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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1920
Page
6
Chauncey M Depew longtime railroad magnate and former U S senator spoke as an after dinner speaker about forming a Middle Class Union. He doubts the idea would stall his plans at eighty six yet believes a union of the unorganized middle class consumer is feasible and needed.
A reader notes a congressional excerpt detailing dire U.S. schooling facts. Data cites millions of students taught by underqualified teachers and widespread lack of basic education among some instructors, with broad calls from the National Education Association for reform.
Former French premier Joseph Caillaux was sentenced by the senate acting as high court to three years in prison five years restricted residence and ten years loss of civil rights including voting. He has served twenty seven months and remains hospitalized during the term.
Mrs George Maynard Moner of Waterford Com elected as the new President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the society 29th continental congress in Washington The D A R founded in 1800 has about 700 local chapters in several regions and more than 40000 members The society preserves memory of American independence collects relics and erects monuments for historic sites membership is restricted to descendants who aided in establishing independence
Senator WW Underwood of Alabama was elected unopposed as the Senate minority leader. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska remains the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee and will lead on foreign affairs matters including the Versailles treaty.
Washington announces new war risk policy terms enabling reinstatement of lapsed or canceled insurance before July 1 1920 with payment of two monthly premiums and a health statement. New government life policies offer six forms, three settlement options, disability benefits, dividends, and incontestability.
In Falmouth Kentucky a curfew requires residents to keep dogs indoors after dark. Officials warn that dogs found roaming at night will be impounded ensuring city streets stay clear after nightfall.
Detroit Health Commissioner Henry F. Vaughn says discarded X-ray plates will glaze all windows of the Detroit Municipal Tuberculosis sanitarium near Northville, saving about $30,000. Plumbing fixtures from the Pontchartrain hotel will cost $7,200, far less than new. Five hundred mahogany door frames from the dismantled hotel will save $15,000.
A collection of pointed aphorisms on lost opportunities gossip harming friendship and the folly of pursuing wealth. It notes a dog that speaks with its tail and suggests men vary in choosing a wife while poverty breeds disgrace and death follows hard work.
A Philadelphia Bulletin quip column riffs on common stereotypes and social observations. It playfully critiques advertising, musicians, fashion, and the census, framing everyday roles and changes as humorous challenges in modern life.
A collection of lines from Southey Gay Middleton Browning Addison Chatterton and Longfellow exploring love as sacred, intoxicating, painful, and supreme. It juxtaposes love’s bliss with its hellish side and notes its central role in life and female experience.
The text argues true bravery lies in performing duty despite risk, not in risking or sacrificing life. It notes we cannot prevent unkindness but can stop it from hurting through common sense. It highlights nature art science and literature as shared good that fosters peace.
A collection of short witticisms and homely reflections on marriage money reform politicians and social quirks. The excerpts poke fun at gender roles religion taxation self made success and boarding house life with humorous sharpness.
Washington reports from spring wheat regions urge farmers to reduce acreage for the crop. Yearly consumption and export needs total about 800 million bushels, while winter wheat indicators show 483.6 million bushels, with prospects of lower due to winter kill and Hessian fly. World demand will be strong, Australia shipments unlikely, and Russia plans 55 million bushels for export amid transport troubles and grasshopper infestations across the plains.
Berlin detectives captured three money trafickers aboard a train en route to Frankfort with 11,000,000 silver rubles. The pursuit ended with apprehension and confiscation of the funds.
Mrs. Margaret Danzz of Philadelphia reports relief from organic troubles and the Change of Life after using Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She describes severe pain and insomnia, says doctors offered no help, and asserts the remedy cured her, urging others to try it.
Herbert M. Gessner of Berlin New Hampshire details a decade of stomach pain resolving after taking Eatonic. He describes worsening symptoms, relief after one third of a dose, continued improvement with a full course, and now eats freely with no pain.
William Haase of West Park Ohio credits Peterson's Ointment with curing a years long severe leg sore after doctors failed. The testimonial notes repeated cures for eczema piles and skin diseases and cites a price of 35 cents per box with mail orders from Peterson Ointment Co Buffalo.
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