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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1914
Page
4
Notices show pre MD cars schedule and rates information. John E. Greeley, general manager, announces timetable details for the Indianapolis Louisville Traction By Co. with agent contact info and standard rates.
Gen l Wood renews action against Gen l Hy Price as war moves across Europe. Local dealer reports price drops on staples including potatoes to 17 cents per peck and hog lard to 13 cents per pound. Coffee, cheese, rice and canned goods advertised at lower rates with warnings about pets and smoke in the shop.
Classified blurbs offer jobs and sales pitches from Richmond Chemical Co and others. Positions include crew foreman at a magazine circulation firm, tree and plant salesperson roles, and sales of a $1000 death and $5 weekly accident policy with $250,000 coverage.
A 30 plus man offers stock condition powder in Clark County with a $70 monthly salary. Address 9 Industrial Bidg Indianapolis Indiana. Women advertise guaranteed hosiery sales to friends neighbors and general wearer with 70 percent profit and $10 daily mate. International Mills West Philadelphia Pa. D t 11 1.e.0 d.
An advertisement outlines an accident policy with key registration identification and annual renewal. It mentions a $250,000 deposit with the insurance department and lists the Registry Department at 40 Clinton Street in Newark New Jersey.
Advertisements promote salesmen and agents positions with commissions and sample costs for a German silver watch and bowels laxative Dean's Regulats. Agencies list opportunities in New York and Latvia Kansas with pay scales and free demonstration holders. Brands and products include Dean's Ointments and Warren Refining Co promotions in Cleveland Ohio and Ben Doulittle sales.
Want ads offer Ter Haute Advertising Co in Terre Haute Indiana a permanent position for a territory salesmen selling high grade calendars and advertising specialties starting Jan 1 1915. Applicants should provide age selling experience and references with liberal contract offered. Prior experience preferred.
Gore Georgia resident P A Morgan praises Foley Cathartic Tablets as thoroughly cleansing the system and making him feel like a new man. The pills are described as stimulating but not gassing, keeping the stomach sweet liver active and bowels regular. They are marketed as wholesome and effective with even stout people benefiting. Sold By Ben Doolittle.
Loomis Drill Co of Tiffin Ohio advertises blast hole drills advertised as the greatest cost reducers and successfully used everywhere for contractors and quarrymen.
PIANO FOR SALE A grand piano in excellent condition Green make ideal instrument WHI make a splendid XMas gift Can be bought very reasonable Apply Mrs George Knobloch 319 W Court avenue Adv FOR RENT Four room cottage and five rooms on one side of a double one square from Reformatory Inquire 424 Woerner avenue or Phone 908 F Adv
Advertisement notes Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil as a remedy for finger mash, 2ent, or burns. Claims thousands rely on it with 25c or 50c size sold by all druggists.
Chicago report details John Bress Lloyd a wealthy yachtsman and heir reappearing from a world tour to dodge a 350000 damages suit. He married Hasel Laura O Donnell Carlisle twice under different laws, spent a seven day honeymoon, then vanished and sought annulment alleging her indiscretions.
Private detectives hunt for Lloyd amid reports of two marriages and an annulment bid under Hands law. The suit cites Duluth and Crown Point ceremonies, with Mrs. Lloyd denying the claims as she recounts their rapid remarriage and a later trip to Cedar Lake. A Boston breach of promise suit by Miss Sullivan also lingers as Lloyd vanishes on a world tour.
The three men connected with Tooley Street join in after hours at a Southwark public house to discuss politics. John Grose and Thomas Satterly, both tailors, meet alongside George Sandham, a grocer, as they draft a petition to Parliament during Catholic emancipation.
The ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a quick remedy for croup and coughs. It claims to cut mucus, clear phlegm, stop the strangling cough, and provide easy breathing and quiet sleep with no opiates.
An old advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for impurity and liver issues. It claims the product has been on the market 35 years and sells for $1.00 per bottle, available from all druggists.
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