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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
3
A Cincinnati inventor’s Freezone claims to remove hard or soft corns and toe calluses without soreness. Just a few drops numb and lift the corn, with the tiny bottle costing a few cents at drug stores.
A curious exchange centers on a mother who hides pork and a plan to gift a bone free pig carcass. The dialogue includes a character named Sutcher urging a son to tell his mother the next pig she kills should be bone free be bought as a curiosity.
A local advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a remedy to flush and activate kidneys. It claims benefits for back pain, bladder disorders, and urinary acidity, recommending four ounces daily in water before breakfast for several days.
A dialogue shows a senator explaining why his public presence has faded. Nol replies that keeping his whereabouts private avoids public assumptions about his focus on constituents. The exchange underscores political caution in media visibility.
Advert says Ely's Cream Basin clears nostrils within a minute. It claims to open air passages, relieve hawking and headaches, and soothe inflamed membranes. Available from druggists with simple application inside the nose. Relieves cold or catarrh quickly.
Fragmentary post content mentions a bachelor and tax, with references to a school task drift. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear events or entities to identify.
A home hair darkening formula recommends mixing water Bay Rum Garbo Compound and glycerime for twice weekly application. The preparation promises gradual darkening of gray streaks without scalp irritation or greasiness and can be made cheaply or bought from a druggist.
A brief series of lessons has turned a group of men at a Pacific coast institution into expert rope splicers and knotters. The onlookers describe their skills as unusually precise and disciplined.
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum as a complete toilet set for cleansing soothing and perfuming skin. The trio is pitched as essential and available at 25 cents everywhere.
A playful remark contrasts a homemaker's weakness with her buttered table. The quip hints at domestic satire without naming people or events.
Fashion notes describe Paris designs introducing hip dropped waists and narrowed shoulders, with silhouettes returning to the directoire. Suppleness appears in tailored serge suits and frocks, box coats, and novel plaiting and ruff effects, reflecting modern chic in menial street and youthful جوen.
Malines remains strong in the millinery trade as the season progresses and is touted as a spring winner. Black malines with glycerined ostrich trim are favored for dress wear and shapes like the bird cage tam. Rolling Chin Chin models and large marines hats employ ostrich bands or a black grass alternative.
A simple guide shows how to make a durable shopping bag from heavy crash or dark linen. Cut a 26 by 12 inch piece, sew sides and bottom, insert a whalebone rod to keep the mouth open, thread sevenage window cord as hatches, and finish with cretonne circles and buttons for a bright finish.
In Paris veils cover all hats with brims beneath them. Crowns become the focus of embroidery and decoration as accessories.
A guide to creating a leather substitute belt with two to two and a half inch width. It describes forming a tooth notch at each end to fasten without hardware and decorating the center back with a cro cheted henna rose and embroidered flowers in yellow perch color and lavender against black.
A report on spring apparel for girls ten to fourteen highlights tailored suits with bolero jackets and Eton styles. A vivid red underblouse contrasts a navy frock with scalloped red piping and elbow length sleeves, showing how frocks and suits blend in appearance.
Heavy soft serge and gabardine serve as durable fabrics for children's coats. Their hard finish resists dirt and dust, making care easier. Buttons cord stitching and braid provide simple, effective trimming.
A cheap chain idea uses white bone rings linked by black silk braid loops about an inch long. Attach to a black or navy bag for a chic spring look, matching a black taffeta bag with this chain. The gray or navy options also suit this handle treatment.
Nine heirs and spouses, led by Saxton cousins, win a legal confirmation of about 2.5 million dollars from the estate of William P. Cowan, former Standard Oil of Indiana president, with individual shares around 200000 after taxes. The process continues as depositions and decree proceedings unfold.
London after dark thrives on night clubs, jazz and bright signs, with Rector's leading the scene. The city’s nightlife shifted from wartime restraint to energetic late hours as English girls seek escorts due to a shortage of eligible young men and the rising cost of dating.
Oil City Pennsylvania reports U S production rose to 366 255 611 barrels in 1919 a gain of over 24 million from the prior year The United States reached a new high in annual petroleum output with gains seen in North Carolina Texas North Louisiana Gulf Coast Kentucky Wyoming and the Lima districts while Kansas Pennsylvania West Virginia and southeastern Ohio posted losses.
In Edwardsville Illinois fishing with axes is described as a sport. Anglers break ice on ponds and lakes to take catfish through the clear ice. The hunter strikes the ice above the fish, stunning them, then chops a hole and retrieves the fish. Numerous catfish are obtained daily by this method.
A squad of London policewomen begins active service riding motorcycles they operate themselves. Their effective work has earned them the machines to expand their duties and enhance police effectiveness.
A famous institution the Doctor Pierce's Invalids Hotel in Buffalo is described as a modern sanitarium with up to date diagnostic facilities. It highlights the Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription, the Medical Adviser book and a free confidential medical advice correspondence service with home delivery of medicines when needed.
New York Citys Bowery is described as long familiar dives fading away before national prohibition. The era of the Bowery bum dwindles as most are now casual workers with cash in hand, and once famous spots like the Tub of Blood disappear.
An old advertisement asserts lumbago and backache stem from muscular strain not kidneys. It promises instant relief by rubbing St Jacobs Oil onto the affected area, claiming the lotion calms soreness stiffness and lameness without harming the skin. It urges readers to try a trial bottle from a drugstore.
A husband jokes that a transatlantic steamship passenger who fell overboard only sprained an ankle, after mentioning a tragedy from the evening paper at dinner. The wife doubting his imagination hears the punchline about his dubious interpretation.
A 19th century advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by internal action through blood and mucous surfaces. It promises a $100 reward if the medicine fails and notes price 75 cents with testimonials and company address in Toledo Ohio.
A short exchange notes a baby squall forming as a boat rocks, suggesting unsettled weather and sea conditions. The dialogue implies observers sense a developing storm while at sea.
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