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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1920
Page
5
A quirky column by Howard L. Rann about the changing nature of travel and touring by car. It notes tourists seek new sites, the impact of gasoline prices, and the lure of motor journeys over rail or air, with ironic sketches of motorists and roads.
A motivational address urging the reader to pursue true Merit and perfection, insisting that merit leads to winning and should guide actions despite accidents in life. It emphasizes belief in possibilities and staying disciplined to reach high aims.
A reflective piece urges readers to merit recognition and focus thoughts on elevating aims and ideals. It emphasizes personal worth, concentration, and dedication as paths to achievement and progress.
A short verse celebrates a mother’s lemon pie easing troubles and brightening family life. The speaker recalls how the pie brings joy, courage, and shared cheer as children sing along. The piece ends with a note crediting Edgar A. Guest and a brief remark that kerosene was first used for light in 1826.
The text lists numerous vintage recipes and cooking methods, including summer fruit salads with figs dates strawberries and pineapple, sardine and potato salads with mustard dressing, and a fireless cooker method for chicken stock. It also describes squab preparations including braised and boned stuffed variants and a note on platter presentation. Copyright 1926 Western Newspaper Union.
Dreaming of dancing is a good omen for love and friendship, with spouses seeing increased family, and unattached individuals foreseeing a kind sweetheart. Tradesmen may gain profits and seafarers expect a successful voyage, while a distant friend or country may bring good news. avoid costly attire to prevent a temporary money shortage.
A servant refuses to stay unless a double garage is built for her car. The request centers on providing separate space for vehicle storage at the residence, influencing the household arrangement.
Readers view four hat designs that epitomize summer style with satin ribbons, malines, peacock feathers, and straw brims. The features include formal dress hats, off the face street styles, and a sporty organdy model with silk cutouts, illustrating how milliners clothe and reveal character.
The article urges sensible year round wear for children from ages one to eight. It prefers cotton rompers and overalls for play to keep kids clean and independent, notes gendered fashion shifts for girls, and highlights practical one piece dresses with bloomers and summer sets in chambray and percale.
Two lengths of plaited frilling drawn neatly together down the middle with a tiny velvet ribbon bracket leave long ends, making an attractive neckwear accent for a summer frock.
From France came the note that the light cape designed to accompany a dressy outdoor frock is nearly indispensable with many journals claiming every light frock will feature such an accessory.
Brown continues to be a fashionable color with brown taffeta brown net and brown hats in straws and ribbons appearing in the season’s smartest outfits.
An awfully smart idea for bags and belts uses cut flowers applied to suede or kid, with green raffia leaves and stalks. The method blends colorful floral shapes with textured materials for a striking decorative touch.
The article notes that many women favor light, unlined jackets—round or square and worn crossed or hooked at the shoulder—citing a prejudice against appearing outdoors in a plain frock.
A new trousseau idea features a white crepe de chine bathrobe with a black hem and quilting and white embroidery for a delicate, stylish nightwear option.
A poem fragment cites beauty born of sight and nature's command, asserting it dwells in the common eye. The verse by Mary Flanagan emphasizes everyday perception over lofty trance, praising ordinary scenes as sovereign power.
A compact home recipe note describes Veal Salad and Seasoned Spaghetti with veal and mushroom sauce. It also suggests using maple syrup to save sugar, and offers a Green Peas method with soda and sugar, finishing with cream or butter and a mint sprig.
A poem by Amanda Genjamin Hall pleads to the woods for healing and strength. The speaker seeks tonic greenery and moss kissed tenderness from nature. Roots of wisdom and wind-tossed mirth frame the tree’s healing kiss.
Fresh fruit in season makes a welcome breakfast. Cherries and currants are praised when served cold or with sugar. Dried fruits like prunes figs dates apricots and pears offer healthful options. Egg dishes include a steam fried egg omelette ham omelette eggs in peppers and codfish lacade with potatoes and cream. Maple custard and Beauregard Eggs on Toast conclude the menu suggestions.
The piece notes that in India fans are common and servants use a punkah to cool spaces. It recalls early ecclesiastical fans used to ward off flies from sacraments and describes large feather fans carried by papal processions, though not used in the mass as in the Middle Ages.
A literary fragment depicts morning bearing a golden basket and wreath of beauty, crowning the earth, while evening travels lonely meadows with a golden pitcher of peace from the sea. The lines evoke tranquil natural images and seasonal change.
Planed plain cottage cheese with cream salt paprika chopped chives and green pepper for a fresh salad option. Also cheese with jam curant or raspberry and strawberry preserves, plus tongue and spinach mold with celery and mayonnaise. Coconut custard pie with toasted topping. Asparagus eggs with cheese and asparagus tips on buttered toast. Creamed ham on toast and scrambled eggs with cream, leek, and toast. Poached eggs with tomato sauce over toast and egg sandwich filling with anchovy paste and watercress.
Western Samoa with a 31 000 population shows a light white presence under 1000 and a strong demand for hard candies or boiled lollies sold at 25 cents per pound. Varieties differ in color and flavor and are imported in five pound tins though lozenges are rare. Taffies and chocolates struggle in humidity and are imported in sealed metal tins at 50 to 75 cents per pound.
Mrs. Pearl C. Stone of Holliston mass has applied for a stationary fireman's license asserting the era of male superiority in hard work is over She is believed to be the first woman in Massachusetts to request such a permit.
Early signs include fatigue afternoon, morning tiredness, poor appetite, weight loss or growth stopping, and easy exhaustion after exertion. Seek medical advice if symptoms appear. In any family with tuberculosis, all members should be examined by specialists.
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