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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
2
A cache of valuable historic tablets from Babylon excavations yields artifacts dating to about 3500 years before the Christian era. Several pieces show distinct prime initials believed to identify their makers and long preservation results in a key link to ancient Lycean culture.
A shopper confronts a chaotic display as a worker offers a beetle ridden item and questions its suitability for a child. The scene unfolds with confusion over toys and a dinner party, leaving the shopper perplexed and the assistant startled.
Geologist and mining engineer Lierscheld Parier who first scaled Mount McKinley asserts that long term seismic activity and rock subsidence have altered the mountain’s structure. He warns that earthquakes may cause further slipping along the northern face and threaten exposed routes.
The quotation notes that every person, even the weakest, possesses a unique gift. When used well, such gifts elevate individuals and, by extension, benefit humanity as a whole.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products including antiseptic ointment talcum powder and perfume as a convenient three in one toilet regimen. It claims improved skin treatment through a scented powder and emphasizes the trio’s combined use.
A fragmentary account describes the arch in Rome built around A D 70 to honor the victory over the Jews and the Emperor Titus. It notes relief sculptures of a sacrificial procession and Titus with Victory, and depictions of depictions of Jewish ritual objects. The text mentions the Colosseum, completed under Titus in A D 80, later called the Flavian Amphitheater, now largely ruinous with Nero’s colossal statue and medieval alterations.
Jane begins school and cannot answer a numbers question from her teacher. She offers to share her animal crackers if the teacher refrains from asking the problem.
Monte Carlo frequenters and experts seek a foolproof system to win. A Parisian agent claims a house-tilting secret exposed by a seasoned octogenarian who observed number pairs following each other. After months she won 500,000 francs and broke the bank thrice. The hissed tale ends with a heat warped wheel sticking at a fixed point.
Quapaw full blood Indians worship the Great Spirit in a wigwam church east of Quapaw Oklahoma. They fast from sundown Saturday to noon Sunday with silent prayer around a stone fire. After the fast a feast is served in a nearby mess house. Chief Quapaw owns about 1000 acres. he refused $20000 for land inside Quapaw to keep it from white owners.
A Turkish chapel railway coach fitted to long distance American expresses seats 90. The mosque car built in Constantinople features an eight foot minaret projecting from the roof walls inscribed with verses from the Quran and a compass indicating Mecca. Pilgrims could worship with ceremony during the Damascus to Mecca journey.
Sam Moore of New York city turns a carpenter saw into a musical instrument in a current revue. He grips the handle between his legs and bowing the blade with a violin bow, producing notes shaped by blade curvature. The sounds range from human voice like to ukulele-like wails, startling and pleasing audiences.
Electricity to locate crude oil replaces drilling in some fields. A battery series tests oil near Corsicana Texas with a wire drop into a dry hole and a land wire on the surface. Higher resistance of oil yields reduced deflection in a sensitive circuit instrument during the survey.
The West Coast Lumber men's Association displays twenty pulp derived products from fir spruce and hemifock in Portland Oregon. The exhibit prepared by the United States forests products laboratory at the University of Wisconsin travels nationwide for inspection. Commodities include silk celeth silk stockings gun powder paper absorbent rope and twine lingleum shingles reed fiber for furniture and matting paper lath rug yarn paper webbing and phonograph records.
About 12 000 of 50 000 French war brides have gone back to France due to incompatibility of American and French customs. Mrs Reginald H Johnson president of the L Espoir Franco American club in Pittsburgh says the group formed after Mile Odette de Bouglon of Paris suggested it. The club aims to broaden interests of French brides and help them settle in their new homes.
Slow motion pictures used by a tire company study the effects of heavy blows on highways trucks loads and tires. The images visualize what happens when a heavily loaded motor truck climbs a curb drops off an elevation or bumps a railroad track. This marks the first use of this photography by the company.
Dr. J. Tessier of Paris argues that certain cosmic factors suddenly boosted the virulence of a common germ, enabling secondary infections after the influenza outbreaks in Russia in 1890 and France in 1918.
An idea compares annual U S electricity output to a single colossal ultrrogen lamp. If all power were used to light one lamp it would nearly rival the sun in brilliance. The note emphasizes immense scale and speculative wonder.
The French colonial bulletin describes a new form of vegetable ivory from the kernel of Barnassus ethiopicum, grown on a palm in the upper Senegal Niger territory. The kernel yields large, hard pieces suitable for marquetry dominoes piano keys and buttons and is already used as building stone for native chiefs houses with plans for cathedral pillars at Dakar.
A rough little pony in a cart stood by a manor in Piccadilly on a cold morning as a woman unloaded logs. The pony wore a torn fur edge from a musquash coat tied as a coat, a sign of munition workers who earned higher wages for luxuries like a fur coat, and the pony appeared content.
A London Spectator correspondent in Belgrade describes English terms entering Serbian usage. Words like neroptan budget klub miting shtraik drednot and transport arrive unamended and become part of local speech. Some forms such as gjentliemanski predate the war, showing naturalization of foreign terms as communications grow.
A humorous notice notes a family in distress as the husband jokes that they are in a terrible way due to boycotting potatoes, while the wife sticks to making the only potato dish she knows.
The couple discusses modern upgrades for their home including sunken roof gardens and fresco walls signaling a push toward up to date interiors. The dialogue reflects household aspirations for contemporary design elements in a new residence.
Georges Papin faced Lew Tendler in Jersey City in his first U S bout. Papin was floored four times in the fifth and finished exhausted in the sixth, resigning as Tendler outboxed him. Papin's reception was cool as fans saw Tendler as a true title challenger.
Jimmy Wilde the British Wasp, weighing 106 pounds, struggles on the links as golfers mistake him for a caddy. He faces annoyance due to golfers lodging complaints against a caddy misusing club privileges while Wilde tries to play his own game.
The National League adopts an American League device a sunken box near home plate to store balls used in the game and under the sole charge of the umpire The change aims to enforce the rule that umpires rub the glass off balls before they are tossed into play.
Stallard of the English relay team surged from fourth to first passing three leaders to beat the Americans. The British quartet also shaved three seconds from the existing world record.
The New York Giants plan to train in the city of the Alamo again next spring if the city funds a fifty foot clubhouse expansion, adds more showers, provides hot water, and adds rubbing tables.
Dick Rudolph, a longtime pitcher for the Boston Braves, has been a Braves mainstay since 1910 after debuting with Toronto in 1907 and a stint in the Giants system. The narrative traces his progression from minor leagues to establishing himself in the Braves rotation.
The American Legion committee authorizes a paid athletic director reporting to the state athletic board led by Frank B. Flannery and John V. Cnin. The director will arrange teams grounds track meets tennis tournaments and water carnivals on the Illinois program with free admission and limits events to Legion athletes.
The 1 Paso Tigers, a fast Southern high school squad, lost their first game in two years, marking a rare setback for a team known for speed and pace.
The article recalls pre 1882 practice where players paid 50 cents daily for board on road trips, nearly covering meals. It contrasts with modern costs, noting a typical breakfast ham and eggs for a dollar fifty and beef at dinner for two to three dollars, with noonday soup at 50 cents.
Pete Rulsely hit a record home run at the San Antonio park driving the ball over the fence in right center. It marked the first time such a feat was accomplished in Texas league baseball history.
Walter Johnson not the Washington star led the South Atlantic league in batting for the 1919 season per official averages. He achieved the league lead as a pitcher batter, distinguishing himself with superior hitting among peers.
Ambrose McConnell, longtime infielder for the Boston and Chicago American League clubs, has been appointed manager of the Syracuse Internationals. He brings years of major league experience to the team as it seeks improved performance this season.
In Mexico a 15 year old boxing prodigy known as Kid Pancho fights at 105 pounds and takes bouts even when giving away weight to secure opponents. His early display attracts attention from promoters and fans alike.
New York featherweight Frankie Brown scored a decisive victory over Benny O'Neil in London, winning after twenty rounds. Brown dominated the match with sharp punches and sustained pressure to claim the win.
The piece notes gambling was linked to baseball in the late 1860s, harming the sport. It cites the Cincinnati Red Stockings as a salary-based pioneer club with contested 1869 records and credits Edwin A. Goeney and Spalding sources for details.
A roundup of player moves hopes and observations from major leagues and colleges. Bernie Nels resembles Benny Kauft while Hughey Jennings retires this year and Pete Adams reports to Little Rock. Dade Paskett shines while Ebbetts expects workmen to demand a nine inning game.
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