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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1916
Page
4
A garbled catalog of fake auto accessories and aggressive sales pitches appears. Mentions WotR Printing Co and various dubious products, solicitation tactics, and misleading claims. Multiple references to agents, commissions, and high monthly earnings suggest a broad advertising scam.
Fragmentary ad copy touts Se Peg G, Pills and various tonics for coughs fever and pain. Mentions mail order to A Co at 2895 Sheffield Ave Coocage HL and lists products like Honey and Tar, Kidney Pills, Foley Cathartic, and Laxative pills. Also notes a modern house for rent at 125 E Recut Street and JACKSON, 123 EL Front.
Classifieds show job ads for two girls in a restaurant kitchen and waiter roles with home lodging. additional notes promise amusement devices, capital investment, and management interest. Separate ads push investment in a large corporation with dividends and stock offerings, listing Oklahoma City and Potero Broadcasters as contact points.
Washington dispatch reports the Congressional Joint Committee on Interstate Commerce will resume hearings on government regulation of railways after March 4. The panel adjourned for January 5 to allow time for additional testimony. hearings may reopen after Congress adjourns on March 4 as executives and shippers press for unified federal railway regulation.
Municipal authorities, led by Mayor Basse, arrange to sell fish at reduced prices to the needy in Fianrevadie Tad. The plan targets staples and aims to curb price gouging by local traders while ensuring availability for low income residents.
The passage argues that railroad difficulties stem from conflicting regulations at federal and state levels. It urges a comprehensive, well ordered federal scheme to standardize rules nationwide, enabling railroads to invest in extensions and facilities while protecting public interests.
In this sale notice shoppers can find discounts on items like Pink Salmon at 10 cents per can with a purchase limit, Canned Peas at various prices, and Skimmed vegetables such as tomatoes and apples on special. Soaps remain 3 to 4 cents per bar and Pure Vinegar sold in 1 gallon glass jugs at 25 cents. A broad assortment of pickles and pancake flour also advertised.
William Fox plans a bronze statue titled Cinema the Youth Muse to honor the motion picture industry. Annette Kellermann may pose in Paris for the design, with Rodin invited. the memorial would reside in Fox’s Motion Picture Mausoleum and Hall of Fame, possibly on Riverside Drive or Los Angeles.
The article notes a performer seeks cinema recognition as a secret ambition with support from Prof. Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard. It highlights the SEPiKing event at President Wit ren s attendance and the performance of Daughter of the Conds as milestone in cinema joining other arts and sciences, with AN Dauelfter of the Guards soon at the Dream Theater.
New York December 26 Miss Grace Jones may be elected president of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroads, a line built and managed by her father. She handled affairs during his illness and settled labor trouble to everyone's satisfaction. The line spans 307 miles of track, with nearly seven million dollars invested and a history of steady dividends. The article argues a woman can run a railroad, citing Mrs Mollie Neifer, owner of the Boston Store in Chicago, as another example of female leadership.
A collection of wry maxims on honesty judgment and social behavior. The narrator reflects that catching a fish weight alone may mislead and notes that anger from a bee is not always tied to its sting. It warns prudes seek shock and warns against expecting crowds to follow lone correctness.
Employees of the Athis Uruerwear Company received Christmas presents and checks as the firm opened its annual account. The Second National Bank also gave a large bonus to workers, while industrial concertos noted sizable annual salaries being shared as bonuses.
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