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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
8
The home of George Saubter, a colored resident, is located in the eastern part of the city as described in local notices and property records from the period.
A patient was quarantined yesterday for smallpox. Dr. Joseph Zuernner takes charge of the cases.
Asa Prince of 747 Third Street received details on his son James Prince a 23 year old carpenter killed at a mine shaft in Sebree Kentucky. Two cages operated with one down and one up when Prince was to descend the wrong door opened and he stepped into the shaft falling 150 feet.
The Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway Company, at city request, is placing a pipe under East Court avenue sidewalk to remove surplus water from yards where locomotive work accumulates. Ice formed on the walk after recent days of coating.
Internal hemorrhages caused the death of A. M. Peeler a brother of Luman Peeler of this county in his Scottsburg room on Wednesday He was seventy two years old.
Walter Bridgdwalter, superintendent of the Scott County Poor Farm, announced inmates will have a Christmas tree. Presents sent to the superintendent will be distributed on Christmas morning to those confined there.
Examinations will be held next Wednesday and Thursday in rural Clark county schools. Students will not be dismissed until Christmas Eve. City schools close tomorrow for holidays and resume January 4, 1915.
An old newspaper ad invites readers to join the Citizens Trust Company Christmas Savings Club and deposit funds during the Yuletide season to save money.
Mrs Arthur Tilford is reported able to be up and about after injuries suffered several weeks ago with improving health and strength noted by family.
Mrs. E J Ballweber ill with congestion of the lungs at home on Pearl and Maplestr eets. Dr F W Davis to visit Rochester Ind for holiday rest. William Henry Yarber aged 1 with Scarlet Fever at East Maple street. Lucian Gruber ill with Diphtheria at East Maple street. Edith McCauley niece of Mrs Swartz and High School graduate to spend Christmas with aunt Mrs Wheeler and visit Washington DC remains.
A woman has entered the competition for the janitor position at the Bartholomew County courthouse. She guarantees perfection and offers to take the job for one hundred dollars less per year than the prevailing salary.
The Citizens Trust Company invites you to join and become a member of its Christmas Savings Club, encouraging participation in the spirit of the season.
The Chamber of Commerce in New Albany backs organizing Indiana National Guard Company C. A Tuesday meeting featured Major William G. Everson and talks by Company C leaders and Company M of this city. Citizens' support will determine retention, with 42 local businessmen already funding suitable headquarters.
Capt. M. A. Wat and Officer Dennis Donovan searched for three implicated suspects after an attempted hog theft at Curtis L. Coombs farm on the Charlestown pike. A fish trail led to Walnut near Ekingvenue where a large Negro settlement was found but the suspects could not be located. A lookout will be kept for those responsible.
After seventeen hours of deliberation the jury found Hubert Gillum guilty of manslaughter in the death of his father-in-law Joseph Ighman at Vevay. Judge Francisco sentenced the 19 year old to an indeterminate term of two to twenty-one years in the Indiana Reformatory.
An advertisement urges readers to save dim es nickels and pennies at Citizens Trust Company Christmas Savings Club, warning small slips now will grow into a generous sum later.
Citizens Trust Company announces Christmas Savings Club enrollment for 1915 with Monday December 21 as opening day. Early enrollment appears strong and the 1915 club is expected to exceed prior years. Limited classes may fill quickly, ending further enrollments once cards are distributed.
James Powell of Underwood in this county returns after three years with the United States Army stationed in Vera Cruz New Mexico.
The Masons of Scottsburg gathered at Scottsburg Lodge 572 hall from 4 PM until past midnight. Past masters of the lodge conducted the work and John C. Schlicher of Clark lodge attended.
Thompson and Smith engraved Christmas cards advertised as the finest in the United States at Chas. A. Schimpff & Son.
Deputies in the office of County Auditor George W. Stoner prepare a list of all persons delinquent on personal property with delinquency amounts to be furnished to the treasurer of each corporation in the county. A law enacted by the 1913 Legislature will be used to collect the sum due to the county.
The Rev. Wm. Buell will lecture Friday night at Mortom Memorial M B Church on "The Land of the White Elephant." The talk, illustrated with stereopticon slides, is under the auspices of the Epworth League.
The Rev John S Hawk of Hanover officiated this afternoon at the funeral for William J Bowman held from his late residence on Indiana avenue. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, of which the deceased was a member, was represented.
James Howard charged with assault and battery with intent to kill Joseph O Neill was held to answer to the Clark Circuit Court by Magistrate Benson R Veasey. Howard will have a hearing at the February term of court after posting bond for his appearance.
Matthew Smyser, a colored man, arrested in the attempted entry of Clarie Lindley’s home, has demanded a jury trial. The case likely will be continued to the next term as Smyser engaged in discussion with Judge Fortune.
Smyser, initially thought to have not entered, was fined for a vague offense. After arrest, investigators found a back window open and say he will answer two charges.
During the November term of the Clark Circuit Court Judge James W. Fortune practically cleared the docket congested since the death of Judge Harry C. Montgomery. Many cases set for this term were continued until February.
Miss Mamie Peer Woods died yesterday at her parents home in Speed from typhoid fever she was 18 born February 1 1895 in Jammer pointers Ky burial plans to be announced by her family
Fragmentary OCR note references Earl Penick with a reformatory entry dated March 24. The garbled text mentions a return to a facility and a controlled assignment or sentence involving a fourteen year period. Unclear names and precise actions due to damage.
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