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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1920
Page
6
The Pv Kottes meet with Mrs Otto Kellar in the afternoon. Mr Frank Same has returned from Cleveland Ohio where he attended the K of P convention.
Mr. E. F. Williams plans a Saturday return from Columbus Indiana after visiting Mr. John Williams and family. Miss Myrtle Argner expects to come home by week’s end from Detroit Michigan. Mrs. Cinde Bissett of Kansas City Missouri arrived yesterday to spend time with her sister Mrs. Harry Poindexter and family.
Mr and Mrs Bearl Chandler have returned home after visiting Marenes.
Mrs. Addie Weir is visiting her daughter Mrs. Clayton Carter in Memphis Indiana for a family visit.
Mr and Mrs Roge of Burlingame plan to return to Detroit soon after a two week visit with relatives in Louisville and here They will be accompanied by Mrs Elizabeth Burlingame and John Aur Bird.
Grain sugar in 1 pound packages offered at 25 cents per pound. Fresh bread and pastries available daily. Advertisement notes D 193 C Aug. 6 7 for Federal Bakery.
Mr and Mrs William Pfau traveled from Indianapolis to attend the funeral of Frank Bern. Mrs Louise Porter of Jacksonville Florida also arrived to attend but Mrs Van Cleave, daughter from Phoenix Arizona, did not attend or sell.
Miss Hazel Weir is visiting her aunt Mrs. Clara Rodgers at Lafayette Indiana.
Miss Mildred Miller hosted a young ladies' afternoon at her Louisville home for visitor Mrs. Edith Hummel staying with Mrs. Walter Kelley on Front Street. For rent three furnished rooms for light housekeeping call 186. Adv. D 192 C Aug. 5-6-7. Mr and Mrs Dean Mitchell joined camp at the Elks Camp at Archie Springs Thursday for the rest of the summer.
Co. W. Strauch offers purest candies with chocolate creams and caramels plus tea cream and sodas in popular flavors. Quench your thirst with stimulating and refreshing drinks. Order your choice of flavors at The Chocolate Shop.
Mrs. Daisy Willey is at the bane of her sister Mrs. Chas. Gil nore on the Middle Road, with neighbors noting a dispute affecting local proceedings and daily life.
Mio FF Mead and Mr and Mrs Albert Mead and their family near New Philadelphia Indiana were guests yesterday of Dr A R Mead and Mrs Mead in a social visit highlighting local families and neighbors.
Geo O. Ogden promotes shoe repair savings by half soled heels and rubber heels to reduce wear and improve walking comfort, inviting readers to rely on his service for lower shoe bills and better daily comfort.
Miss Louise Spillman, guest of Mrs. O. P. Graham for several weeks, returned to her Indianapolis home yesterday.
Little Forward Johns recuperates from appendicitis surgery at Deaconess Hospital and will be brought home next week.
Coots Bros and Gill advertise city and farm real estate opposite Clark County State Bank in Indiana and Kentucky. They claim properties will be money makers and urge investment in farms or city property at a favorable time.
An advertisement offers wealthy, attractive, congenial brides with “free-25 years experience” and lists Mrs. Warn at 2216 Temple St Los Angeles California. Ads run August 7 14 21 28. Walter Horral of Cecelia Kentucky visits Mr. and Mrs. Claude Kennady and family.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Utica Methodist Episcopal Circuit entertained their Standard Bearers Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Herbert Fry's home near New Chapel.
An old advertisement touts Chas. L. Combs Laundry as using the best mechanisms in Jeffersonville for shirts underwear and garments. It promises master cleaning service with careful handling and states none better anywhere at any price.
Families and parties camped at the Elks Camp at Arctic Springs include the MecKnicht Lind ley McCoy Buckley Hertzsch and families and Lieut and Mrs crowd of girls Nanella Coots Bess Voit Rachel Parks and a camp of boys Will Levengood Herbert Reynolds Thomas and family Major and Mrs Raymond D Weakley and family. A Sunday Home Coming at the Elks Camp is expected to draw a large crowd.
Chas H Moser fordependable Clothing and mens furnishings invites customers to save one third on hats shirts collars ties socks and underwear. The ad claims hundreds of Jeffersonville residents have already benefited by the experience and promises future suit purchases will save dollars for shoppers.
Newspaper brief announcing a weekend sale offering two pounds of the best granulated sugar for two Adv. D 193 CG on August 6 and 7. Includes price and item details typical of a local shopping notice.
Mrs. E. 8. Adams entertained at a 1 o'clock luncheon yesterday at her home, 321 Fast Market Street. Attendees listed include Mesdames Janet Whitesides, E. B. Gregory, Edwin Gunner Pinkerton, Spurgin, and Miss Sue Whitesides.
Wanted skilled wand workers and wood working foremen cabinet makers machine and bench hands and varnishers. Good wages and hours. Apply in person or write for details to The Wood Traders Association of Cincinnati 306 Odd Fellows Temple Cincinnati.
Joe West and Monia Farley of Bethelem Indiana secured a marriage license today. Fred Finter and daughter Elizabeth left yesterday for Cincinnati. E Kilkeary and Anna Elizabeth Hebel of Louisville, recently married, are stopping at the Sellbach Hotel.
A vintage advertisement touts The Home Restaurant offering elegant meals and lunches with bigger dinners cheaper than home. It promises appetizing suppers and short orders for breakfast including toast coffee and eggs and oatmeal for breakfast, inviting patrons to return and bring friends.
Mrs. E. W. Bruner hosted a birthday dinner for her granddaughter Gladih Mead who celebrated her seventh birthday yesterday with many young cousins as guests.
The Belden Furniture Co promotes an elegant line of refrigerators and stoves for summer use. It advertises affordable prices and home delivery with full guarantees, inviting customers to see and learn more about the featured appliances.
Miss Janbelle Sparks leaves Monday for a western trip visiting Denver Colorado for several weeks then Yosemite National Park and finally Pomona California to see Mrs Percy Olds formerly Miss Margaret Willey of this city.
A brief adv shows vault cleaning by foot or barrel and provides Telephone 1130 4 Adv D 195 C Aug 7 18.
A Sunday Schools excursion aboard the Pilgrim yesterday from Jeffersonville dock at 9 30 AM reached Sugar Grove about 4 PM. The steamer ride through the locks attracted a good crowd from Park Place M E Church Morton Memorial M E Church and Wesley Chapel with an enjoyable day reported.
The Missionary Society will gather with Mrs Herbert Fry and the Standard Bearers led by Mrs Lee Hobson Thursday afternoon for a club meeting.
The Rainbow Club gathered last night for a picnic supper at Shawnee Park then met at Mareva Weaver's home near the park. Attending were Mareva Weaver Montola Casteel Vera Van Allman Nellie Peters Flora Waibe Nellie Michel Margaret Cassidy Helen Morris Merna Morris Matilda Kaelin all of Louisville New Albany and Jeffersonville.
C. D. Reeder promotes his first class merchant tailor service in Jeffersonville. He makes the nobbiest and best fitting suits to measure with color that lasts, plus gleaming, pressing and repairing of old garments to look like new.
Two four room cottages in Howard Park offered cheap with contact by phone 1088. Adv D 187, Aug. 2-7.
Wanted experienced pant operators. Apply Bray Robinson Clothing Co Louisville Ky Adv 2-3-4.
Notice promoting a stage appearance featuring Larry Lemon at THE HEAD WALTER limited run from August 3 to 7 in 1906 with advertising copy.
Dolly Varden Flour advertisement promotes baking quality with claims of lighter loaves and finer crumb. The snippet highlights brand name and product benefits aimed at home bakers.
An old advertisement extols Bulgarian Blood Tea as a cure all that removes poisons from the system purifies the blood and sweetens the stomach. It claims gentle kidney cleansing and skin benefits and urges readers to purchase from druggists and grocers.
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