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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1906
Page
4
Rain lingers as residents report home improvements and new purchases. Mrs Klueh’s house nears completion while Frank Hoge plans a new roof. Several communities share travel, visits, and family milestones including weddings and new births. merchants promote calendars and new goods amid ongoing town developments.
A surprise party was held Friday night for Joseph Metzger’s 44th birthday at Frank Metzger’s place. Rain delayed departure and rising water forced guests to wade or ride the girls over, but festivities continued with refreshments and games. Attendees included Elizabeth Pund Emma Rose Ida Metzger Minnie Katie Kemper Della Linder Ida Seid Charles Vincent Metzger John Kemper Albert John Pund Ed Trotter Joseph Knust George Gude.
In Philadelphia on October 8 Thomas Hudson aged 68 of 2227 Tasker Street was shot by neighbor Robert Stanton aged 14 while mistaken for a burglar and died from the injuries.
A street vendor selling cement near the courthouse posted a sign offering a free box to anyone who could separate the glued items. A small swarthy man pulled out a peg from the block with ease and claimed a silver dollar, then revealed himself saying he was a Japanese dentist and walked off.
Prof Blau remarks that abnormal development of the outer border was more noticeable among criminals charged with sexual crimes than among other criminals. The observation references the auricle of apes and connects theory to this morphological detail.
A Southern Farm Magazine reflection notes that many adults end the day with the familiar bedtime line Now I lay me though some modify the wording In comforting ritual and subconscious rebellion against formal devotion the verse lingers in memory and shapes nightly thoughts for many readers as they drift to sleep
An old farmer sits on a vacant house steps contentedly showing a straw and awaiting a scientist who promised to reveal ten dollar bill germs. The farmer believes the scientist will pin through each germ so he can see them, and he has waited about half an hour.
A man fails to impress Miss Prettygirl with compliments until he reveals she was once engaged to a circus press agent. The aside offers a wry note on fame and prior associations in a playful dialogue.
A trough attachment keeps hogs out while feed is poured. The panel, hung on hinges, can be fastened on either side of the trough. Another illustration shows a trough with an upright box two and a half feet long and eight by four inches, funnel shaped on top to aid emptying the pail.
At the German anthropologists congress in Gorlitz Prof Blau presented measurements from 1 061 ears. He reported 255 ears of lunatics and 883 of male criminals, noting the study covered a single race and country and examined auricle and helix features.
Guidance warns against overfeeding hogs corn at fattening start to protect digestion and appetite. Early limits prevent digestive upset and loss of feed intake.
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