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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1914
Page
4
A wartime promotional notice lists sweeping price drops on staples like sugar, potatoes, hog lard, coffee, cheese, and canned fish. It touts bargains at Gen l Wood's Commodary with emphasis on low prices per pound or can and warns customers away from smoke and pets to protect the store’s cleanliness.
Classified notice fragment from Wheeling reporting a code 921 listing for a local company in West Virginia with incomplete details. Permanent archival record notes a business identifier and city but lacks full description or actions.
Advertisement seeks a crew foreman with experience and strong references to manage a prime magazine project. MAGA ZINE CIRCULATION COMPANY located at 383 S&S Dearborn Chicago runs the prospect.
Wanted man seeks to sell trees shrubs and rose cherry bushes in Rochester New York. Advertisement appears in local newspaper notice.
Advertises a $1,000 death and $5 weekly accident policy with key registration and identification. Claims $1 annual and a $280,000 deposit with the Insurance Dept. Mentions Registry Dept at 40 Clinton St Newark New Jersey.
An advertisement asserts a man travels by horse and buggy in Clark County to sell Stock Condition Powder. The offer quotes a salary of 70 dollars per month and lists 9 Industrial Building Indianapolis Indiana as the address.
Women are invited to sell guaranteed hosiery to friends and neighbors with 70 percent profit and a daily earning of about $10. No experience required. Advertisement placed by International Mills in West Philadelphia, Pa. dated 41.1e0d.
A notice describes an accident policy with a $1 annual registration and a $250,000 deposited insurance requirement. The Registry Department at 40 Clinton Street, Newark, New Jersey appears in the item.
Advertisement from Regers Emporium Inc offers a salesman position to sell a German silver nickel plated watch with pace, promising daily earnings of 20 to 30 dollars and 25 percent commission. Mall cost one dollar for campie at 219 Fourth Avenue New York.
Agents sell kitchen use mens with a five cent cost and twenty five cent retail. Fourteen ages in one machine furnished for making articles. Every demonstration ends in a sale. Earn fifty dollars per week easily. Demonstration holder free. Process Co. Dept. WF Salina Kansas.
Large established manufacturing organization sells to every business in town. Positions offer salary or commission. Based in Cleveland Ohio.
For any licking skin trouble, piles, eczema, salt rheum, itch, scald head, herpes, scables, Dean's Ointment is highly recommended. 5fe a box at all stores. For Sale By Ben Doolittie.
Advertisement seeks experienced salesmen to cover a major territory across the United States. Earn approximately 3000 dollars yearly with strong references required. Address at 8 D Emanuel Anderson Indiana for adjoint positions.
The notice invites applicants for an advertising position at Terre Haute Advertising Co in Terre Haute Indiana. It requests details on age selling experience and references and mentions a permanent petition and splendid opening.
Gore Georgia resident P A Morgan praises Foley Cathartic Tablets for thorough cleansing. He says they refresh his system and make him feel like a new man keeping the stomach sweet liver active and bowels regular. The tablets are described as stimulating without gripe or sickness and suitable for stout people. Sold by Ben Doolittle.
Loomis Drill Co of Tiffin Ohio promotes blast hole drills for contractors and quarrymen. Claims greatest cost reducers and widespread successful use.
A compact Jeffersonville column lists a grand piano for sale in excellent condition with a potential Christmas gift angle. Also advertised are rental cottages near the Reformatory and a rent-to-own home plan offered by S A Pecker, including contact details.
An editorial critiques the presidential message urging restraint on defense buildup. It argues that pacifist voices misinterpret preparedness and warns against turning the nation into an unready target. The piece frames the choice as national security versus appeasement.
Editorial argues the United States must fortify its defenses and avoid an "armed camp" of foreign powers. It warns that undefended seaports attract envy from Japan, Germany, and Britain and stresses paying for soldiers, guns, and ships over tribute. The issue also previews Twilight Sleep and features articles by Reverend Jefferson and others on war and domestic topics.
Ida M. Tarbell examines census data to debunk false claims about women. She analyzes marriage divorce child bearing and related topics and concludes African women are now living more useful productive lives than ever before in U S history.
A New York Post piece reflects on wartime hysteria over invasions and safety leagues. It argues an actual landing of large forces in the United States would require immense preparation, noting British and German wartime planning and the practical impossibility of a rapid cross‑ocean invasion.
Consumer notes warn of minor injuries and promote Dr. Thomas' Electric Ointment for cuts bruises and burns with a drugstore price of 25 and 50 cents offering quick relief and protection.
An advertisement extols Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a fast fix for croup and coughs. It promises thick mucus removal, phlegm clearance, relief from choking coughs, easier breathing, and quiet sleep with no opiates.
An 18th or 19th century style advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for impure blood and liver issues. It notes a 35 year market presence and a price of one dollar per bottle, with sales through all druggists.
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