henry Fleck last Sunday afternoon. Oscar Snyder, Hollinden’s blacksmith, was kicked in the face by Ben Bolte’s horse Monday afternoon.
Mrs. FR Flint of Braintee Vermont urges use of Dr King's New Discovery after a dreadful cough left her husband F. in frail health. He credited a quick cure for grip and bronchial troubles to the medicine. The ad promotes a one dollar bottle guaranteed by all druggists.
Two individuals named Mathias Sohum and Bernard Helming are mentioned in a brief card style entry. No context or actions are provided.
An unclear classified ad segment lists various notices and sales offers. Names like Win Goetze and Joe G Lindauer appear with farm and market items including harnesses and crates. The text references selling or trading items and requires signatures, with deadlines before Wednesday each week.
An old advertisement claims facial blemishes prove impure blood and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills as a health and beauty aid. The ad urges readers to buy at druggists for 23 cents.
Nick Seger of our town grew pumpkin seeds that yielded six pumpkins weighing 593 pounds 62 pounds 493 pounds 39 pounds 37 pounds and 32 pounds. The unusually large harvest prompted readers to share any better yields for publication.
The account recalls Mr Mulr tetla’s perilous venture behind a Yosemite fall at night. A moonlit edge became dangerous as wind moved the rock bench and a surge of spray and debris struck him. He crawled to safety, built a fire, and returned to his cabin exhausted but unhurt.
In York Pennsylvania two neighborhood boys Gilbert Beattie and George Knudsen were badly injured at the Stount Wolf Rochenour flour mill when caught in a belt. The miller quickly shut down the machinery saving their lives. Beattie suffered a nearly torn arm and Knudsen was severely bruised.
London reports six year old Freda Pickett of Market Harborough Leicestershire swam from Prince of Wales pier to the opposite shore in nineteen minutes. The small child used a breast stroke and is three feet tall. Ground Glass In Their Food. Gilbert La Dr P B Womble found large quantities of ground glass in biscuits at dinner and in the sifter and flour barrel. A negro cook is under arrest.
An advertisement from Miles Medical Co promotes Dr Miles Heart Remedy and Nervine for heart and nerve tonic effects. It cites Mrs Lillie Thomas of Upper Sandusky Ohio reporting two years of chest and back pain with breath difficulty and palpitation improving after thirteen bottles gaining 14 pounds. The copy asserts long term heart benefits and guarantees money back if the first bottle shows no benefit.
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