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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1916
Page
6
An article argues for closer ties between business people and educators. It notes educators focus on underlying principles while businesspeople seek concrete facts, urging mutual understanding to improve national integrity and student preparation for responsible roles in society.
A historical piece argues that rural district schools suffer when politics influence governance. It advocates stable administration and a trusted board of trustees to appoint a public superintendent and maintain independent state education yet allow local input.
A fragmented essay argues the United States must actively build merchant marine capacity to gain South American trade. It warns against overreliance on Europe and stresses energy, perseverance, and political backing to secure access, noting European powers may be preoccupied postwar yet American goods hold appeal.
OTTO A. MILLER argues against discontinuing playgrounds despite noisy crowds and occasional property damage. He asserts that children’s play benefits communities and rejects the notion that playgrounds raise taxes or cause problems.
James Whitcomb Riley’s verse is praised for its emotional force and universal accessibility. The New Republic notes the poems are easily understood and commonly recited at social gatherings, forming a part of the national consciousness.
John Hays Hammione Jr perfected a radio controlled torpedo and submitted it to the U S government. Army experts tested and endorsed the device leading to a $750 000 appropriation for coast defense use. A board led by Maj Gen Leonid Wood will make a final judgment on the invention.
Vast crowds filled streets and roads as the Narel Purnema fair reached the seashore. A mile long procession moved from morning to midnight with state officials, bands, infantry, police, and lavishly caparisoned elephants, ending at the waves worship site led by the Maharaja sahil.
Claude McLaughlin of Montrose county Colorado earned 231 dollars from alfalfa seed on two acres in 1915. The two acres were in the second year and starved for water, not worth cutting for hay until seeds formed after a late irrigation, then harvested in March 1916.
The article notes no infantile paralysis cases among 8,000 residents in 26 percent Trinity Church owned New York dwellings, despite nearby cases. It cites low congestion with two thirds housing one or two families and backyards used by children for safe play. Trinity issues health information to tenants.
An Economist recalls a colleague asking if someone studied political economy. Senator Sorghum replies that the only idea is to have others economize while he grabs the appropriations.
A man asks who keeps busy seven days a week. organizers counter that no man should work more than eight hours daily. The exchange frames a longer labor discussion highlighted by a weekly labor and hours advocacy perspective.
In New York the frequent warning low bridge is heard as Fifth Avenue stages rise toward Riverside Drive. A conductor advises passengers to duck under the elevated girders near St Patrick’s Cathedral while Mrs Vanderbilt’s hat nearly brushes the rail. He repeats the caution to stay down and keep heads low for safety.
Portland observers chronicle a new animal the carp hound said to prey on carp at a Sauvie Island duck pond. Dr. Alan Welch Smith and partners note wheat bait gone and a dog sacrifices to protect ducks as carp vanish.
Chicago shifts juvenile discipline from bars to sunshine and skills. The new Cook County School for Boys replaces grim walls with a private school style campus costing $70,000 on TS acres. Programs include onion cultivation fruit growing chicken raising and trades with supervised bus duties for well behaved youths.
The 16 ton Genius statue, designed by Evelyn Beatrice Longman and created by William Welles Bosworth, was raised to the top of the Hartford state capitol. It stands about 82 stories above street level on a narrow eight foot base, with wires and lightning motifs in its design.
The passage mentions June and July rainfall in Switzerland as among the heaviest in 50 years and notes Argentina shifting gold deposits to the Caja de Conversion. It also cites onion palm acreage in the Philippines, turmeric dye in Porto Rico, and a two-hundred year old razor reportedly used by Gen. Washington’s bodyguard.
The death of Sir Alexander Simpson recalls his uncle Sir James Simpson a pioneer in anesthesia. He introduced chloroform to surgical practice in 1848, transforming patient care after prior use of whisky and restraints. He faced opposition before widespread acceptance.
Popular Science Monthly explains grotesquely bent trunks result from heavy snowfall bending young trees. If buried under deep snow for a winter, trunks may not return upright, and sun exposure then shapes them into hairpin bends. A notable example near Tunnel Hill, Johnstown, Pa., shows a century old sugar mule tree grafted to a younger partner to extend life.
Ralston Foster found a pearl and a bride in a Denver restaurant oyster. He married Gladys Malcomb in St. Paul after the find, receiving a $500 pearl engagement ring and a $5,000 bequest upon marriage before age twenty five. The couple later moved to Boston. the mother’s estate is in Connecticut.
The China Mail reports a paralytic disease affecting Knowloon dock Chinese hands salvaging the 8 8 Wisley off Saigon. Seven Salvage crew died. fifty eight aboard the Blue Funnel Telamachus were rushed to Hong Kong after the outbreak halted work. The illness has not yet been diagnosed and medical authorities monitor survivors.
Adders, the most deadly serpents in the British Isles, are reappearing in Scotland. A gamekeeper in Ardgay killed a beautifully marked specimen and sent it to a taxidermist, while a Badwoon farmer reportedly accounted for fifteen of them, over two feet long.
The NIeconomist asserts margarine saved over 100 million dollars in a year on butter purchases. The savings come at the expense of overseas farmers, aiding the working class and reducing imports to help balance trade. The Montreal Star cites the claim.
New York state forestry college estimates that over 640 cords of beech, birch and maple wood are used daily in the wood distillation industry. War has boosted demand for acetate of lime used in explosives and raised prices of wood alcohol, another industry product.
Green Simpkins and family moved into the hilltop residence near Barboursville, West Virginia, ending years of eerie rumors. A gunshot and screams revealed a dozen black snakes occupying the upper rooms, killed after a one hour battle with two passersby using clubs and stones.
Judge Joseph B Sabath wept in court after pronouncing death for Lloyd Bopp twenty three who killed a motorcycle policeman four months earlier. The courtroom crowd including Bopp’s counsel showed tears during the emotional moment.
Miss Freda Sehlager sues Dr. Z. Levin for a medical bill in court claiming a betrothal led to quarrel and a demand for payment of social and courtship visits. She asserts charges were 2.50 dollars per visit.
Greensburg Virginia resident John Blov etsky signed a pledge asserting he will sue local brewers after a rumor claimed a three foot snake crawled from a beer keg following a group drinking session.
A Cuban winter or dry season typical temperatures range from approximately 5 degrees to about 25 degrees. The statement notes a broad daily variation reflecting seasonal cooling and variability in tropical climates.
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