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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
1
An item outlines securing a venue for a city meeting with mentions of Poindexter and Jeffersonville. It notes a library official and the American Library Association event in Tonisville within the next year.
Jeffersonville Lodge No. 350 Free and Accepted Masons will meet on Tuesday evening November 19th at 8 o'clock. Work in VW and VM. Worshipful Master Hayden Denny, Senior Warden Thornley.
Knights of Pythias Armory hosts opening games featuring St Luke's and First Presbyterian teams. Players Dawes Peel Harrison Boots and Coden lead the Presbyterians while Schap henner Reber Himen and Dugan star for St Luke's as season tickets sell well.
The article reviews Chanukkah the Festival of Dedication marking eight days of lights and thanksgiving. It notes Judas Maccabeus restoring the Temple after Antiochus Epiphanes desecration, the miracle of oil lasting eight days, and the tradition of lighting in homes and windows for the festival beginning on Kislev 25.
Want ads state desire to purchase a dining room suite or a dresser with some chairs. Ad seeks cheap items and provides address X Y Z and mentions this office.
The Clark Circuit Court proceedings include the state case against Wm Antz for keeping a gaming house, continued on motion due to witness absence. Several other matters proceed, including a minor liquor sale plea change, road case dismissals, and at issue actions. Wheeler death suit continuity and a divorce filing are also noted along with bond arrests for liquor offenses.
Prof. Rey Gilmore Stott, Franklin Indiana poet and lecturer, who taught at the Clark County Teachers Institute last September, spoke to Indiana Reformatory inmates yesterday afternoon. He was heard with much interest.
Christmas is merry for those who invest in the Citizens Trust Co Christmas Savings Fund. Early enrollment secures a generous sum for holiday expenses, reflecting prudent planning and community support.
The undersigned express sincere appreciation for sympathy shown in the death of husband and father George Kuntz. Thanks to lodgemen floral donors singers Rev F E Lahr and all who assisted or sent condolences Signed Mrs George Kuntz and Children.
Encourage readers to enroll in the Citizens Trust Company Christmas Savings Fund to ease holiday spending. Ady urges joining now to secure funds for December expenses and reduce financial worry.
The Red Cross Christmas Seals sprang from Miss Family Bissell of Wilmington who read Jacob Riis and adapted Norwegian tuberculosis stamps. Her effort funded the early sale, later expanding nationally despite initial opposition, and now supports local communities while aiding the national fight against tuberculosis. The annual drive raises tens of millions with communities keeping most proceeds after expenses.
The will of John W. Lovell, who died November 22 at age eighty five near Barden in western Clark County, was filed for probate in the Clark County Court Monday. It provides for funeral expenses and debts, sale of eight acres, and division of forty acres to Geo E McLovell and Mary Fordyce with residence obligations. A further forty acres goes to daughter-in-law Etta Lovell with repayment of money lent and care of the mother. five dollars is left to three sons James, John, and Robert, with executors named James, John and Lewis Lovell.
A list shows residents with letters awaiting collection including Coleman Miss I Clemments Miss Nellie Corble Gin Dare Miss Elizabeth Me FE 9305 Watt St runtsinger Chester Middleton Mrs Grover Parthers Wm Waldren Mrs Ova Persons calling for any of the above please say advertised date of list. Postmaster James E. Burke directs.
Wickets at the Government dam near the falls were lowered after reports of running ice pouring from streams near the headwaters of the Ohio River. Local authorities acted on information and safety concerns about rising ice flow risks downstream.
Advertisement for a Singer Sewing Machine as a Christmas gift. Includes phone number 1206v and address 419 Spring St, under Singer Sewing Machine Co.
Judge James W Fortune heard witnesses on Mrs Ida Steiner petitioning to be declared sane. Drs Hancock Crum Cohen Field testified alongside other experts. The husband testified and the court found in favor of the petition.
A blaze at Salem destroyed five buildings of Stout Furniture Manufacturing and the City Electric Gicht plant. A. L. Hendrickson was knocked into a creek by a naptha filled barrel that flew 200 yards after an explosion. He escaped with bruises as volunteers aided in fighting the flames.
Auss Peart Frakes daughter of Jr. and Mrs Walter Frakes and Jay Fulkerson laborer both of New Albany were married in the city by Magistrate Albert Eich.
Police court this morning fined Pink Bailey one dollar plus costs after convicting him of intoxication. He was so drunk he had to be carried from a coal cart.
The Citizens Trust Company began its Sixth Annual Christmas Savings fund on Monday December 18. Officials expect enrollment to exceed all prior years as the program opens with broad community interest and support.
Dream Theater screens Where Love Leads as the feature tonight with two additional reels on the bill. Adv.
Dr. W. Marshall Varble slipped on a pavement yesterday and sprained his knee. The incident highlights dangers on a Spring Street corner noted for treacherous pavement conditions.
A postal corridor table promotes the Red Cross Seals campaign in Jeffersonville while local businesses increasingly affix seals to all mail, signaling broad support for the drive.
John S. Hathaway private secretary to Major David Peyton, superintendent, has returned to active duty after several weeks confined to his room in the Administration Building due to illness. Friends express relief at his recovery and return to work.
An eminent surgeon at a world renowned clinic has created an expanding dilator to treat cardiospasm by dilating the esophageal junction. A single treatment can relieve the condition with no pain or anesthesia, and the dilator’s water distension paralyzes the affected muscle. Source: Popular Mechanics magazine January issue.
Four room cottage for rent with gas lighting fuel and water included. Located in a convenient and desirable neighborhood at 328 Ohio avenue. Apply to 323 Ghia.
Advertisement notes Foley Kidney Pills remain inexpensive while food and clothing prices rise. It urges the sick to not neglect kidneys and lists back ache and bladder trouble as conditions relieved by the product. Ben Mona Little endorses the ad.
Governor Ralston granted pardons and paroles yesterday. Charles Runyan of Vermillion County Indiana received a full pardon though initially sentenced to the Reformatory in 1900 for burglary and later paroled in 1906. Griffin Darneal alias Fred Williams of Putnam County was paroled after burglary and Reformatory terms. Otto Zimmer of Vanderburg County faced assault and battery with intent to rob sentences later commuted before parole.
A Haines upright piano offered at a very low price for quick sale. Contact 135 Pearl Street or call 1072 for details. Advertisement.
Thomas Duncan, chairman of the Public Service Commission, said he would not resign before his term expires May 1. He faced questions about switching administration and souring relations after past conflicts, asserting he plans to stay in office until the term concludes.
An ad promotes Koaline coal with a half price claim and a $1 trial. It alleges county agents reap large profits and questions the reader about their own county. Bradley Beach New Jersey is listed with a date of December 14.
Jeffersonville Commandery No 27 knights elected officers with William H Wilcox as Eminent Commander Thomas B Bolton Generalissimo Henry Best Captain General Frank M Rose Senior Warden Yarvey G Eastman Junior Warden Fernando H Miller Treasurer John Snyder Prelate Fielding F Wilson Recorder JT Edgar Poindexter Standard Bearer G Jackson Sword Bearer William A W Harper Warden George A Dunham Sentinel Clark Lodge No 40 Free and Accepted Masons to elect officers Thursday night
Join the happy family of Christmas Savers at Citizens Trust Company and secure holiday money when you need it. Treat yourself with trusted savings and friendly service for the season.
Advertisement for Ogden Shoe Company invites shoppers to buy Steen Sox neckties shirts handkerchiefs suspenders collars gloves and underwear. Each purchase earns a chance to win a turkey on Christmas morning.
Stanley Dix S1 year old and former Utica resident died from wagon accident injuries in Louisville last Saturday. He fell from the wagon while helping move heavy machinery and was run over. Funeral held Tuesday in Louisville cemetery. Six brothers once ran a general store in Utica were cousins.
All trains arriving in Jeffersonville from the north on the Pennsylvania lines were three to five hours late today due to a freight wreck on the Lake Erie above Indianapolis causing widespread service disruption.
Notice states three directors for the Mutual Savings & Loan Association will be elected by stockholders on January 9 at 7 30 in the evening.
An ad touts joining the Christmas Savings Fund at the Bohemia Cafe with a fried oyster offered with each drink and Citizens Trust Company as an advertiser. The notice emphasizes securing money for holiday needs.
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