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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1914
Page
4
Local notice shows the Starig printing office at 115 West Maple St edited by R. Schimpff. Rates listed are $5.00 per year or $4.50 if prepaid. Post Office class is second.
A small promotional slip offers a five cent trial from Foley & Co Chicago T. Readers are instructed to send name and address to receive Foley Honey and Tar Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The ad notes sale in your town by Jen Doolittle.
A Grace S. Richmond story in December Woman's Home Companion follows a pastor who leaves a wealthy parish to run a mission in the slums. He admits soft living dulled his zeal, recalling limousines, mahogany tea, and pampered comfort that strained his calling.
Ean Shailer Mathews of the University of Chicago Divinity School received an honorary Doctor of Divinity at the university’s one hundred fifteenth anniversary celebration on October 5. He has been tied to the university for twenty years and became dean in 1908. He will spend the winter in Japan as a Federal Council representative lecturing at universities and visiting Christian centers.
Frank T Palmer of Skowhegan Maine uses a long worn weather vane atop his cupola to indicate wind direction with accuracy as it balances on the top.
Jeffersonville resident Mrs. P. Johnson of 034 Missouri Ave testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her long kidney complaint after buying at Doolittle's Drug Store. The ad urges readers to demand the same remedy, priced 50 cents, supplied by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and sold by all druggists.
Advertisement airway details a product line including be peat for mating rabbits and a single raccoon dog offered by Heavy Shell located at Box 648 Reading Pa.
For Rent two story brick house with eight rooms two halls water bath and gas in good repair. Large yard 218 by 36 feet. Centrally located enquire Jas L Miller 213 Locust street tel 342. 5 Adv.
Four room cottage neatly furnished available for winter rental. Apply at 125 Pearl St Jeffersonville Ind. Adv.
For rent a four room house with bath and pantry on East Court Avenue. Includes electric lights gas and water. Apply 928 East Court Avenue or telephone 154.
Five room house on East Market between Fulton and Mechanic streets. Apply at Sweeney Shipyard & Foundry Co. Call phone 20.
An advertisement urges agents to sell Richmond Chemical Extinguishers claiming they kill gasoline fires at auto and factory sites. District managers allegedly earn 500 percent profit with auto sales offered free.
An employment ad seeks a crew foreman with experience and good references to manage operations at MAGA ZINE CIRCULATION COMPANY located at 333 S Dearborn Chicago. The position targets skilled supervision of distribution tasks for a leading magazine service.
Class ad from Brown Bros Nurseries in Rochester New York seeks a man to sell trees shrubs roses and berry bushes for permanent position. The notice emphasizes selling garden stock and plant varieties.
A Newark advertisement markets a $1,000 death policy with $5 weekly accident coverage and $1 annual registration fee. It promotes a $250,000 insured amount via the Insurance Department and notes the Registry Department at 40 Clinton St Newark N J as the contact point.
An advertisement offers a man over 30 with a horse and buggy to sell Stock Condition Powder in Clark County. The pay is listed as 70 dollars per month. The contact address is 9 Industrial Bidg., Indianapolis, Indiana.
An advertisement from International Millis in West Philadelphia claims women can earn 70 percent profit selling guaranteed hosiery to friends, neighbors, and general wearers with more than ten dollars daily and no experience needed. The notice is dated 1804-11-11.
A notice mentions an accident policy with five dollar weekly and one dollar annual premiums. It notes a five hundred thousand dollar deposit requirement and identifies the Registry Dept at 40 Clinton Street Newark New Jersey.
Salesman wanted to sell German Silver nickel plated watch with compass. Earning potential twenty to thirty dollars daily with a twenty six percent commission. Mall cost one dollar for campte. Rogows Emborium Inc advertising address: 219 Fourth Avenue New York.
Cash buyers can purchase a square piano in splendid condition for a fraction of its original 500 dollar price. The notice directs interested parties to address labeled "K" for details and purchase.
Fragmentary ad copy notes a demonstration holder offered as free by Process Co Department WF Salina Kaneas. No clear date or full contact details visible.
An old established manufacturing organization seeks specialty salesmen to sell a broad line of products to every business in towns. Positions offer salary or commission. Warren Refining and Chemical Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
For itching skin trouble piles eczema salt rheum itch scald head herpes scables Dean's Ointment is highly recommended. 650c a box at all stores. Fan Sale By Ben Doolittle.
Advert seeks salesmen to cover wide territory in America. earn about 3000 yearly with large institutions. Requires good references. Address 8 D Emanuel Anderson Ind Adv.
A brief advertisement from the Registry Dept at 40 Clinton St Newark New Jersey promotes a five dollar weekly accident policy and a sixty one dollar annual registration fee effacing identification requirements.
Terr Terre Haute Advertising Co seeks a salesman to cover a territory selling calendars and advertising specialties starting January 1, 1915. Permanent position with liberal contract. Provide age, selling experience, and references. Address Terre Haute Advertising Co., Terre Haute, Indiana.
A reward is offered for the return of a vanity case left on the street. The article directs that the item should be returned to Mrs. Prinz at 03 East Maple Street.
A notice offers a reward for return of a lost bunch of keys to Marion Crane at Ben Singer's Home Furnishings. The ad appears in the local advertising section.
Lost gold breast pin. Return to 328 Walnut Street to receive a reward.
Very old female Sky Terrier strayed Saturday night with stiff hind legs. Reward paid for return dead or alive to the Grocery at Market and Ohio avenue.
Druggists advertise Dean's Ointment for eczema salt rheum hives and itchy scalps. Boxes priced at 59 cents with sale available at all stores and by All Druggists listings.
Found pair of spectacles. Owner can claim by proving property at Gust A. Schimpff store 347 Spring St.
Vienna plans tenement housing for the poor with each building provided a cooperative savings benefit for tenants.
Bail, two, the two year old son of a settler near Fifield Wisconsin, wandered off overnight and slept beside his mother and two bear cubs for two days. Searchers traced jeans torn by a raspberry bush and bear prints as the bears kept him warm until hunters flushed them at night. The child spoke only a phrase about a big doggie and was unharmed despite cold northern Wisconsin nights.
Detroit December divorce case features George Hughson, a once wealthy husband who cried constantly and kept his sorrow secret. Mrs. Hughson testified he wept at breakfast, was drawn to melancholy music, hearses, and underdone steak, yet refused to reveal the cause of his grief.
The passage describes Mrs. Hughson urging George to share his pain, but he never listened. Eventually his sorrow drained him and he departed from home, leaving family distress in his wake.
In the December American Magazine, Raly Stannard Baker contrasts Wilson with Roosevelt. The piece details daily White House life, noting Wilson’s clockwork schedule with breakfast, brief appointments, golf or motoring, and regular cabinet days, underscoring his self discipline and steady energy.
Georgia Wood Pangborn notes in the December Woman’s Home Companion that one character suppresses tears and must utter a crude expletive, illustrating masculine emotional restraint and social norms of the era.
In the Superior Court Ernest Cochran Anderson is named to succeed Charles Brown as a policeman. Andrew Walker, recently suspended, has been dismissed and Edward C. Moore succeeds him in the force.
The record notes 91,898 organized workers in Missouri with 3,296 identified as women.
W T Greene of Hopkinton New Hampshire reports his wife suffered a stubborn kidney ailment for over a year. An operation was advised but not consented to. Foley Kidney Pills aided her recovery more than any medicine. He recommends Foley Kidney Pills to others in need. Burdock Blood Bitters advertised as impurity and sluggishness remedy, a 35 year market product priced at one dollar. Sold by all druggists.
An advertisement dated with details listing items for sale by Ben Doolittle. The brief notice notes the seller and offers contact or location cues for interested buyers.
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