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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1920
Page
7
A condensed survey of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables traces Jean Valjean's reforms and escapes, Cosette's rise under his care, and the intertwined fates with Javert and the Thenardiers. It notes Hugo's epic scope, social critique, and the work's lasting influence.
Victor Marie Hugo was born in Besancon France on February 25 1862 as a fragile infant. He belonged to a distinguished Napoleonic era family with peasants on his father’s side and received education in France and Spain. His early poetry and plays gained attention though poverty tested him until prize winning works and popular novels elevated his status. He later married an actress and lived a long prolific life, leaving a lasting legacy as a major literary figure.
In the Alps region a former convict Jean Valjean rises to noble deeds after a brutal past. He rescues children, builds workshops and a hospital, becomes mayor, and aids Fantine and her ill daughter Cosette amid villainous Javert and the Thénardier family.
The term Hellenist described a person adopting Greek manners and language, often a Jew of extraction. Many Jews dispersed through Asia Minor in the first century CE were Hellenists, using Greek as their mother tongue.
The piece laments the decline of Indian basket making. It stresses the art’s creation through vast effort and sacrifice and warns that younger Californians and desert Indians eschew hard work, undervaluing baskets bought for only a few dollars.
In the Boston Transcript note Miss Blunt warns to take care not to miss the steamer. The message mentions Boreleigh TI expected to start for Bu mpe tomorrow and offers to help.
Quinine is imported in large quantities to the United States with vast annual expenditure. Source trees are cinchona, thriving across a diverse terrain. The principal belt spans about 100 miles wide and 2,000 miles long, with trees growing from 2,500 to 9,000 feet in altitude.
A writer in the American Machinist explains the life saving role of electric linemen gloves. The gear must be 14 inches long, 0.06 inch thick, with 1200 psi tensile strength and heat resistance, and withstand 18 000 volts without puncture.
In a brief Sydney Triad piece a son admits to his stern father that he was at a dance with chorus girls the night before, claiming his mother already knows and asked him not to reveal their identities to him.
A discussion notes that domestic animals often misjudge danger from poisons. Chickens may drink paint and cows have poisoned themselves by nitrate of soda solutions. Canaries die from hempseed, while many poisons kill humans far more readily than some animals that tolerate large doses.
A tropical cyclone differs from ordinary storms by smaller circumference but far greater strength and rarity in the tropics. Weather warnings arrive late. ships in path are often destroyed and harbors battered as houses and groves are swept away.
A story notes that wealth does not guarantee happiness and that some people find joy after losing fortune. It cites a woman who, after wealth vanished, must work to support her children and finds fulfillment in earning her own money rather than living in luxury.
A quirky passage features a dialogue about nursing a grudge by feeding it wrath. The metaphor likens wrath to a warm vial kept in a vacuum bottle, suggesting the persistence of anger through odd, humorous imagery.
In a sharp social moment, a sweet remark prompts Miss Mayme to firmly deter advances. A confident counteroffer follows, as the suitor pushes for closeness and she asserts boundaries. A terse, charged dialogue captures the tension.
The Manchester Guardian notes anti prohibitionists favor the camel as emblem praising its water storage via date juice fermentation and tough endurance. It mocks the animal’s unappealing face and somber nature, citing the proverb that "the camel" curses its fate uphill and downhill.
The Gilbert Islanders built rare armor for war using coconut coir fiber as body protection and stingray skin breastplates. Only a few suits were made per village, limiting wartime use. Peace ended production and the remaining pieces are now collectors’ items.
The text notes woodpeckers forage around trunks and branches year round with food similar in winter and summer, rarely migrate, and do not flock. It compares their feeding to snipes and woodcocks versus thrushes and quails, bore into wood rather than surface feeding.
The dragon fly, or Odonata member, is nicknamed devil's darning needle and many other names such as snake feeders and horse stingers. Dragon flies are harmless and help reduce mosquitoes and small flies. Nymphs spend up to a year in water before maturing into adults.
Fragmentary quotes describe a household using a maid who has lived with many families on the block, reflecting a social scene. No clear event, dates, or identifiable entities are present in the readable text.
A brief exchange recalls Jaggs calling at the office. He asked to borrow five dollars and left quickly after obtaining it. The remark ends with a casual note that it was a close call.
The quote recalls a man remarking on his wife renovating their house while she is away. He concedes it is hard on him yet argues it would be worse if she were present. The exchange captures a wry, lighthearted domestic tension.
A brief exchange shows Mabel deflecting Boreleigh by clarifying she apologized for being out when he called. Marie points out the real aim is to affect his next call when she is in, revealing a sly romantic misdirection in a Boston Transcript style snippet.
A notice urges mothers to check every bottle of Castoria for the familiar signature of Fletcher’s Castoria. The message emphasizes the product’s long history of use for infants and children and warns caregivers to ensure authenticity.
A. J. de Thezac of Britain claims a revolving cabin with a large lens concentrates sun rays to cure skin diseases and aid healthy users. The device, tested near Quimper France, offers a method for northern regions with limited sunshine.
Use Red Cross Ball Blue in laundry to keep table linens gleaming. Available at all good grocers for 5c.
In Bridgeton New Jersey 25 young students have invested 1000 in thrift stamps this year reflecting a community push toward savings. Boys and girls take on paid chores from dishwashing to baby-minding and newspaper sales to earn money. Some even cut weeds carried coal sifted ashes and raised chickens. The piece notes time can be converted into money and hopes idle street corners and porch chatter fade.
A Baltimore Son letter contends that only isolated cargoes of English bricks existed and that not a single colonial house among many used English bricks, disputing Townsend’s longstanding claim. The note adds a quip about tempered resolve in matters of courtship.
Mrs Helen Hunt widow of Lee Bankroad Birmingham admitted not keeping a bank account. She said she stored nearly £3,000 in a cash-box under a kennel with a faithful dog guarding it, claiming a bank was not safer.
An old style advertisement touts Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder for in shoe use and foot baths. It claims the powder eases tight or new shoes and even lets ladies wear one size smaller by morning sprinkling. Sold everywhere.
A stylish wife clashes with a cinema of fashion as she skirts her husband’s protests over dress and hair. In a light confrontation he balks at her hair teased back while she coyly asks for diamond earrings as the price of compliance.
A half past eleven call finds Mr Stone in bed. A telemarketer pursues a new car, asking if he has inconvenienced him. He replies with gentle sarcasm, noting he was already waiting for a call. The exchange shows wit over an ordinary nuisance.
The note explains how price increases are measured in percentage. If a price doubles it rises by 100 percent, not 50 percent, and the text emphasizes correct interpretation to avoid common mistakes. It highlights the distinction between original and new price in percentage terms.
Quotations note that suffering by one member affects all, an idea echoed as an eternal truth in political and mystical bodies. The line emphasizes shared burden across communities and factions.
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