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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1918
Page
4
A long list of visitors and travelers is recorded from Jasper Huntingburg and nearby towns. Names include Miss Susie Seger Dr V Knapp Miss Ida Remke and many others visiting relatives attending events or returning from Louisville Cincinnati Evansville St Meinrad and Siberia with brief notes on their movements and trips.
A physician touts morning hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate to wash toxins from the liver and bowels. He warns calomel is dangerous and claims the combination sweeps indigestible material, sour bile and poisons, leaving one feeling fit daily.
Excerpts from German writers and officials praising German power and influence during World War I. Text cites Frits Philippi, Capt. Persius, Henry Marr, and F Lange alongside siege battery notes detailing artillery actions at Soissons, cathedral damage, and shell supply figures.
Washington reports President Wilson will model gas saving by avoiding car travel to church. East St. Louis estimates 15000 gallons saved weekly at church services with a $750 benefit. Nationally, Sunday savings could reach about 1.25 million dollars, funding war bonds. Volunteer Days Sept 28 29 urged to boost Fourth Liberty Loan. Also notices seek two coal miners in Shum's bank and sale of registered Duroc Jersey hogs.
A New York Sun piece riffs on frog lore and wartime satire. Hank Newman claims frogs in his Ozone Park pond croak loudly enough to mask German artillery moves while Caruso the loud frog keeps him awake at dawn, driving him to move.
A Harvard professor captivated clothing manufacturers by framing clothing effects as psychology. He argued well dressed people are more efficient by 10 percent, ill fitting garments hinder performance, cleanliness boosts self respect, and self regard spreads confidence among others. The audience, skeptical at first, found his points validated by experience.
A whimsical piece follows Claribel Skippenhop as she fights a sudden intrusive thought during sunset, quelling it with a frustrated scream and a headache. A separate note reports near perfection of wax cylinder recorders for earthquakes by Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory, highlighting improved microphones and a portable field setup.
A World War I era note from a Chicago Tribune story recounts a prank on a soldier labeled a mamma's boy at Camp Sherman. The crew rigged his cot with sticks and strings while he slept, causing his bed to collapse and a loud outburst of swearing shared by inmates and the narrator.
An unnamed narrator recalls a Black soldier showing a service pig with three stars kept in his pocket. He asks about the relatives and the response mentions his own family and two brothers, one to enter and one to be entered in the next orett.
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