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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1914
Page
5
Checks croup instantly with Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It loosens mucous, clears phlegm, stops the strangling cough, and aids easy breathing and quiet sleep. For coughs colds tickling throat hoarseness and bronchial and la grippe coughs. Contains no opiates. Sold by Ben Doolittle.
Chicago reports inmates at the county infirmary repurposed materials into many items. Seventeen wooden legs were remade, 685 pairs of felt slippers from discarded coats, five artificial legs fitted, and dozens of repaired shoes. The tailor shop produced bed clothing and garments, suspenders, and thousands of pieces.
Indianapolis interurban service launches the Hoosier Flyers route from Jeffersonville to Seymour with multiple intermediate stops including Watson Junction Sellersburg Scottsburg Crothersville Seymour Columbus Franklin Greenwood and Indianapolis. Through freight runs between Indianapolis and Louisville and connections with IC L N and Southern Indiana railways noted.
In The December American Magazine Ida Tarbell begins a series “The Golden Rule in Business” and argues for organized labor and scientific management to provide steady employment. She cites U S examples and asks if war management should guide peacetime work.
A Princeton Indiana editor rumored to be hiding in the woods sparked a misprint in a marriage license notice. The notice listed Thomas F. Davis aged seventy and Roberta Horner aged 655, both of Oakland City. The error was corrected by dropping the last digit, 5. Negotiations for peace reportedly began between editor and spouse through mutual friends as a possible resolution.
Clinton Ind Dec 1 Mrs Margaret Bence daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Horney of Clinton and Dr B F Harrison of Truman Ark were married Thanksgiving day at Memphis Tenner Harrison was physician for the Arkansas state reformatory at Little Rock for years He met Mrs Bence a young Minton widow through Clinton law years and business men who hunt deer in Arkansas each fall The bride who sings well is a graduate of St Mary of the Woods
Michigan City Dec 1 The legislative visiting committee heard State Prison Warden E J Fogarty present needs for the next two years including a per capta maintenance rise. Proposed improvements total under 100000 and cover extending the wall around the insure department, building a factory for employable the insane, a model dormitory to replace old north cellhouse blocks, and a general reading room for evenings and Sundays.
A December Woman's Home Companion piece titled 'Tis Love That Makes the World Go Round' recounts a French milliner who marries Willy, a German, amid parental antagonism. The milliner's mother erupts with a quip about Willy's father’s hypothetical stamp of worth.
A Brown linen pillow with blue and gold embroidery was lost from a automobile. Reward offered for return. Contact the office.
Baron Jean Baptiste Cloots lived 1755 to 1794 and embraced the French Revolution doctrines. He dubbed himself The Orator of the Human Race and Anacharsis Cloots.
Wholesale price cuts flood groceries in a sensational war time rush. Beef, sugar, potatoes and coffee see sharp drops while hams lard and cheese fall or hold due to forced sales. The message warns readers to avoid dogs and smoke in the store while customers rush to buy at lower prices.
Maple Street M. E. Church hosts a supper from 6 to 3 Tuesday evening November 24. Meal priced at 15 cents with ice cream and cake 10 cents extra. Young ladies will run an Apron Sale at the same time and place.
An incident at a drugstore in Alexandria involving a besieged scene where a bystander and a clerk were stung by hornets while a farmer prepared to attract bees with chloral or chloroform. The report notes three bystanders waiting for a car and describes efforts to manage the swarm in a warm room.
The report notes a growing use of leather waste in part from leather waste in making 41 01 mives of electric railway track in the United States.
A chaotic scene described with disjointed OCR text mentions Truntingten Inc and Dee failing to access something. A professional track builder is involved with workers reacting to an incident. The report references a physi con, a starplers berets, and a stack of about 190 other plants and trees in unclear context.
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