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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1915
Page
4
Read list of Bible topics presented in an entertaining manner including Our Lord's Return and Christ's Sacrifice Ignored. Coupon entices mail order of any three for 5 cents or all 21 for 10 cents from Bible and Tract Society, 17 Hicks St Brooklyn New York.
Wooly marketing asks women to buy fibre brooms with a sample by parcel post for 30 cents. The Wynne Broom Co based in Elmira New York runs the advertisement dated November 15 1915 offering daily sales between five and seven pounds sterling in the copy.
Readers praise Dean's Regulars for steady energy without griping or after effects. Available at all drug stores for 26 cents. Ad fragment references Beatle context.
advertisement notes a six room cottage for rent at 1128 Spring Street with water gas and electric lights included and asks interested parties to call 1090 Y or apply in person.
Hustlers earn 50 to 87 dollars monthly selling oysters and related line items in the state territory. Advertisement from J. & Barnes Co. P. O. Box 526 Baltimore Maryland invites interested traders to contact for the sale of grocery and meat trade offerings.
Fragmentary notice mentions salesmen selling a $1,000 policy and weekly payments. References to registration, identification, and premiums. Locations include Clinton Ohio and Newark New Jersey. No clear date or outcome provided.
An advertisement from the Moneymaker Registry Dept at 40 Clinton St Newark promotes a $1,000 death and weekly accident policy with annual registration and a $250,000 deposited insurance, claiming experience unnecessary.
Central Petroleum Co announces openings for men to earn over 125 dollars per month as salesmen. Opportunity for advancement offered. Cleveland, Ohio. Adv.
County firm PNION Manufacturing Co of Anderson Indiana seeks a county agent to market the Dunna Automatic Steering Device for Forde cars. A hustler can earn about 50 dollars weekly. Adv.
Advertisement notes core local territory salesmen with lucrative opportunities in America. Earn around 3000 yearly with steady references required. Contact B. D. Emanuel in Anderson Indiana for details.
Salesmen with ability to secure hearings with engineers and purchasing agents invited. Splendid opportunity and territory open to big producers. Mr Adamg, Box 196, Station O Cleveland, Ohio.
Industrial Mfg Co offers state or county distributors for invisible self starter Ford cars with large commissions and protected territory. Sells on sight guaranteed to satisfy. Address 640 Jackson Blvd Chicago.
A converted Ford delivery car in first class condition is offered for sale. Contact J M My Knight at Car Works or call after 5 PM at 94.
A home supply ad from Kansas City promotes Beacon Kerosene Mantle Lamps as beating electricity, offering a free lamp to agents and a one cent price for six hours with 100 percent profit in exclusive territories. Also seeks a middle aged lady for house work through Sam Rauth at Seventh and Mo.
Advertisement asserts GASO-TONIC gasoline raises prices by 3 cents per gallon and promises carbon elimination. It claims dollar an hour profit and guaranteed sales from White Mg. Co. Department 10 Cincinnati Ohio. Ad dated 11 6.
An old advertisement promotes Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for dyspepsia and general digestion. It claims to strengthen digestion and purify the blood and notes availability at drug stores for one dollar per bottle.
An oil stock promoter urges rapid action with a 20 percent move and 100 percent dividends in 90 days. The offer touts $10 buys for $200 par value stock, two prior dividends, and limited shares. Investors are asked to remit for free information.
Notice to the public states Thomas F. O Niel has moved his livery barn to 124 Market Street. All orders will be promptly filled. Phone 99.
Saes guaranteed. White Manufacturing Company advertises guaranteed earnings of one dollar per hour in Cincinnati Ohio. Dept. 10.
Employment offer promises $20 to $35 per month extra for employed people without interfering with regular work. No selling or canvassing, no investment. Unemployed need not apply. Send details to The Silver Mirror Co. Inc., 123 W Madison St, Chicago, Ill.
A fragmented ad notes GASO-TONIC branding with claims of dollar per hour profit. The snippet references sales, FO, Cincinnati Ohio and an advertisement date of November 13. Specific details are limited.
Jeffersonville resident Dennis Donovan testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his back pain headaches and dizziness. He describes persistent pain before use and relief after taking the pills. The ad promotes 60 cent price at dealers and credits Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Jersey City movie theater owners allege discrimination as they challenge Sunday closing orders. They plan to summon a dry goods merchant, a constable, trolley conductors, storekeepers, and a chanceur to court for various alleged Sunday sales or operations. The group will assist in prosecutions of three men arrested Sunday for gas and auto fuel violations.
In Detroit on December 1 Miss Lovely Ada Ashelman a former high school teacher killed herself by illuminating gas after learning her brother enlisted in the British army had died of wounds A cable from France later said Paul Ashelman was alive recovering in a Vienna hospital and a Detroit newspaper man received a letter from him describing battles around Champagne
Riley Davis, 19, an elevator boy at the Algonquin Hotel in Dayton, was instantly killed Monday night when he was mangled and hurled from the sixth floor shaft. He had worked three weeks after moving from West Milton Ohio and became trapped between the elevator carriage and floor door before plummeting 75 feet.
Senator Kern will introduce a bill to appropriate funds to buy land to enlarge Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. The current plot has room for four more graves and many soldiers wish to be buried with comrades. An addition costing about $26,000 could be acquired.
Public notice advertising a sixty million dollar oil venture with 100 percent dividends and rapid returns. It promises 30 wells active at once, limited shares at 3 cents, par value stock, and $10 buys 333 par value stock.‹
In Anaconda Montana Andrew Nelson, an old time prospector, follows dream visions of a ghostly partner to a cliff ledge rich with virgin gold. He discovers a gold-bearing stringer after descending the cliff and ruzzling tinder the surface ore. News of the find brings a rush of prospectors to Flint creek cliff sites and competing tales of a big pay streak circulate.
Concrete bungalow with 5 rooms reception hall bath and pantry. Hot and cold water modern thoroughly one minute from Interurban Station. Sets high and dry well lighted a pargain. Apply M. M. Woreal 305 W Sixth Street or phone 460 F.
A two month old collie pup went missing and a reward for its return to Miss Irene McBride at 126 West Front Street was announced. The notice is printed as a lost pet alert seeking the dog's safe recovery and reward fulfillment.
A notice states a bunch of keys is missing and a reward will be paid upon return to this office.
Holman Correll, 44, was shot and fatally wounded at East Enterprise in Vevay Indiana after a confrontation with Clyde Reeves, 22, who called sheriff Heady to surrender. Reeves shot Correll in the back as he walked home, then fired three more shots as Correll lay wounded. Correll’s wife, a witness, says Reeves acted in self defense.
C W Clark of Columbus Bolt Works, Columbus Ohio, writes Secretary Redfield urging expansion of American steamboat service to South America. He argues current service is slow and that delays risk European control of South American markets.
A commemorative note highlights multiple executives and firms buying new Mitchell automobiles. It cites William Klocke, Count Chas De Lucasavicis, Wm H Buxton, J E Sykes, and others from divisions in Brooklyn New Jersey Philadelphia and Connecticut. It credits major manufacturers and the Business Men's Camp at Plattsburg for the Mitchell's performance and market reception.
A beauty advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bittern as purifying the blood and clearing the skin. It claims to restore sound digestion and notes it is sold by all druggists for $1.00.
The Joy of Motoring highlights motorists saving by buying groceries at Wood & Company Wholesale Retail Grocery, extending reach to Orleans Indiana. It notes bulk purchases from Louisville wholesalers, cash discounts, and avoidance of delivery fleets or credit sales to keep prices low for Jeffersonville customers.
Classified notice from White Mfg. Co. Dept 10 Cincinnati advertises gasoline at 3 cents a gallon. Mentions elimination of guaranteed terms and lists advertisement date October 16, 1915.
The note lists symptoms including constipation headache dizziness and mentions medications and a Dean's Requiets opening remedy. Includes a reference to a local store or box and an Ady signing, implying an unverified medical advisory.
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