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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
2
In Princeton, nine teen year old Dallas Devine was wounded by a .22 rifle while rushing to help his mother during a furniture dispute. Father John Devine, 45, miner, was captured two hours after the shooting and jailed on charges. Dallas’s injury to the lung appears life threatening, with doctors calling the wound fatal.
The publisher argues country newspapers succeed when they involve the community and public readers in reporting local events. He notes publishers cannot hire full staff for every county and must rely on reader tips and sympathetic, informed coverage to share the challenges of newspaper making.
The article argues that efforts to reward beer and light wine face opposition from prohibition supporters while the nation nears a constitutional prohibition. It predicts liquor interests will fade as people forget the topic and cellar stock depletes, noting more sober Americans than in recent years and a near settlement of the liquor question within a year.
Don Seay laments national and state taxes, wartime bonds, and a flood of charity demands that strangle his business. He says government scrutiny, shortages, and boycotts threaten his life while advertising a Rockport shop selling hats, shirts, and coolers from Recekelhoff & Muller.
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