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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1914
Page
3
The Wayside Inn at Sadsbury built in 1686 saw repairs this year with original clapboards removed. Iron nails holding the boards remained nearly perfect after 228 years due to pure iron and minimal impurities. The note compares its durability to Delhi's iron pillar and questions modern production of pure iron.
An old advertisement promotes Marine Eye Remedy Co from Chicago offering a remedy for red watery eyes and granulated eyelids with a free book of the eye and mail order. It targets readers seeking relief and instructions.
A humorous dialogue centers on a father explaining a psychological moment as he contemplates giving his wife a late check arrival. The exchange reveals a light domestic moment with a sly punchline about family expectations and timing.
An American made laundry ad presents Red Cross Ball Blue as the best choice for wash day. The copy frames the product as a cheerful, reliable option for households highlighting quality and domestic use.
A humorous remark about a man living frugally highlights daily cabbage boiling by his wife to keep food on the table. The exchange underscores thrift as a common coping theme during tough periods.
Advertisement touts Mrs. Austin's Bag Pancake as a pleasing product available at all grocers.
A sharp saying notes that along the path to failure many pikers wait on the fence for something to turn up, implying passivity and delayed action in pursuit of success.
Doctor Eastman uses a fake real estate mission to escort a young woman to a sanatorium. The patient, who denies being Miss Trimble, remains suspicious as the green taxicab drives toward Doctor Widdle's facility amid rising tension and a looming medical intervention.
In a hospital corridor twist, Doctor Eastman and Miss Jean Widdle are mistaken for others and flee a dangerous taxi ploy. A nurse reports Miss Trimble's Europe voyage, leaving Eastman to confront a growing affection for Jean as the evening resolves.
Harvard investigations affirm oatmeal as the most nutritious and economical among common foods. The piece hails oatmeal as a trusted staple, notes its ubiquity from home dining to restaurants, and recalls the famed England Scotland quip about oats and men.
Two former Southern neighbors meet in the North Country and reminisce about a garden. One recalls doubting the other's success, but the reply reveals the tenant earned more than the landlord by collecting the rent himself.
A stark description likens war to a figure attended by Death and Famine. Death swiftly claims soldiers, while Famine haunts civilians, creeping through homes and delivering a lingering, insistent mortality that follows people even as they sleep.
Fragmentary text appears to be garbled and lacks clear facts or a coherent event. No identifiable people or organizations are present. The readable portion does not provide a resolvable news item.
Readers recall early efforts to honor women with statues. The Philadelphia Ledger cites Hannah Dustin as a 17th century heroine who scalped ten Indians after escaping captivity and earned $250 from Massachusetts officials, with a later statue on Merrimack Island.
A compact list from Pearson's Weekly compares famed battles by duration, noting Leipzig three days, Waterloo eight hours, Alma three and a half hours, Gettysburg three days, Sadowa eight hours, Sedan 12 hours, Gravelotte nine hours, Mukden 18 days, and Lule Burgas four days, with outcomes and opposing forces.
A New Zealand sawmill crowd witnessed a whale enter a harbor log pond then smash logs aside in a wild display. The creature thrashed about in enclosed water before crashing into a pile and becoming stranded on the beach.
A Westville Connecticut resident reports he carved his name and the year into a pumpkin seed while fresh. After planting last spring the pumpkin grew with the letters enlarging as it formed, yielding a 63 pound fruit with raised name and date.
The data lists New York manufacturing plants by borough with plant counts for Manhattan Brooklyn and Queens. It also provides employment figures by borough for wage earners in those plants.
The Modern Joke Look notes the death of Joel Miller who died young. the column hints he might have earned a living compiling jokes or humor pieces had he lived longer.
Dr Herbert Hall of Marblehead Massachusetts established a workshop in 1895 where neurasthenic patients make salable goods under expert supervision. Weaving cement work dyeing and pottery thrive while jewelry and metal work prove too demanding. About seven thousand dollars of merchandise is produced yearly despite a small staff, with critics noting it aids therapy and social reform by engaging the chronically ill in productive labor.
An essay observes man's conquest of natural barriers from mountains and deserts to rivers. It cites irrigation, railways, and irrigation schemes transforming deserts in Algeria, India, Australia, and the Nile delta into fertile land and grazing areas, noting extensive reclamation by 1902 and ongoing projects by Sir William Willcocks.
Manitoba reports a shift from sole grain farming to diversified agriculture. 1914 yields show strong wheat with high prices, but better security comes from fodder crops, dairy, beef and pork gains. 1913 to 1914 acreage data for brome, rye, timothy, clover, alfalfa and fodder corn illustrate rapid expansion, alongside rising cattle, cows, pigs, sheep and horses numbers.
A thrift minded taxpayer, amid tax office corridors, asks for a cigar rumored to be distributed by City Collector Hook. The clerk leaves to fetch the cigar, promising it will return in a day or two, hoping the souvenir proves valuable.
Harry Beacom of Wilsonburg Harrison County West Virginia reports a new method to produce carbon from natural gas. He claims the process yields a superior pure black carbon with almost no ash and greatly reduced gas waste compared with older methods.
The British Indian population was about 231,085,132 a decade ago and may now be around 235,000,000. A Hindu prince recently claimed India could furnish an army of seven to ten million if needed, signaling rising demographic and military potential.
A man in an armchair quips that after rainy spells earnest committees form to promote higher barometric conditions, joking about weather reform campaigns.
A compact notice summarizes a dispute over debts and obligations, noting a cate and cease event tied to claimed financial liabilities and the ongoing effort to resolve the matter through formal action.
The province reports rapid growth in dairy farming with 4,000,000 pounds of creamery butter produced last year at 37.5 cents per pound, up from the year before. Dairy butter output reached 4,288,276 pounds, and winter dairying boosts Winnipeg’s year round milk and cream supply locally, reducing imports from the United States.
A witty anecdote recalls a young woman shopping for Defense era volumes. She mentions Armies and Navies of the World War The Beginnings of the Great European Struggle and Battles of the War on Land and Sea. The remark echoes Sherman.
A brief churchyard exchange centers on a baby at home and a rector who learns the child’s claim to being the “old one.” A quip follows noting some men borrow trouble because they fear it drives men to drink.
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