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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1920
Page
3
Clive Newcome’s world shifts as engagements unravel and money sinks. Ethel severs vestiges of loveless marriage while Clive marriages Rosey, and the family faces ruin. The colonel’s death signals a final, poignant curtain on an era.
The article chronicles William Makepeace Thackeray born 1811 in Calcutta and died 1863 in London, tracing his education and early ventures in writing and journalism, his push to illustrate Dickens and his rise with works like Barry Lyndon Pendennis Esmond and Newcomes. It also recounts his family narratives and intertwined figures such as Clive Newcome and connections with Lady Kew and Ethel through the Newcome circle.
A description of the forest of Arden as a inspiration for Shakespeare’s woodland scenes notably in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The article notes its distance from London, its hallowed status in English minds, and the ancient oaks where fairies reportedly danced still shade the ground.
A Californian inventor claims a new device eases nut gathering. The remark follows a joke about coordinating peace treaty talks and a hypothetical plan to shoot tourists to Mars, reflecting a satirical news tone.
A measured note on today’s decadent humor notes a joke should amuse by being about nothing or recall Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel. The author treats modern wit as self aware and morally playful within a global literary frame.
Jud Tunkins says he would not object to watching a man play a piano if he could stop looking at the pianist's facial expression.
USDA report shows average cost of 94 cents per acre per spray to fight anthracnose on watermelons. Florida acreage sprayed rose from under 300 in 1916 to over 3,400 in 1919 under agricultural agents guidance. Severe rains aided disease spread. New York market saw 50 to 90 percent of melons affected with rind decay.
The article urges planting at least one peck of seed potatoes per garden, with sugar corn sown between potato rows. It notes a peck can yield at least four bushels, enough for many family meals, and suggests rotating crops with late cabbage and maintaining soil when potatoes are dug.
The United States Department of Agriculture notes internal tobacco revenue outpaced customs receipts. From 1863 the internal take rose from 3 million to 9 million in 1864, then 31 million by 1870, 41 million by 1877, and 447 million by 1882 before a drop. Revenue rebounded to 52.6 million in 1899 and 71 million in 1912.
The Century recounts how forty to fifty years ago Italian settlers led by Father Bandini fled malarial lands from Sunnyside to a new Arkansas settlement at the Arkansas Kansas Oklahoma junction. They bought land, built homes and a chapel using $1000 saved, naming the town Tontitown for the explorer Tonti.
A professor says excessive automobile riding harms digestion and overall health. He notes Americans lack exercise and proper eating weakens the heart and lungs, urging focus on the digestive tract as the best medical specialty for the future.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists note the garden is the most intensively worked field near the dwelling with truck patches grown alongside the main crop. Crops include potatoes corn cabbage tomatoes squash and cucumbers. Potatoes account for about half the value of vegetables. In the South sweet potatoes surpass Irish potatoes in use.
The text lists internal revenue and customs receipts across several years including 1865 1897 1909 1913 1917 and 19158 with amounts such as 18 000 000 52 000 600 75 000 000 104 000 000 182 000 000 and 178 000 000 respectively and references 1916 1917 1918 with large sums. The data points indicate increasing federal receipts during this period.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges families in villages towns and suburbs to raise small flocks where feasible to increase poultry production and lower prices in areas with high poultry product consumption.
The USDA notes strawberries peaches and melons are quickly perishable and short season. Markets for these crops vary widely between cities due to transfer limits and limited cold storage. Oversupply and fluctuating demand tied to public buying power cause uncertain prices.
A quotation from Festus Pester in the Kansas City Star denounces young joy riders as brash booby youngsters and recalls his own reckless youth. He contrasts past and present behavior, hoping the riders face consequences they refuse to acknowledge.
A 15 year old boy driving calves on a country road encountered a pleasure excursion of youths who mocked the calf bleats. The country lad instantly turned the taunt on them with a witty line, ending their teasing. Harper's Magazine notes the quick comeuppance and the boy's sharp reply.
A 1910s era notice endorses dusting hens or chicks with sodium fluorid as an effective lice exterminator. It also praises blue ointment mixed with lard rubbed around the vent, warning it should not be used on sitting hens because it may spoil the eggs.
Seed corn selection, according to USDA specialists, is as important as selecting sires and dams in livestock breeding. The note highlights the parallel importance of plant and animal breeding decisions for agriculture.
The notice urges careful study of fruit trees to identify those that bear heavily, ripen on time, and produce high grade fruit. It compares trees to animals, stresses recognizing favorable and poor trees, and recommends replacing poor stock and propagating from the best to improve results.
A dentist asks a man where he is going after forty-five minutes. The man recalls his dwindling courage from doughboy bravado to fear, likening his nerves to a German soldier unsure of his fate after shouting Kamerad.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes a congressional discussion on a bill aimed at eradicating barberry bushes due to their role in spreading black rust. The tone hints at skepticism about the approach yet reports the legislative focus.
A good pasture cuts feed costs but reseeding an old pasture yields little unless the land is plowed and prepared. This underscores the need for soil conditioning before reseeding to achieve meaningful gains.
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt notes a war correspondent earning 10 cents per word and recounts a censor deleting at least 400,000 words, highlighting press limits and wartime reporting constraints.
A light exchange about preparing for rain with references to tires and chains. The dialogue hints at readiness and recovery from a weather-related situation, implying practical fixes and supplies. The tone is practical and humorous as it discusses being prepared for poor weather.
The article surveys uncertain origins of April Fools Day. It cites theories linking the date to medieval Easter pageants and martyr travels, a Celtic festival, and notes separate names for the prank in France England Scotland and language roots such as gowk meaning cuckoo and fool.
Paul W. Bartlett, sculptor, tries a temperamental horse to pose for a Lafayette statue in his West Fourth street studio. The horse chews caramel and remains still for long moments while Bartlett shapes the figure for the Metz France gift by the Knights of Columbus. Some door framing was removed to fit the animal inside and plaster casts were toppled during the session.
Dr Charles P Steinmetz puts the wireless Mars transmission idea at about a billion dollars, a sum few would spend for a remote link. The Sperryscope in Brooklyn proposes light as a practical path, estimating 150 to 200 Sperry high intensity searchlights, each over a billion candlepower, could form a star seventh magnitude visible from Mars under clear skies.
Martinique is a French held Caribbean island famed for Fort-de-France and tropical scenery. The report notes a historic volcanic disaster eighteen years ago and warns of the fer de lance snake, a lethal resident of the island that can reach six feet and delivers rapid poison.
In the Pecky factory, Bohemia, sugar mill waste liquids yield saltpeter. Normal beet sugar factories in Czecho Slovakia could produce 6,000 to 7,000 tons yearly, enough for explosives. A Prague corporation with 15 million crowns aims to manufacture explosives. Pardubice facility with Prague offices.
The Journal of the Royal Artillery notes that a shell fired at the correct angle with a muzzle velocity of five miles per second would orbit Earth as a temporary satellite, completing a circuit in just under ninety minutes. If speed reached seven miles per second, the shell would escape into space.
Mr. Meekton weighs in on the women suffrage issue and hopes for a positive outcome. He jokes that Henrietta would blame him if polling day proves unpleasant for her.
In a terse exchange from the Columbus Dispatch, a senior partner declares the firm will take the case as the client asserts no money. The dialogue highlights a defiant legal approach to a whisky involvement matter.
Mrs. Margaret Danz of Philadelphia reports relief from organic troubles and changes of life after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She describes severe pain and sleeplessness resolved by the remedy and urges others to try it.
Berlin New Hampshire resident Herbert M. Gessner credits EATONIC with ending over a decade of stomach trouble. He describes severe pain, bread and tea intolerance, and repeated relief after using a few tablets, noting he can now eat what he likes and feels like a new man.
William Haase of West Park Ohio credits Peterson Ointment with curing a long lasting leg sore after doctors failed. He details severe pain sleepless nights and a prognosis of two years to live. The firm cites hundreds of similar eczema pile skin disease cures and notes 35 cent price with mail orders from Buffalo.
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