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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1920
Page
3
A fragmented meditation on potential and identity contrasts Could Be with May Be and Might Have Been. It twistly reframes becoming vs existing using playful word pairs and phrases about choice, fate, and value.
A new improved power log saw offers higher cutting speed and lower operating cost. The Ottawa features an oscillating magneto battery system, rapid cycles, and a friction clutch operated by a lever to start and stop the saw without engine stop. It claims to outsell competitors and sells for less than comparable power saws.
Cuticura Soap daily and Ointment occasionally will keep the complexion clear scalp clean and hands soft and white. Added Cuticura Talcum delivers a fragrant finishing touch as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio advertisement.
A Boston Transcript item notes conflict over a music teacher or student named Johnny and a remark about a girl in the next flat. The report hints at spite and social friction within a domestic or school setting, reflecting tense relations and reputational concerns.
The approach states Rall's Catarrh Medicine will cure catarrh or deafness caused by catarrh and not other diseases. It describes the medicine as a liquid taken internally that acts through the blood on mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation and restore normal conditions. Circulars are free from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio.
A London News quote from a camo mile street dressmaker asserts that a dress designer must be born. The remark frames innate talent as an advantage in the trade, reflecting enduring views on natural gifts in fashion.
The notice touts Green's August Flower as a universal remedy for nervous dyspepsia constipation indigestion torpid liver dizziness headaches indigestion and related ailments. It claims fifty four years of use in thousands of households worldwide with no failure to relieve symptoms and notes it is sold everywhere.
Mrs Grag asks if a husband expects obedience and Mrs Grig replies humorously that his past marriage means she need not obey. The brief quip captures witty marital banter.
A whimsical piece features Annie Alligator describing a flat head and three pointed crocodile snouts. She compares herself to pigs, notes liking mud and pools, and explains the similarities and differences in appetites and homes. The narrative blends humor with animal observations in a playful tone.
A fragment recounts Annie Alligator and kin extolling their appetites as central to life. The speaker notes predators eat for health and enjoyment, denying concern for work or play, and insists their big appetites deserve admiration and attention.
An unusually pretty breakfast cap in taf feta silk is offered as a Christmas gift. It features crisp plaited taffeta ribbon frills and requires a crinoline support and a thin silk lining.
A fashion note describes a appealing neck wear set for women featuring a collar with a matching vestee. The piece is highlighted as a popular gift item suitable for many recipients.
Red and green crepe paper shades form a candle cover with petals arranged in layers. A holly spray decorates the top with holly berries. The inner petals are red and the outer petals are green.
The four pictured items include a silk plaited basket with puff cover and ribbon handle, another basket topped by a ribbon dressed doll disguising a powder puff, a glass bowl with a puff holding a doll's head, and a net covered jar crowned by a Jap derby.
A picture shows a doll and a basket suspended by ribbons for hanging. The doll has little rings on its feet hands and belt to hold pins of several sizes. The basket contains assorted pins.
A stylish vestee and collar combo features wide satin ribbon with Val lace. A small W shaped chemisette of lace is set in the vestee, with the collar and chemisette edged by narrow lace for a refined finish.
Two undergraduates recount a telegraphing exchange about money with a governor. The governor replies the funds are “in my pocket,” highlighting a cheeky exchange from a student era.
Two gifts welcome the baby a georgette crepe cap and a pink lined ribbon frilled basket containing everything needed for the infant's toilette.
A morning jacket boudoir cap powder puff and small hand mirror are shown as gift suggestions. The items charm by ribbon work with satin and Vallace, built from narrow strips of ribbon stitched together.
The text explains pickerel as a small pike or young of larger pike, noting the banded pickerel rarely exceeds 12 inches, and the muskellunge can reach eight feet in northern North American waters as a famed game fish. It ends with a paradoxical joke about inheriting an estate abroad containing salt mines.
Advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as easy to use for all fabrics from wool to cotton. Claims directions enable any woman to dye garments and draperies with rich, permanent color. Encourages purchasing Diamond Dyes and the Color Card with 16 colors from the druggist.
A mining shaft in Sombrerete Mex lies almost on the Tropic of Cancer. At noon on June 21 the sun shines to the bottom, lighting the well to a depth of about 1100 feet.
A nine year old boy was brought to juvenile court after wandering on park grass. The officer said the boy ignored a no trespassing sign, prompting the sign’s own punchline. The judge questioned the officer about the incident.
A Roumanian superstition asks a girl to disrobe partially on Christmas Eve and blindfold herself then count hedge stakes in the yard. She binds the ninth stake. the next day she reads whether the stake is upright to judge if her future husband will be young and strong or old and ugly.
A large bright red stocking of cotton with a barrel hoop sits at the second floor landing. Wide ribbons suspend it while family gifts are dropped in from above. On Christmas morning the clan gathers beneath to receive the contents.
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