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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1916
Page
7
Fragmentary reminiscences narrate a town's political fervor and a theatrical gathering. A forensic orator, editors, students, and a crippled boy emerge amid crowded street scenes, lectures on phrenology, poetry readings, and a controversial display of literary rivalries.
In a Zoo tale Daddy recounts a Monkey and a Hippopotamus debating intelligence. The Monkey touts clever tricks and peanut snacks while the Hippo denies value in pennies or hunting for treats, as children observe and mock their frictions.
The Duke of Sutherland, owner of vast English estates, returns 12,000 acres to the government to be subdivided into small farms for soldiers and sailors after the war. He argues that veterans who fought for Britain deserve land as much as his ancestors earned it by conquest. The secretary for Scotland invites other landlords to follow the example.
Quote from Selected urging curiosity about neighbors lives as a key to deeper understanding and perpetual discovery.
A reflective note on accepting gifts with gracious sweetness as a cultivated virtue. It emphasizes poise and tact in receiving generosity, framing it as an achievement that reflects character and social grace.
A quotation on faultfinding as the least effective mode of aiding others. It warns that criticizing others does not foster improvement and suggests constructive support instead.
More than 260000 boys and girls joined agricultural and canning clubs in 1915, reflecting broad youth engagement in extension programs across communities.
The Glacier Park giant log hotel blends Indian tepees Alaskan totem poles Japanese lanterns and Turkish baths with Alpine waiters. A railwaylike international aura blends trains and global places from Inverness to Riga Calais to Glasgow and Havre to Bombay in a single day experience at Glacier.
A survey of royal tastes notes the queen of England prefers roast beef and mutton while the Russian czar loves fish, especially cod with oil, pepper and garlic. Italian and Spanish kings crave sweets like whipped cream and chocolate, with Victor Emmanuel liking polenta. The late pope favored plain polenta, while Austria’s emperor enjoyed calf’s tongues in red wine and the German emperor liked buttered toast.
Prof F E Kraus of the Oregon Agricultural College conducted experiments on apples and pears. He prepared thin center sections, dehydrated them, and treated with xyjol and cedar oil to render them transparent. Photographs showed vascular patterns that varied by variety yet were consistent within a variety, revealing distinct structural differences in flesh and core.
An English officer in a Freneh town attempts to buy provisions but missticks his phrase Vous savez est pour la messe. His remark about mass confuses the clerk who likely imagines a church service, highlighting a comic language error.
The Milazzo, the largest coalship, recently docked in New York. Designed by Italian Captain Emilio Menada, she carries 14 000 long tons of coal and 4500 tons of oil and features an interior network of coal cars on tracks.
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