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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
15
Police patrols along New York Harbor with swift motor launches and searchlights curb motorboat robberies. Officers, many former sailors, work eight hour shifts to intercept pirates during relieving hours. Pirates target barges, pilfering small cargo while barge captains sometimes collude.
Five witnesses testify that a hen and her brood belong to Mrs John Frazier. Mrs Cookham claims ownership, six witnesses support her. Judge Wertz releases the birds to roost at Fra sier home, noting the birds return to the other owner. The judge quips the case would challenge Solomon.
The parcel post method proves its value through real buyers and sellers across the nation. Example growers in Oregon Kentucky and New Hampshire build direct markets with high quality produce and guaranteed satisfaction. The bureau of markets notes rising volumes and offers literature through the United States Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C.
A Denver man Osip Sulonski, 32, lost several teeth after smoking a cigarette and placing a firecracker in his mouth during Fourth of July celebrations. He fled to a drug store, his face bandaged and smeared with powder, after the blast.
Alfalfa yields its best hay for most stock when cut just after the first blooms appear, except for horses. The timing preserves quality and nutritional value for varied livestock use.
An old advertisement touts Bayer tablets of aspirin as safe and trusted for over twenty years with unbroken Bayer packaging and directions for headache toothache earache neuritis rheumatism colds and pain. It notes price and packaging options and explains the aspirin is a trademark of Bayer Manufacture. A theater vignette follows with a humorous exchange about enjoying a play and crying through the four acts.
A passage urges people to avoid speaking in single words like awful and to use full expressions to connect with others. Ruth Jocelyn Wattles of the Colorado agricultural college warns that terse speech marks social isolation and literal “island” thinking.
Mr. C B Loats of Lay Maryland reports dramatic relief after one box of Eatonic. He describes severe nervous episodes and heart pressure until the medicine allegedly removes poisons and gases, delivering quick relief with a money back guarantee.
A correspondent recounts a hot day at work and a brief boss absence. The ad promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as a traditional remedy for regulating the stomach liver and bowels. A box is urged for trial.
KU men reject the idea that a woman should pay half the cost of treats. They argue a woman working equally earns but paying half denies the divine right of man and shifts responsibility. The discussion extends to women’s protection and men’s limited resources, urging early responsibility.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports a baling wire shortage causing transport delays and potential hay losses. Strikes and distribution gaps are the main causes, but one wire factory resumes at 800 bundles daily as planners urge higher output to reach hardest hit regions.
Agricultural notice notes that harrowing after cutting alfalfa aids in controlling foxtail and bindweed. Emphasizes timely fieldwork and weed suppression practices for healthier stands.
A fragment from a southern Oklahoma camp meeting shows a minister praising heaven as a brother shouts joyfully while a listener jokes about a June bug and a woodpecker. The dialogue blends humor and religious fervor in a dated newspaper snippet.
A century ahead may see a bald race as youth succumb to early baldness while women embrace bobbed hair. Russians first popularized the look while fleeing Bolshevik rule, then bohemian New York adopters spread the trend. Some older women wear false bobbed hair to preserve appearance.
A proposal to issue porcelain money in Germany prompts Meissen to produce coin specimens from 10 pfennig to 5 mark. Success unclear, but adoption would break with gold silver and bronze standards and require new catalogue formulas. Existing metals like electrum brass potin iron and glass for weights appear rarely challenged.
In a playful exchange the audience notes that the actor Tlow portrayed a pure fop and a dandy. The dialogue hints at women imagining they hold all qualities of an ideal wife.
The Selentine American comments on Robert G. Skerretts article about leather tanning. It says modern tanning fails to meet earlier standards, noting it once took two years to cure green hides while now five months may pass for marketable leather. No chemical method speeds production without harming quality.
A playful fragment shows a boy questioningly asking about profiteer figures and a parent correcting with a proverb. The dialogue echoes a proverb about making hay and sunlit days, suggesting overuse or misapplication of sayings in everyday talk.
A Terre Haute class presents a departing teacher with a gift, prompting her to reflect on the emotion of a boy crying. A peer reveals Jim cried not for leaving the teacher but to bid farewell to his 50 cent contribution for the gift, illustrating the value of small sacrifices in a touching farewell.
A humorous exchange shows a wife challenging her husband on frugality. She accuses him of cutting expenses yet buying better cigars and indulging his own pleasures. He retorts that he saves to pay for his own enjoyment, prompting a comic back and forth.
A puzzling remark questions how a man can keep going when exhausted. The line suggests fatigue and resolve in a weary state, implying a struggle to persist despite being worn out.
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