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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1921
Page
2
In Pend County Indiana an act of 18 is cited as grounds for a class action event. The notice references ongoing legal proceedings with unspecified parties and potential impacts within the local jurisdiction.
A twelve year old boy in Princeton Indiana named Neville Bell claims he rode freights across the country after his parents died in a 1919 Arkansas auto accident. Authorities and local guardians investigate his tale. the Masons handled the father's funeral and the boy’s story remains unshaken.
Washington reports that the War Risk Bureau has paid out 604,032,802.37 in allotment and family allowance checks from November 1, 1917 to June 30, 1924 under the war risk act. Payments end for periods after August 1, 1921, but some arrears covering 1847 to 1921 may be issued later.
Following an announcement by Rev John W Inter of Chattanooga that he will marry free all men attending the Legion convention in Kansas City this fall if they provide brides a gas City jeweler offers wedding rings for the couples even if there are none.
The document lists the 1922 city budget proposals for multiple offices. It details salaries for the Mayor City Clerk City Treasurer City Attorney City Engineer police and fire departments public health and sanitation and miscellaneous expenses with figures for office supplies postage telephones and building costs. It outlines line items such as salaries 1720 700 400 260 1000 6000 251 900 and large allocations for street work water and sewer projects along with equipment and maintenance costs across departments.
The document lists public expense items including traveling expenses and pay of special judges totaling 90,891.60. It states the valuation of taxable property at 8,200,000.00 and tax rate per 100 dollars: General Fund 57 cents, Sinking Fund 16.44 cents, Interest Fund 13.14 cents, Water Works Rental 11 cents, Electric Light Rental 12.74 cents, Poll tax 0.50 cents. City Clerk William B. Thornley signs.
Indianapolis reports the Indiana state highway department shattered records by laying 1,239 lineal feet or 2,478 square yards of pavement in one day on Federal aid project No. 47 from Shererville to Valparaiso. Two plants operated. previous single outfit record was 607 feet.
A fragmentary newspaper fragment features quips and jokes about etiquette, schooling, and public figures. It touches on a sleeping Eskimo, jay-walking, a caution about advice, Bergdoll, John D. Rockefeller Sr., a Long Island judge and weekly obedience, and a homegrown witticism about fools and admirers.
An attractive, congenial young woman seeks a sincere, honorable husband. Kath erine, 508 Lankershim Building, Los Angeles, California advertises availability. Aug 6 13 20 27 listings indicate repeated postings.
Factory direct promotion for trunks bags and suitcases from ACME Trunk and Bag Factory Spring Valley I Adg Aug 48-20 offering free catalog and inviting mail order.
Six room cottage at Locust and Weems avenue offered for sale. Good repair and locality with electric lights and water. Contact J. T. Risinger at 1045 Locust for details.
A reflective note laments scarce clothing and high prices. It questions why garments cost so much and pleads for sympathy for those with few clothes.
S A Barber civil engineer offers services in structures steel concrete and wood. Providing general engineering estimating surveying with guaranteed satisfaction and reasonable prices. Phone 134 City Hall Jeffersonville. Adv July 30 to August 31.
A newspaper advertisement extols women’s hard labor at home and presents Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for many female ailments. It claims the medicine offers relief from pains and aches and cites letters published in the paper as proof of its value.
Petitions were filed with the Board of County Commissioners for two bridges across Muddy Fork Creek one on the Vienna and Henryville road and the other on the Henryville and Otisco road seeking county action.
The Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway vacated Wall street north of Court avenue by relocating the track closer to the freight depot.
The Normal Bulletin of Emporia notes that thirty men could force two thousand women students to lengthen their skirts by boycotting walks until the change is made. A responding student quips that the men should first locate thirty volunteers.
The piece urges remaining calm and proactive, planning work ahead and sticking to it despite rain or shine. It warns against self pity and promising more than one can deliver, advising acting like a winner to become one. It ends with a caution about a young man and shared troubles.
Davey Oppen asserts cat nights eclipse dog days, urging readers to prepare for heightened feline activity and quirky alley escapades as summer ends.
A nostalgic note recalls a girl feeling scandalized by bathing suits with skirts, while modern beachwear with B V D styles provokes no discomfort, reflecting shifting social norms and comfort levels in swim attire.
An American is shown a weighing machine by a Briton who tests the device. The American proclaims the reading as eleven stones two bricks one piece of three by one half inch board and a couple of shingles, turning a simple measurement into humor.
Readable text shows quirky dialogue about a parrot named Th sTeague and a notion of ending wars. It contrasts trust in a cat with skepticism toward peace plans. The tone mirrors a clipped, informal newspaper blurb with characters and speech fragments.
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