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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1909
Page
6
A historical notice outlines billing terms for advertisements and job printing with monthly payables. The column lists amounts 10000 7500 2500 and 1238 across lines, indicating varying charges per line or column and yearly divisions.
The corrected weekly market list shows varied prices from Ferdinand stock yards and associates. Butter 20c per lb. eggs 22c per doz. hens 93c. cocks 5c. potatoes 35c per bu. onions 60c. bacon 12c. shoulders 10c. beef hides 10c per lb. calves under lic per lb. tallow 4.5c per lb. Wheat 1.16 per bu. corn 55-60c. flour 8.00 per cwt. shorts 1.10. bran 1.00. corn meal bolted 9c per bu unbolted 8.5c.
Notice to Ferdinand voters Indiana that a town corporate election will be held November 2, 1909. One trustee per ward, one town clerk, one treasurer and one marshal elected. Polls open in two precincts per general election rules. Witness dated October 16 1909 by Town Clerk JonN B ScumitT.
Advertises sale or rental of a hotel garden and dancing hall in good order. Contact Mrs Marky Senninger for details. Strong entities include Yorms and SENNINGER.
An advertisement touts Orange Blossom Suppositories as a safe, harmles flax seed poultice that cures many female ailments including hysteria, congestion, prolapse, dropsy of the womb, tumors, and menstrual issues. It promises world testimonials, self treatment, a $1 price, and a free sample through druggists.
The article celebrates Holland's tree lined towns with canals and two story riverfronts in Utrecht and The Hague. It notes per capita tree care costs, gas and electricity impacts on street trees, preferred species elms and lindens, and historic viewpoints from Edam and Utrecht’s Mallebaan lindens praised by Louis XIV.
Salem born seaman Captain William Driver christened the flag Old Glory during early voyages. He faced storms and pirates, saved crews and mutineers, circled the globe, later settled in Nashville, and kept the flag until 1917 when he passed it to his daughter Mary Jane Roland in Wells, Nevada. The flag measures 1 by 20 feet with 34 stars at Civil War outbreak, awaiting archival display in Washington.
Captain Williams survived a sinking lugger near Green Hill Island 100 miles from Fort Darwin. He swam to Green Hill, built a seaworthy dingy, endured squalls, and drifted three days to Field Island. With scarce water he ate turtle eggs iguanas and swamp turtles, found rain water, crossed rivers on fire from sticks, and finally reached Port Darwin after a 220 mile march and a cyclone.
In a terse observation the writer notes how few men gaze into public mirrors without a smirk. The sight of women’s vanity prompts sharper judgments as public decorum mingles with personal gesture.
It notes herrings range from three to fourteen years in Ge Man waters. The text argues that adopting incandescent electric lighting in mines could greatly reduce death rates, and mentions a proposed Henry Hudson route or project as part of a larger plan.
A collection of witty and grim epitaphs recalling wives and husbands who left playful lines on their graves. Jokes range from garrulous spouses to concise farewells, including puns and arithmetic quips about marriage and mortality.
A woman believes certain days are unlucky and recounts a string of misfortunes. She forgets her best, loses items, faces unavailable clerks, ref checks, delays, and a lunch break, ending with a bad temper and a headache. She fixes on the sixteenth as exceptionally unlucky.
Chicago Tribune notes that hydrographic officials warn many lake vessel crews lack true navigation training. In 1908, 217 ships stranded. 158 causes identified, nine or ten considered avoidable with better navigator duty. Compass deviation and magnetic ore cargoes exacerbate risk in fog and storms.
Report from Plankinton quotes Henry Lewils claiming fashionable muskrat fur hats help save levees along the Mississippi in Louisiana. He notes muskrats have damaged levees, trenching holes that cause crevasses, and that millinery demand has turned fur from local hunts into turbans and other styles. A hunter reportedly killed 6,000 rats in February at 20 cents each, with others following suit.
A historical tract denounces cigaret smoking as ruinous to mental and physical powers. It cites addiction, coughing, stomach issues, and nervous afflictions, condemns women and clergymen who smoke, and attacks a doctor praising smoking as dangerous quackery. It warns of moral decay and societal deterioration linked to tobacco use.
A collection of malapropisms and humorous misstatements about life, business, and common sayings. The items lampoon speech, work, romance, and daily habits with quirky word twists and social quips.
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