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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1914
Page
3
A healthful business metaphor argues for freshness and ambition. Leaders must monitor rivals, seek new ideas, and avoid overconfidence. Emphasizing supportive, constructive outlooks and true friendship, the piece urges ongoing progress and faith in people despite failures.
Riis urges seeing God in the lowliest outcast and valuing each person beyond faults. He warns that fault finding stifles growth and that a generous, charitable view reveals heroes in cowards and philanthropists in misers.
Historical note suggests Nebuchadnezzar consumed grass to treat a long standing illness. Scientists have long debated the remedy though documentation remains fragmentary and unclear.
A stylish woman enters a shoe shop asking for the bald headed clerk with a bent leg. The proprietor says he now works for the rival across the street and she hurries over where the new shop offers her a fitting. The scene highlights retail whimsy and market rivalries in trade.
A reflection from Edward Howard Greggs on how distant times seem heroic while present life appears ordinary. The passage argues that greatness is perceived in hindsight, and people imagine they would act nobly in past struggles, though life for ordinary people is usually commonplace.
Pneumatic scenery uses rubberized fabric stretched over inflatable frames to create lifelike trees and other onstage elements. The system allows quick inflation and easy relocation, with large props like an oak tree folding into a compact space for shipping.
Victory speaks with humor about managing her skirts as she readies for a banner perch. She frets about bystanders’ reactions and whether the scene will look like a moral victory. The exchange shows light relief amid a formal moment.
A Milwaukee discussion questions whether humans could derive nourishment from non meat sources if meat became scarce. The piece compares human diets to herbivores that favor grass and explores potential substitutes.
Near Berry au Bac two French lieutenants describe night attack on German trenches and rapid trench fortification by French troops. They recount grenades, carnage, and a mission to secure gains while civilians, refugees, and wives seek news and reunions at a wayside inn.
The Distinguished Service Order is awarded to 59 officers from all arms and reserves, including Lord Alastair Robert Innes-Ker. The citation credits conspicuous courage with the advance squadron at Kruiseik for rescuing wounded under heavy fire. Innes-Ker, a Royal Horse Guards captain, was recently reported wounded in action.
Mrs. Pienaar of Winburg, Union of South Africa, reclaimed a British flag torn down by General De Wet’s rebels. She tied the flag around her waist and warned that it would be hoisted again when decent people return.
Dispatches say Mrs Pienaar was cursed by the rebels, but they did not offer to molest her. The report notes no further details about the incident or motives.
Soldiers in camp on the Belgian French frontier wait for orders to move to the firing line as tensions rise along the border.
Vienna reports the wife of a lieutenant who accompanied her husband into the field and trenches has been awarded the cross of the Francis Joseph order for conspicuous bravery.
A wounded Allied soldier charged through a fire swept zone to reach the objective, fell from a German volley as his blood stained the order he carried, and died. Comrades vow a monument bearing his name and deed.
An incomplete OCR fragment hints at a training update for a team named Sota with uncertain results. Details are missing, leaving the article with limited actionable facts or named entities.
An account recalls a winter journey through Tyrol testing faith and friendship among travelers. The narrator notes eerie scenes in holy mountains, graves, and a surreal hotel incident at Longarone, where a locked inn door and odd family dynamics reveal uneasy suspicions about wealth and safety.
A state banquet display at Windsor features gold dogs and a scent fountain with Arab figures watering horses, gold candelabra, salvers, and innumerable pieces. Buckingham Palace hosts eight tons of gold plate valued around 15 million dollars, used on historic occasions with a diamond studded peacock as a centerpiece.
A man named John Barton, torn between love and a deadly secret, races to complete a long planned crime in an Adirondack cottage. As Lucy and her mother draw near and suspicion grows, Barton weighs his dangerous experiment against a future with Lucy. He ends by shaving his mustache in a frantic bid to stop himself.
The article notes Portuguese prisoners, especially in low cells near public roads, can beg alms from passers-by. Tourists and guards witness coins given directly to inmates. In some cases high cells allow bags and tins to be lowered via cords. One Oporto prison near a church hours people with a dangling receptacle.
An Irish charwoman on upper floors of a New York skyscraper recalls a terrifying afternoon storm. She hid in a coat closet for two hours with only her breath for ventilation, waiting for the thunder to die down before emerging.
A concise reflection on how example trains and shapes behavior more effectively than words. It argues practice and habits in daily life carry greater weight than mere precepts, and that actions speak louder than explicit admonitions.
The text argues that Italy did not bring civilization to the country. It notes that initial settlers were Spaniards who did little to civilize. Subsequent Dutch, French, and English settlers left their imprint, with English influence preeminent and Dutch and English influence largely similar in character.
To lovers of nature the article argues for protecting plant and animal life. It mentions proposed laws to safeguard the wild pigeon and 15 species of wild ducks by banning their sale on the market, aiming to curb a mania without hampering legitimate trade.
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