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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1920
Page
2
A Knoxville woman reports lifelong back trouble and poor health resolved by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Liver Pills and Herbal Wash. She urges others to use the women’s remedy for “woman’s ills” and to publish her gratitude.
In the city column a reader recalls a quirky man who planned every funeral detail and attended the service with evident relish. The exchange notes his obituary may misspell his name and facts, a harmless yet ironic boast about press errors.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines disease control for onions. It covers onion smut blights, mildew, fusarium rot, root-knot eelworms, onion smudge, and handling practices. Methods include using clean soil, planting sets, formaldehyde sprays in large districts, crop rotation, drainage, rosin soap stickers, and burn or dispose of diseased tops after harvest.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports a new flaxseed program to overcome shortages. Selections from East Lansing and Porto Rico produced superior fiber flax in 1918 and 1919, grown in Michigan, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and New York, with East Lansing experiments highlighting quality improvements.
A compact excerpt quotes R W Trine urging people to cultivate happiness and active effort. It contrasts youth and age and envisions a society of people who inspire others and seek the best in all. The text reflects a moralizing, aphoristic tone.
Old newspaper recipes describe Savory Fish using salt pork fat flour and milk with halibut or haddock, plus egg yolks. Mock Crab blends butter flour milk cornmeal egg and Worcestershire then bakes with buttered crumbs. Also listed are Head Lettuce With Pears Coffee-Date Pudding and Pineapple Custard variations.
A collection of practical advises on cooking and home upkeep from kitchen tricks to fresh ideas. The notes cover dessert improvements with cream of tartar and fruit, poached eggs, plant care, potato salad twists, and creative uses for rice and leftovers. Also includes window care, packaging knots, and a life-musing closing line.
A short, reflective poem contrasts fame’s scentless sunflower with friendship’s breathing rose. The lines celebrate lasting ties over outward glory and describe friendship as sweet in every fold.
Practical advice on compact foods like cheese and diverse substitutes such as dried beans lentils and pasta. Tips cover feeding children, teething remedies, safe water, table manners, cleaning currants and raisins, orange rind flavoring, egg yolk storage, water pipe flushing, homemade colored sugar, and milk toast with codfish gravy.
An invention describes a plant box enabling many seeds to germinate without root tangling. It uses movable zigzag partitions and a bottom on side flanges. To transplant, remove the bottom and lift partitions, leaving dirt undisturbed around the roots.
Farmers can trim operating expenses by selling one or more horses without harming production. With annual horse upkeep around $200, removing unnecessary animals lowers costs and boosts efficiency.
Lime sulphur kills scale on gooseberries and currants. Apply during dormancy, then again as leaves develop with lime sulphur and arsenate of lead. If currant worms appear, use tobacco water.
A collection of home cooking notes features whole wheat porridge with top milk, Green Soup from spinach and root vegetables, Spanish Eggs on buttered toast with garlic tomato mix, Boiled Fish in Court Bouillon, Maple Junket with maple sugar, and Escalloped Celery With Cheese in a cheese sauce bake. Includes step by step prep and basic seasoning.
A fragment notes an egotist who resists criticism despite faults. He remains obstinate, clinging to his chosen path even after costly mistakes are shown, underscoring a stubborn reluctance to accept fault.
A compact embroidery machine designed to fit in a handbag is touted as a new aid to humanity. The device promises portable creativity, enabling on the go stitching and personalized textile work.
The article describes Cape Mendocino, Navesink, and Makapuu lighthouses as the United States’ top beacon sites. It notes ranges of 28 miles and 70 mile sightings, a nine foot inner lens diameter, a 16 foot outer lantern, and a mercury floated revolving lens weighing about 6,000 pounds with clockwork actuation.
Representative Osborne of California lauds a 1919 veterans parade comparison in Los Angeles Times noting Sherman’s bronze statue on Pennsylvania Avenue. He recalls the Civil War review and cites pilgrims visiting the statue before learning Sherman faced the White House, prompting questions about the placement.
Geologists in Ranger Texas anticipate a live lava bed if drilling reaches one mile depth. In Caddo, drillers report intense heat within 3200 feet capable of detonating nitroglycerin without a cap. Crevasses in black lime wells fill with oil bearing sand that, when shot, causes immediate oil flow, possibly aided by underground heat.
A boy named Jack Woerner, son of Mr and Mrs C A Woerner Jr of 3818 Graceland Ave, received an educational board from Santa. After evenings of study with his mother as instructor he identified many letters. He especially liked the letter O and even called the board in the room an O when asked to point to his ear.
Samuel Wells points to southern and midland France as a largely forgotten region with desert lands near the Mediterranean. Wild horses and buffaloes persist while vast caves hold stone and bronze age remains and striking stalactites hang from ancient Roman era architecture.
The brief notes that liquor may still be obtainable in illness cases and that individuals will likely stay up with sick friends more than before.
Advert claims Anuric anti uric acid medicine removes poisons from blood via kidneys and relieves rheumatism dropsy cold extremities and urinary burning. Available at drug stores and trial packs offered by Dr Pierce's Invalids Hotel Buffalo NY for 10 cents.
A fragment recalls Cleopatra dissolving a pearl and swallowing it. She mutters that she would try anything once, finding the concoctions made with corn meal and raisins less appetizing than the pearl solution.
An old fashioned mustard plaster with added pain killers claims rapid relief from lameness sore muscles stiff neck cramps earache backache and headaches. Begg's Mustarine touted as a ready to use remedy and sold by 8 C Wells & Co Le Roy New York in a distinctive yellow box.
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