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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1914
Page
2
Detroit residents confront a growing coal theft problem as women and children increasingly steal from railroad cars. A judge warns of jail for offenders while a railroad official notes nationwide losses in the millions, with Detroit contributing its share.
President Wilson and Colonel House visited Mrs Anna Wilson Howe in New York. A hotel elevator boy refused entry without an announced guest, insisting the rule applied even to the president. The visitors clarified the situation, and Wilson laughed along with the moment.
Paul Paulus, barely two feet tall, stood before Judge Torrison after a disturbance at Charles Merzer’s North Clark Street restaurant. Merzer described Paulus as strong and rough when drinking. Paulus paid a one dollar fine, apologized, and repaired the watch, shaking hands with his former foe.
In Denver the mint works to fulfill a national Christmas demand for gold coins. One million dollars of $2.50 coins are being minted for the middle West East and South with a rush to complete 400,000 pieces before sale to treasuries and banks. The mint also plans $5 $10 and $20 gold pieces before the holidays.
A reflection asks what real courage means beyond crowds and applause. It questions whether dying in battle or saving a child for view is braver than acting rightly when unappreciated, and whether sacrifice for family outweighs military enlistment versus a modest wage. Think it over.
The article argues Des Peres near the mouth of a creek, founded by Jesuits, may be Missouri’s oldest settlement, predating Ste. Genevieve. It cites local memories, a Roman coin found on Des Peres creek, and notes altering moves to Kaskaskia, with Penicaut mentioning a Canadian settlement at Saline creek.
A Victorian reflection argues that every woman, given charges of another’s health, becomes a nurse. It stresses daily sanitary knowledge as essential mental gear distinct from professional medical training and urges women to unite their nursing experience for greater value.
An elderly feeble woman using a thick cane slows at the Fourth and Jefferson crossing. A well dressed young man offers to escort her, but she snaps angrily and warns him away. He withdraws in confusion as bystanders watch.
The article notes Europe is slightly more densely populated than China. It cites census figures estimating China at 439 million and states Europe is about one-tenth larger in area, leading to a higher population density in Europe.
In a Rhine region railway tale a garrison commander threatens to ban the hotel unless a sign reading Garage is replaced. The next day the sign becomes Kraftwageneinstellraum meaning power wagon standing in room, reflecting wartime language and authority.
A humorous view portrays a lawyer as a versatile craftsman who can file a bill, frame an indictment, empanel a jury, and perform many analogous tasks in legal practice. The simile likens legal work to carpentry and construction of arguments and procedures.
A Nebraska court held that a man who voluntarily tries to separate two fighting dogs cannot recover damages from the dog owner responsible for the fight. The decision centers on the absence of fault by the intervenor and the risks involved in attempting to stop a dog altercation.
A settlement worker describes the organized system of charity delivering food toys and coal to needy families on Christmas Eve. Donors from wealthy circles participate, often visiting hidden in the night, while workers reconcile sorrow and gratitude in crowded urban tenements.
A discussion notes that English telegraphese is the most compact in Europe due to word-length limits. It cites an Italian correspondent who switched from Italian to French then English, finding English the briefest and cheapest for wartime telegraph transmission.
The Philadelphia Record notes Ypres rose with Venice in the fourteenth century as a major distributing center for Adriatic trade. It boasted vast manufactures and a population over two hundred thousand, rivaling Ghent and Bruges, but declined as European trade routes shifted, leaving Ypres with under twenty thousand inhabitants.
The saying contends that lack of excuse for youth does not excuse old folly. It contrasts folly across ages to argue that moral fault persists regardless of age.
North Carolina Congressman Robert L. Dougherty likens political reversal to a railroad tale about Bowers. Bowers says he started as a grocery clerk earning nine dollars weekly and gambled, yet soon earned enough in two months to buy the store.
Three young men discuss cutting costs during hardship. One bans beer and tobacco, another tea and toast, a third admits recent travel as a reason to rethink spending. A fourth jokes about joining the two S s scissors and soap line.
A humorous quip about a cartographer who supposedly names Pullman cars, shared as a domestic exchange between a father and son. The jest hinges on cartography being misapplied to railcar naming.
A short note observes that female beavers wear fur during the summer season. The remark highlights unexpected seasonal behavior in beaver pelage.
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