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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1915
Page
3
An army officer’s remark on quick decisive strategy frames a joke about Jiggers who struggles with a shirt too dirty to wear but not dirty enough for laundry. The anecdote blends military insight with humor from a Washington dinner.
Frank promotional copy touts Cuticura emollients as cleansing purifying beautifying for skin scalp hair and hands. Claims economy and universal use with a free sample by mail offer via postcard to Cuticura Dept XY Boston. Sold everywhere in advance ad style.
A fragmentary exchange notes a character named Tombstone Man and Mrs Newweeds considering the idea of him going home as the solution. The dialogue hints at a final destination previously unconsidered by him.
The article explains strawberries lack wood growth and need protection in cold weather. It argues winter mulch prevents leaf and crown injury, describes materials and depths, and highlights snow blankets and windbreaks as ideal safeguards for healthy harvests.
The article urges farmers to prevent grain and building fires during threshing season by keeping patent fire extinguishers, barrels of water, and pails near barns and stacks. It also recommends hooding traction engine smokestacks to catch cinders and placing ladders in accessible locations.
Animals would demand warm shelter over mere roughage, since feeding cannot fully comfort them when exposed to cold all night. Proper beds and protection are needed to prevent suffering during harsh weather.
Advice to improve butter score and price by removing the barn separator to avoid cow odors and flavors and improve product quality.
The article explains how ancient Romans pioneered fortified borders, introducing the limes Germanicus frontier. It describes the Pfahlengraben palisade ditch across Germany from Bonn toward Stuttgart, with earthen walls, palisades, towers, and redoubts. It notes the Teufelsmauer rampart meeting the Danube near Regensburg and the system’s garrisoned forts.
Medical Record notes Castellani's method of combined vaccination now widely used in France and Italy. Doctor Castellani prepared ten vaccine combinations using micro-organisms from three to six diseases, including typhoid, paratyphoids, Malta fever, dysentery, cholera, bubonic plague, and bacillus asiaticus or columbensis, with strong results.
A USDA prepared analysis shows road costs vary by type and region. Macadam ranges from 800 to 9000 dollars per mile depending on location, with gravel and bituminous varieties priced accordingly, and historic figures cited for Michigan Ohio California and others. Rates include grading drainage surfacing and engineering.
A call to local action stresses that good roads lower transport costs and improve living conditions. It urges ditching, draining, and dragging to keep water off roadbeds, and promotes a local plan using a road drag for maintenance as essential for all states.
A pair of boys on North Illinois Street discuss what they would do with a dollar. Joe suggests sharing with family as Louis reveals a plan to first separate the money into halves then quarters and smaller coins, while noting he would avoid being caught in any mistake.
An old advertisement explains the link between kidney disease and heart or brain complications leading to sudden death. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Anuric Tablets and Favorite Prescription with free consultations and sample water tests, urging readers to mail 10 cents for a trial package and describe symptoms for medical opinions.
Inventors seek a cheap way to render cotton as fire resistant as wool. A cotton item could be treated with ammonium phosphate and dried to become fireproof, though reapplication after each wash is needed. Costs and practicality hinder universal adoption, despite safety aims.
A heavy suburban storm drives a frightened wife to flee to the dark parlor while her husband downplays danger. She warns of thunderstruck risks and insists on leaving. In a separate snippet, Edith is set to marry next month after recent cooking school graduation.
An advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a fall defense against cold weather. It highlights quinine and iron as tonic ingredients and claims blood purification and system strengthening. The ad also includes a quip about laziness and shaving.
The piece argues education and transportation hinge on good roads. It claims roads spark commerce by improving markets and land values, influence school attendance and literacy, and shape community growth, ranking roads near rail transport in their broad impact.
A traveler reports why Rabindranath Tagore canceled his planned visit to Japan. Reasons include Tagore’s reputation for changing his mind, tenants suffering from want, and anger at a Japanese impostor who pretended to admire his work while loving London music hall songs.
A public man and his secretary discuss war anecdotes and the relevance of European experience. The secretary notes the speaker has not been in Europe since the war began, while the speaker cites Cicero as a template for political rhetoric despite not visiting Rome.
The larger the geldings grow the more money they will bring. More feed they receive, the larger they grow as a general proposition.
A rare instance of fiction turning fact notes coal production on Spitzbergen. Mines funded by American capital produced nearly 40 000 tons of coal last year on the desolate Arctic island.
The Southern Idaho Motor association was perfected at Boise to push a good roads campaign in southern Idaho. This marks a key step toward accelerating the good roads movement across the state.
A brief urging to curb roadside weeds by mowing along ditch banks and fence rows. It suggests short, practical times for work between field tasks, emphasizing efficiency and quick gains.
The statement argues road quality reflects price, claiming you can choose any road by paying more for better or compensate for poorer roads with higher costs. It contrasts quality and expense, suggesting ownership or payment determines road conditions.
A editorial stance stresses that the nation’s future growth depends largely on improving good roads, arguing better highways will drive economic development and regional progress.
A projection for a twenty year road shows a cost range of five thousand to ten thousand dollars per mile. The estimate reflects construction and material expenses expected for maintenance and durability over two decades.
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