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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1916
Page
3
Robert Laidlaw faces a life changing choice after his father dies and leaves two uncles, James and Henry. James offers wealth and control, Henry promises companionship and honest labor. Robert chooses Henry, discovers his own purpose, and a gentle romance with Nellie solidifies his new life.
In Philadelphia a young Philadelphia attorney and a fellow lawyer visit New York to invite ex ambassador Joseph H. Choate to speak. One lawyer carries a green bag and places it on Choate’s table, prompting a quip about carrying law in the head. Choate declines the invitation.
The Montmartre cemetery tomb of Heinrich Heine once drew numerous German visitors who left visiting cards in a basin at the pedestal. Now the basin is empty with only rain and birds present, prompting a note that Germans still reside in Paris despite the cards no longer appearing.
A compact excerpt from Carlyle warns that the king sought is already with you. The lines urge inner authority and self rule, casting doubt on external kingdoms. The passage blends exhortation with a call to recognize personal sovereignty.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a philosopher’s quip that dying for the loved woman is easier than living with her, labeling him a original slacker.
A personal reflection on trusting genuine friendship despite occasional ambiguous actions or speech, affirming a steady belief in the heart of friends and the value of loyalty.
The four masted auxiliary schooner A. J. West arrived in New York after a nine month voyage of nearly 25 000 miles from Manila. The Filipino crew endured three typhoons, a 57 day calm, and storms with the ship nearly submerged by heavy seas while carrying mahogany. The vessel, first Philippine registry at this port, faced customs disputes in Honolulu and required constant pumping before reaching Honolulu and Punta Arenas.
Johnstown Pennsylvania story of Steve Senovich a miner who heard his three year old daughter Anne screaming and leaped into Stoney creek from a bridge to reach and rescue her from the swift flowing water. The daring 20 foot plunge saved the child from bystander fear and possible tragedy.
Ralph H. Burgess, a 35 year old traveling salesman, was hanged in Beaumont for murdering his wife. An hour before execution he attempted to swallow poison in an act of self harm.
Elma Washington high climber H Johnson of the Lytle Brothers Logging Co. was saved by his teeth when a block cable slipped at the top of a 165 foot pole pinching off two fingers. He lowered himself to ground, bleeding but unexcited, after releasing his hand.
London hotels and boarding houses face a maid shortage as women join war work. Maids become waitresses, cooks share duties, and nurses take transit jobs. Skilled servants move between employers, inflating agency demand while top workers command higher wages. Employers seek older men eligible for army service as new practices alter domestic service norms.
Walter Gleeson, a deckhand on a British minesweeper, found a package with 173 diamonds worth about £100. He confessed at a police station that he and a friend attempted to sell the gems to a Cardiff jeweler after retrieving them with a boat hook from the mine-littered North Sea.
Miss Avice Stiniss and her mother Mrs. Sprague Stiniss recently arrived from France. Avice, seven, is fond of her two dolls Barbara and Simone with contrasting outfits. The family mourns William Sprague former Rhode Island governor, and plans Avice's care under his widow.
In Columbus Indiana pupils in the public schools learn free arm movement through music. Drawing teacher George W. Thompson uses musical machines in writing classes to help pupils swing with the beat. Any lively two step guides the writing lesson as children time their movements with the music.
In Cuyahoga Falls Ohio H L Nevergold who was buried after a B and O train accident returns home to find his wife two sons and his sister weeping. The man buried as Nevergold was killed while stealing a ride through Akron Ohio and his true identity remains unknown.
A balloon party remains without wind impact as gale strength is described but no breeze reaches the occupants. The piece notes that even in strong gusts, balloon travelers feel no wind.
United States Department of Agriculture road specialists blame county road boards for weak action in funding and maintenance. They cite lack of accounting control, irregular fund use, insufficient supervision, and resistance to proactive maintenance measures as core causes of rutty and washed out roads.
A man strolls through Central Park West in spring and, after a poker win, passes a bad check for $200. He skirts the bank's funds rule by depositing $60 under the check maker’s name, then secures $200 cash by posing as the maker in a clever ruse. The tale appears in the New York Times.
The Country Gentleman argues against sprawling road building and heavy maintenance. It notes that one mile of highway wastes acres of farmland and suggests narrower, well maintained roads with tree shading are preferable to wide, sun reflecting surfaces. Louisville Courier Journal excerpt echoes the complaint.
Good roads will raise farm product prices and improve comfort and happiness. They enable a solid system of consolidated schools only where roads are good.
A local opinion argues that sturdy wagon roads into the countryside are more beneficial to a town than an additional railroad line. The speaker emphasizes improved transport for farming and growth over rail expansion.
The article explains loose bowels in poultry stem from food. It recommends increasing middlings in mash and adding a teaspoon of charcoal per quart of soft food daily. Charcoal should be given to fowls at least twice a week.
When colds appear in the flock the poultry house needs frequent disinfection and the drink and feed dishes should be scalded or disinfected every other day to prevent spread.
A Wolsey Dispatch report recounts O R McColley sustaining severe eye pain when his glass eye shattered. After pain relief the eye was removed and the back of the glass eyeball broke allowing the optic nerve to be drawn into the hollow. The eye is inflamed and a new glass eye will be needed once healed.
A new patent converts any standard preserving jar into a mouse trap. Ordinary traps lose effectiveness as odors warn away other mice, requiring scalding or fumigation. The glass jar trap holds no odor and can catch unlimited mice sequentially. The bait attracts the first mouse and curious following mice, with the entrance eternally ready for the next.
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