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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1920
Page
12
Ada Stomach advertisement precedes a short vignette in which Mrs Lane recounts failed ventures including a hoped for fortune from a box of soap and a hoped marriage, with Mr Lane ridiculing her. The ad ends by promoting Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills from 372 Pearl St New York.
Five swallows traced from English hangars to homes in South Africa illustrate long distance endurance and wanderlust. Nestlings ringed in Lancashire Ayrshire Yorkshire and Staffordshire and an adult from Staffordshire were found across South Africa from Orange Free State to Natal in intervals up to nineteen months. The ringing scheme was started by J H Whitherby editor of British Birds.
The piece explains that Tnanatopsis derives from Greek meaning view of death and can reflect death in Bryant's poem. It likens parental wisdom to convincing children that a parade is all a circus offers, subtly tying mortality to spectacle.
A packaging notice urges customers to say Diamond Dyes when buying dye and to follow simple directions on the package to avoid streaks or ruined fabric. The message emphasizes using Diamond Dyes for best results and clear instructions.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a corn remover that instantly eases pain and allows the corn to be lifted off with fingers. It claims the tiny bottle costs only a few cents and works on hard or soft corns and toe calluses without soreness or irritation.
An Indianapolis man visiting his Kentucky kin brought gifts including a mixed breed dog from the city pound. He claimed the dog would please his father and noted Kentucky has no dog tax, while his father already owns 14 dogs.
An old ad touts Cuticura for sore hands with hot soaks and ointment steps. A small classroom joke follows about who rules when a king or queen dies, ending with a quip about "The Jack" as a reply.
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes the Bibbies family as a literary clan with Mrs Bibbles composing verse and club papers Evangeline Bibbles writing short stories and Augustus Bibbles attempting scripts. Papa Bibbles pens a sharp letter to his newspaper editors mocking the high cost of living. A diploma joke and a note about indorsing a canceled IOU close the quirky exchange.
A San Francisco kindergarten principal, Mrs Louise Q Lyle, allegedly dragged four year old Carroll Kent Cooper to a kitchen stove and held him there while an improvised branding fork burned his forearm. Cooper reported the incident to his family and authorities. Lyle was arrested after officials reviewed a note of remorse she wrote to the boy’s mother. The California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children plans to pursue the case vigorously.
A detective notes uncertainty about burglars entering the house. He observes disturbed items and recalls the owner’s wife and children are away for the summer. He raises the possibility that the confusion could be caused by burglars or by the lonely husband’s method of housekeeping.
An article compares costs of growing oats and corn using Albert Inmer’s Minnesota farm figures. It cost $31.49 to grow an acre of corn and $18.13 for oats, a $13 per acre advantage for oats. Western Canada offers oats land around $20 an acre with yields 50–100 bushels per acre and high grain quality, including many oats weighing over 42 pounds per bushel.
In Fairmont West Virginia Mrs Joseph Kuehn Powell died of tuberculosis after a three month illness. During her sickness both husbands cared for her as brothers until Powell summoned the divorced husband Fred W Kuehn who arrived in April. Two of Kuehn’s children were returned to their father Robbers in Wiefer Oklahoma stole a $2000 stock and blew the safe.
A Birmingham Herald column questions Dolbiay's income and lifestyle. The mock dialogue suggests heavy spending and a rich wife who bans work, framing a scandalous image of a carefree financier. A widow is referenced in a terse, lurid context.
A paragraph in Youth's Companion recalls a Yankee teamster named John Teete who attempted to lower a log from a mountain pile. He tied a rope to the log and around his waist, pulling until the log rolled, nearly dragging him off the slope. Weeks later he could sit up and recount the incident to a neighbor with quiet humor.
Inventive Calotabs marketed as a nausea free calomel tablet for biliousness constipation and indigestion. The ad claims one nightly tablet with water cleanses the liver by morning with no taste no griping and allows normal eating. Original sealed packages cost thirty five cents and druggists guarantee satisfaction.
Fragmented dialogue from the Louisville Courier-Journal hints at a spoof of a theater dispute where one performer steals another’s thunder through lighting changes and cigars. The quip exchanges suggest a humorous onstage power struggle and flirtations amid a love triangle.
A cheeky exchange at the first tee jokes about Harry quitting golf over losing a ball. A crony confirms the Scot has long played golf, jokingly asking if he is crippled, with the punchline that he merely misplaced his ball.
An advertisement touts Dr Peerys Dead Shot as a superior pest remedy claiming one dose clears worms or tapeworms. The piece also includes a separate aphorism praising facts as essential nourishment for the mind and wisdom in council.
In hot weather appetite wanes and fatigue rises. Take Eatonic before meals and after to remove wastes and gases, cooling the mouth and stomach and restoring vigor. A big box from the druggist costs a trifling amount and keeps you pepful for days.
Historian John Von Muller concluded in 1920 that the world is 7 642 years old. His figures rely on biblical references and accepted facts, reflecting scholarly consensus of the period. A widow’s reminiscences are mentioned, noting her late husband’s fondness for them.
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