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Jeffersonville Star

Location

Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1916

Page

6

Under Fire sparks debate on war literature and realism

The passage discusses a European war tale filled with spies love and intrigue while noting patriotism sacrifice and horror. Critics argue the work aims for popularity though some deem it trash, comparing it to past wars and literature.

Scandal and intrigue weave through Miss Willoughby’s circle

In August, Miss Georgy Willoughby and governess Ethel Wiloughby navigate a tense tangle with admirer Henry Streetman and covert streetwise plots. Miss Willoughby confronts social conventions while Brewster the butler and an espionage plot unfold around Sir George Waestill’s circle. The scene blends courtly restraint and covert wartime schemes as Georgy dictates terms.

Women Write Best Letters and Kitchen Tips

The piece discusses women and letter writing as a refined craft recording life, with cautions on prudence and discretion. It segues into practical recipes and menus, from chicken dishes and gravies to breads and pies, interlacing social commentary with domestic guidance.

Streetman and Brewster Confront Miss Willoughby in Sealed Passage

Henry Streetman presses Brewster and Reeder for admiralty papers while a tense confrontation unfolds. Streetman and his ally suspect no one is listening as they monitor Miss Willoughby, who remains unaware of their schemes and the danger around her.

Ethel Cataenter Henry Streetaan Otter Miss Willoughby Sneha Brewster Seppe Guta Rocana Heey Georgy Othels Willoughby Henry Streetman Georgy Waestaff Hardy Mansitie Sim Geovey Frrue Streatman Tie Passora Streetubin George Woestaff Woilleuehia Waltine Hutier Hess Qutre Vander Street George Roeder Streetsman Batler Tear Navy Admiralty Spithead Hethercat Dones Terhard Fehien

Suspect Wagstaff Watches Streetman and Butler

The hint suggests young Georgy Wagstaff harbors an instinctive dislike for Streetman and has been observing him and the butler, implying motive or suspicion in the unfolding events.

Georgy Wagstaff

Boy Refuses to Lend Handkerchief to Stranger

A crowded ear scene ends with a haughty woman asking a boy for a handkerchief. The boy replies in a dignified tone that he has one but will not lend it to strangers, prompting amusement in London Chronicle.

Joy London Chronicle

Amusing Rainy Day Craft Jam for Children

An imaginative rainy day activity uses brown paper books made by folding and stitching sheets. Children collect old catalogues and machines, cut trunk pictures to paste, then hunt for items to pack in their trunks. Trains boats hotels and scenery complete the playful journey.

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Protester questions fresh paint sign at corner store

Kansas City Star reports a shopper challenged a corner grocery proprietor over a fresh paint sign while noting frequent mislabeling of eggs butter and vegetables in the same establishment. The exchange is described with sharp sarcasm and a skeptical tone toward placards.

Sigma Kansas City Star

Sheer Brutality at Wedding Scene

A bride laments the end of affection in a tearful scene as she accuses the bridegroom of fading care. He questions the change, recalling a morning kiss before he left home. She recalls a last wave from the corner, marked by a gelled gesture.

Richmond Times-Dispatch

Self Made Heroes War Correspondents Debate Risk

A terse exchange contrasts reporters who treat near misses as routine with those who stress the danger. The dialogue hints at journalistic bravado and the cost of reporting from the front lines.

Real nobleman and whisky in summer conversación

A bon vivant recalls meeting a real nobleman in summer. The man carried excellent whisky in his luggage and played a fair game of poker, making a memorable impression on the narrator.

Ihulf Bud

The Kitchen Cabinet Recipe Notes on Pudding Sauce

Peness should be classed with tran seround thirst. Time is valuable so do not waste it. Add a half cupful sugar a teaspoonful vanilla and aa half cupful of thin cream. Whipped cream makes a nice sauce to serve with this pudding.

Roeder Herr Roeder

Ways With Cranberries From Holiday Tables Past

Diverse cranberry recipes are described including a dainty cranberry frappe a cranberry sherbet and a cranberry Bavarian cream using gelatin milk and whipped cream. Also included are cranberry conserve scalloped cranberries and a date pudding with suet molasses walnuts and eggs.

Quintinus Shrine Gave St Quentin Its Name

The city once called Augusta Veromanduorum and St Quentin in France gained its present name from the martyr Gaius Quintinus who died there in the third century. His tomb became a shrine drawing pilgrims, boosting local industry aided by medieval cloth manufacture.

Augusta Veromanduorum St. Quentin France Gaius Quintinus

The Art and Secrets of Tea Making Across Lands

A survey of tea traditions and preparation tips from England Russia Morocco Persia Burma and America. It covers water temperature proper brewing times blends of orange pekoe young bassoon souchong and oolong and notes on essential oils tannin and caffeine shaping flavor and strength.

England Morocco America

Kronstadt Legend of the Golden Crown Origin

A tale explains Kronstadt name from a 1204 discovery of a golden crown in a tree stump. The crown, tied to King Solomon of Hungary, is said to have hid from Bulgarians, giving the town its name Kronstadt.

Kronstadt Solomon Hungary Kron Stadt

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