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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1920
Page
3
A health ad touts Eatonic as a remedy for stomach acid, indigestion, and gas. It claims over half a million users found relief, with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory. The painless tablet is advertised as easy to prepare and also promotes a constipation cure.
Boastful wartime rumors mix with a U S Department of Agriculture report on cattle disease. A Missouri student theme and Munich beer reminiscences contrast with postmortem condemnations for tuberculosis in cattle and related meat inspections. The report notes 387.09 deaths linked to tuberculosis and cites government inspection failures and farm containment concerns.
A quirky hometown exchange features Jack Jolly, the golf ball maker, being asked about learning the game as he notes a 42 year old friend who jokes about his improving form. A Scottish friend claims at 51 his game keeps improving, highlighting age and skill in a light anecdote.
A shopper favors a pink rug with purple roses after browsing the store. She asks for approval shipping while the proprietor hesitates. Her five-year-old daughter interrupts, urging timely delivery for their party tomorrow.
The new minister was calling out profanity as a growing habit among children. A young bystander whispered that he does not swear but knows all the words, sparking a moment of quiet humor.
Kansas City Star reports a brief exchange about impressions of a new flat with a humorous line about having no room to complain and a casual tone. The item captures everyday remarks in a metropolitan context.
A brick bungalow with a 26 by 54 foot footprint features five rooms including living and dining rooms, two bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom. The plan emphasizes space saving beds and closets, minimal stairs, large light filled dining space, and a wide front porch under a hi roof. It suits city and rural areas and aims to reduce construction waste and overall cost.
The eldest sons of British peers bear courtesy titles when the head of the family can spare one. Earl Winterton once known as Lord Turnout recalled a dinner mishap after his father's death when a guest misnamed him, calling him Turnour as a playful taunt.
A report to the Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry by a committee testing home made beet sirup finds it unpalatable. The study notes the experiment aims to evaluate flavor quality and potential improvements.
The U S Geological Survey publishes a topographic map of the Holland quadrangle covering Isle of Wight Nansemond and Southampton counties in Virginia with a strip of Carolina. Franklin is the principal town shown. The 240 square mile area depicts flat fields pines rivers and rural life including steamboats cotton peanuts and pine lumber. The map records early American history and military value of the region.
Among the Riffian pirates of Morocco the women do all the agricultural and other hard work while the men, when at home, do the cooking and mend the clothes including the women's.
The passage lists daily prophecies tied to wearing clothes and measures for pew clothes. It warns of misfortune or luck based on days of the week, burning, tearing, or wearing new attire, and notes good luck in some scenarios such as burning a hole or daughters wearing mothers' clothes.
A list outlines personal conduct for body and mind. It urges breath work on rising, brisk outdoor walking, restraint from stimulants, light meals, early bed, open windows, and daily quiet study and work. discourages public-place heated air and stresses environmental elevation.
Notes describe hinged top jacks for cars patented by a New Orleans inventor and a rochelle salt crystal substitute for dry cell batteries in telephones. Italian cork production improved with 3 percent waste. New Zealand island rich in sulphur and gypsum. Pennsylvania inventor patents ready-made concrete building parts molded in metal troughs.
A compact essay ruminates on gossip as truth in life, jealousy as a flawed virtue, and social amusements like cards. It contrasts a candid dog with a cat's secretive nature, notes luck as days you recognize, and laments the shrinking middle class home with modern conveniences.
Mary and John stroll through Willow Street toward a gray Dean place for sale. She imagines a cozy cottage by the river while he hides his doubt, then confesses his love and asks her to marry and live there together.
The club shows heightened energy as members clash over the blanket ballot. Supporters say it advances fairness while opponents warn it risks complexity and confusion in voting.
The statement asserts maple sugar and maple shrub production is exclusively American with Canada as the only other country producing them. It emphasizes national production and cross border activity in North America.
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