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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1906
Page
2
A Ferdinand Indiana paper lists postal rates and advertising costs with a note on railroads and local business. It quotes Louis Rubenstein of Orange Texas praising local merchants over mail order, recounting a shopper’s experience to argue for better in-town credit, selection, and value.
A fragment notes a comparison praising goods for desirability style and snap and equal price marks. The context suggests marketing language urging readers that items in a shop are as appealing as others. No specific people or places are identified in the readable text.
Correspondence from St Meinrad reports John Behmann and Emma Muthe to wed next Tuesday. Births last week include a girl to Mr and Mrs William Fischer a boy to Mr and Mrs Frank Mebling and a big girl to Mr and Mrs Earl Borho. mothers and babies are well. Mrs Fincher of Ferdinand visited her son Father Aloysius O. 5S. B. A Seminarians and Students beat Becher Bros 7 to 3 in a local ball game. The planing mill hums daily, and Kasper Schnellenberger has nose surgery by Dr James. Theodore Otto heads to St Marys of the Woods this week. Mrs Adolph Egle is ill. Paul Ringemann went to Rockport on political business.
Alex Lory is seriously ill and not expected to recover. Mrs. John V. Horney remains very low but hopes for recovery. A son born near Celestine to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knust. Annie Krause, 16, injured when her arm was crushed in a cane press. Dr. Bigham aided. Frank Hodgesang leaves for Cedar Point Ohio to study. Picnic dinner for five hundred announced for Sunday.
From Our Exchanges reports a wagon abducts Frank Whitney in Petersburg then releases him after Geo Filkins intervenes in Dutchtown. Indianapolis and Ohio Valley Traction plans to extend toward Evansville with bonding papers in process. Tell City dairymen set strict milk standards amid hay prices. a near fatal shooting occurs at the Farmers saloon.
Charles Ellis refused to go after muselling at a saloon. Tennel drew a revolver and fired a shot but Ellis knocked the arm away. Ellis suffered a powder burn to the face. Both men were jailed and Tennel was arraigned and fined over 35 dollars, paid by his employer Marion Thomas.
Mrs. John Karnes of Mattoon Illinois pursued her husband a reported errant spouse across Evansville Chrisney Lincoln City Petersburg Orwell and back to Petersburg. She accused him of bigamy desertion and courting another woman while crowds watched on Main street. Prosecutor Traylor declined jurisdiction and the pursuer continued the chase toward Winslow amid uncertain charges.
Denver Post recounts a flood in Caliente Nevada where streets flooded. An old miner, returning from two feet of water, jokes he is not after water but to take back dry land to the arid district, highlighting the town's inundation and resilience.
A German statistician studies which nations show the oldest ages. The empire with 55 million has 78 centenarians, France under 40 million has 213, England 146, Scotland 46, Denmark 2, Belgium 5, Sweden 10, and other details appear incomplete.
A Balkan region overview notes Bulgaria has 3,883 centenarians per 1,000 inhabitants, Serbia 573, Romania 1,084. It asserts Bulgaria holds the international record for old age. The report cites 1892 deaths of 350 people over age one hundred.
Timothy Woodruff recounts a Duchess County family employing a rosy cheeked Irish maid who jokes that moving a well for a new woodhouse would threaten her water supply. The humorous anecdote ends with the maid’s quick retreat and self deprecating remark.
Ex Senator Chandler of New Hampshire is described as idealistic and blunt, giving him little diplomacy and making him a chief irritant in the upper house. Senator Hoar, despite tempering temper, admits Chandler is difficult, though tolerable with a learned appreciation.
A Pasteur Institute scientist notes longevity hinges on hygiene and cellular health. He explains mutinous cells deplete noble tissues, cites intestinal germs and their toxins as key degenerative agents, and suggests reducing lactic acid bacteria with beverages that counteract bad germs.
A north Georgia moonshiner stands trial with a light penalty for a first offense. The judge issues a lecture and warning while the man delivers a humorous mountain quip about being “bledged to ye.” He recalls a prior incident, then a woman’s joke about colonial architecture tracing to Cologne.
A young architect in New York lectured on modern architecture during a free public school series and presented the beauty of a cathedral design to his audience.
A study notes letter features concentrate in upper halves of characters making lower halves often hidden still allowing reading. French scientists suggest typographic changes to boost readability and speed, with some European ads applying these ideas successfully. A fragment mentions a girl out west driven by a railroad train.
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