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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1916
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR passage recounts a nurse or observer describing hospital scenes during a French hospital stay. The narrator recalls a patient named To and a French mother traveling toward Paris. Tensions arise around care, moral judgments, and the emotional impact of wartime infirmary life.
A puzzling classroom moment describes an Arab teacher and a Syrian Protestant leader examining phonetics. The scene shows dust on the hand and breath as a metaphor for sound production and elocution, ending with a strained demonstration to the student about articulation and perception.
A fragmented dialogue shows a youth pleading for more money to pay gambling debts, while a governor or authority figure hesitates and tilts toward leniency. The text hints at temptations of youth and requests for allowances.
A railroad official exposes a forged Spanish grant to vast Baca property claiming a 1817 ink test proved the deed forged. A chemist confirms the ink used was aniline, prompting new evidence and leading to the case being dismissed and several witnesses jailed for perjury.
A Swiss death on the Reuss path leads to a village feud over foul play claims. John Wendel and Klara Wendel confess to a murder tied to two prominent Lucerne citizens, with a long trial eroding trust in the heimätlosen gang and ending in Wendel’s execution.
A dreamlike tale recalls a man bargaining with a grocer over a stock of brooms in a small Indiana town. The buyer exchanges cash and store merchandise for a full stack, receiving 24 dollars and 12 dozen brooms, then selects more items at store cost before concluding the deal.
In a strange town Pat Dando visits a lodging house and questions the Tandlady about fleas. A warning flea reveals truth. Pat is bitten alive overnight and later notes every flea in the neighborhood was in the room, implying the wake of the Flea.
The text argues that imprisonment does not curb spirit or intellect. It notes medieval monks produced fine writing in cells and that many modern writers create great works despite four walls. It asserts isolation can sharpen creativity when distractions are removed.
The white of an egg consists of many cells filled with albumen. Heating ruptures these cells and traps air, giving a light appearance like beaten eggs. A stale egg contains less air, appears less light, digests less easily, and is less valuable. Beating the egg in cold pure air is important.
The latest device in eleetiig cookery is annese boiler in which heat is generated by electrolysis. Water is split into steam to cook eggs. four eggs can be cooked over one and a half teaspoonfuls of water and the current stops automatically when steam forms.
The text presents a quotation by Senator Dolliver on equality in moral power rather than in intellect, stressing that the true meaning emerges from present hours and days rather than long centuries. It emphasizes universal capacity for goodness, honor, and generosity.
Instructions on selecting preparing and cooking a goose with rich stuffing options and a variety of accompanying dishes. Includes guidance on fat removal stuffing ideas Dutch influences and desserts like Parisian Coffee Custard Succotash Soup Corn Pudding and Tomato Bearnaise Sauce with steps and ingredient notes.
The verse compares the sky’s blue to passing clouds and sorrowful thoughts. It contrasts dark clouds with a hopeful, smiling heaven beyond, using imagery of vapor and tenderness.
A home cooking column showcases simple treats like Fancy Mocha Cakes Kris Kringles Fruit Drops and Frosting for Mocha Cakes. It includes steps for batter mixing baking and finishing touches plus Brown Apple Sauce and Cranberry Jelly Tarts as kid friendly options.
A health essay urges readers to follow nature’s laws to keep the body harmonious. It argues sickness comes from accident or ignorance and that compensation is the law of life, warning of high tolls when the body is abused. The piece advocates developing a health habit.
Several apple recipes are shared including apple dumplings with rich biscuit dough and brown sugar, an apple omelet made from stewed apples and whipped eggs, apples baked with pork roast as a garnish, and a new apple pie with tart slices finished with meringue or caramelized sugar.
The Indianapolis News reports musk carries a peculiar radioactive property that spreads its odor through air unlike ordinary scents. The article notes the musk affects natives who bring it to market and warns that holding musk close to the body can cause radium-like sores.
The earliest French operas by Lulli and Rameau were largely imitations of Italian style. Gluck laid the basis for French opera in the late 18th century, followed by Meyerbeer Rossini Gounod and Thomas as popular successors. Maassenet and Carpentier represent the modern line.
A collection of pithy maxims on pride, argument, opportunity, manners, prosperity, and social life. The aphorisms touch on humility, speech restraint, ambition, burglars, and the value of friendship and joy in everyday acts.
A diverse collection of quotations from Ed Howe, Lady Duff Gordon, Arturo Giovannitti, Samuel Untermyer, Maximilian Harden, Raymond Robins, Dr. Harvey Wiley, Princess Troubetzkoy, A A Douglas, Baron Shibasawa, Prof R W Stevens, and others. The remarks touch poetry painting fashion law tolerances international relations and musical metaphors. The New York Independent features the assembled perspectives reflecting mid century discourse.
A collection of sharp questions from the Indianapolis Star examines everyday paradoxes and double standards in society. The talking points probe why bills and labels mislead, why sensible women are mocked as homely, and why marriage borders on mystique rather than simplicity.
A witty column argues two cannot live as cheaply as one. It jests that tailors cannot perform miracles and a tire guarantee carries a discount. Billiards is a losing game even when you win while finishing school can finish the family. An oil painting loses studio transcendency at home.
A satirical column on marriage habits and gender roles pokes at May and December weddings. It quips that marital coldness often hinges on timing and that wives, though called the weaker vessel, can sink a man with pious neglect to mend socks.
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