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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
4
A brief notice describes an offering at Bohemia Cafe in Ady Us featuring fried oysters served with each drink. The snippet notes the cafe location and a simple meal pairing.
Clergy announce special Christmas exercises at churches with child services and adult choir. Rev. ILC Clippinger leads the morning worship and the program features “The Other Wise Man” by Reverend Woods. Worship includes a service with a tone of reverence and community gathering.
Fragmentary notes portray Rev. WLOO William as pastor with Sunday School led by Irvin Saikeld, preaching on The Coming of the Messiah. The Second Coming of the Messiah appears in a later header and the text hints at a social gathering or event organized by Lewal Workers with a setting sun motif and evening activities.
The Waple Street Church schedules Sunday services including a special Christmas Angelic Sing and Christmas Music event. A Sunday School program and gate keeping duties are noted, with adults attending a December service and a family treat planned for attendees.
A catalog of Christmas gift items with wide price ranges for rings brooches bracelets and sets. It lists infants and children's rings Misses rings signet and cameo rings plus gold filled and solid gold pieces. Also includes shaving sets toilet sets water sets egg sets tea sets and knife and fork sets with prices from 0.50 to 87.50 dollars.
Rev Flor Latie Basta leads Christmas Day services at St Leke's Church with Sunday School at 6:30 a m, Christian Endeavor at 5 p m, and a church service featuring special music. A mission offering for orphans will be taken during the event.
Fragmentary note discusses a conceptual query on human nature and meaning. The text references Vieques and a church or group setting, but details are unclear due to damaged OCR. The piece presents philosophical inquiry without concrete events or named individuals.
Reverend Thomas Crandell presides at Morton Ve Moreal Methodist Church with Sunday service at ten AM The sermon titled The Whing dom in the Deadle will be preached by Dawes The service and sermon focus on spiritual themes at the local church.
An old woman travels through strne lanes selling Red Cross seals to aid the cause. She shops for Christmas toys for children and attaches seals to each gift and toy. She markets the seals all day and returns home content with her sales and purpose.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a person named Nine David associated with a clothing company advertising for a boxed headed box and describe the firm as a large American clothing manufacturer.
The item list includes a flypaper rotting scene and several for sale notices. It mentions two surveys, two grocery wagons with one heavy and one fast delivery pair, plus a nine year old sorrel mare. Also an ad seeking ambitious salesmen to earn $35 weekly with training from Power Lubricating Co Detroit Michigan.
The Spanish military attaché Col Don Nicolas Arenllay Cerijo cites elaborate marriages among Spaniards and recounts a tale of an American girl in San Sebastian who claims engagement to multiple nobles. Her father asks for clarity and she shoots back that it’s all one man, a Spaniard.
The Citizens Trust Company begins its Sixth Annual Christmas Savings Fund on Monday December 18 with enrollment expected to be the largest in the program’s history.
A quirky verse fragment shows Litthy Jacek Horner on a corner seeking a purchase and buying Christmas Seals while declaring self-praise. Another figure Foally Joown Drg appears in a humorous scene in a dine petticoal and green gown plan to buy gifts and apply Red Grass Seals to those who shy away.
Piano for sale in perfect condition at a very low price for quick sale. Call at 125 Pearl Street or phone 1072. Adv.
The Misses Ferguson of Greenfield opened a tearoom in Des Moines on December 22 and faced a rat problem. Conventional traps and poison failed, so they bought and laid a large amount of very sticky fly paper to capture rodents.
A traveler’s note requests the bus route home after a detour and urges new readers to obtain Red Cross seals today as part of a relief effort. The missive emphasizes returning to a straight path and timely action.
In New York on December 22 Ead ward Crabbe of Poins River is fishing when a sharp bite occurs. The fish escaped but a pocketbook remained on the hook. Crabbe reeled in the item and found a bill and silver purse identified by Mrs. Mary Selwartz as her property.
An article extols redheads including a Milwaukee to Philadelphia record and a highlighted ad from Cohen Brothers seeking a bright red headed office boy. It claims red headed individuals are quicker and readier to learn than brunette cousins in a tribute to strawberry blondes.
Classified notice seeking men to earn over 125 dollars monthly as salesmen with advancement prospects. Address Central Petroleum Co in Cleveland Ohio and note date Ady 12-22.
A vintage ad urges readers to join the Citizens Trust Company Christmas Savings Fund to ease holiday expenses, labeling now as the ideal time to become a member and start saving.
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