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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1920
Page
2
A Summit New Jersey reader reports relief from digestive distress sleep loss backache and hot flashes during menopause after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound The letter urges others with symptoms to try the remedy and claims proven benefit based on Mrs Koppa’s experience.
A narrative describes animals ending their lives rather than abandon nests after harm by humans and predators. It recalls a sparing tale of a mother bird guarding her brood near the west coast, while mischievous urchins threaten a nest and the young.
A brief quoted exchange notes a reader who knows the classics well. The speaker remarks that the person’s library table shows he moves through authors in various directions, hinting at a wide appetite for literary works.
A vintage advertisement touts Allen's Foot Ease as an antiseptic healing powder for feet. It claims to relieve corns bunions callouses and sore feet while reducing friction that wears shoes and stockings. Shake into shoes or sprinkle in bath water to save wear and expense. Sold everywhere.
A man named Jones brings a small box of candy to his wife in a humorous scene. He jokes about a friend named Smith and his wife, while Mrs Jones replies with polite appreciation and charm.
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Talcum as part of the popular Cuticura trio with Soap Ointment and Talcum. It markets the scented powder for face skin baby and dusting use and claims it makes other perfumes unnecessary. 5¢ each everywhere.
Go correspondent recalls Hank Weld, a cattle rancher in Wyoming, whose mother died young and who faced harsh stepfamily treatment. He longed for trustworthy companionship and western cooks, later surprised to marry a girl who cooked like Boston bakers, noting denims Faust style in the kitchen.
A commercial operator meets Sandy the farmer outside a post office. They discuss savings bonds and supporting the country. The exchange reveals differing views on handling money and government schemes in a rustic dialogue.
A fragmentary dialogue sketches a difficult boss and worker clash over behavior and respect. The overheard chat hints at workplace tension and social commentary in a rough, dialect speaking voice, reflecting harsh attitudes toward authority.
Fragmentary dialogue set in Columbus era mentions an egg demonstration of Earth’s roundness. Ferdinand suggests the fragile egg metaphor foreshadows consequences if autocratic rulers lack prudence and foresight.
Subdued gunplay on the Circle C ranch follows Curly Flanran’s shooting of Luck Cullison. Kate Cullison denounces lynching, sways the crowd, and appeals to law while Maloney befriends the wounded rustler. Doc Brown and Buck debate mercy as the fate of Curly hangs in the balance.
Curly Fliandrau and Mac flee a horse theft in Saguache Colorado. They split up. pursuit by a posse leads to a shootout. Tac is killed and Curly is captured after wounding a deputy and another man, Luck Cullison.
A reader known as Been There Bill explains a fox trap method from Hunt er-Trader-Trapper. He wades in hip boots to a level stream area and digs a trap pit. He covers the trap with burning brush to mask scent and uses a log tether and ashes to lure the fox.
The term jingo emerged during the Russo Turkish war as a patriotic refrain spread through songs and street scenes. It later marked a faction eager for war, influencing Liberal Tory clash led by Gladstone and Beaconsfield as campaign rhetoric.
A reader letter from Mrs. Charlie Taylor of Dillon South Carolina extols PE RU NA as a cure for catarrh and related ailments after two doctors gave up. She says weight rose from one hundred to one hundred fifty pounds and touts the medicine as a godsend with relief early in use and complete cure after twelve bottles. The notice promotes PE RU NA as emergency home remedy for coughs colds stomach and bowel trouble constipation rheumatism and flu prevention with tablet or liquid forms available nationwide.
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