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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
2
A disrupted wedding scene unfolds as a woman declines marriage amid a tangle of rivals and social pressure. The narrative follows strained relationships, contested plans, and the emotional fallout within a fractured circle.
The writer argues against beauty contests in church contexts and warns about the harm to a girl's pride. It suggests the need for supportive friends and cautions that choosing a winner could cause lasting bitterness and discouragement. The text reflects concern over social pressure and moral expectations.
The article opines on a beauty test involving two girls, a brune tte and an eye color preference, and discusses how men weigh character over appearance when deciding whom to pursue. It notes that a man’s final choice hinges on sweetness, modesty, and personality, not just looks, and suggests marriages often align with shared complexion and mutual understanding.
A long reflective piece on the tight social codes governing married women. It discusses how reputation constrains actions such as social outings, flirtations, and independence, and how public opinion punishes perceived impropriety while applauding conformity within marriage.
A fragmented account discusses an animal myth linked to Aratea, claiming the wild cow or antelope Beatrix orysx never drinks. It questions surface water and rain patterns and notes travel hazards, uncertain paths, and unclear scientific terms amid garbled observations.
A fragmented discussion outlines methods to estimate male and female participation in industrial settings. It emphasizes standardization, identifying key requisites, and binding relevant components to fit specific industrial contexts for accurate assessment.
A fragmented local note warns that careless sidewalk use and negligent street crossing lead to frequent accidents in New York. It stresses that many injuries and lost decades of work arise from thoughtless behavior on public walkways.
The article traces the origin of flour making from early pounding between stones to mortar and pestle methods. It notes primitive wheat processing in ancient lake dwellings in Switzerland as the oldest known mills and credits crude grinding with germ of modern flour mills.
In dialogue the speakers mock a man described as a hollow screw in business and a bore in society. The exchange lampoons his rigid, mechanical traits and social dullness, highlighting his narrow, unsociable demeanor.
A Los Angeles Times piece by Wil liam A. Reid describes a November journey across the Argentine pampas. He portrays estancia life, owner managers, and native cowboys, noting vast lands, windmills, sparse grass, and the pull of Buenos Aires as a social center.
In the days of Versailles and Mme de Pompadour, fan making reached high craftsmanship. Jeanne Antoinette Poisson known as Madame de Pompadour favored an extraordinary fan crafted over nine years. It used paper lace and tiny medallion sticks readable only under a strong microscope, with the king funding its creation.
The text contrasts human imagination with animal ingenuity noting that imagination is a distinct human privilege while beaver architecture shows clever design. It observes that each beaver’s work varies mainly in form rather than fundamental nature.
Create a compact waxed paper holder using two cardboard pieces and a cotton hinge. Sew through with a sturdy card, leaving a hanging loop. It keeps sheets dust free and ready to use by simply lifting one sheet from the hook.
Samuel Johnson argues that individuals must inject personal character into their creations or risk becoming mere copyists. He contrasts standardized honeycomb cells with unique human effort, warning against uniform, unremarkable output and praising distinctive, self-originated work.
A vintage tip recommends wrapping winter clothes entirely in newspaper before summer storage to deter moths. The advice notes moths hate papers wrapped items and claims protection during off-season.
A Kansas City Star quip implies the era’s medical push toward accepting operations as inevitability, suggesting patients may feel compelled to consent as doctors push for treatment.
Washington reports 29 year old OR Wilken, famed for producing near perfect $1, $5 and £10 counterfeit notes, arrested in Santa Cruz after a nationwide Secret Service chase. He is held for trial in Sandyville for counterfeiting with a potential penitentiary sentence up to fifteen years.
Kansas City reports two dogs trapped fifteen feet underground for sixteen hours and then missing for seven days. After rabbits led them into a cave in the boys dug to rescue them, one dog appeared home weakly six days later and the second dog was freed two feet from safety amid moaning sounds. Both dogs refused food until milk and later nourishment were found.
Roy Thomas, a young farmer living north of Richmond, Mo, chased a runaway team for about half a mile and collapsed, dying on the road. The incident is reported as an accidental death from exertion while pursuing the animals.
In Dobbs Ferry New York Mr and Mrs Georg Roan paid 500 in jewelry to persuade their granddaughter Margaret Stevenson to lengthen her newly shortened skirt by two inches. The scandal concerned the elderly relatives who found the garment too short.
Mrs Martha Wigglesworth aged seventy six of New Britain traveled to Hartford to wed her childhood sweetheart Stephen Hibbard also seventy six.
At James Best’s farm near Milton Pennsylvania a enraged bull killed after an hour fight. A Jersey calf tied in barn was fattening for market. The animal attacked four year old James Fetter but the child was unhurt. Best, Merrill Best and neighbors battled the bull until Angus Fairchild shot and killed it.
In Vermillion South Dakota the city council faced a donkey nuisance dispute as residents complained of nightly braying. The council split on the issue until Mayor Lyons cast the deciding vote, declaring the animal a public nuisance and ordering its owner C H L Grange to exile the donkey from the city.
New York Cosmo Penniz, despondent over unemployment, leaped under an eight car Long Island Rail Road train. Two cars passed over him, the train halted and Penniz was found uninjured and later arrested.
Mrs Armintad Jirmagian must pay a $100 fine after authorities found she scratched the bottom of her nine year old son’s feet with needles as punishment for staying out late.
Albert and Joseph Argen paid a heavy fine after pleading guilty to violating game laws. The dinner cost $120, with $60 charged to each man for two rabbits.
An essay suggests that extreme wealth breeds a misdirection of wants leading to anti social isolation. It cites gated estates, private yachts, and personal orchestras as examples of costly choices that sever the wealthy from society and fail to satisfy deeper needs.
The women of Capri have long served as porters transporting goods as men predominantly sell coral specimens, reflecting a division of labor on the island.
An oak tree is described as home to about 1,100 kinds of insects. The finding highlights the biodiversity supported by large mature trees and suggests complex ecological interactions within the canopy and bark communities.
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