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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
2
In a New York vestry over a fifty million cathedral plan, Gail Sargent challenges wealth and sentiment as Edward Allison presses for a bold civic project. A park drive, a lookout hill, and a charged embrace spark a hidden romance that ends with a vow to continue.
Gail and Allison journey by a runabout amid talk of money and manners. She taunts him about church funds while he jokes about the cost of a snow day and a commercial edge, weaving through busy city streets with envious glances from onlookers.
A New Republic quotation likens civilization to an old drunkard and a chronic debtor, then argues slum clearance is essential to heal inherited social harms, noting dangers to innocents and the need to widen and ventilate cramped urban blocks.
The article argues that accuracy in railway watches and other timepieces is increasingly hard to achieve with purely mechanical means. Horologists fear they may soon need a new force to reach higher precision, hinting at a future powered by an mysterious energy.
Scientific American extols wireless electricity as a future solution to lightening loads and aiding human needs. It frames the power as a transformative force destined to expand man’s capabilities and comforts.
Brander Matthews argues that over the last fifty years and especially with electric lighting scene painting has become elaborate and costly. It is often pushed to the front, drawing attention away from the play and diminishing the actor's art.
A humorous quip references Freddie’s dream of diplomacy while noting his bluff with a deuce pair and a swoon, as featured in Puck. The aside captures playful courtship of cards and fate in a lighthearted tone.
A Washington inventor demonstrates a live mouse trap design by using two white mice. The devices lead them through a sequence of doors into a sawdust nest, with a larger trap for rats implied. He markets the invention by illustrating how overflow would drown trapped mice, then asks how many traps buyers can use.
Judge Johnson states he will not chase publicity. the story notes his stance amid local press coverage and a public figure facing scrutiny. The report highlights a conflict between media attention and personal boundaries within the Atchison context.
The employer announces the hire of Mr Pushem to systematize plant work, claiming methods will lift department efficiency by fifty percent. A worker jokes about testing Pushem on his son, who is moving through departments while reporters describe his rapid progress.
Alhambra California adopts a five light electrolier as a decorative traffic warning device at a boulevard to electric railway junction. The ornamental post uses white frost globes for the boulevard side and red lights for the electric road, aimed to reduce accidents.
The guiding principle in road and walk design is utility as nature makes no roads. Paths are human and animal work and deviate only when obstructions force it. In pleasure grounds walks should have a definite object and lead to important points rather than mere variety.
The text extols intimate knowledge of flowers, urging readers to learn their names and traits. It argues that working with flowers provides hope strength and happiness, fostering health wealth and nature s secrets. It portrays flower workers as generous strong and kind companions of life.
The American Academy of Arborists declares New York City as its official headquarters for a prestigious society. Membership is not merely a fee affair but a certificate of belonging, inviting all who seek recognition rather than a local branch.
In New Zealand the White Island sulphur field near Bay of Plenty faced a ruinous volcanic disturbance after the New Zealand Sulphur Company invested about 100000 dollars in mining prep. The disaster wrecked the camp and killed ten men, marking a fatal setback for the operation.
Kilgore Chronicle argues that towns worsen without businessmen cooperating to attract trade. It urges building more houses to draw buyers and notes the wrongness of tearing down existing work. The piece emphasizes collective effort over individual gain to develop the town.
Experts estimate unused land along country roads can yield 500 bushels of corn per mile strip. Thousands of miles of European roads are only a rod wide, but Uncle Sam’s edge trimming remains largely theoretical.
A concise philosophical remark by Cicero on justice as a disciplined habit of mind that honors proper dignity in all things and preserves the general welfare.
A collection of pithy quips on pain in plants, amateur sports, wartime costs, bullets, memory in organs, absent minded feet, snow removal, slaughter, and high living. The items lampoon military leaders, taxes, and censorship with sharp humor.
A collection of aphorisms on character neutrality and honesty from the Nashville banner Baltimore American Toledo Blade and Albany Journal. It contrasts slogans about action with critiques of hypocrisy and bravado.
Tom P. Morgan reflects in Judge on marriage as an endurance test and the difficulties of political frictions. He argues honesty matters when relationships fail and notes genius lies in enduring pains, with emphasis on posthumous recognition in life’s prize contests.
A sharp, satirical note on marriage and manners. The piece mocks a bride to be who thinks love will grow and jokes about umbrellas in church as true faith. It also quips that poets suffer before writing, then notes the public’s monopoly on suffering after publication.
A collection of maxims on character and conduct warning that deeds matter more than words. It notes friends, laziness, helpfulness, and honesty, with quips about time, gossip, and integrity as guiding principles. The tone mimics a reflective, old style proverb excerpt.
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