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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
10
County Agricultural Agent H. C. Thompson urges thorough cellar cleanup before cold weather. Recommendations include removing all vegetable matter, sweeping and disinfecting with lime, or Bordeaux mix. Emphasizes dry rot risks to stored potatoes and advises clean seed corn, proper drying, and weed control to protect yields and profits.
A patient advises increasing water intake to ease kidney irritation and bladder discomfort. The note mentions Jad Salts and lemon juice as remedies, with caution that kidney clog can worsen health.
The piece notes a shift from soft felt slouch hats to brimless peakless caps for soldiers, citing Per shing's reported decision. Reasons include periscope shadowing, visibility over parapets, and quicker gas mask adjustments, reflecting wartime innovation.
The zinc sector in Japan reached a wartime peak as refining expanded after 1914. Production rose from 10,000 tons in 1911 to 65,000 tons in 1917, with potential 100,000 tons yearly if ore supply reaches 250,000 tons. Japan relies on ore from Australia, China, and Russia, mainly Australia, while Britain considers an Australian refinery that could alter supply dynamics.
The essay notes Mark Twain’s popularity in Germany and Russia and cites his reflections from Innocents Abroad and Connecticut Yankee. It highlights Twain’s belief in manhood under oppression and his imagined path to a republic with monarchy ending, nobility abolished, universal suffrage, and governance by ordinary citizens.
University of Iowa geology chief Dean George F Kay says coal fields in Iowa can supply large quantities of pyrite for sulfuric acid and explosive manufacture. Domestic production rises as import cuts free ships for urgency. multiple states mine pyrite and several coal mines already contribute. Extraction is simple: separate sulfur balls from coal, crush wash and size, with miners and operators ready to ship if the war program requires.
Evelyn Hahn, once of Indianapolis, writes a business note to her grandfather Moses Selig urging him to buy Thrift and War Savings Stamps. She asks for payment to cash and promises to mail the stamps, hoping for a position in the army of thrift workers. Much love Evelyn.
A series of property transfers list buyers and sellers including Henry Mann, George W. Frey berger, and Barbara Rudolph among others. Amounts range from 1 to 10,000 dollars with acreage varying from 75 to 286.63 acres and multiple parcels in Huntingburg Schnellville and Portersville.
In a London Times excerpt a curious traveler questions a man in a train compartment. The man, Thomas Brown, details his life: forty six, married, commercial traveler, with a nineteen year old son in the Blankshire Buffs, father died last July on the stock exchange, mother still living, a red haired niece, and a char lady named Jane Briggs. The exchange ends with a quizzical inquiry about language.
A physician extols daily warm water with limestone phosphate before breakfast to wash the liver and bowels, remove indigestible material and poisons, and avoid harsh calomel. The remedy is described as harmless, tasteless, inexpensive, and safe for regular use to improve daily feeling.
A Chicago Tribune note recalls a corporal contracted with tonsillitis during a camp quarantine for measles. Soldiers in the barracks across the road were moved to hospital for isolation. one afternoon an ambulance carried the corporal to the base hospital sparking a grim remark about his illness.
Odd courtroom vignette recalls Bones Jones a sport who joined the navy as a ship’s cook after winning bets. A judge fined him five dollars for stolen chickens on Monday night. he quipped to amend the fine to three hundred fifty dollars including Saturday night.
In the Birmingham Age-Herald readers sense a quiet Fourth of July with rare fireworks. A resident recalls not hearing any explosions, while another mentions hearing one from a motorist shouting at his car after a breakdown.
A dusky cook in an American regiment in France is questioned by an officer about hash. The cook replies that hash is not made but accumulates, highlighting wartime tensions and stereotypes within the unit.
A sow farrowed seven piglets amid a gale at Callat hhia office, with livestock details recorded by local authorities. The event notes the number of piglets and the location cited in the public notice.
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