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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
4
Blanchard California postmaster reports severe kidney trouble leading to hospital visit. He credits Foley Kidney Pills with complete cure and praises the remedy for removing backache swollen joints and kidney symptoms. Many state sufferers report similar benefits from this standard remedy advertised in the notice.
Travel by trolley from Jeffersonville to Scottsburg Crothersville Seymour Columbus and other towns with round trip 3.55 and one way 1.95 fares. Schedules show morning and afternoon departures with multiple daily times and through freight service between Indianapolis and Louisville. See agents and official timetable for rates and details.
A list of Bible study topics offered by the Bible and Tract Society with prices and ordering details. Stock includes works on creation, prophecy, baptism, purgatory, and historical figures. Offer promises free copies or special prices for complete sets upon request.
A Beeseley Missouri reader endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs croup and hoarseness. The testimony notes it opened congested air passages soothed inflamed throats and aided breathing for a family of four over eight to ten years. Adv. BEN DOOLITTLE endorses it as the best cough and croup medicine he has used.
An ad from White Mfg Co Cincinnati Dept 10 proclaims Gaso tonic gasoline at 3c a gallon with carbon elimination and a dollar per hour profit. Sales guaranteed as of November 19, 1915.
Buy or sell an. Oak dining table and six chairs in good condition. Cheap. For rent six room cottage with water gas and electric lights at 1128 Spring Street. Apply phone 1090 Y.
Advertisement notes salesmen to sell oysters as a side line for grocery and meat trade. Hustlers can earn about 50 to 75 dollars monthly. State territory coverage referenced. Company listed as J. S. Barnes & Co, P O Box 526 Baltimore Maryland.
An advertisement promotes a $1,000 death policy with weekly payments and a $250,000保险 deposit. It stresses registration and identification and cites the Insurance Department fine proposal. Registry Department 44 Clinton St Newark N J.
A Detroit advertisement markets a salesman role for a $1 weekly accident policy and a $1 annual key registration. It touts $259,000 deposited with the Insurance Department and claims experience is unnecessary, describing the operation as a moneymaker from 40 Cames Street, Newark, New Jersey.
Advertises a sales position in Cleveland Ohio offering over 125.00 dollars monthly with chances for advancement. Respond by writing to Central Petroleum Co. Cleveland Ohio.
Wanted a county agent to sell the Dunna Automatic Steering Device for Fords Care. A hustler can make $50 weekly. PNION MANUFACTURING CO, ANDERSON, IND.
Core local territory opportunity in America offered by B. D. Emanuel of Anderson Indiana. Men can earn about 2008 yearly with large institutions as clients. Good references required.
Opportunity for salesmen with ability to win eight wearings with engineers and purchasing agents. Big producers welcome in open territory. Contact Mr Adams at Box 106 Station 0 Cleveland. WHIO Adv.
Industrial Mfg. Co. offers large commissions and protected territories for state or county distributors of invisible self starter Ford cars. Sells on sight with guaranteed satisfaction. 540 Jackson Blvd. Chicago.
Classified notice advertises a converted Ford delivery car in prime condition. Contact J. M. McKnight at Car Works or after 5 pm at 94 for details.
Home Supply Co of Kansas City Missouri offers a free Geneon Kerosene Mantle Lamp to active agents with exclusive territory and promises six hours use at one cent cost return 100 percent profit. Write the manager. Adv. 10 9 15.
A fragmented stock scam note promises 100 percent dividends in 90 days and quick profits on a five cent share. It urges sending for free information and offers a limited number of shares at ten dollars for two hundred dollar value from Amanga mated OH Co at 1600 Colcord Bldg Oklahoma.
Dennis Donovan of 417 W Maplest Jeffersonville testifies that severe back pain headaches and dizziness vanished after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He says the remedy provided prompt relief and lasting improvement and urges others to try the same product.
Advertises Dean's Requiets as easy to operate with no griping or bad after effects. Priced at 25 cents and available at all drug stores.
Two cottages are available for rent opposite the Reformatory. One has five rooms and the other seven. Apply to Frank Woerner or call 908.
An advertisement for Amalgamated Oil Co promoting a sixty million dollar ground floor stock proposition with 100 percent dividends and 90 day terms. It claims limited shares at 3 cents, $1 par value stock, and $10 buys $333 par value stock, urging remittance and requesting free information from Oklahoma City.
White lady seeks work as cook house girl or nurse. References available if desired. Address 727 Fulton Street.
Pair of glasses missing from a case reported at Chestnut and Meigs near the Interurban Station. Reward offered and return can be made to 610 E Chestnut or by calling 341.
An old advertisement urges readers to mail 5c with a cutout slip to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pains and rheumatism, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and cleansing. The ad is signed by Ben Doolittle.
An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy to purify the blood improve complexion and aid digestion. It notes the product is sold by all druggists for $1.00.
Thomas F. O Niel relocates his livery business to 124 Market Street. All orders will be promptly filled. Prone 99.
An urgent notice from White Mfg Co Cincinnati urges selling GASO TONIC with claims of rising gasoline value and guaranteed hourly profit. Promotes Department 10 address in Cincinnati Ohio as contact.
Job notice offering $20 to $35 monthly extra money to employed individuals with no interference to regular work. No selling no canvassing no investment. Unemployed need not apply. Address The Silver Mirror Co Inc 123 W Madison St Chicago IL Adv
An antique newspaper snippet advertises gasoline at 3 cents per gallon with a brief line about Elfliminates 10 and Cincinnati.
The regular annual meeting of Citizens Trust Company in Jeffersonville Indiana will be held at the company office on Tuesday January 11 1916 from 10 AM to 12 noon to elect directors for the ensuing year and to transact other business. John D December 10 1915 Driscoll Secretary Adv 12-10-31
An old advertisement promises relief for rheumatic victims offering Solvine Baths. It invites readers to send a self addressed request for samples from the Solvine Company in Cincinnati Ohio.
Ad announces gasoline at three cents a gallon sponsored by White Mfg Co Department 10 Cincinnati Ohio with advertisement date November 13.
A wartime style home health ad urges readers to prevent indigestion after holiday feasts. It promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a safe remedy with no griping, promising relief after meals and improved digestion, bowels, stomach, and liver.
E J Reefer of Reefer Building Kansas City Missouri mails a scientific poultry book claiming it helps hens lay plenty of winter eggs. Advert indicates free book offer dated 12 4 15. Cincinnati division GASO TONIC ad promises guaranteed results from White Mfg Co Dept 10.
An Elmira New York advertisement from 1916 offers $5 to $7 daily for agents selling new fibre broom samples by Parcel Poet. The ad claims every woman will buy and lists a 30 cent sample price, with the Wynne Broom Co name and date 11-15-16.
Pasadena reports Chas Fuller the chimpanzee owner FE W Knowlton claims Fuller uses six distinct words and may be the closest animal to humans in intelligence. Knowlton envisions giving Fuller's brain to science if he dies. the 7 year old chimp displays learning, problem solving, and emotive understanding in conversations and tasks.
Two year old George Bukalic, son of Rudolph Bukalic, was riding a go cart down a steep hill when it overturned twice and dropped from a six foot wall. He landed in front of a trolley car on East Street, the car stopping in time. He crawled free with only two faint head bruises.
Kenosha Wisconsin Raymond Morehouse a mail carrier learned he was heir to 156000 from his uncle Louis Morehouse who left for California half a century ago. The uncle had lived in San Leandro before seeking wealth in the gold fields.
In Brockton Massachusetts Harry J De Forest a witness in a damage suit from a street car crash testified he distinctly hears noises with his feet The very deaf man explained he has trained his feet to detect vibrations to cross streets safely and that he can feel the vibrations as sound.
A peacock in a Grand Rapids park attacked a polished car after mistaking its reflection for another bird. The bird dented a door and scratched the enamel while several men restrained it until the owner returned and drove off.
A Maine inventor touts a wheel within a wheel separated by rubber cushions as a noiseless street car wheel. Oil stock jumps 20 percent on Nov 27. Oklahoma oil doubles in price with promises of 100 percent dividends in 90 days. Limited shares, $10 buys $200 par value stock. Amalga mated Oil Co. 1700 Colcord Bldg. Oklahoma Okla Adv 11-18.
Loretta Swaton files for divorce from Harry Swaton of Detroit claiming his poker habit and slow temper wrecked their marriage. She recalls honeymoon advice against gambling and describes a string of losses and fights started after his betting, including a ruined party and a host's injury, concluding life with a perpetual loser is untenable.
Martin Burgess, who left California in 1879, returned to claim a San Francisco bank deposit of $4,000 tied to a 1879 certificate. After paralysis in St Louis and memory loss, he regained health and found the papers in hospital. Bank credited him with over $356,000 plus interest from the old deposit. Burgess had mined placer in El Dorado County in 1856 and faced multiple fortunes and losses since.
The Joy of Motoring touts coasting and fuel savings by shopping at Wood & Company Wholesale Grocery and Wholesale Retail. It touts buying cash with discounts of 20 to 33 14 percent, direct from Louisville manufacturers, with no credit and low overhead.
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