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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1915
Page
7
A Boston Globe piece outlines turning marshmallow tins into durable storage boxes for odds and ends. It suggests decorating the exterior with cretonne, adding a padded top with a button, and using the box for children’s belongings, crafts, and tidy storage.
In early autumn high crowns decline as small toques gain favor. Velvet and fur trimmed small hats lead, with feathered toques close behind. Suzanne Talbot crafts velour de laine hats to match winter costumes, edged with silver thread and stiff feather details.
A House and Garden writer notes painting woodwork in any color can unify unconnected surfaces and make small rooms feel larger. Matching woodwork to walls reduces cut-up appearances, creating a restful space. an example shows black oak trim toned to blend with tan wallpaper, a built in look, and soft cream scrim.
The gown features shell pink tulle gathered at the waist with a darker pink taffeta overskirt draped and tied with roses. A dark rose panne velvet bodice with V necks and tulle sleeves, fastened under the left arm by a rhinestone buckle, is complemented by a roses corsage.
Pivot edged ribbons form bands and quillings for frocks and hems. Tinsel and moire ribbons rim edges and outline silhouettes including panniers and belts. Velvet ribbons color many garments while plain ribbons serve as substitutes for embroidery and add accents on blouses and slips.
The New York Sun discusses free ports with Professor Kennedy, citing Hamburg as the premier example. It explains how Hamburg Bremen and Lübeck retained free city status within the German empire, the 1888 customs union entry, and Hamburg’s 1883–86 port construction. It details the 1325 acre land and 1370 acre water areas, guarded entrances, and the port as a transit halt enabling reshaping and reshipment with minimal red tape.
The latest craze is white chaos mois leather gauntlet gloves available in tan shades. The deep supple gauntlets rise over coat or dress sleeves and give a sporting attractive appearance to the outfit.
A dash of yellow is widely used this season with blue in piping or a wool flower tucked in the belt. The combination appears in accessories and garments, adding a bright accent to outfits this year.
The article describes extreme tailored costumes with masculine styling. An English tweed outfit features a short circular overskirt and ten inches of trousers beneath a snug long coat with deep organ plaits. A black and white silk waistcoat and a flowerpot hat with a silver buckle complete the look.
State advertising campaign promotes California canning industry to global audiences via motion pictures shown in theaters worldwide.
A catalog by a fur company lists common trade names and the animals they trace to. Examples include Alaska bear as Minnesota raccoon, Adelaide chinchilla from Australian opossum, French ermine from the white hare of France, and Kamchatka fox from a timber wolf skin.
Mr and Mrs Ed win Bender returned from Oregon hills with game and a pasteboard box containing a swarm of bees. The bees, quiet in the cold, swarmed when heated in a Northern Central coach at Trout Run. Passengers fled as the box was tossed from the window by the conductor amid bee stings and panicked chaos.
The San Francisco Argonaut notes Richard Cromwell failed to live up to the title of lord protector. Easygoing and fond of sports, he ruled from September 3 1658 to May 25 1659 but avoided duties and faced ridicule. After abdication he retired in dignity and died July 12 1712 at age ninety.
William Dubilier explains experiments behind a microphore submarine detector. He sought a unique sound from submarines and identified the high pitch hum from electric motors. Using a microphone, he proposed detecting the sound at great distances, potentially up to fifty miles from the source.
The printed injunction Don t jig gle the hook appears in many spots in New York City. The slogan advises patrons to be patient with the telephone system to ensure prompt service. It notes that rapid jiggling provokes no lamp signal and that operators remain calm. The piece suggests framing the phrase to curb cranky behavior at phones.
A wartime hospital vignette recalls a colonel's wife observing a wounded trooper and a German soldier exchanging tokens of gratitude. The duo, unable to share language, bind wounds and swap keepsakes, the Glengarry for a helmet, as a silent thanks. The anecdote appears in William Sellers' With Our Fighting Men.
The Missouri children's code commission appointed by Governor Major organizes to codify all state children laws and draft needed laws for 1917. Work will largely occur at the state university with law sociology and political science departments. The 21 member panel is split into subcommittees to cover sections of the outline modeled on the federal children's bureau plan.
A humorous exchange features Mr. Meekton stating his wife Henrietta requires him to blow tobacco smoke on houseplants twice daily to deter insects. He admits he dislikes tobacco but follows the instruction.
A man whose car wakes the block at midnight is linked to a separate case where an arrest was made over a man keeping a bantam rooster that crowed at daybreak. The two incidents illustrate nighttime disturbance and nuisance complaints in the neighborhood.
George J. Turner of Baltimore Maryland won the AAU presidency by a 30 to 13 vote at the Waldorf Astoria New York election delegates. Turner, born 1873 in Baltimore, excelled in rowing and athletics at Mount St. Marys and in the Baltimore Athletic Club crew, later serving in the Fifth Maryland regiment during the Spanish American War and retiring as first lieutenant battalion adjutant.
Jim Flynn veteran boxer known as a hard fighter announces plans to settle down away from boxing. He aims to buy a farm and live simply after years of fighting, saying he will save money and raise crops once he retires from the ring.
President Gaffney of the Boston Braves urges National League clubs to adopt a rule that fin es $1 500 be charged to any club found paying fines on players for bad language. He suggests deducting penalties from players salaries. The motive behind his stance regarding John Evers remains for readers to judge.
Fitching averages show John Tillman of the New Bedford club led in wins with 22 and losses at six after joining the St Louis Browns at season end. His 22 victories stand as the standout in the Colonial league.
Navy channels a promising plebe fullback Von Heimburg who is shaping into one of the nation’s best suited for the backfield. He shows power and speed, drawing early praise from coaches and fans alike.
It surveys multiple sports items from 1916 era including Yale, Harvard cross country training, intercollegiate swimming, 2:10 trotting class, 64 trotters, 18 three year olds, 34 million 1915 baseball salaries, Jack Warhop and Jim Shaw moves, fencing rule changes, Christy Mathewson and umpire remarks, Clark Griffith praise and American league batting.
Jake Daubert backs speeding the game as officers of the baseball players' fraternity consider drastic 1916 measures to curb delays between innings. President Fultz urged quicker action amid longer games. Daubert calls slow play a crime against fans and incomes, insisting baseball must entertain every minute to hold patron interest.
Bunny Brief may win back big league chance due to strong summer with Salt Lake, where his hitting helped the team near the top. Brief was over trained last spring, hindering a good showing with the Sox.
Pitcher Byron Houck formerly of the Athletics took advantage of the OfeY 16 offer by cancelling long contracts at 50 percent. He turned over his contract and received half the money called for, becoming a free agent as far as the Feds are concerned.
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