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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
4
Newspaper notes a brisk wartime rush at Gen l Wood and Gen l Hy Price, slashing prices on sugar, potatoes, hog lard, coffee, cheese, rice, macaroni, and salmon. It boasts bargain rates, prompts readers to buy before prices rebound, and mocks competitors while warning against smoking and pet dogs in the store.
Classifieds advertise job leads and sales pitches for a crew foreman at MAGA ZINE CIRCULATION COMPANY in Chicago, several door to door and agency style ads for life and accident policies, and several sales positions offering commissions and daily earnings across Newark New Jersey Indianapolis Indiana West Philadelphia and New York City with various products and routes.
Mild easy action bowel relief promoted as a modern laxative with nationwide availability. The notice claims 250 at all stores and urges purchase through druggists. Also includes a separate sales pitch for kitchen utensils and a process company offer with weekly earnings and demonstrations in Salina Kansas.
An old established manufacturing organization markets large tine specialties to every business in every town offering salary or commission. Warren Refining and Chemical Co is listed in Cleveland Ohio as the advertiser.
For any itching skin trouble piles eczema salt rheum itch scald head herpes scables Dean's Ointment highly recommended. 50 cents a box at all stores. For Sale By Ben Doolittle.
Business salesmen seek focal American territory deals with big institutions. Reported earnings average $3000 yearly. Good references required. Contact Emanuel in Anderson Indiana.
Advertisement seeks a salesman for Terre Haute Advertising Co. to cover a territory selling high grade calendars and advertising specialties starting January 1, 1915. Offers a permanent position with a liberal contract. Applicants should provide age, selling experience, and references. Address Terre Haute Advertising Co. Terre Haute Ind.
In Gore Georgia P A Morgan hails Foley Cathartic Tablets for thorough cleansing and a feeling of renewed health. The testimonial notes relief from constipation and a stomach that stays sweet with an active liver and regular bowels. The ad claims the tablets are non gripe and non sickening and suitable for stout people.
Blast Hole Drills for Construction and Quarry work advertised by Loomis Drill Co of Tiffin Ohio claim great cost reductions and widespread use. Also piano for sale an excellent grand plane in superb condition from Mrs George Knobloch 319 W Court Ave.
For rent a pear ree cottage with five rooms on one side of a double. Descriptive details are limited in the fragment.
In a St. Louis Times piece the Mann Act is faulted for aiding blackmailers and adventurers while failing to protect the innocent. The column cites Colonel Charles Alexander of Providence and a Los Angeles complainant to argue that women often manipulate men and that local authorities should handle white slavery cases.
The New York Sun reports Mr. Hobson claims European war deaths average 1,000 daily while U S statistics show 700000 annual alcohol related deaths. Some locales credit 730000 yearly, with Hobson’s figures described as his own estimates rather than official U S data.
A report to the Board of Administration details a planned escape by 16 inmates from the State Hospital for Feeble-Minded at the State Farm near Orient. Attendants were overpowered, an alarm sounded hours later, and two inmates remain at large while others were found. one prisoner found with frozen feet.
Paris reports the German fleet suspected the English coast bombardment was a decoy. Observers with insider naval info predict a larger push into the Atlantic from Heligoland, where ships have been bottled up since the war began.
The ocean liner Transylvania carrying 366 passengers escaped destruction after a mine exploded near its bow during a storm off the north coast of Ireland. A steel fragment tore part of the deck railing and a passenger recovered the mine fragment after the blast at 4 a.m. December 6. The ship had left Liverpool at 9 p.m. December 5.
Safety claim for Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound to stop croup cough and aid breathing. Promotes as a remedy for coughs colds and throat irritation with no opiates and emphasizes nightly sleep. Also advertises Burdock Blood Bitters for impure blood and sluggish liver. On market 35 years priced at $1.00 per bottle. For sale by all druggists.
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