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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1914
Page
2
In a behind the scenes look at a traveling circus, Madame Morelli and manager figures navigate loose animals, a jaguar and a fake wild man act. Tales recount risks, schemes, and tricks used to entertain crowds while keeping the show afloat amid danger and misdirection.
Felix Dare boards at Catalpa Villa to help Dan Beals’s mother and meets Annabelle, a skilled maid. He plays in the Excelsior orchestra, endears himself with music, and gradually wins Annabelle’s affection. Their growing bond turns the shabby setting into a hopeful backdrop for love.
George Ade at Hazelden farm Brook Ind comments on 1914 women’s fashions after-dinner. He notes gowns are revealing, with sculptors and painters no longer needed to study life drawing as fashionable women become models morally and physically. He recalls a Broadway leading lady praising the new gown style.
An exchange reveals a publisher recounting an American order for a poet's work and noting the buyer requested a discount because he was the poet's father. The remark highlights tensions between fame, sales, and family ties in literary circles.
Compiled aphorisms urge trust in God for comfort and health. Passages emphasize living in spirit, showing love to neighbors, avoiding fear and doubt, and finding strength in faith. The collection closes with John H. Tearle’s line about everlasting arms.
A Berlin inventor builds a model man that can walk talk sing and whistle. The Manchester Home Trade association offers recruits four weeks pay re engagement guaranty and other terms. A 1667 peace declaration sold in London along with proclamations and pamphlets. A Kennebec hackman reports a satirical order for travel. Hanscome of Freeport recovers $11.45 from a missing wallet found in a hay field years later.
A collage of statements from Bismarck Moltke Napoleon I Holmes and Jackson reflecting on the complex balance between war and peace. The collection contrasts wartime costs with the pursuit of durable peace and the moral ambiguity of force.
A fragmentary column offers quips on sympathy for widows, panhandler cases, choosing a spouse for money, longevity fears, an accused fake lawyer jailed, and a joke about whiskers and a billygoat look.
A collection of aphorisms from the Albany Journal the Omaha World Herald and the Cleveland Plain Dealer note wit on hairpins opportunities conviction kissing politics and talent versus genius. One line from the Milwaukee Sentinel contrasts genius with talent focusing on daily life and appetite.
A young American poet who left the U S for literary life in Britain earns a notorious reputation as the worst bailin poet in the isles. Te aa Magtich, an acquaintance, recalls a remark about his fame and unsettled reception among readers and critics.
A humorous exchange compares two family costs for daughters coming of age events. One cites 400 dollars for a coming-out party, another quips their daughter's appendix required a party costing 100 dollars more, playing on the phrase.
In a dialogue between De Faque and Dawson the pair discuss a plan to recruit an investor. De Faque suggests a $1,000 stake could yield profits while Dawson probes potential gains.
A Brooklyn drug clerk recalls a man waiting while a young woman studied a directory and copied names onto a sheet. She later reveals she chose the names to start a short prize contest story, then thanked him for the wait.
An automobilist stopped at the only hotel in a back country town one night last summer. After supper he joined locals on the porch as they discussed a recently buried citizen. The visitor asked if the deceased was popular, and the town leader replied that every dog in town wagged its tail for five minutes as the funeral passed.
A man overwhelmed by debt remains unseen to others while the prudent learner gains insight from observation rather than direct experience.
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