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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
2
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Jeffersonville Indiana in 1878 and a republican news item with obscure details about mail and annual amounts. The readable text is limited and lacks a clear event or outcome.
In Clifton Maine neighbors say one woman runs the household, boards five men, does dressmaking and candy making for the store, gives music lessons, and attends all social and religious events. A bluebird nests in James Duncan’s Augusta mailbox, and the birds beg for food as the mail carrier arrives.
Fire Chief Kenton of New York orders that street shower baths at 600 hydrants be available to adults from 9 p.m. to 4 p.m. Until now only children could use them.
The Portland Oregonian notes President Harding warns congress that a postwar soldiers bonus would imperil the nation's finances and hinder restoration. Treasury officials support delaying any measure costing three to five billion dollars, stressing responsible fiscal policy.
Woman's Missionary Society at the church with Miss Josephine Mc Christian Church joins in an evening gathering. Epworth League business session at Park Church, 6 30 PM. Community groups meet at night on Wall Street with Mrs Harry Poindexter coordinating.
A Saturday lawn fete by Morton Memorial Boy Scouts will be held on the church lawn for community fun and fundraising in the evening. Proceeds support troop activities and local scouting programs in the area.
Aug 4 report details painterly urban beautification from Twenty-fifth to Fifty-ninth streets with ivy baskets on lamp posts and a planted wall along Central Park, funded by merchants. A separate item notes Frank H Peck seeks separation from Mary Frances Peck over alleged cruelty to his car, with the case reaching the Supreme Court.
Travelers Insurance offers 86 daily life and limb coverage with air tickets on five passenger Fokker ships. The Half Moon in Washington carried hundreds of flights totaling over 1000 passengers last week as pilots increasingly obtain policies.
Lionel Barrymore opens in Boston next month in The Claw while John stays in Europe until November possibly filming. It is unclear what he will appear in after return, with Lord Byron ruled out. Ethel Barrymore will tour in Declasse, cut short by illness last winter.
Clark county commissioners invite sealed bids to improve 15 840 feet of the Thos W Stricker road in Charlestown township by grading draining and paving with crushed limestone or macadam under county specifications. Bids due by 10 a.m. Sept 6 1921 with bond equal to double the bid. The project is let to the lowest responsible bidder with noncollusion affidavit required.
Clark County commissioners invite bids for coal delivery to multiple county sites. Bids due by 10 am on September 6 1921 per ton for various lump and mine run coal types from Jellico Western Kentucky and West Virginia to be delivered by carload and court house jail and poor farm locations within 60 days of letting.
Taxpayers of Charlestown and Union Townships Clark County Indiana are notified that at their regular meeting place on August 2 1921 the proper legal officers determined to issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness for Walter P Mathes Road.
Clark County Indiana officials announce a proposed bond issue of 13000 to fund Ed Kern petitioned highway Ed Ker n and others in Monroe Township The board sets a 99 day appeal period from August 5 1921 and the notice is dated August 4 1921 in the county auditor's office
Taxpayers urged to note bond proposal by Utica Township to issue bonds totaling 14500 dollars at 6 percent interest. Net assessed property value in the taxing unit stands at 2180660 dollars. existing indebtedness is 45250 dollars. The bonds fund a highway project petitioned by W. W. Smith and others. deadline for action by August 5-12.
An official notice declares Charles H Zaun as an Independent candidate for mayor with plans to run in November. The announcement signals his entry into the local election race and outlines his candidacy status.
The text muses on lime and lemon sodas and fancy fountain drinks but argues water is the essential thirst quenching beverage. It notes soda fountains offer many drinks yet thirst leads people to water, and it promises to advocate a soft drink if arrangements are made. Old Colonel Remorse is humorously blamed for past misdeeds and calls for keeping good terms with him.
The note asserts that Sir Walter Scott immortalized the favver in Lochinvar with a line about swimming the Eske river. It also names Dr. C. F. Golly as a Spencer Iowa dentist and proposes an advertising tip urging readers to have teeth pulled by Golly.
A playful verse about Mary and her calves, noting how the sight influences attire. It wittily links lean calves to longer skirts and shapely legs to shorter hems, with a stray line about horsemanship and preferences of A B.
Dear Ed asks about Will Fall who lives in North Vernon Indiana and shares a hometown link. The note comments on recognition and local ties in the community.
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