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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
5
Jdiior and Publisher Ti West Maple St Telephone 160 bie per year Four fifty per year if Paid in Advance The Star is entered at the Post as second class matter.
An old advertisement from a bank ad section promotes Foley Kidney Pills claiming relief for troublesome symptoms including backache and bladder disorders. The notice also briefly mentions a kitchen range and Moore's water connections for sale as a bargain, with prices and contact hints in the text.
Classified blurbs show varied ads for lodging rooms with kitchen and bath, a health tonic Burdock Blood Bitters, auto accessories and security locks, and job ads seeking sales and advertising staff. Entries reference multiple cities and unclear contact details, with scattered dates and rates.
The note mentions sending funds to Palm Beach Florida and returning with a small operation in hometowns during spare time. It lists Anderson at 212 Faeorborn St Chicago and Adv 122.
A physician touts Nuxated Iron as increasing strength by 200 percent in ten days for those with nervous weakness or related ailments. The ad promises dramatic gains after two weeks of two five-tablet doses daily, notes improved appetite, and asserts safer iron forms avoid tooth staining. An offer guarantees $100 to charities if no doubling of strength occurs in ten days and lists local dispensation by a Chicago physician.
The article details how Indiana state facilities including the State Prison, Workhouse, and Women’s Prison generate revenue from labor and sales. It notes receipts totaling $63 640.87 from contracts, $4 473.18 from the Worars Prison laundry, and small sums from Reform Glory and other items. General funds receive surplus while some earnings stay as rotary or institutional funds.
Mrs. C. M. Ruddell and daughter Cleo come home from Memphis Ind after Thanksgiving visits. Miss Jeannette Brooks returns to Indianapolis from Howard Park. Mr. and Mrs. Albert String back from New Comerstown Ohio. Mrs. James Hawes returns from Cleveland. Neighborhood Club marks sixteenth anniversary at Hume home. Alta Williams returns from Dayton Ohio visit. Walter Coleman and family return to Nashville. May Seitz hosts Book Club. Mary Vawter returns to Fern Creek Ky from Thanksgiving with parents. Mrs. John Rohrman comes from Anderson Ind. Pauline T Labuke visits Scottsburg. Mrs. E Mitchell and friends accompany her home. M. M. Worrall ill at Sixth Street residence. Church groups schedule meetings this afternoon. Eliza Tull returns from Seymour. Mrs. Charles Lewman visits from Charlestown. Claudie Perkins guest of Merle Clarke. Hedgecocks visit from St. Louis. Mrs. Hedgecock formerly Pattie Sesmund. Morton Memorial Guild attends afternoon meeting for December 9 11 Bazaar. Charity Ball planned for December 29. Clara Long hosts Girls Embroidery Club with local members. ONeil and Douglas Cain with McCulloch family rejoice over arrival of a son. Yocum family guests of Mrs. H. E. Cook. Clyde Holmes hosts Sewing Club. Roy Lindley to host next.
The Organ Recital at St Pauls Church last evening by organist Mrs John Worrall drew a large crowd. She was assisted by Mr Walter Anderson of the First Christian Church whose voice was strong and performance well received.
A frame schoolhouse was moved from the hilltop to a street 300 feet lower in Los Angeles. The final step in the descent involved lifting the structure before setting it on a new foundation.
A 4 ft wall was retained and deposited in the street as a building was tilted on a sharp angle to clear the obstruction. The task concluded without mishap, noted in December Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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