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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1920
Page
3
Walter Scott’s Heart of Midlothian is reviewed, tracing its anonymous birth as a Waverley novel and its famed episodes. The summary highlights Jeanie Deans’s courage, Effie Deans’s trial, and the novel’s blend of humor and social critique set in Edinburgh’s Tolbooth and London.
Indian reservations listed across New York include Erie and Genesee counties, Oneida, Onondaga, St. Regis, Franklin, Shinnecock, Tuscarora, Tonawanda, and more. Some areas span tens of square miles, up to about 7,300 acres, and are open to visitors most days.
A brief dialogue reveals flirtatious exchange about a young man described as handsome, with a setting noted as Exclusive beach, from a Boston Transcript source.
The article describes two effective methods to preserve maiden hair ferns. One method uses gum water to dip the ferns and a gas to dry after draining for two to three minutes. The other method presses the ferns between blotting paper sheets, laid between boards, for a week or so.
A fragment discusses the fate of Rome and its people, contrasting the wealth and power left to successors with a missing guiding spirit. It is followed by culinary notes on versatile uses for leftover meat and various recipes, urging practical household fare and preservation of flavor.
A lyrical meditation on dawn as life’s quiet luxury. The speaker describes the air as rare and the south wind brushing the brow, evoking a gentle, intimate morning mood and a sense of renewal.
A practical kitchen guide outlines simple casseroles and quick bites. Recipes include Round of Beef en Casserole with vegetables and raisins, Pork Chicken stuffed loin, creamed peanuts on toast, anchovy stuffed eggs, rice with cinnamon, stuffed tomatoes, and a cheese cherry sandwich filling.
A reflection on how openness and fairness favor individuals and their views, while intolerance fuels hostility. The passage warns that welcoming dialogue strengthens civic respect, whereas rejection hardens opposition and hinders constructive discourse.
Chinese students have been seen wandering Paris campuses as a Chinese institute is said to be founded in France by order of the Chinese republic. Roughly 800 students have arrived and struggled to find lodgings, some housed temporarily at Fontainbleau and Melun, highlighting a shortage of reception and housing.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a speaker accusing another of avoiding tough questioning. The text shifts to snapping at implied accusations, with a stray line suggesting a claim of being used as a cat's paw. The overall exchange lacks context and completion.
United States Department of Agriculture findings show that using a two row corn cultivator allows one man to cover nearly twice as much ground per day as with a one row unit. Farmers using corn binders report a 50 percent rise in man labor efficiency, and hay loaders cut loading time by about 25 percent.
The article highlights American gooseberry types Downing Red Jacket and Carrie as desirable. Downing bears large berries with productive bushes. Red Jacket resembles Downing with redder berries and fewer canes. Carrie bears long branches laden with berries and easy picking. English options Whitesmith and Keepsake resist mildew with large berries and strong yields.
The Ohio experiment station found fertilizer added to manure increased corn yield by 11 bushels per acre. The residual effect raised following wheat by five and a half bushels per acre. Clover after the wheat gained 1,100 pounds of hay per acre. The fertilizer paid for itself three times.
The article notes timber can profit on steep slopes gullied ground and rocky tracts. Locust and acacias enrich poor soils via nitrogen fixing bacteria in root nodules. Maintaining forests stops gullies and protects adjoining lands with planted cover and brush dams.
The article urges favorable early growing conditions for young trees to ensure strong growth before winter. It discusses the mulching method, noting its benefits for air and moisture but its impracticality when trees are newly planted and mulching material is scarce.
The imported currant worm, about three-fourths of an inch long and green with yellow tips, appears early in spring and may have one to three broods. It devours foliage and is readily killed by arsenical spray or dust. Controlling the first brood reduces later trouble.
Breeders are urged to back a state and national crusade promoting purebred sires. The campaign is described as increasing demand and prices for purebred stock, presenting a strong business proposition for breeders to support the effort.
A USDA statement notes that a farm home and its surroundings should be attractive to uplift families visitors and passers by. It emphasizes the close link between farmstead appearance and farm business success reflecting on overall farm life.
The Japan Chronicle notes that married women are legally incapacitated. It condemns the lack of political voice for women and the unfairness toward daughters under the Japanese succession law. Married women need their husbands permission to handle property, loans, gifts, or contracts.
The article describes Albanian selfserve eating spaces long before similar US establishments. A rugged stone counter replaces marble surfaces with a charcoal fire beneath for cooking chicken, turkey, potatoes or rice. Utensils sit at one end, and the setup rests on timber and logs.
A veteran businessman recalls an industrial leader as a boy of six who tried trading a lantern with a playmate. He sought his father's counsel and was advised to use his own judgment. The boy then asked to remove the oil first, illustrating spontaneous insight over gradual growth.
Harold tells his mother he lost his gum during a chop suey lunch. Mamma cuts him off and later smiles vacantly as Harold tries to explain amid guests. Harold finalizes the scoop after guests leave, noting he only wanted to say he lost his gum.
A French scientist L Ancel proposes selenium smoke recorders for chimneys. A selenium cell on one side detects light through the flue while a lamp sits opposite it. The cell’s resistance changes with smoke density, allowing fire control to be observed on a galvanometer.
The Finnish farms are small with many large estates expropriated by the state. Original owners are to be remunerated by a fixed pre war valuation. The bill finances purchase of lands by former tenants and renters. It is estimated that 99.2 percent of farms are owned outright by farmers.
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt recalls a trunk discovery where a pair of old overalls with a powder rag in a pocket is identified as grandmother’s from the great war. The moment ties family memory to historic conflict via a tangible relic.
The article notes Japan grants more divorces relative to its population than any other major country, highlighting a strikingly high rate in comparison with other civilized nations.
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