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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1914
Page
6
A memoir recounts a mail order scam starting with a $30 stake, disguising fraud as sales. The narrator details secondhand clothing, fake catalogs, C O D watches, and forged letters to extract cash from small towns and farmers, expanding to guns and more while exploiting human nature.
A survey of social change notes knitters in Scotland earning weekly wages of a dollar to a dollar fifty. It reports California civic data with female voter counts and Los Angeles registration figures. It mentions London police drills for women and Red Cross nurses labeled Sisters on European battlefields. The piece covers gender roles in Cuba and Pasadena schools teaching home economics. It also features Mrs. Abbie E. Lathrop’s Granby mouse farm supplying medical research institutions.
The musical director criticizes the singer for her voice while she retorts she earns many encores. The exchange appears in the London Evening Standard as a sharp backstage moment.
The first society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in England in 1824 by Mr. Martin, M. P. This landmark society marks an early organized effort to protect animals from cruelty and promote humane treatment.
A striking black moire plush fur cloth suit features a straight underskirt, full coat with a girdled waist, and a tailored satin bodice. Dark brown taupe and gray variations mirror the glossy fur texture, complemented by patent leather shoes, white gloves, and a velvet hat with ostrich plumes.
Julia Bottomley notes ribbon flowers and satin roses enhance outfits for all budgets. Epaulette bouquets, velvet ribbons, and rhinestone accents boost evening and day wear, turning simple garments into enticing pieces and aiding personal style in daily life.
The text describes children adopting flowing capes white gaiters long jackets with belts and long tunics while grown ups wear short skirts. New tunics feature pointed back and front and the style is spreading among the rising generation.
The artist admires a farmer’s old barn and asks to paint it. The farmer jokes that a little paint won’t hurt and names no price. A humorous rural vignette from Lippincott's likely reflects lighthearted outdoor painting talk.
In Birmingham, a friend invites a late caller to join a pot luck meal. she questions if she owed for the pot as they discuss the social interruption and cordial delay.
A Boston Post report says a group of women is suspected of stealing purses and handbags from worshippers in several large churches. The thieves, all women, dress in mourning or fashionable attire and operate during communion. Two suspects are described as aged around fifty and twenty, with thefts often occurring when congregants leave pews for communion.
An elderly Johns Hopkins Greek scholar dismisses new views on decline and notes beard fashion changing since 1855. He muses on prayer, defines its purpose, and urges persistent, sincere prayer beyond circumstance, urging faith and reliance on God.
The article notes Basel as Europe’s richest city, ahead of Zurich and others, with top residents holding fortunes of £500,000 and £300,000. It cites 16 French millionaires at about one million francs and shows income patterns, including doctors earning around £240 yearly, druggists and lawyers similar, professors about £500, and bank directors £1,000 to £1,200.
The Kosciuszko mound in Cracow rises 300 feet high as a sculpted memory of Kosciuszko and Polish heroes. Built from earth gathered on Poland’s battlefields, it symbolizes national unity with nobles, statesmen, and peasants working together.
Dr W A Home of Rochester urges preservation of the first permanent molar. He warns many medical men overlook its importance and many dentists advise extraction. He calls for educating parents and the profession on maintaining these teeth for a clean mouth.
A note advises keeping a desk box of slips with interesting articles, health stories, or poems to choose from when writing friends. If not in the mood, these ready supplements are appreciated.
The United States Navy enlists for four years with possible extensions of one two or three years. The notice outlines standard service terms and extension options for new sailors.
A Java report shows ninety eight percent of Bible sales in 1913 went to Moslems who buy Scripture and later return for more. A Chinese colporteur, Kha Chiang Bi, sold 12 800 copies during the year and is described as an able and indefatigable worker among the Mohkam.
Congressman Robert L. Dougherty of North Carolina recalls the Bowers case in a tale about temptations and consequences on a railroad train. Bowers describes starting as a grocery clerk earning nine dollars weekly and turning to gambling, then claiming he earned enough to buy the grocery in a month.
Two well dressed youths discuss easing costs during wartime. one explains the family has dropped the two B s and the mater the two T s while another mentions the two C s coffee and cigarettes. A third man from Scotland says he must come into line, while the first man notes the sixth pair is scissors and soap.
Pa asks what a cartographer is and is told it is someone who names Pullman. The dialogue frames the definition with a child-friendly exchange about maps and naming ideas.
A curious note reports that female beavers don summer fur during the warm season, contrasting with typical winter pelts and suggesting seasonal coloration or behavior among local wildlife.
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