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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1916
Page
8
Dream Theater menus announce a new program with Theda Bara expected in a revival curtain event. Fans planned for a matinee and a strong bill on the program as local crowds gather tonight.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a state prison, a hotel gathering, and a person named Pekar or Pekar family. The text references San Francisco and a person named Yeats Mas, with uncertain dates and locations. The item resembles a brief society or notice fragment with unclear context and attendees.
Fragmentary text notes several lots conveyed to a group named Drevanian Weer or similar, with scattered mentions of a Wilcox and a Menaphes cabinet. Difficult to determine full event, parties, or location from the readable lines.
An unreadable OCR passage mentions names and places in a clumsy layout. Readable fragments reference people and locations but lack coherent events or dates. The item seems to be a brief society or notices column with partial details.
MEG Weil reports a theft at Ries flat with furs and a valued item missing. Detectives track the burglars to the scene and recover a canary showing signs of disturbance. A silvernard purr named Prince is mentioned among the odd clues in the case.
An understated wedding connected to the Ogden and Sheridan families. the couple, a Louisville pair, exchanged vows in a small ceremony. Details of the participants remain limited in the accessible text.
Fragmentary OCR item notes residents and a Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pentn in a town near Tersan. Mentions a Peeps aent Pod Gaarrert and unclear details of parcels or transfers. No clear dates or full names due to garbled text.
A community page invites readers to follow social notes on page fohES, encouraging updates on friends general health and other items of interest. The notice emphasizes staying informed about local social circles and personal well being within the neighborhood.
Mrs Mary Relly of this city, mother of Edward Berry, visited by telegraphy as he was taken to Midhwan City yesterday to serve a life sentence from his daughter Mrs Poerrl Bragers.
The December meeting of the Ann Revers Clark Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will be held Tuesday December 42. The committee appointed to explore feasibility of a Jeffersonville hospital will report on the project.
Social notes highlight activities and updates about locals. Readers can keep posted on friends' gatherings, engagements, and community happenings as listed in this issue's social section.
The case against Warren Summerville, jailed on a charge of retaliation at the request of Miss Leslie Parham of Utica township, will be called Monday after a brief adjournment.
A fragmentary notice describes a four room cottage for rent with gas lighting and fuel and water at $28 on Obie avenue. It cites application to 323 Obie and references a local church and residents including Mrs Moore Sieh with possible social ties and escorts.
The Citizens Drug Store promotes telephone ordering for delivery of items at cut-rate prices. Customers are encouraged to phone orders when they cannot visit the shop, with a promise of timely delivery and personal service. The notice highlights convenience and the store’s wide selection.
For trade notice invites readers to exchange items of real or personal property. It promises to publish a description not exceeding a limited word count at no charge to the advertiser.
The Civil Service Commission Sparks two years and Charles Ryle one year announce eyea situations to be held at the post office on February 3, 217 for deputy collector clerk storekeeper and winger in the revenue service. The announcements seek eligible candidates for these positions.
A certificate filed in the County Recorder office by Advent Christian Church pastor Rev. W. O. Williams lists trustees Charles Anderson and William, with three year terms for the latter.
Salary or commission sales job offering $300 to $500 per month selling oils greases paints and specialties. Inland Oil Works Co. Cleveland Ohio advertises a proposition for eager salesmen with steady pay and commissions.
County Highway Superintendent Allhands recovered an old firearm from a Charlestown youth. The weapon included a muzzle loader with a percussion cap and an eighteen inch barrel. The fragment ends without detailing further actions.
The fragment mentions a weapon likely a pocket rifle using a 32 caliber bullet and notes about its early days. It is a sparse OCR extract with unclear context and individuals. The text references a firearm and historical use but lacks full details or identifiable persons or events.
William Sparks and 9 Mowe Walter were convicted of grand larceny and arrived at the county jail yesterday. Each was sentenced to seven years of hard labor in the reformatory.
Funeral services for Sposa Wyatt will be held Friday at 2 oclock at the Paris residence with Rev. J. M. Vawter of the First Christian church officiating. Interment will follow in Walnut Ridge cemetery.
Classified ad seeks one woman for general cooking and one woman for washing at the Orphans Home on Weig’s avenue. Apply at once. Ad.
County Treasurer John R. Scott bagged twenty miles euans and fourteen rabbits during a two day hunt in Beuleehen township. County Superintendent of Schools Samuel L B Scott visited Mooscoun today to hunt with his brother Glen Scott Floyd County school system supervisor.
An exchange agreement recorded by County Recorder Wiseheart of Dawes County Montana and James E Johorn of Decatur assigns Osbern coins to Wiseheart for property in De Veo Tih with encumbrances. In return four acres of land in eastern Clark is promised. If either party defaults the other may forfeit $2,000.
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