15 Sep 1916
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
1
An advertisement extols Croxone as a cure for urinary bladder, kidney and rheumatic pains caused by uric acid. It claims rapid, painless relief and dismisses competing products, asserting no side effects and offering the remedy without risk.
An 19th century advertisement claims catarrhal deafness is incurable by local applications and can only be treated with a constitutional remedy. It asserts Hall's Catarrhal Cure works by affecting the mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any case not cured, with circulars available through druggists.
Market report lists wheat at 1.52 to 1.55 per bushel. corn and potatoes quoted. eggs at 26 cents a dozen. butter country at 25 cents per pound. bacon and pork items given. cattle and hog prices per hundredweight. hay prices for No 1 timothy and No 1 clover.
Longtime Warrick county resident Mike Wahl aged 69 died Tuesday morning from stomach cancer. Born March 18 1847 at Ferdinand he lived mostly at Mariah Hill then moved to a Dale area farm in 1894. Survived by Kathryn Hufnagel his wife of 1868 and fifteen children, nine of whom remain with their spouses. Funeral at local Catholic church with Father Boniface officiating, burial in church cemetery.
Across Indiana communities several typhoid related deaths are reported. Ottma Howard Day, aged s1 years 11 months 99 days, died in Velpen after an illness. Edward Kreilein, 12, died at Salb's Sanitarium after an appendectomy and subsequent decline. Mrs George Kuper nee Krapf of St Henry died in Glennonville Missouri at 26 after typhoid fever. Burial services were held per local notices.
Dora Lawson of Muncie Indiana reports marked improvement after taking Tanlac. She suffered years of nervousness poor appetite severe headaches and insomnia before relief began and strength returned. Tanlac is advertised as helpful for stomach liver kidney troubles and general weakness at Gev A Mclane's drug store in Ferdinand.
A playful note extols Harvest Quean Flour for consistent performance, humorously claiming it rises with precision every time and inviting Trev to embrace it.
Observers note a national dye shortage affecting garment makers who warn of switching to a red ink once used by Captain Kidd. Chem workers worry not about imports as long as family remains strong, while Native crafts use ancient methods to color fabrics with swamp mud black and bark dyes from alder, hemlock, and Oregon grape.
Maxson head of the experimental department at a sugar company in Longmont California conducts tests to weigh pheasant damage against insect control. He has killed seven of twelve permitted birds and finds crops show mixed results with beet and corn fields. If pheasants prove a nuisance, an open season may be sought to wipe them out by hunters.
A young doctor laments dire conditions in their mine and urges night shifts to earn a living. Listeners empathize, except for one seasoned medical man who boasts of wealth and leisure, arguing the era still offers ample money without overwork. The exchange highlights tensions between pressure and leisure in professional life.
A cook announces she will leave when her month ends, then explains her happiness at the idea of a husband to talk back to. Her mistress asks if she is offended by the husband’s critique about eggs. The cook reflects on wanting her own man and agrees to marry the iceman when he asks.
A married woman sails with an old admirer while her husband is away. The suitor laments regret that she did not marry him, hinting at a life different from Wilkinson’s. The fragment ends with a cryptic line about Parcamoot.
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