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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
3
A vivid sea tale full of action and romance asserts its thrills. An American hero and lovable heroine face a capable villain in a swiftly paced plot with Orient spice and mystery.
Walton Wallen struggles to care for Johnson and Ting Wah as a fever grips the ship. Ting Wah warns of four more Chinamen to join, as Wallen fights nausea, the medicine spills, and the end nears aboard.
Wallen recalls a chilling family secret as six sailors suspected of mutiny plotted his murder. Scenes shift from the deck to a gray isolated house linked to his father and the servant Gunga. The trauma resurfaces with gunfire, a candlelit hall, and a tense moment of recognition.
An exhausted survivor aboard the bark Apollo battles ceaseless calms and fever as time dissolves. The log records a sinking crew, a murderous delirium by Won Su, and the captain Mitchell dying in the heat. Only three whites remain with a native crew, awaiting a final fate.
An advertisement touts Freezone as painless for removing corns and calluses from feet. It promises easy application with drops, instant relief from pain, and complete removal without soreness. The tiny bottle is sold cheaply at drug stores.
A note from a religious outlook says taking part in a church service with a large congregation foresees riches in later life. It also warns that thin attendance invites slander and harm.
An advertisement touts free samples of Vacher Balm for catarrh headaches and pains with a request to write for a sample and agent pricing from E. W. Vacher Inc New Orleans La The same clipping includes a humorous Chicago Tribune quip about a boy preferring anything but ham and eggs in a restaurant endorsement.
An old classified-like page fragment promotes Hall’s Catarrh Medicine with a $100 reward for a cure, claims blood-borne action, 75 cent price, and B J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. The rest notes fabric girdles, Roman Eye Balsam, a no interest line, quotes from Boston Transcript and Tatler quotes, plus a comment about prudence in women and a remark on a self-made professional.
Simon Wolf, an eighty two year old Jewish leader and close ally of Chauncey Depew, who has just turned eighty five, sent a telegram noting Depew is three years younger in years but fifty years ahead in intellect.
A fragmentary account notes a theater discourse on fashion and a governor in Albany likening suffrage opponents to a jaundiced view. Bits of club chatter mention Jones marrying his cook and a dismissive remark about taste.
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