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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
2
Charles E. Hughes, Republican candidate, told a Louisville audience that clearest terms would have been used to reject continuing friendly ties after the Lusitania threat was publicized. Some Republican papers mock the nation’s peace stance, claiming Wilson kept the country out of war.
Grain and livestock quotes list wheat at 1.57 per bushel, corn Sicily per bushel, potatoes 1.36, eggs 20 cents per dozen, butter 5 cents per pound, hens 13 to 14 pounds, steers 400 to 98.00 per hundred, heifers 4 to 7 dollars per bushel, cows 2.00 to 98.00 per hundred, bulls 3 dollars to 96.25 per hundred, hogs heavy 99.65 per hundred, hay No 1 smooth 12.08 per ton, No 1 clover 911.00.
Congressman James B. Aswell challenges Mr Hughes to name sectional measures in the listed reforms. He defends policies like the Underwood Tariff Law the Income Tax Law rural credits postal service good roads farm extension laws and the Federal Reserve Act as national in scope and beneficial to all Americans. He urges the President to specify which measures are sectional and which would be repealed.
The speech is described as comprehensive and direct, portraying Wilson and his party as honest and capable facing future problems. It lauds domestic reforms, wartime challenges, and the nation’s prosperity, noting three and a half years of steady progress and protections for all classes. It frames his message as addressed to the world and tied to ongoing national work.
A damaged recipe notes that sage tea mixed with sulfur compound can darken faded hair. Instructions claim damp application, combing strands one by one, with warnings that results vary and some fade may occur. The ad promotes youthful appearance through this home remedy.
Boniface Jacobs of Fulda was adjudged of unsound mind and sent to Woodmere Monday. A baby boy named Francis John was born to Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Olinger Sunday afternoon. Miss Verena Sondermann, recently recovered from typhoid fever, was seen on our streets again Tuesday. A first class cook job opportunity was listed for Mrs M. G. of Mount Lonieville Kentucky.
A historical notice compiles multiple land transfers with buyers and sellers including spurrock to green 19 acre deal and various parcels from 5 to 266 acres, prices ranging from 12 to 9600 dollars. Names include Willard Spurrock Ferdinand Boeckman John Goepfrick Barbara Hoffman Matilda Kammon and many others.
Win G Kendall transfers to Nora B Kendall six hundred dollars for acres in Kendall property. Frank L Long transfers to Leo Jahn during January margins for Heights Add. Wendolin Jahn receives twelve acres from Frank Gramelapscher for seventeen hundred twenty five dollars.
A so called authority warns that constant meat consumption may clog kidneys with uric acid. Symptoms include dull regional misery, headaches, stomach upset, dizziness, rheumatic pains, cloudy urine, and irritated channels. Suggests taking four salts to neutralize toxins.
A local notice promotes a subscription deal for The Evansville Courier offering a year of daily issues for 98.00. Readers must submit by October 31 to receive the bargain. Also advertised is a wagon spreader and wagon for sale by Bee Weyer & Knopp.
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