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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1916
Page
6
The article surveys Greenland’s size, climate, and inhabitants noting a population around 11,000 Greenlanders plus workers and a single east coast settlement Angmasalik. It describes a Danish monopoly on trade, limited agriculture, and traditional dress with dog fur collars and beadwork amid a landscape of barren rock and coastal water travel.
A report notes the dean of a college suffered memory loss linked to fur found in an inner stocking. The item’s origin and context remain unclear while the wider Greenland narrative describes a crime-free society with harsh storms, a scattered governance system, and ongoing memory recovery sought by Prof. Cecil Lavell who desires seclusion.
The Wieliczka salt mine in Galicia is the world’s largest underground complex with seven levels, 65 miles of tramways, 22 miles of railway, chapels and halls carved from rock salt and a modern central station. It hosts a centuries old Chapel of St Anthony from 1691 and the Chapel of St Cunigund used for worship.
A tender spectator consoles a small beginner skater facing repeated tumbles. She urges him to quit, but the boy replies with resolve, saying the new skates were bought to learn, not give up, as described by The Presbyterians.
Reports allege the English starling, imported in 1890, has become predatory and displaces native songbirds while feeding on fruit. The agriculture department in Washington has sent an examiner to study the issue and consider control measures.
An investigator travels to study the starling population in Connecticut and Rhode Island. The bird has nearly doubled in number, outcompeting native species for feeding and roosting sites, prompting concerns over exoneration or extermination.
A neighbor greets Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge Arkansas in Tumlinville and finds him raggedly dressed. Johnson says the constable deputized four men to help arrest a intoxicated woman, detailing a night of local trouble.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip notes a teller asking why lunch is kept in a vault and a receiving teller answering that cold cash keeps it refrigerated.
A letter argues that railroads invest heavily in block signal systems and seek automatic train stops to remove human error. It notes recent Ohio and New Haven wrecks, praises safety efforts, and urges public restraint in criticism until automatic cab signals and fail-safe brakes prove reliable.
Montclair Mrs. Nettie H Patterson head of the Altruist society reports officers tried to reform a drinking man whose excesses had impoverished his family. He pledged to abstain for a year but, passing a saloon to prove willpower, he reentered and drank after declaring bravery deserved a drink.
A burglar entered Patrolman Frank Rhoades's house at 2120 Fourteenth Avenue South while the family was away and stole a suit of clothes an overcoat another suit and Emmet Rhoades's paycheck. Mrs. Rhoades and Emmet were visiting. the officer was on beat at the time.
A speaker in Chicago recounts a bizarre stockyards anecdote about a man dropping sixty feet from an abattoir window without injury, only to reveal the fall involved pigs feet, provoking anger from a hearer.
Cyclone Thompson, pilot of the Kearney Beatrice and Hastings motor line, shot a huge coyote from a moving train near Calloway Nebraska at 30 miles an hour. The beast, one of the largest ever seen in Nebraska, was dropped.
A judge warns that to stop a hustler one must get ahead of him before blocking his path, signaling vigilant approach to curb reckless behavior and maintain order. The remark frames proactive action as essential to preventing confrontations and danger.
The industry ends its speed race as lines adopt a shared speed metric and emphasize service over record times. The Twentieth Century Limited’s two hour gap from New York to Chicago signals the era, while railroads pivot to better service for travelers and deny premium for speed.
The United States ships steam locomotives abroad for the first major period, with 31 to France, 9 to Greece, 10 to Serbia, 5 to European Russia and 20 to Asiatic Russia in the year after June 30, 1914. In 1913 exports reached 662 locomotives valued at about 6.44 million dollars as war loomed. An order for 25 freight locomotives for Spain and 15 passenger engines for Serbia signals growing demand.
The Dominion of Canada controller of railroad statistics reports 30 795 miles in operation on June 30 1914 up 1 492 miles from 1913. Canadian railroad capitalization climbed by 276 990 069 during the year reaching 1 808 830 761 as of year end.
The California railroad commission approves the sale of Laton & Western stock to California, Arizona & Santa Fe Railway for $1. The twenty mile Fresno county line has no equipment or funds.
A mother asks Willie to recite "The Wreck of the Hesperus" for Mrs Duthwaite. Willie suggests his weathered reply to his father last night, prompting a light moment of family banter and expectations.
Miss Ann Thorpe of Chiggerbite praised Disraeli during a Gloomyanna club gathering. She cited his famous quips praising youth, manhood, and old age as evidence of his enduring vision and understanding.
The judge quips that a wife earns more than her husband can supply, noting she spends husband’s pin money on diamond pins. The exchange highlights marital finances and spending disputes through a sharp courtroom remark.
A St Louis bride weighing 615 pounds wed her fiancé Harry West after being hoisted in an elevator to Judge Calvin Miller's office. The couple paid the judge with a marked bill, which was declined, and they departed for their honeymoon without announcing a destination. The bride listed as Mrs Gertude Barker, age over eighteen. West, over twenty one.
Mrs. W. K. Jewett of Pasadena lying ill at 370 Elevado drive directs plans for a ten acre garden around a new home at 1201 Arden road. From bed she guides the head gardener and architect by telephone and orders terraces fountains and rare plants. She even had the architect visit Colorado Springs to copy hangings and furnishings for the Pasadena house.
Passengers on an interurban between Green Bay and Depere were startled by screams as a rat crawled under a girl’s skirt. The rodent was beaten to death by the girl’s escort with a cane while others watched. women aided in the uproar.
Montour Iowa, O P Millard manager of the Iowa Railway and Light company, received a 33 000 volt shock while repairing a transformer. His wife watched and collapsed dead at his side as he toppled 14 feet to the ground. Doctors initially declared Millard dead, but he regained consciousness an hour later and is expected to live.
A Indianapolis News tale describes a wife dining alone at a tearoom with a friend's husband. The waiter pairs the woman and the man at one table and later more guests arrive, sparking gossip as the couple’s awkward meeting unfolds. The woman vows not to dine alone again to avoid scandal.
The article praises Meissner, a German engineer who went to Turkey before the Kaiser’s rise and devoted decades to Ottoman railways and reform. It notes his early unselfish work shaping European Turkey’s railway network and Asia Minor projects, and it credits his deep affection for Turkey over a long career, despite later geopolitical use as a pawn in Realpolitik.
The agriculture department operates a special motion picture factory to produce educational films. The films are used in lectures and shown at country schools and churches, drawing large audiences. Other bureaus like Animal Industry, Good Roads, and the forest service have used film to educate the public on farming practices.
In London Answers a couple debates a wartime shopping list, the wife explaining she will repurpose a stale loaf into bread pudding to avoid waste, while the husband questions the need for eggs and other staples. The exchange highlights thrift and rationing mentality during the war period.
The quote extols love as heart purification and character uplift. It credits love with courage and nobility for both genders, warns it must not become idol worship, and labels true devotion as humanity’s noblest gift.
A Los Angeles wife tried an April fools joke by placing muslin in her husband’s pancakes. He ate them without noticing. She asked what he would say in reply and he responded with a puzzled question asking what she meant by what he replied.
An authorial line argues worth comes from usefulness rather than mere virtue, claiming true duty lies in being good for a purpose. The saying frames moral effort as linked to tangible function and impact rather than abstract righteousness.
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