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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1916
Page
3
A French soldier on a hilltop near a garrison town holds a ponderous pardon envelope as he explains he delays delivering it to the condemned Flichmann until the firing platoon is formed. He values the dramatic moment and insists on perfect timing.
Mr. Roxe vows a new lectern for the church prompting debate over who should pay. A fellow parishioner grimly notes others may need to fund and hire a person to operate the device, signaling friction over the cost and responsibilities.
Adv promotes Dr Pierce's Pellets as best for liver bowels and stomach. One pellet serves as laxative three as cathartic.
A terse statement notes that occasionally a man may blacken his accusers to wash himself of blame, highlighting the tactic of deflecting guilt by attacking opponents.
In a domestic vignette Nancy is scolded by her father and sent to the garden where a kindly gardener cheers her. She returns to declare Clarke the nicest man she knows and questions why his parents did not marry Clarke.
Advertises Cuticura Soap and Ointment for rashes eczema pimples dandruff and sore hands with immediate relief and possible permanent healing. Free samples by mail with Book offer from Cuticura Boston. Also notes Red Cross Ball Blue whitens clothes and other household claims.
A fragmentary exchange describes a boat seized by incoming waves and a reply questioning why it was not bailed out, conveyed in terse dialogue. The lines imply an incident at sea with a nautical predicament and a corrective retort.
An advertisement from Dr Kline Company of Red Bank New Jersey touts fifty years of uninterrupted success with Epilepsy Medicine. It offers a trial bottle free and asserts rapid, lasting results for fits and falling sickness.
Smaith appears relieved as he unveils a new spring lid. The scene captures fashion mood with festive Easter attire and men’s hats making a playful statement.
Promotes quick relief for sickly children with colds fevers headaches stomach troubles and worm-free relief. Trusted by mothers for 28 years distributed by Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York drugstores carry the remedy with free samples offered.
A deacon cites blessed are the meek to rebuke a blackslider who retorts that they may inherit the earth yet never seem to possess it. The exchange highlights communal tensions and sniping over rightful ownership.
The New York senate passed the Mills bill creating a commission to study health insurance for workingmen and to report proposed legislation to the 1917 legislature. The body would appoint two senators, two assemblymen and four other members, with an appropriation of 25000 dollars.
Lindley M. Garrison visits Newton J D Baker in Washington to brief him on wartime duties. He warns of heavy labor and opens with a parable about two tough boys and a rich boy behind a bar fence to illustrate the challenge ahead.
A York state woman testifies that coffee harmed her nervous system and headaches, but Postum improved her health. She and her husband quit coffee and now drink Postum, praising a warm beverage safe for children. Postum Cereal and Instant Postum are sold by grocers with servings priced 15c/25c and 30c/50c respectively.
Prof. A. T. Clay notes that Babylonians used seal cylinders and seals as signatures on documents. Scribes, including women in Assyrian periods, pressed impressions or thumb-nail marks into clay, with officials like the burgal providing temporary seals. He cites examples from Hammurabi and modern Constantinople street scribes offering similar aid.
A major bismuth ledge has been found in Totalanika Alaska by miner John Leach. Ore tests show 20 to 30 percent purity, with bismuth priced around 300 dollars per ton. The ore melts above 268 C and can be smelted with wood fires, avoiding costly transport and melting abroad. This is the first sizable Alaska deposit, previously imported from Saxony and Bohemia, with Connecticut mines also contributing. Bismuth is used in alloys paints medicines and cosmetics.
Dr. T Benedict Furniss defends the toothbrush against recent attacks by Dr. Bernard Feldman. He argues that until a better method appears the toothbrush remains essential for cleaning teeth.
A London Chronicle snippet reports a chemist preferring a mongoose to curb rat infestations. The shop supposedly held lethal poisons, yet the chemist claimed a mongoose could handle the problem. Questions arise about how many mongoose are needed and where to obtain one, plus feeding needs.
A Boston minister mocked professed Christians with singing and sanctimony during a morning service. A boy told his mother he was surprised doctors Blank spoke harshly about Christians, noting there might have been some listening in church.
In a Sunday school scene James explains he did not put money in the collection plate. His mother questions him and he reveals Freddie Brown and he matched the two cents pot yet Freddie won the small wager.
A man boasts of repurposing condemned eggs into gas bombs to profit and ship them to a war zone, prompting health board concerns over the dangerous plan. Authorities investigate the audacious scheme and potential criminal liability.
A detailed guide shows how to craft a desk from a packing box with a drop leaf and scroll mechanism using broom handles, spools, and hinges. It includes steps for reinforcing boards, assembling pigeonholes, fixing rollers, and attaching chains, plus painting or staining. It also outlines making simple cardboard candle sticks with bases, holders, and decorative shades.
A slight pessimistic man contemplates astronomy during wartime. He mentions Martians as supposedly more advanced, expressing a glimmer of hope that there are superior beings somewhere in the universe.
Ada Rehan recalls playing Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew and the strong temper it earned her. She notes the strange stage reactions from workers who feared her and says her supposed hatred of Petruchio was taken as a compliment during a long run.
A scrambled set of ad lines promotes laundry products and social praise. The fragment mentions Red Cross Ball Blue and grocers, plus flippant social slogans about irresistibility and mass formation. The text reads as miscellaneous promotional copy with no clear news event or identities.
An advertisement touts Grove's Whenever You Need a General Tonic as tasteless and valuable. It highlights quinine and iron for liver support malaria defense blood enrichment and overall health building with a 50 cent price tag.
A property hunter notes a saloon three doors away from a potential apartment. The agent counters that proximity offers comfort, keeping the husband nearby for reassurance.
A set of letters from women in North Crandon Wisconsin Lawton Oklahoma and Roxbury Massachusetts report relief from uterine displacement irregularity and inflammation after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The patients include Mrs Mayme Aspacu Mrs A L McCastano and Mrs B M Oscoop who urge others to try the remedy and note confidential correspondence with Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts
A convicted murderer hears his lawyer predict life imprisonment but the prisoner notes that twenty years equals more time served for him, since he was an actuary and twenty years would be about seven years longer than life behind bars.
Mothers urged to inspect every bottle of Castoria for the signature and seal. The notice emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children, highlighting its long history and trusted use.
A berber taunts a man in a chair asking to study his face while the man jokes about going under the skin. A washerwoman narrator laments debt to foreign missions. The fragment hints at suicide motifs and medical disagreement, clustering odd, pointed remarks.
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