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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
5
A fragment recounts a girl Greta who finds a magical fountain dipper. a sprite grants a golden water flask, but the North Wind snatches the dipper and scatters diamonds across the ground. Greta recovers the gems as the dipper rises to the stars.
A fragmented editorial riffing on a car nut and valve plumbing, mixing surreal images of bikes and grease with a humorous beat. The piece contrasts neutral roads and social battles, ending with a quip about intoxication and explanation.
A health column suggests celery as a staple for slimming and lists foods to avoid or include. It warns against milk cheese pork fats and sweets while praising vegetables fruits and lean grains. The piece notes olive oil is fat heavy and offers substitutions like saccharine for sugar.
Narrator recalls Joe and Teava town friends fishing by a lake last week. Joe rigs a worm on a long pole and tries to lure fish yet fears worms will be swallowed twice by a big catfish. Conversation turns to feeding worms to fish and the narrator oddly substitutes with beefsteak sandwich.
The Lexington, largest warship planned for the US Navy, will displace 42,200 tons with 180,000 horsepower and reach 35 knots. Eight 16 inch guns complement 16 six inch guns and anti air defenses. Armor belt will be light to favor speed. four submerged torpedo tubes and bulkheads aid defenses.
The American committee for relief in Asia Minor reunites Armenian families scattered by four years of deportations. Shamlian locates his mother and sister via a Princeton paper ad, and plans a Balikeshir home. lists of orphans will run in Armenian papers to aid finding homes in America. The committee reports about 30,000 orphans in Constantinople and about twice that in Beirut.
Cranmore California claims to be the healthiest community in the state noting no grave has been dug in its cemetery since 1868 and no local deaths have occurred since 1803. Residents have died elsewhere in the state, not in Cranmore.
A historical note compares the Lexington to the British Hood. It highlights displacement of about 43 000 tons versus 41 200 tons, speeds around 35 knots versus 31, length near 874 feet, power and armor figures, and armament of 8 16 inch guns versus 8 15 inch guns. The piece suggests Lexington’s superiority in greatness.
Airship R-80 built for the admiralty near Barrow will launch in 2 or 3 weeks. At 585 feet long and 70 feet wide it carries 38 tons lift with four 240 hp engines. Maximum speed 68 mph and crew of 15. Once war gear is dropped it will offer passenger service possibly over France and Flanders battlefields.
Fred Bodner of White Oak drove a black horse to Manning livery stable and later found he had taken the wrong animal. He returned to the stable and learned the other black horse had also been driven away, with the liveryman unable to identify the thief.
Berlin theater owners report heavy losses as taxes take 60 percent of gross revenue and rising costs squeeze budgets. Moving picture houses attract crowds with lower prices while stage and opera companies face insolvency, amid claims that Americanism undermines art for its own sake.
Kansas City acts as a clearing house for thousands of farm laborers to harvest wheat across Kansas Oklahoma Missouri Nebraska South Dakota and Iowa over the next two months. Estimates come from questionnaires sent to wheat growers by the United States free employment bureau. Kansas expects 30 000 to 50 000 outside workers with minimum 70 cents an hour plus board and lodging in western areas. eastern Kansas wages run about 5 dollars a day with board and lodging.
A ferret used for rodent control escaped its cage at Fountain drug store in Huntington West Virginia. Four girl clerks vaulted the counter in alarm before a male clerk guided the animal back to its usual duty.
Mrs. Mary Jane Ehlers aged seventy eight, widow of a pioneer farmer, died at her son’s Lawrenceburg home after a cow kicked and fractured her skull on a concrete doorway while she was milking. The incident occurred in Lawrenceburg Indiana.
A column lists several old fashioned treats and kitchen tips. Prune whip, tapioca pudding, oatmeal cookies, maple sponge, marshmallow pudding, and cherry olives are described with steps and measures for home cooks.
The quotation notes that human life in modern civilization requires faculties beyond mere animal feeds. It contrasts pastoral life with complex human demands, citing dates for the Arab, cucurber for the Turkish porter, and blubber for the Eskimo to illustrate evolving needs.
A vintage recipe list presents several salads built on cabbage pineapple and fruit. Instructions cover cabbage water crisping blanching almonds and mayo dressings, plus gelatin molds pineapple pear and peach flavored options with creams and nuts for serving portions feeding about 15.
Mrs. Eliza Garfield, mother of James A. Garfield, is cited as the first woman to see her son inaugurated president of the United States. Washington’s mother resided in Fredericksburg, Virginia, during his inauguration in New York, though she did not attend. The piece reflects on speech and wisdom in public discourse.
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