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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1920
Page
6
Editorial warns that Soviet governance under the current regime misuses power and deteriorates conditions in Russia. The piece argues that the state’s methods are not commendable or acceptable to thoughtful observers and highlights alarming social and political effects.
A Western Newspaper Union summary accuses the Soviet government of corruption and tyranny. Officials are described as power hungry and lavish, the right to strike denied, and workers oppressed by commissars and the Red Army. The piece cites reports from Izvestia and other sources to warn against Bolshevism.
The British mission led by Gen Sir Nevil Macready submitted reform proposals to the Polish government aiming to remodel the Polish police along Metropolitan lines. The Polish Ministry of Justice is considering the plan and awaiting potential adoption amid international scrutiny and local debate.
An editorial protest in Im parcini Mildrid calls for cutting exports of shoes and leather textiles, citing January to July data showing shoes and leather exports reaching 10.0 million pesetas while fabric exports rise to 22.4 million pesetas, arguing price increases inflate the cost of living.
Premier Clemenceau announced he could not continue representing the War Department in the chamber of deputies. He said the effort of the past year exhausted him and he would not embark again on a task likely to fail. He stated that not all work is finished and France must have patience.
Belgium grapples with postwar reconstruction and a vast housing shortage. Despite devastation, two determined figures push for unity and effort, forecasting rapid progress toward rehabilitation in a comparatively short time.
Deputy Ciccotti urged Italy to associate with the Russian Soviet government in a speech before the Italian parliament. It marked the first declaration of the Italian socialists policy toward the allies. Catholic leaders then announced the party would not join a parliamentary coalition with the socialists.
A historic note traces the word villain from Latin to French, noting that in ancient times a villanus meant a farm servant and could be a good man, while in later usage it denotes a very wicked person.
The notice lists states where first cousins may marry, including Alabama California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Iowa Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Montana Nebraska New Mexico New York North Carolina Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin. The language reflects a broad regional scope without detailing legal changes or dates.
A fashion preview outlines early fall looks for girls returning to school. The piece describes two tailored outfits, a one piece dress with matching blouse and skirt and a second accordian pleated dress, highlighting fabrics, colors like camel and navy, and details such as braiding, embroidery, and a wide girdle.
A discussion of morning dress for LIS women focusing on breakfast attire and bathing wear. It contrasts simple cotton frocks and breakfast sets with silk jackets for those not doing housework, highlights the role of a pretty breakfast cap, and describes sample cap designs using satin ribbon and lace.
Pongee rises in popularity each summer as the mercury climbs, prized for its cool, silk like texture and heritage of the East. The tan material is often bound with colors like American Beauty, emerald or old blue, and striped pongee decorates hats and parasols.
Describes cotton dresses combining voile and organdie to create soft lines with crisp contrasting organdie sashes. Notes organdie in two colors and exemplifies a yellow organdie frock trimmed with shirred gray bands, highlighting tasteful contrasts and texture.
Daigoji, head temple of Ono school in Japan near Kyoto, honors Emperor Daigo 898 to 930. Its founder Shoho named for water described as daigo. Recent Tokyo exhibition by Dr. Natsumi Koroita showcases temple treasures, including flower viewing screens, horse training paintings, rare fan paintings, and a 1200 year old illustrated scroll on cause and effect, oldest colored paper art in Japan.
A colonial era note describes several trees whose sap or juice resembles milk. It mentions hya iva in British Guiana and the West Indies yielding a thick juice, a kiringhuma in Ceylon producing milklike sap, manassenodendron in Para forests, and other trees in Aragua and Camacu Meld forming a cheeselike, sour fluid, plus a Canary Islands tree trubaya dolce whose jellylike milk is a delicacy.
A Landen chemist woke from a dream of swallowing poison, sought an antidote, and poisoned himself. In a separate case a quarrelled man dreamt an intruder harmed him and, believing it real, leapt awake and attacked his guest causing weeks of injury.
A man recalls a street car scene where a woman struggled to untie a face veil while her nose glasses tangled. He reflects on why no passenger offered help before she asked him to sew to unfasten the veil and the comic relief that followed.
The article explains ostrich plumes are cut and pruned, not plucked, using a hooded head restraint. Birds are driven into a V shaped enclosure, wings spread, feathers clipped near the flesh with no pain. Dead quill ends drop within sixty days and tail feathers are clipped as well.
During the storm several cars stalled in deep water on Twenty second street in Pennsylvania. A fishing party member climbed onto a car running board, tied a net of live fish to a spoke, and dropped it back into the water to keep the fish alive.
London Ideas notes a playful exchange between an amateur golfer and an experienced caddy about the term for missing the ball, with a humorous insistence on self amusement and tolerance.
A concise aphorism critiques excess and waste in consumer culture, arguing nothing valuable comes from superfluous purchases. It cautions that what one does not need remains costly in the end.
A brief reflection quotes Bishop Hall praising skillful governance and prudent leadership. The note frames management as prudent and commendable.
In Coomassie Ashanti the scene shifts from a 20 year old frontier siege to a modern town with grass courts regimental band and polo. The article recalls the fort’s siege protecting Captain Bishop Lieutenant Ralph and Dr Hay and notes the disappearance of the golden stool of Ashanti while recounting the king Rofe’s looting of ancestral relics and a planned but unexecuted massacre.
A traveler notes rapid westernization in Japan beyond cities. On Ginki in Tokyo, varied attire blends Western suits, frock coats, native kimono with top hats, and even underwear outfits. While men mix diverse dress, Japanese women remain wrapped in their graceful native costumes.
The article explains wood alcohol sourced from destructive wood distillation. used as a denaturant for grain alcohol and in varnishes dyes medicals and fuels. It warns that recent purification hides color odor and flavor, enabling unsafe substitution by unscrupulous individuals.
Royal train signals described with three daytime disks bearing the royal arms and four nighttime lights two white a green and a purple. The account notes the locomotive carries the royal insignia and lights for night travel.
Dr. W A Parks of the University of Toronto leads an annual summer expedition in the ikked River valley Alberta to locate and recover dinosaur bones for the Royal Ontario Museum. Previous finds include a nearly complete kritosaurus incurvi manus and incomplete skeletons of a kritosaurus and brontosaurus head.
Ancient designs protected wearers from heat and cold with evolving styles across regions. Sub-arctic bonnet with earlaps by Taundras. Indian turbans for sun protection. Philippines and South Sea hats from palm leaves. Chinese hats denote rank with jeweled bonnets for Manchu women. Some hats cost up to 100,000. Birds and game adornments enhance hat attractiveness.
Thompson reports a chronic anilin poisoning from a French hair dye Goute Agouti presenting vertigo gastritis diplopia asthenia and exfoliated dermatitis. The preparation was paraphenophenolmin 2 percent hydrogen peroxide 70 percent and alcohol 28 percent. Personal susceptibility varies making recognition difficult and suspicion is advised for artificial Titian red hair and dark shades up to jet black.
The Schafer technique places the person face down with a folded garment under the chest. The rescuer uses both hands on the lower ribs and body weight to compress the thorax twelve to fifteen times a minute until breathing returns or hope ends.
The New York Times notes the retirement of George Messmann ends Whalebone cutting business in the country. Once thriving the trade has suffered as fashions shift to substitutes for bone and metal replaces whalebone. Catch has grown smaller in recent years.
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