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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
2
A satirical note argues pills do not provide lasting energy and mocks overuse in medicine. It recalls a hygienic pill once claimed to cure at a 64 percent margin and laments reliance on pills over exercise and baths.
A reader note discusses a kitchen chair project and painting mistakes. The speaker notes a simple task, mentions stains and splashes, and suggests a safer approach while reflecting on a past attempt.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a nature spree event with references to Tsoure or wv and woods. The text appears as a garbled stream of phrases about a nature study or outdoor outing, with scattered names and a copyright line attributed to Edear AL. Gust.
Fragmentary field notes describe Willis Jr and a critique of self-made success. Text hints at wealth, ambition, and a warning about craving power without providing a clear incident or outcome.
A list of practical kitchen and table tips covers boiling spaghetti then cooling it, simmering tomato and bacon mixture, making gelatin cranberry dessert with almonds and celery, and a Sherry dressing for lettuce. It emphasizes efficient, cheerful home management with step by step steps and timing.
A simple 1929 recipe describes heating butter, stirring in flour, adding milk until thick, then folding in canned salmon with bones and skin removed. Beat one egg with a pinch of salt and cayenne, fold in and serve on toasted crackers or bread. Signature Maryweed recipe style.
An article discusses how daily experiences influence dreams and their fading memory upon waking. It notes dreams blend recent events and hidden desires, with bridges formed by consciousness, and offers mystic meanings such as fish indicating fortune or caution with slippery friends.
One of the new army observation balloons touched down at the civic center in San Francisco attracting onlookers and raising interest in the military air program.
A gas heater burner for fire box use is claimed to keep engines hot. A patented wide brim hat for women can be removed to resemble two hats. English has about 75 000 more words than French German and Spanish combined. Treland’s hog of 240 000 acres spans four counties. Dutch marriages end with Bible gifts to couples funded by the state. Abyssinia grants wives authority allowing abuse and easy divorce while husbands must show cause.
A fussy theater patron amused ushers and spectators at the Majestic as she offered directions about seating. The usher queried if she meant to wear down, and she replied with a humorous reference to “the middle west,” sparking titters across the center aisle and nearby rows.
The article notes fans as a feminine accessory linked to Spanish and Mexican associations, with Carmen as a possible influence. It mentions fans used in hot climates for generations and cites a Cairo museum handle from Amenhotep II's eighteenth dynasty tomb and a bas-relief in the British Museum showing Sennacherib with women holding feather fans.
California chemist tests native ore for gold and reports platinum recovered from the ore by the ordinary treatment with a supplementary process. Platinum appears as platinum black in quantities up to several ounces to the ton, according to Popular Mechanics Magazine.
A Horace line urging steadfast prudence in adversity and prosperity. It emphasizes keeping spirits even and cautious rather than overreaching during fortune and dampened resolve during misfortune. The quote invites balanced temperance and measured action.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer essay argues beauty and genius can coexists in American history. It cites figures from Washington to Lincoln, Lee to Wilson, and writers like Cooper and Irving as examples of a lasting, aesthetically striking public persona.
A panel report before the British Astronomical Association notes a bright, nearly linear border along the dark limb of the young moon. Described by T L MacDonald, this luminosity is brighter than earthshine and varies in length with lunar age, becoming diffuse by day seven of the lunation. Varagid Thomson adds he saw the border with naked eye and with telescope.
The Boston Commercial Bulletin notes France’s overall population fell after the war while cities like Evans Bordeaux and Marseilles rose 15 to 36 percent led by Marseilles as a Mediterranean port. It adds New York’s growth makes it the world’s largest city closely matching London in population.
In 1803 Drummond found a solitary aroma nant in St. Tammany Parish. Harvard seeks Louisiana search for rare aronia plant while the New Orleans Garden Society offers $5 for its discovery. Harvard also asks state search for a ash variety found near New Orleans a century ago and not seen since.
Publicly owned forests hold about one-fifth of all timber while private lands contain four-fifths. The nation once had 750 million acres of forests with greater timber variety than elsewhere. Presently the rate of cutting for all uses exceeds the forests’ annual growth.
Seventh grade students discuss ways to reduce clothing costs inspired by Irvin Cobb's idea to shorten trousers to knickerbockers or pants. Little Jacob suggests removing pockets since the country has gone dry.
The dialogue presents a professor arguing that a marriage is a preventive of death by own action. J Fuller Gloom interrupts, noting he is convinced that death by own action is a preventive of marriage. The source reflects a newspaper tone from Kansas City Star.
A courtroom vignette shows a judge prompting a proprietor about preference for color of help as workers ask for inclusive hiring. The dialogue exposes segregation era attitudes and authority guiding employment norms.
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