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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1915
Page
6
English magazine notes that railroad drivers must know district roads and signals, gradients, speed restrictions, and how to read signals promptly. It describes punishment for errors, methods of keeping signal knowledge records, and procedures for new drivers to gain familiarity, including engine passes and third-man travel.
The article notes railways and trolley firms use mechanical sprinklers to kill weeds on roadbeds. It cites drawbacks of hand weeding and burning and highlights an illustrated sprayer capable of treating 18 to 20 miles at 15 mph across a 12 foot width.
Popular Mechanics describes a grease lubrication technique for crosshead pins. The method uses pin grease in a cavity with a plug forcing grease into bearing slots, plus a spring ring to replace bent taper pins and prevent nut loss. Removal involves prying out the ends with a chisel.
The Hainois Central Railroad ordered 59 locomotives from Lima locomotive corporation of Lima Ohio for passenger and freight service. The engines costing 1 590 000 will be placed in service on through freight and passenger routes, with 54 Mikado type and the remainder Pacific type.
A German inventor Samuel Spitz unveils the wireless eye, claiming it can see for miles in darkness. The innovation is described as a novel instrument enabling vision without light, promising advancements in night observation and related fields.
Many fires blamed on railroads are caused not by locomotive sparks but by cigar and cigarette butts discarded from smoking car windows.
Dialogue captures a casual encounter where one offers a drink and the other declines after announcing a temporary quit. The brief exchange hints at a light mood and social tension in a local setting.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip questions leaving lasting marks from a boy while noting his impact with a playful line about footprints on a carpet. The exchange contrasts time’s traces with domestic, humorous imagery.
Ernest Laura thirty four and Albert Laura twenty two of Springfield brothers riding in a carriage tried to cross tracks near London where Big Four and Pennsylvania lines run parallel. A Big Four locomotive struck the vehicle throwing Ernest to the engine pilot and Albert onto the Pennsylvania pilot. Both men were unconscious at hospital with fractures and severe injuries. Columbus hospital report.
The Festival of the Sun at the Eiffel Tower was omitted due to the war. Spanish astronomers held a sun festival at Fabra Observatory in Barcelona led by director Senor J Comas Sola. It is likely Barcelona will host future celebrations alongside Paris.
In a fable from Aesop, a serpent struggles to strangle an eagle until a countryman frees the bird. The serpent poisons the man by the drinking horn, but the eagle grabs the horn and carries it aloft to safety. The tale centers on cunning workers and the danger of ignorance.
A local wit tells a crime companion a Bible era joke about Adam and Eve. The first lambasting joke pivots on rib roast rather than lamb chop. The exchange ends with the quip that Eve’s warning produced a rib roast result.
A lively exchange shows two women debating a husband’s political prospects. One asks if he will run. the other replies with uncertainty and mock resignation. The exchange highlights shifting responsibility and public perception of a male figure named John.
A witty exchange contrasts two men who discuss topics only after reading with a picky companion who dislikes idle talk. Miss Cayenne weighs in favor of informed discussion, preferring thoughtful dialogue over empty chatter.
A humorous exchange compares Dubson to a golf ball noting stillness unless urged. The other speaker retorts the likeness lies in the head, and adds a jab about movement. The quip pivots on patience and stubbornness with playful digs about motion.
Jennings Oklahoma marks twenty second anniversary of Cherokee Outlet opening with a striking story of Joe Jennings and his daughter who rode in disguise to win a land claim. The girl wore men's clothes and rode to victory in the historic horse race that decided town and land grants in the Pawnee Indian country. The remaining land was later used to establish the town site named Jennings, while Joe Jennings reportedly later moved to Old Mexico.
In Marquette Michigan the public library building hosts a mysterious plant growing in the shape of a cross. Custodian Peter Dolf reports that three years ago clover in a pot produced a stalk that later branched near the top into two shoots at right angles, forming the cross. Experts have offered no identification.
Two conservative coat designs shown for day and evening wear. The ivory white chiffon broadcloth coat features a back boxplait and belt-line piping that creates a flare. mink fur collar and cuffs finish the look. A second coat emphasizes new belt detailing, a convertible collar, and satin-backed bands to shape a slender, full figure silhouette with plaits at the waist.
The article spotlights holiday neckwear in crepe georgette organdie and batiste with fine voile. details include hemstitching featherstitching tucks smocking and narrow knife plaiting. Two collars shown feature voile with hemstitching and a gandie piece with lace edging. black velvet ribbons add elegance. Neckpieces resist wash aging well and last long.
A damask luncheon set with blue or green embroidery and a fringed white cotton braid recalls old fashioned doilies. A Maltese crochet finish, handpin crafted, is shown as a maker of decorative beading for hems and delicate seams.
A Chicago man named Posledsy helps a wandering epileptic man reach Halsted street to catch a car. The pair exchange wallets to ensure safety, transferring $63 to the stranger who promises to guard it. The wallet later returns, revealing the wallet’s contents after Posledsy arrives home at 2215 Sawyer Avenue.
Dr William C Farabee leads a UPenn museum Amazon expedition that found the Mundurucus, a little known tribe famed for beheadings and boiling heads. After months in Brazilian wilds he returns to civilization while studying language customs and folklore to address relations to the Tupi.
In La Crosse Wisconsin a normal school locker yielded a nest of water moccasins left by a mother snake eager to educate her family. The discovery caused excitement as the snakes fled the locker and several were killed while others hid in floor holes.
In Canonville Oregon the decomposed remains of an old trapper Blynn were uncovered when a rusted bear trap snagged a leg bone. The bones, believed to belong to Blynn who vanished seventeen years ago while trapping near Fortune Creek in eastern Josephine County, were found after decades.
A North Wales business man Hiram P. Hartzell was rumored dead but he appeared alive in Souderton where Joe Ben mistook him for a ghost. Hartzell reportedly told the man not to threaten him, saying he had done nothing to cross him.
Advertisement promoting Texas farms and prairie beef production. It cites B L Bennett of Stratford who fed 800 baby beeves in 1914 and sold at Kansas City after winter feeding. It touts kafir corn fattening, land priced at eight to fifteen dollars per acre near Rock Island Lines, easy terms, and homeseekers tickets with L M Allen in Chicago for farming opportunities and travel information.
Color photography advances allow amateurs to make color prints with a special three plate camera. Each plate records red yellow or blue tones, with positives made from each. The final print blends the three color impressions into a full color image.
Mrs A G Clemens of West Alexander Pennsylvania writes of relief from long standing backache tender spine lum bag o heart trouble and black specks before her eyes after using Cade's Kidney Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills advices others to seek relief and notes price 50c per box two products advertised with Dodd's Medicine Co Buffalo NY
The boss scolds new bookkeeper Simpkins for arriving after nine in the morning while noting hours are nine to six. Simpkins explains the lateness by saying it is pay day and he did not want to appear too eager.
The ad proclaims Laxative Bromo Quinine as superior to ordinary Quinine for any use. It emphasizes tonic and laxative effects without nervousness or head ringing. It warns there is only one Bromo Quinine and hints at a signature BE W. Grove Zc.
A Life magazine quote ponders a graduate's path after college. It notes the pursuit of discovering what was learned and how it shapes future efforts. The line frames education as ongoing self inquiry.
This Will Interest Mothers. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children claim to ease feverishness headache and teething disorders while moving and regulating bones and destroying worms. They break up colds in 24 hours and are popular with mothers for 28 years. All druggists 25c. Sample free. Ad dress A. S. Olmsted Le Roy NY.
A household dispute unfolds as a mother laments her son’s excessive spending and apparent neglect of responsibilities. She voices concern over his financial habits and its effect on family harmony.
A playful ad style message encourages keeping eyes bright after watching films by Marine Your Eyes. It mocks aging stereotypes and promotes eye care with a humorous twist.
A brief dialogue hints at financial restraint during a vacation period. The remark emphasizes limits on discretionary spending and frugality in leisure time.
An advertisement urges readers to take Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver bowels and stomach. A brief line notes a woman's birthday is a fact but her age is fiction, reflecting aging and identity themes.
A jumble of promotional lines references Red Cross Ball Blue laundry soap and broad claims about grocers and laundresses. The text also asserts that inside tips often fail to win out, suggesting skepticism about insider information.
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