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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
3
Fragmentary dialogue hints at a dispute over a large theft or scheme involving multiple parties and a supposed gentleman's agreement to share the loot. No clear names or places are legible to identify individuals or locations.
A quirky note suggests a child known as Folel was very toed in behavior during her birthday. Telon remarks DT should claim she kept fewer candies than expected on her cake.
Nurse confirms drowiinia was ordered but patient grew angry when awakened for the dose. The exchange shows tension during routine administration.
A quirky feature highlights the meals and dishes available at Hicues and Tsingdy’s dining spots. Readers are invited to ask the cook about daily specials and chosen menu items.
A damaged OCR fragment hints at a nature themed item involving a widow and an AVY element. The readable bits suggest a discussion of affinity or treatment of grass and a possible social or household context. Clear facts are unavailable in the fragment.
Fragmentary exchange shows a doctor and patient discussing nerves. The doctor asserts improvement possible and mentions reading machines in a newspaper without tremor, but the text is garbled and lacks concrete facts or names.
Community notice invites participation at 2 Eoery Street encouraging altruism and shared activities for neighbors. Volunteers organize friendly gatherings and helper tasks to support local residents.
A court imposes a suspended sentence on a convicted rascal amid ongoing case details. References to violent acts and a lynching hint at a broader local crime climate. No further names or dates are provided in the readable text.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Bettie refusing marriage to a top rival, with Guerrth and Nei reacting to the claim and suggesting someone else would win the heat. The scene hints at tensions over a race and alliances.
Readable text shows a garbled dialogue about overdoing something and a partner urging restraint with a strange lettuce reference. No identifiable people, places, or events beyond vague domestic tension.
A claim about Miss Flirty tele wey being fake is countered with confirmation she was real. The record notes the tale’s origin and the surrounding reactions among local readers.
The note mentions a fond relation to pets and asks about whether the term refers to animals or the mood, highlighting a linguistic ambiguity in the query.
A quip about a newlywed couple returning from their wedding trip broke underscores financial strain. The exchange notes the honeymoon has exhausted funds as they face a lean period. The wry line hints at a stalled budget and tight finances after nuptials.
A garbled OCR snippet references a crime report with a lawyer and officer dialogue. It mentions an arrest in a back alley and a phrase resembling "semer in flacrante delietu" and a policeman saying he caught him in the back alley. The readable facts are sparse.
A reader notices the bookies title Short Cuts to Riches with a mountain of liars on the cover and a supposed penitent figure pictured on the back. The remark suggests controversy over the imagery used in the publication.
A humorous dialogue about anarchy. A boy asks what an anarchist is and whether his parents could be anarchists too, prompting a playful discussion on government and authority.
The senator questions limits on freedom of speech while praising its core value. He cites a colleague's concept that the universe is the audience and time itself is the limit, provoking discussion on boundaries of expression.
A fragment recalls a woman yawning and a man trying to stop his wife from yawning, deeming it rude. The exchange hints at embarrassment and social etiquette tensions within a domestic moment.
The piece traces tobacco use among women from early England to Scotland. It cites a London article claiming smoking by women as a modern vice, while noting 17th century common use by all sexes. It recounts pipe smoking in Worcestershire schools and Scottish rural snuff and tobacco habits tied to spinning and rheumatism cures.
The St. Louis Democrat lauds the vast volunteer knitting army's wartime impact and notes a New York drive to revive home industry. It aims to collect spinning wheels, find instructors for house weaving, and promote domestic arts as essential crafts alongside agriculture and production.
Captain Philips reports a new duiker type from Brit Ruanda in Tanganyika territory. The animal about the size of a large coat, called epbe or en puyi by local motives, sacred as a totem feast of Musinga. It inhabits bamboo and mountain forests with a stumpy tail and oribi horns.
A Journal of the Patent Office Society report by J T Calwell describes a hollow plane integrated into the fuselage. The design encloses wing spars engine housings fuel tanks and cockpit within the lifting surface reducing external wind resistance.
A crowded streetcar scene shows poor businessmen in starched collars and laborers in overalls. One rider proclaims a dime thrift test to the conductor, who agrees to a flip and assigns the dime if tails win, the crowd watching as the coin arcs through the air.
A column reflects on the ex Kaiser’s rumored independent fortune, noting that even without savings as emperor his wood resources would today form a colossal asset and suggest substantial wealth.
The ring necked pheasant of Ching is released in New Jersey to combat Japanese beetles. Birds generally avoid the insects, but these pheasants eagerly feed on them, offering potential pest control.
A Philadelphia woman who kept a wallet with a $100 bill decades ago finally seeks to restitution by returning $195 to D E Irving head of Irving Leiper in Chester. She telephoned various Irvings before meeting the mill owner in Broad Street station to repay the debt with the insurance money from her late son.
An uncle known for generosity observes his parsimonious brother's farm with fine chickens. He stops and asks to buy eggs for the children, hoping to teach the lesson of sharing. The encounter serves as a gentle nudge toward greater generosity.
The writer claims no book rivals the Bible in interest and says his strongest plots are drawn from biblical stories such as the Prodigal Son in The Deemster and Esau and Jacob in The Bondman, with Eli and his sons in The Scapegoat and David in The Manxman.
A Vienna newspaper cited in New York warns that marriage costs in Austria impose general discontent. The bride alone costs 240000 crowns, about $6000, with crowns valued at 2.5 cents. Dresses linen and furniture totals are cited, and brides customarily furnish the house and trousseau.
A new labeling system for tin cans relies on gravity as the sole power source. Cans roll down an incline over paste and labels, then pass brushes that smooth the applied labels.
An article discusses the rise of police dog training in Great Britain. It traces historic uses in Scotland and explains modern methods focusing on patience, intelligence, and control. Trained dogs track criminals, locate missing people, and capture suspects with minimal harm.
The Halifax Chronicle cites the Marquis of Hartington recalling wartime days when secret military scores were guarded by major generals and strict oaths. Confidential dispatches circulated in locked boxes with signed warrants, yet printed copies circulated by ordinary printers raised fears of leakage and risk.
The Daily Mail reports a major project to shift all Great Northern platforms to allow continental trains to pass after the Channel Tunnel opens. Officials say station alterations will take years and require every platform to be adjusted by about two inches for clearance of continental sleeping cars and large freight cars. The wider continental gauge is bridged by wheel tread shaping to enable mixed operation on the same rails.
A mailed query to the state board of accounts asks if dog tax paid to a township can be refunded after the dog dies. Chief examiner Jesse Eschbach notes the cruel law taxes property owned March 1 and quips that the issue will raise a bowl.
Lieut. Sydney Pickles completed a pioneering flight from Sydney to Broken Hill crossing waterless hot desert. He reported no landmarks along the barren stretch and relied on compass navigation, comparing the landscape to the gray lonely wastes he patrolled in a seaplane.
Health authorities at Saranac Lake New York say the town is probably the first flyless settlement in the world. Despite hot weather last June and July fires were minimal. It cost about $1000 to eradicate the nuisance by screening and frequent manure removal.
dialogue humor about a wife who once supported women’s suffrage but no longer votes. the husband explains she forgot the age she claimed to vote for the first time and refuses to risk perjury.
A reader notes that she caught a dreadful cold after wearing summer furs in chilly weather. The anecdote illustrates how mismatched clothing can lead to illness in unexpected cold snaps.
A humorous exchange notes a miscommunication about calling times. Mabel questions the sincerity of a confession to Mr Boreleigh while Marie explains the timing of the apology and the likelihood he might call when she is home.
A British doctor M. J. de Thezac claims to cure skin diseases and aid healthy individuals with sun baths using a revolving cabin and a large lens to concentrate rays on the body. The apparatus has been tested in the Quimper area of France, as reported by Popular Science Monthly.
To keep table linens sparkling white use Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry. It never disappoints and is sold at all good grocers for five cents.
In Bridgeton New Jersey twenty five children have invested $1000 in United States thrift stamps this year. They earned money through dishwashing sweeping dusting store work babysitting errands and other chores. Some tackled weed cutting coal carrying paper selling chicken raising and pavement cleaning. Prizes added to savings as they learned time can be turned into money.
The Baltimore Sun letter asserts that few bricks in colonial houses came from England, despite some isolated cargoes. It argues that not a single colonial home of the many claimed used English bricks, and notes the saying faint heart never won fair Lady slipper.
In a Birmingham bankruptcy examination widow Mrs Helen Hunt claimed she kept no bank account. She said money was stored in a cash box under the kennel with a faithful friend, totaling nearly 3000 pounds, and she doubted a bank was safer.
An advertisement touts Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder for shoe and foot bath use. It claims the product adds comfort, eases tight or new shoes, and lets ladies wear shoes one size smaller by using the powder each morning. Sold everywhere.
A witty domestic vignette shows a husband objecting to fashion, demanding his wife stop wearing hair over her ears. She counters with a pragmatic bargain, proposing diamond earrings as the price for keeping her look.
A man rings Mr. Stone at 11:30 PM after he retires and again shortly after waking. The caller offers a new automobile and asks if he inconvenienced him. Mr. Stone replies that he was already sitting by the phone expecting a call.
A note explains that a price doubling represents a 100 percent increase, while many confuse it with a 50 percent rise. The distinction affects budgeting and comparisons across goods and services.
A reflective piece cites the maxim that any member’s suffering binds the whole group in shared distress and moral duty, invoking Junius to emphasize universal empathy across communities.
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