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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1915
Page
2
The husking bee ends in a daring dash for a red ear and a hero’s rescue. Abel Drake saves Ina from drowning and earns a kiss from Alice after a tense river ordeal. Alice later bets Abel win the ear back, leading to a playful chase and a hopeful pledge to share the keepsake.
A Chicago News correspondent reports Belg ian troops in Archangel Russia arriving by sea and rail. British and French units accompany them while Austrian prisoners toil in docks. The port becomes a vast freight hub as Archangel transforms into a busy logistical center.
The writer views Renaissance architects as often sculptors or painters, blending arts in cherished buildings where architecture and sculpture merge. He suggests bringing architects closer to painters and sculptors during their formative period, noting some progress and noting C Grant in Scribner’s Magazine.
Grenades are produced at the De Beers Kimberley diamond mines to supply troops at cost price. The move uses existing mining infrastructure to support military needs.
Frederick G. Cook urges trained observers to use night bird calls to detect enemy presence. Listen for wing noises from partridges or pigeons and disturbed birds to reveal disturbances. Practice at home to become skilled in reconnaissance during trench or scouting expeditions.
The term stadium derives from the Greek stade distance of 606 feet used for Olympic foot races. Ancient Greek stadia were semicircular and open at one end, with later Roman influence producing ellipsoidal designs seen in the Coliseum and the amphitheater at Pompeii.
Mary Roberts Rinehart, famed war correspondent, visited Washington to press for aid to the Blackfeet Indians. She has ties with the tribe after being adopted in Glacier National Park nearby. She met President and Secretary Lane and secured promises for extra rations for the coming winter.
In 1908 Dr Cyrus T Kimmel told his son Clarence to wait to sell contents of a white pine box stored in the attic until quinine price reached 2 50 per ounce The article notes wholesale markets have quoted quinine at 2 75 an ounce and demand exceeds supply The attic box held nearly 100 ounces of quinine flakes
In Kokomo Indiana the funeral of 91 year old Dr Alexander C Freeman featured a silver plate on his coffin inscribed God bless you a preference Freeman expressed before his death He was killed by a harbor youth in an earlier incident drawing mourners and local press attention.
Experts from the United States Army using box kites to lift an aerial have increased the efficiency of Held wireless equipment from six to sixteen times, marking a significant advance in aerial deployment techniques.
The article argues women fade without outdoor exercise and that walking is the most accessible form of beauty upkeep. It cites the Pittsburgh Dispatch noting open air life aids singers and suggests everyone can find time for at least an hour of daily exercise to avoid breakdown from inactivity.
An Indianapolis young woman studying at a normal school for deaf children sign taught when left alone, defying a supervisor’s lip reading method. The class misinterpreted commands causing confusion as some students began to run and others faced away, revealing the clash of teaching approaches.
Nan storms in to stay with Dick, quarrels with Aunt Pam, and rekindles with Jim Wethersell. Jim reveals their wartime marriage and the couple’s vow to stay together. Dick, the reluctant mediator, observes the unfolding reunion in bungalow 99.
A grizzled observer recalls his boyhood making kites from paper and paste with cotton tails cut by his mother. He contrasts DIY cloth covered, tail-less modern kites with the old paper kites and home made sticks and paste, noting changes in playthings over time.
The Jeanette whaler in Alameda Point, California, receives paint and a new engine for a return voyage. Led by Captain James Brown of Portland, Missouri, a Springfield and Kansas City business syndicate funds a venture to search Cocos Island for riches, with departure from Oakland planned in days.
A German chemist develops a process to use prepared wood pulp as a substitute for cotton in explosive manufacture. Sheets are made like paper, but impurities render the material uncertain and extremely hazardous to handle.
Graat P. Smith angrily challenged villagers and criticized repetitive phrases in a heated exchange. The Kansas City Star quotes his outburst about knowing things others insist on telling him.
A brief note highlights how positive thinking and kind behavior shape daily life. It suggests that cheerful dispositions help people navigate tasks and maintain harmony in communities.
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