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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
4
The Ferdinand Hews lists post office registration as second class since May 24, 1906. Subscription options include one year for 1.00, 17 months for 50 cents, and three months for 25 cents with payment in advance. Advertising rates vary by column width, and bills are payable monthly upon delivery.
A humorous jumble of quips and definitions about faith hair restorers bald barbers and quick kicks. It also riffs on hotel keepers and busy work with a playful exchange about a manicure parlor named Mayme and the idea of a hand laundry.
Judge Ely presides this week with Judge Brett assisting as readers fill the docket. Indicted Sam Colum remains jailed as the grand jury continues. Marriage notices highlight Joseph Eckert’s daughter and Gustave Gramelspacher wedding at Vincennes, with plans to travel before settling down.
A correspondent notes German hat raising differs from English custom causing offense when strangers misread the rules. An English guest at a concert walks on the inner pavement to aid his host's wife, triggering suspicion from the host who observes the gesture.
A Stamford man recalls Gen Thomas H Ruger known for good cooking yet detesting rank. At a dinner he joked that a very rank cheese left at headquarters was to be called for or it would be shot after two days if not claimed by Private Jones.
Three hundred bison are brought to Calgary by special trains from Montana as the Dominion government buys the herd of 600. Canadians take possession of more than half the living bison in North America for the new national park.
Washington enacts a measure requiring all stamp giving outlets to assign a cash value and be ready to redeem stamps at any time. The law faces court challenges as unconstitutional.
Egypt's population reaches 11 206 350 excluding Bedouins with 5 618 684 males and 5 587 675 females. It marks an increase of nearly 1.5 million since 1897. In Leigh, a man is fined for stopping a tram by pulling the trolley pole after a hat blew off a passenger. Alabama remains the only state with a quadrennial legislative session every four years, paying lawmakers 4 dollars per day for up to 50 days.
The Russians claim a fabric made from filamentous stone fiber from Siberian mines is nearly everlasting and soft to touch. It remains pliable and can be cleaned by simply throwing it into a fire when dirty. Bees would need 62,090 clover blossoms per pound of honey, requiring 2,750,000 hive trips, highlighting the low cost of bee labor when honey prices are considered.
British lumber dealers claim the limited U S imports to these parts result from the indifference and inattention of American sellers, rather than market demand or trade barriers.
A detective notes that among pickpockets the best are the Hindoos, praised as light toed and light fingered. They can lift a watch or purse as easily with their feet as with their hands.
A new process blends steel wool to produce iron cloth resembling horsehair weave used for coat collars. The night hawk lays eggs on the ground and the eye is mistaken for stones by searchers. An expert notes wide diversity in divorce laws across nations. The electric chair for executions is used in the United States.
The article describes a 20 inch cornhusk grinding wheel built from bundled corn husks, secured to a spindle and compressed to form a wheel that finishes comb teeth edges. It notes a four to five day lifespan and details a carpet polishing wheel with a muslin cover that yields to curved surfaces for thorough polishing.
The Tilden house on Winter Street in West Hanover, famed as a slave keeping site in the mid 1700s, is being demolished after centuries of use as a tavern and later a residence. Historians cite slave sales linked to Job Tilden and record a slave named Cuffee Tilden who served in the Revolutionary War and died at Valley Forge.
Telegraphed exchange shows Major Jones of Penzance lambasting Dr. Tanner in the House of Commons over the Duke of Cambridge. Tanner replies with a request to meet in Constantinople under Galata tower at midnight. Tanner prefers torpedoes, and invites another man for backup.
Coalite, produced in Newcastle, is said to be a smokeless fuel that via a process like gas coke production yields about twice the heat of coal and burns 40 percent longer than common coal.
Cyrus Taylor of Tell City visited friends here Sunday. Miss Sallie Kessner sick with typhoid fever improves under Dr Claud Lomax care. Clarence Wheeler made a business trip to Troy Saturday. Miss Lizzie Lanman visiting Miss Ida Jeffers. Willie Miles flew to Evansville to see his best girl. Mrs Mary Sehlachter returns to Tell City. Misses Sadie Hobba and Florince Miles visited country friends Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Jos Kemper and baby left for Louisville last Saturday. Stephan Linder went to Pacific Missouri on Wednesday to visit friends and relatives. Mrs and John Punch spent Sunday afternoon at P Durchholz. Leo Trotter and John Kemper hauled wheat to St Anthony. Ed Siler from Siberia called on his best girl Sunday night. Rosa Drach went to Louisville Saturday to spend a few months. Tony Gearing made a business trip to Ferdinand Wednesday. Anna Gudie visited Sep Schlachter Sunday. Sep Drach left for De Witt Thursday to shuck corn and weave.
COUNTRY PRODUCE Eggs 18 cents Butter tolled per pound Potatoes 60 cents per bushel MEATS Bacon Sides 10 cents per pound Shoulders 9 cents per pound Hams 13 to 14 cents per pound Lard 10 cents per pound Hens 93 cents per pound Cocks 33 1/2 cents per pound WOOL Grease Wool 28 cents per pound Wash Wool 40 cents per pound ROOTS Flour 2.60 per hundredweight Shorts 1.10 per hundredweight Bran 1. Corn Meal 70 cents per bushel GRAIN Wheat 98 cents per bushel Corn 55 to 65 cents per bushel
Subscribers can receive a year of various publications for one dollar, with options for old and new readers. The list includes the New York World thrice weekly at 65 cents, Louisville Courier Journal weekly, Cincinnati Enquirer weekly, and Meall's Magazine monthly noted as fashionable and valuable.
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