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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1915
Page
1
Ten new one dollar bills enter circulation in Jeffersonville with a notable premium. The bills to watch have serial numbers starting with K and are valued at two dollars each today. Citizens are advised to watch for the Star stamp on the notes.
The Citizens Trust Company closed the 1915 Christmas Savings Club books and will mail out about $66,000 in checks to 200 members. The 1916 club starts December 20 with seven classes and 40 weeks, enrollment limited and encouraged to join early. Merchants offered to cash checks to keep funds local.
A 4 acre farm with a five room house, wash house, barn, and poultry house is available for rent within a 15 minute interurban ride from the city. All is complete and in good condition. Apply by letter to J. care Star. 124 (A.v.)
An advertisement touts Creal tway eye plexion and Burdock Blood Bitters as purifying the blood and improving digestion. It claims the product clears the skin and restores health with a price of $1.00, available at all druggists.
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment for eczema relief with a claim that it spreads quickly and relieves itching, priced at 66 cents at all stores.
The notice warns that festive meals cause indigestion and constipation leading to disease. It recommends Foley Cathartic Tablets kept in every home for relief after eating with no griping or unpleasant after effects. Ben Doolittle endorses the ad.
The annual park county show moves to Charlestown for December 16 17 and 18 at Seicesterback Brothers store after years at Lindley feed store. The second annual park county poultry show also runs December 16 with forty five premiums and many second prizes for chickens and fowl.
The Men's Bible Class of Wall Street M. E. Church starts a campaign to recruit new members and boost attendance. With nearly 100 current members, the class splits into teams each aimed at increasing membership.
The Tri Kappa Sorority will place collection boxes in public locations to raise money for the Community Christmas Tree. Small contributions from the public are welcomed to help fund the effort.
Police report a large quantity of cocaine and morphine was stolen from the Taylor Isaac Drug Company in Louisville. The loss is linked to possible suspects who entered Dr. H. W. Harrison's office in the Dream Theater Building last week.
White lady seeks employment as cook house girl or nurse. Reference available if desired. Address 727 Fulton Street.
Bennett and Marien Curl go on trial in Clark Circuit Court charged with burglary of the Tracy grocery at Sixth and Illinois. Sarney McClung testifies for the state. McClung not on trial, held as witness. Warder defends. Miles escorts witness. Pitts pleads guilty to breaking into Dr. Walker’s home. sentenced to 20 to 30 years in Michigan City Prison after stealing 175 dollars.
Ray Woolridge, charged with trafficking with inmates at the Indiana reformatory west jail, withdrew his not guilty plea and entered a guilty plea. He received ten days in the county jail and a $25 fine.
Adam Popp of Sellersburg appeared in open court with attorney Geo Kopp and waived arraignment. He pled not guilty to selling liquor without a license and gave bond of 200 with Kopp and sureties Warder and Allhands. A demurrer to the complaint was overruled. The report also notes estate suits and a divorce action with details of custody and name restoration. The docket lists the schedule for the next few days in Clark County Court.
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad Company faced multiple suits including Henry C. Guttermuth and others. Louis Koch sues Anna Koch for removal of marital home belongings and support. A jury sided with the railroad against J Fred Beggs in a $10,000 claim. The trial included the discovery of Robert E Aldrich’s mangled body from a train accident dated October 18 1918.
Community appeal urges Jeffersonville residents to donate to the Tri Kappa Christmas fund. Contributions support visits from Santa to needy homes, with drop-off points at Lindley’s Hardware Miss Anna Nahstol Wall Street and Alta Davis’s home 426 Meigs Avenue.
The Associated Charities secretary's report from the annual meeting at Wall Street M. E. Church notes donations and collections totaling 423.28 plus a coal gift of 70. The Society supplied coal to 110 families, groceries to 105 families, nine pairs of shoes, and transportation materials for eleven people, with total relief reach from November 1 to May 1915 at 995, urging more funds for continued work.
Maj. Theodore B. Hacker, Depot Quartermaster, to open sealed bids on Saturday for furnishing twenty galvanized iron bread racks each six feet five eighths inches long and twelve steel dough troughs.
Lost pair of glasses in a case from Chestnut and Meigs to Interurban Station. Reward offered if returned to 610 Chestnut or by calling 341. Advert.
At the county meeting four bids were opened for the Blackiston Mill bridge over Silver Creek. All four bids were deemed too high, with estimates ranging from 1342.00 to 1567.00, to be shared by Floyd and Clark counties. The remonstrance against liquor sales was postponed to the January term amid objections to petition names. County officials noted power of attorney issues for longstanding remonstrance signers. Viewers were appointed to supervise road vacation in Charlestown township. A renewal liquor license was granted for Charlestown township.
Federal officials will sue the Louisville Bridge Company to settle rights over the Taunisville bridge reconstruction across the Ohio River. Work is to start in spring, with completion sought quickly. the main issue is the Indiana channel span, which the government says must be longer, costing about 400000 if changed. The 1856 company, 1870 bridge, and Pennsylvania Railroad owning 900300 of 1500900 capital are noted.
The E. Z. Club announces a dance this evening at Elk's Hall, replacing the previously scheduled Tuesday event due to an earlier erroneous notice.
Communication to the State Department seeks reasons for withdrawal of German attaches Captain Ed and Captain von Papen. A German resident abroad relays a likely peace outline favoring Germany with control of the Balkans and new borders in the west, amid varied Allied reactions from London and Budapest.
Dream Theater screens Gussie's Day of Rest as the feature presentation with the usual lineup of other films on the bill for tonight.
A mass meeting at Speth's Hall Tuesday evening calls Jeffersonville residents to decide if the city needs a Chamber of Commerce. Speakers will discuss citizenship and local betterment with no subscriptions collected. Citizens are urged to attend and express support or opposition.
Philadelphia dealer E A Starkloff once famed as a gold brick and green goods swindler was arrested in Altoona after a five year chase by postal inspectors. Companion Clay Wilson, convicted at Dayton, now jailed. Starkloff had jumped a $12 000 bail in 1910. A 150 pound brick claimed as solid gold sat in a Safe Deposit at the post office building.
Frank McCune appeared in police court before Magistrate Benson R. Veasey and was held to the Clark Circuit Court for habitual intoxication after arrest Saturday. Ben Hubbard Charles Johnson and William Randall were each fined one dollar and costs for intoxication. Hubbard stayed his fine.
The excursion steamer Carmania of the Louisville and Jeffersonville Ferry Company sails for a several week trip to Southern waters with prominent Cincinnati and Louisville men aboard. The vessel, 175 feet long, was built at Newport News in 1896 and was a private yacht before conversion to a side wheel steamer. Captain Harry Pfeiffer will command with D. H. Barker as first mate and Jack Lewis as chief engineer.
Last week for payments to the Christmas Savings Club at Citizens Trust Company. The 1915 club closes at end of next Saturday night. no further payments. The 1916 club starts December 20. Adv. 12-1.2-3-4.
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