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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1920
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane surveys the League of Nations idea and asks whether England and France should act jointly or diverge. He notes England seeks more force, France allies with Russia, and questions U S neutrality amid Poland and Mesopotamia issues.
Charles W. Mill offers 500 dollars to the woman with the prettiest feet and ankles while debating the value of brains and skull shape in women. The item blends humor and social commentary with urban planning notes about a Boston housing project and a finance scandal in a single, fragmented column.
A fragment argues a skewed view of national wealth by miscasting personal fortunes. It claims twenty thousand millionaires hold vast sums and imagines a hypothetical value for every person, then asserts true prosperity requires distributing riches to all rather than concentrating wealth.
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The forecast calls for generally fair conditions in Indiana with little temperature change tonight and Tuesday. No significant weather events expected and temperatures to remain steady.
Census figures released Saturday show Clark County and Jeffersonville regressed in population over 40 years. Clark County drops to 29 381 from 30 260 in 1910, a 2.9 percent decline. Jeffersonville faces possible reclassification from fifth to fourth class under new state tax rules, with no date set for the change to avoid higher municipal costs.
The Valers Belden Furniture Co markets a wide range of refrigerators and stoves for home use. The ad promises an elegant line of ice saving refrigerators, low prices, home delivery, and a full guarantee.
The Utica township unit of the Clark County Farmers Association will meet tomorrow evening at Pra ther ten miles east of Jeffersonville to consider purchasing fertilizer for wheat seeding. With fertilizer costs high farmers may reduce wheat acreage and discuss that plan. Many have stacked wheat rawhther than threshing it for sale.
The Cincinnati to New Orleans river trade is revived as the Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company plans to resume the Queen City voyage next month from Cincinnati. Company officials note increased river freight and passenger demand, with plans for larger barges and improved facilities to move goods and people amid railroad congestion.
Swiss Geaners and Dyers advertise as the largest, best equipped cleaners with modern methods. They claim patrons include top Jeffersonville and Louisville homes and highlight fabrics like silks and satin.
Local ad listing John Gienger and Co. as agents for Timothy and Clover seeds and Wallis Tractors. Also promotes Dolly Varden Flour for good bread. Advertising line notes Adv. 14.
Classified notice advertises a good violin for eight dollars at 948 Wincels Avenue. Contact via the WR phone number in Adv. D 203 P August 13 19.
The American Legion seeks records on more than 2000 World War I missing in action or presumed dead cases from the American Expeditionary Forces. Families report delayed or conflicting notices of death or disappearance, with many letters to Roll Call detailing searches for fate, burial, or last sightings. Names and locations from veterans’ units and towns across the United States illustrate ongoing heartbreak and the effort to locate loved ones.
Township trustees across the county publish proposed taxation rates for next year with sharp increases. Jeffersonville would rise from 57 cents to 1.05 dollars for township purposes. other townships show increases from 50 to 100 percent. School funding deficits and higher costs drive the revisions.
A compilation of WWI era notices asks for information about soldiers and nurses. It lists Pvt. Arthur Hill reported missing after Ottobern Argonne. Pvt. Charles James Hunt wounded and died of wounds. Pvt. Raymond M. Schmidt wounded and died in France. Pvt. Clyde Mott lost with ship off Irish Coast. Pvt. Otis Lyle Canady gassed and died in hospital. and Pvt. Floyd Holtz wounded and died after Vaux. Relatives in several states seek any sighting or proof of fate.
Jeffersonville and 21 Indiana cities gain higher class status due to 1920 census population or 1919 property valuation under new tax law. The shift alters official salaries and city government organization, with Jeffersonville listed as moving to third class along with several others despite ambiguous timing and ongoing reviews of local valuations.
Bulletin I. N. 8 notes Russian cavalry have entered Warsaw marking the expected fall of the city. The report describes a moment long awaited by observers and signals a pivotal development in the conflict.
Charles Carlyle alias Elmer Ayers a 25 year old Negro was arrested after Mrs. Frank M. Gillespie of 132 Spring street reported an unwanted approach. Patrolman Walter Lutz who shadowed Gillespie to Front street detained Carlyle when he appeared near the vicinity. Carlyle denied harmful intent and claimed he did not make the engagement.
Public Schools in Jeffersonville township will open September 13 as announced by trustee Samuel Kendall. Township principal Robert Johnson and a full teaching staff have been contracted including Aletha Dulty Thelma Boyd Maude Miller Stella Norris Mabel Deterer Neldine Gray Zella Sylvester Sarah Shelton Emma Temple Georgia Norris Anna Williams and others across Claysburg Utica Pike Plank Road and Ingramville.
Fragmentary baseball lines note Cleveland at New York and other matchups with sparse batter lists and innings. An advertisement for Shannon's Dairy promotes clarified milk and cream delivered daily at 15 cents a quart, claiming high nourishment and health benefits.
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