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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1920
Page
2
The Star announces Harland D Sanders as a Democratic candidate for Representative from Clark County subject to the May primary election adv.
We are authorized to announce Wen C. Lewman as a Democratic candidate for County Commissioner first district subject to the primary on May 4 1928.
Marion Bennett of Jeffersonville announces candidacy for the Republican nomination for County Commissioner First District subject to the Republican Primary on May 4, 1930.
A Sunday School teacher discusses patience with pupils using a card showing a boy fishing. She explains even pleasure needs waiting and asks what is most needed when going fishing. A chorus answers quickly: bait.
A veteran speaker tells of his son Otto going to war wearing a tall hat. A bullet pierces the hat but misses him, implying that a cap would have prevented the tragedy. The parable emphasizes the danger of impractical headwear in combat.
A dialogue reveals a man doubting a life insurance plan, fearing high premiums if he lives decades longer. the agent scoffs, saying the buyer would end up overworking to pay. The exchange highlights the impracticality of the policy for long lifespans.
A quirky rustic verse recounts a puffin choosing a large muffin for breakfast. The scene unfolds with playful rhymes as the bird’s motherly figure intervenes, scolding and guiding the hungry puffin away from overeating.
A little girl writes a humorous essay describing man as a funny animal. She notes eyes to see with hands to see with and imagines man split in the middle who walks on the split ends. The playful piece captures a child’s quirky view of humanity.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs de Fashion mocking a daughter who opposes marriage to Mr Men. The lines reveal rejection and social commentary in a clipped, era style exchange.
A fragmentary poetical exchange questions meter for a light verse. One speaker asks in playful terms which meter best fits the light piece while the other proposes the sus meter as a possible fit. The lines hint at experimental prosody.
Readable scraps show a misconstrued dialogue about socialism and labor wealth with stilted phrasing. The text hints at a conversation between a daughter and a father, touching on economic fairness and the value of labor in a parlor setting.
AT YOUR SERVICE at any time SHUCK MOTOR CAR CO. offers battery service and auto repairs for any make. Their Spring Street shop guarantees workmanship and invites your next job to prove they can satisfy customers with experienced technicians. May be a general automotive repair ad.
Specialists doubt one person can transmit leprosy to another and note public fear stems from a misreading of biblical leprosy. Modern leprosy is infectious but transmission under temperate conditions is doubtful, while tuberculosis and smallpox remain more feared. Cruel stigma persists as spitting laws go unenforced in places.
Travellers on a long voyage resort to arbitration for trivial disputes. A discussion over whether dollars and cents or pounds shillings and pence is simpler ends with the captain declaring the latter simpler since prices stated in dollars require conversion. The rule satisfies the group for the duration of the trip.
A Milwaukee Sentinel joke records a diner complaining about a cockroach in soup and a waiter retorting that the cook makes such good soup that everything goes after it. The quip reflects restaurant woes and humor about kitchen standards.
Pa Korntossell-Jack states his joining of the flying squadron as Ma Korntossel-O exclaims she is cheated by the air machines, reflecting a spirited reaction to aviation enthusiasm.
In a playful exchange Young Thorne asks Rose her name and declares he wants a Thorne with Rose. Rose responds with a witty line about being a rose only with a Thorne beside her. The banter showcases charm and humor typical of the strip.
Mercy declares she would only marry for love, while Maude counters with the lure of wealth. Mercy concedes she would love a rich proposal, revealing tensions between love and fortune in their dialogue.
A brief poem fragment from the Atlanta Constitution urges resilience amid a rough journey. It speaks of a brave heart sustaining a song through stormy weather toward home, with a communal call to persevere and reach safety together.
Prof. William Galloway proposes a safety method for mines to reduce coal dust explosions. He suggests spreading salte containing water or damp dust with clay slate limestone chalk or similar substances to render the dust innocuous as if damped with water.
A bystander overhears an exchange as Gladys questions the freshness of an egg. Auntie dismisses concerns saying the egg was only late yesterday. Gladys retorts it must have been laid by a bad hen.
A terse exchange from Lifa hints at a stubborn vow to exit an engagement honorably. The speaker underestimates the odds, asserting only a physical challenge could end the union, underscoring themes of pride and family pressure.
A terse exchange captions a tragedy born of pride. A character reflects on ruined plans and a busting fate, while a child laments a once thriving plant now dead, underscoring themes of pride, loss, and consequence.
No modern tropical people perhaps, except the Chilians, are outright drunkards. Sillies often talk of the temperance of Mediterranean peoples. As a matter of fact, many men in Latin America die in middle life from heart and circulation diseases from excessive and continuous consumption of coffee and cigarettes.
A playful note on Wagner and rival scholars like Spencer Darwin Helmholtz and Nietzsche bickering about music. The piece contrasts deep theories with practical perception and hints at distinct views about music in Gotham.
An elderly man recalls the old homestead where he first saw daybreak. A companion asks which building, mentioning a physician advert and a bungalow, hinting at secrets tied to Doctor Fierce's Pink Prescription and Snitcher's Gastoria.
Emerson warns that greatness lies in giving benefits while the basest act is to receive favors without returning any. The line frames generosity as moral supremacy and selfish ingratitude as universal baseness.
Lost Monday afternoon on Maple Street between Fulton and Mechanics Fountain Pen without a clasp. Reward offered by Dorothy Kirkwood 805 E Maple St. Adg. 16 17 18.
Three good milch cows offered for sale at a low price. Apply at 622 West Market Street or call 111. March 16 to 23.
The article describes migratory journeys of birds from Lake Winnipeg to Cuba and Puerto Rico, the king bird reaching South America in winter, and red start and hummingbird migrations exceeding 3 000 and 2 000 miles. It notes Arctic arrival for the yellow bird and a hummingbird’s night flight at 60 miles per hour with body heat of 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
A New Yorker returning from the West notes the apparent rise of stout to fat among New York women. He cites rich food and lack of exercise as possible causes and recalls artists struggling to find models with sufficient flesh.
A moa egg was found in a Central Otago mining district after earth slides exposed it in water. It marks the second perfect moa egg ever found, the first unearthed in Kaikoura in the early 1860s. The 9 by 7 inch egg was shipped to England and sold for 500 dollars. An ordinary hat gives a sense of scale for the egg size.
A local ad offers buying and selling of junk rags paper and similar items. The notice invites sellers to contact Geo Colvin at 215 Spring Street Ady and lists phone 884 with a date range from February 2 to March 23.
A brief classified item lists Qtborn and Vorgang offering car use terms. It mentions contact at phone 374 and location Coots 8 Adv with a date window from Feb. 17 to Mar. 17. The notice is a simple rental or sharing arrangement posted in a local page.
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