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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1915
Page
7
The author portrays Colombo as a cosmopolitan hub where travelers from East and West mingle amid ships, traders, and luxury visitors. He highlights temples, colonial-era sights, rickshaw culture, and the hill retreat of Kandy, with notes on Pettah markets, mounting elevations, and ancient ruins like Anuradhapura.
Dr. Samuel McGaughey of Irvington spoke to students at School No. 47 about disease prevention. He tested grade levels from seventh to third, asking what day it is, and the children answered Friday with one accord. The scene noted a well-informed class and careful teaching.
Quote from Festus Pester about power money and munitions. He muses on achievable victories and odd desires while noting a recurring public identity and a confrontational street encounter with a friendly figure. The Kansas City Star excerpt preserves a satirical voice.
A character notes Jiggins claiming influence in the film world. Another mentions he has changed residences six times within the year.
The passage classifies human races into Indo Germanic Aryan Mongolian Semitic and others with color associations and geographic regions. It traces racial terms to Shem and notes varied opinions on primitive seats of race. It also outlines languages into northern and southern branches with examples such as Hebrew Aramaic Arabic and Ethiopic.
The Newlyweds wonder if Rex the white woolly dog is a thief or a detective. After a bath he looks unbathed, he avoids cats and other dogs, and he befriends anyone who pays him. He allegedly carried a purse containing 316 dollars and 16 dollars home, prompting questions about whether he hid or returned the money.
The article explores how Native American dances serve war, agriculture, and religious purposes beyond music. It details specific forms such as the Crow grass dance, Pawnee Kuska fire dance, Mandan okipa festival, and Buffalo Woman society rites, highlighting instruments, costumes, social functions, and the belief in supernatural power.
A jeweler notes diamonds are coal carbon and will burn with a bright gemlike flame until nothing remains. He warns that flaming diamonds would leave no soot and a clean plate, urging readers not to attempt to thaw cracked ice by fire.
A small boy's first tooth extraction at a dental office triggers protests as four teeth vanish in an instant. The dentist reassures him they will grow back, prompting the child to wonder if they will be ready in time for dinner.
The Strand recalls Robert W. Chambers urging beginners to have something to say and learn by doing. Write about what appeals to you and avoid chasing a publisher’s tastes. A genuine, ready-to-offer manuscript should break into print with the first effort.
A landlady notes the new boarder came as advised by De Curem to seek treatment for overeating. The boarder confirms he is under treatment and instructed to avoid excess meals.
Quote notes a peculiarly fitting focus as Jack prosecutes his studies. The exchange asks what field holds his attention and answers criminal law with a witty contrast.
Reports cover a range of progress from nickel silver naming in England to a two piece glass burial casket. family military ties in Berkshire. Confucius lineage in China. a Texan foreseeing border tensions. Damascus electrification. France silk culture advances. US patent office surplus. artificial sponges from pulp. glass telephone poles. Belgian artificial leather. and day night traffic warning signals for streetcar intersections.
French soldiers digging trenches in Champenoux uncover a hoard of early seventeenth century coins buried around the time of Louis XIII. Under law half goes to the state and half to the finders. the prefect of Nancy arranges an auction for the soldiers’ share, with the rest to be placed in the Nancy museum.
A white lilac bush in the rear of EB. L. Taylor's Torrington Connecticut yard bloomed for a second time this season. The unusual flowering followed exposure to extreme heat from a large garage fire.
The Ural region of Russia produced 6 460 tons of copper in the first four months of this year, up 600 tons from the same period last year, indicating a strong start to annual output.
Becky Sharp once said nothing a year is nothing to scoff at yet may aid a student. A Pennsylvanian Christian Association report notes over 300 men have work to fund a college year, many earning just enough to live. The Ledger questions whether work through college pays, arguing education needs social growth.
An essay argues that opinion leaders use phrases to steer action rather than convey ideas. It contends words are powerful through emotion and rhetoric, not their literal meanings, shaping belief by arousing resentment or approval.
In Louis XV era Paris the light chaise grows popular among noble ladies. After rising street accidents the king orders that women under thirty may not drive chaises in the city. The police minister agrees, and the ordinance changes social driving habits.
Gilbert Stuart born in Narragansett in 1755 and trained under Alexander in Scotland before painting in America. He studied with Benjamin West in London, later worked in New York Philadelphia and Boston, famous for the 1795 Washington portrait and many other likenesses.
A Kansas City Star excerpt depicts a tense scene as a young man accused of changing color faces family and neighbors. The uncle explains a plan to guard a chicken house with bull snakes while Hankey confronts intruders, triggering a frightful, transformative reaction.
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