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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1916
Page
2
A railroad car rider guards a secret freight and meets a pale runaway heiress aboard a slow train. He rescues her from pursuit, she earns trust, and they marry after escaping an ominous guardian. The heist is foiled as the gang is broken up.
A toastmaster debates playful titles for a daringpilot who performs upside down maneuvers and midair figures. After considering several fanciful options, the secretary suggests and they settle on the name Flying Pretzel.
The piece details a daily routine filled with chores and duties from morning to night. It lists waking, dressing, shaving, coal hauling, childcare, meals, work shifts, and home tasks as a single intensive day. The tone suggests exhausting labor extending into night.
The best violin makers use timber seasoned for years or centuries, often from ancient beams. Wood shrinkage and weathering alter tone. Italian varnishes were believed to preserve timber texture and prevent changes. A violin with seasoned wood and proper varnish should keep its tone.
Schoolchildren uncover ninth century Viking artifacts at Valtos Lewis including two large oval Scandinavian brooches a small penannular brooch a disk ornament with central boss interlaced loops a small buckle part of a bronze chain likely linking the brooches and a large amber bead discovered by London Globe report416
A silk and crepe design features a coatee bodice with drop shoulders and corded ruffles set in two groups. It uses narrow black lace motifs under chiffon, V neck, double-breasted bodice, and puff sleeves with wide cuffs. The frock suits voile organdie marquisette and suggests variations with taffeta.
Anne Morrell finds seclusion in a thatched summerhouse which shifts her writing to success. Jack Granville, once painter of ill stars, reveals he bought her canvases after discovering them in the meadow den and offers a friendly bond born of creative trade.
The article describes practical methods for natural hair styling with loose waves and pompadours. It explains how to gather hair at the crown, secure with small pins, and form puffs while using cushions or foundations to hold the style. New arrangements and switches offer flexible pinning options.
Researchers record that seventy languages were spoken in the ancient city of Tiflis in Russia, reflecting its diverse cultural and trade history.
The article promotes rice powder as a harmless skin protectant before outdoor exposure and suggests lip and cheek tinting with mild alcohol or cologne. It recommends a colored cold cream pomade for lip care to keep lips soft and red, and advises against biting lips to avoid rough texture.
The Peggy stock in blue and white or all black silk adds a pretty finish to a new tailored blouse. It encircles the throat and ties in a smart ascot effect with ends hanging loose.
A Parana real estate prospectus extols the river Parana as the state’s watery, world‑length waterway, navigable to ships of great depth and rich in fish, while praising the region's abundant vegetation described as reginous, oily and gummous plants.
A humorous reflection on the value of lively children and boisterous conduct in a home. The speaker cites David Harum’s fleas remark to argue that a little trouble and uproar keep people from broodin' on themselves and that a home without a whoop or yell feels sad.
The conductor voices he is out of sorts and has a bad blues fit after collecting pasteboards. The brake man surveys the conductor’s new uniform and suggests patronizing another tailor for improvements.
A dramatic dialogue shows a husband demanding authority at home, vowing no back talk, while the wife accepts the dynamic with a weary reference to rows her father used to make. The exchange hints at ongoing marital tension and echoes parental power dynamics.
A campaigner is warned there may not be time to deliver the full speech at the next stop. The orator asks what to do and is told to cut out facts and conclusions and focus on epigrams and adjectives.
A dialogue reveals a betrothal halted by the duke’s creditors. The suitor seeks approval, but the father’s consent is not the barrier. the required majority favorable report from creditors stands as the decisive hurdle.
A landlord confronts a tenant ant two months late on rent. The reply is a pun about money color being invisible, with the party of the second part unable to name a payment date.
A citizen dismisses borrowing trouble as unnecessary while Mr Growcher quips that someone will always hand it to you for free. The exchange highlights a lighthearted view on worry and luck.
In a farming exchange Country Cousin notes perta ters grow underground while City Cousin questions how to determine ripeness. Farming Business records a playful dialogue on crop timing and practical knowledge.
A whimsical tale describes brownies teaching fairies roller skating at the Fairies' Moss grove. Brownies arrive early, decorate with yellow bloomers and a throne for the Fairy Queen, then perform funny tricks and somersaults as the fairies laugh. The highlight is the Tumble ballet dance ending with plentiful tumbles.
New York City boys live differently from town youths. The New York World notes the city grades boys by birth into social circles, limiting recreation compared with town boys who enjoy woods fields and swimming holes.
A mother tests her son on hygiene before the music lesson. Bobby answers with wit, saying he washed the hand nearest the teacher, implying partial effort and humor in a family scene.
A concise line reports a massed hair attack using a wig as the target. The quote suggests a method to discharge numerous hairs in a single shot, implying a surreal or humorous scenario without additional context or attribution.
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