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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1920
Page
6
Representative S D Fess reports a survey showing New York City teachers earn less than many Chicago trades. He warns war drains talent, lowers standards, and weakens schooling. He urges broad educational reforms to elevate teaching and make it the nation’s chief credential.
Editorial attacks sentimentality in rejecting foreign immigrants and leeches. It argues for enforcing strict laws to remove harmful outsiders, calling for a courageous stance to preserve national integrity and prevent taint by criminals.
A controversial opinion argues that present marriage fails women and a female head of the family is needed. It calls for legal guarantees and a new union type focusing on women's rights and finances to preserve home stability and morality amid European crises.
A compilation of historical observations covers a range of topics from tempering penalties in China to five day jail terms, diamond price dips in London during 1870, jaggery production in India, the Mount Holyoke College founded as the first women’s college, Oberlin’s role in U S coeducation, dense Chinese farming, and social customs in France noting the left hand as the heart’s domain for close relations.
A garbled snippet discusses bread superstitions and omens. It claims keeping no crust prevents poverty and links burnt bread, dropped slices, crust fondness, uneven eating, and buttered-side-down bread to signs of anger, cold friends, lies, sin, or marriage to a handsome man.
The piece discusses misread treaties of lines and duties, noting how enthusiasm prevents firing, while love is sweet yet stifling. It laments human relations as ties harmed by unreasonable demands and calls the endless quest to measure up an unreal force shaping life events.
Opportunity does not travel on a schedule and no tent is as good as content. Money talks but often causes trouble when central matters arise. Free advice tends to come with poor value. The world is a stage and the profiteer its stage hoarder. Hobbyists hog the road to themselves. Only a thief can share a glass with Hinich nowadays according to the Transcripe from Boston.
A humorous collection of garden themed proverbs uses plant names to parody common sayings. It blends puns like Moneywort and Thyme with familiar maxims. The items play on garden flora to twist traditional wisdom into playful maxims.
The photo shows Ludwig Martens, self styled Soviet ambassador to the United States, and his secretary in Washington just before Martens testifies to a Senate committee. He promised to reveal much about the communist party's activities in America.
Brief items note Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro and Sydney as large cities south of the equator. An inventor patents a hammer blade attachment. Sweden recognizes equal inheritance for sons and daughters. In northern Mongolia dowries are paid in dogs. A tire watch container uses clamps for grip. Compass needles do not point true north. The north magnetic pole differs from the geographic pole. A centrifugal pump cleaning tool removes pool sediment without draining water.
Miss Marion Slope's Winter Pax took first prize at the Atlantic Cat Club annual championship show held at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York.
A concise reflection cites Le Rochefoucauld noting we can offer guidance yet fail to spur action. The aphorism emphasizes the gap between counsel and conduct in daily life.
The article reports U S per capita butter use at 17.5 pounds annually versus 25.6 pounds in Australia. It also states U S cheese consumption at 38.8 pounds annually compared with 12.8 pounds in Denmark.
A judge quips about listeners and singers sharing the organ hangup with a motto that laments the choir’s woes. The remark contrasts performance nerves and audience expectation in a light, satirical mood.
A dog narrator, a Boston Bull with a white head, details life with his missy and master. He describes a new pillow, quiet voices, seashore trips by train, occasional muzzles, and loving family affection, plus his fondness for bones over ice cream.
A reader quotes a mother and daughter discussing a new doll. The mother questions the doll’s complexion and hair, wondering if it looks natural and suitable for Ruth.
In a playful exchange, a father and son joke about a cold and bursting pipes as sneezes echo in the scene. Little Stanley blames the freezing weather for his ailment while Papa ponders the cause.
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