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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
4
Telegraph Creek authorities detain Beas Lake Indians leaders after a torture case linked to witchcraft accusations. A Jones resident reported a Cree incident involving a teacher injured by a feared healing ritual. The case sparked arrests and winter care for abducted youths.
Portland cement is the strongest and most reliable for reinforced concrete and vibration resistance. Natural cement comes from argillaceous limestone and is slower to gain strength, suitable for massive masonry where weight matters. Slag cement, a pulverized mix of blast furnace slag and hydrated lime, is weaker and used mainly for foundation work underground away from air and water.
Sapleigh asks about a role in a local amateur historical pageant. The fair manager assigns all parts and suggests the heroine’s father, noting Sapleigh must play a deceased father since the heroine is an orphan. The exchange ends with the manageress confirming the father's part requires the character to be dead.
Jeffersonville resident Allen Moders of 18 Missouri Ave testifies that kidney discomfort woke him at night and caused back pain until Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved the symptoms. He notes a family history of similar kidney trouble and credits the product with restoring health. FosterMilburn Co. of Buffalo, N Y distributes the remedy.
Aaron Bell of Lyons Kansas a truck gardener crossed a weed with a potato plant to create a bugless potato. The new plant leaf tastes weedy to humans but repels insects while the potato plant remains unharmed.
The article explains Swiss funeral customs with a mourning urn on display and a black table at the deceased’s home. Men alone attend the churchyard, and often walk behind the hearse. Visitors deliver small black margined visiting cards with brief sympathies.
A barber advises a trick for sharpening razors using lead pipe placed on a strop. He explains rubbing the blade on a short piece of soft lead pipe to sharpen and finish the edge. The method is explained with a humorous tone and a casual reference to a chemical idea between lead and leather.
Hazing at St Andrew's involves shaving heads and painting them red as a ritual of scorn. A target who refused to curb the acts was formally tried for libels against the king of Siam and the dey of Algiers. He was forcibly carried to the Swilian burn and subjected to a harsh punishment there.
Advertising note offers three furnished rooms for light housekeeping with telephone contact 1081-9 in June classified section.
A Lancashire couple on their first trip abroad wait at St Pancras for a guard to unload their boxes. An inside porter offers to look after the baggage and the bride confronts the groom over the porter's remark, prompting embarrassment and a heated exchange.
A bizarre street car episode ends with a man drawing a large jackknife after a woman’s improvised grain prop. The ad promotes Burdock Blood Bitters claiming to improve complexion digestion and blood quality for $1.25.
An advertisement promotes Dean's Odontic ment for itching skin trouble piles eczema salt rheum scald head herpes and scabies. Priced at 60 cents per ounce at all stores.
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