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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1914
Page
4
An expansive wartime market note describes aggressive price cuts on staples like sugar lard coffee cheese and canned fish. It lists bulk deals and sale terms at Gen s Wood s Commissary with warnings against pets and smoke. The piece blends propaganda style with ledger like pricing and product names across groceries and commodities.
Fragmentary OCR text notes a page header or label with repeated phrases and stray punctuation. The readable portion hints at numerals and page references without a coherent event or person. The piece lacks a clear incident, names, or locations to summarize as a news item.
An Old Advertisement notices positions for a crew foteman and salesmen in Rochester and Newark, promising attractive pay and large policy incentives. It lists MAGA ZINE and Brown Bree and directs readers to address details at 333 S Dearborn Chicago and 40 Clinton St Newark.
A man over 30, with a horse and buggy, seeks help in Clark County for a powder case. Salary listed as 670 per month. Address given 9 Industrial Building, Indianapolis, Indiana. Adv.
Advertisement offers guaranteed women’s hosiery to friends neighbors and general wearers with 70 percent profit and potential ten dollars daily. Mentions International Millie in West Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Insurance advertises a $1 annual accident policy with $250,000 coverage and a $1 weekly death benefit. It directs readers to the Registry Dept at 40 Clinton St in Newark New Jersey for registration and deposits with the Insurance Department.
Advertises a sales job selling German Silver nickel plated watches with 25 percent commission. Potential earnings stated as 20 to 30 dollars per day. Sample mall priced at 1 dollar. Regene Emporium Inc, 219 Fourth Avenue, New York. Ad.
An old advertisement touts Coens Regulats a modern laxative priced 25 cents available at all stores and by druggists. The copy emphasizes easy bowel relief and ongoing sale.
Agents sell kitchen utensils Costelc retails for 25c.14 uses in one. Machine furnished for making article. Every demonstration a sale.$50 per week easily made. Demonstration holder FREE.Process Co. Dept. WF Salina Kansas Adv.
The Warren Refining and Chemical Co in Cleveland Ohio advertises opportunities for specialty salesmen. Positions offer salary or commission to cover every kind of business in every town with established, long history.
For itching skin troubles piles eczema salt rheum itch scald head herpes scables Dean's Ointment highly recommended 65 cents a box at all stores sale by Ben Doolittle.
D. Emanuel of Anderson Indiana advertises a business opportunity for salesmen to cover a local territory. The pitch mentions 3000 dollar annual earnings and notes large institutions backing scales and a need for “geek references.”
Classified ad seeking salesmen for Terre Haute Advertising Co to sell high grade meet Catendara and advertising goods starting January 1 1915. Offers a permanent position with liberal contract. Provide age selling experience references. Address Terre Haute Advertising Co Terre Haute Ind. Adv.
Gore Georgia resident P A Morgan praises Foley Cathartic Tablets saying they thoroughly cleanse his system and leave him feeling light and free. He calls them the best medicine for constipation and notes they keep the stomach sweet, liver active, and bowels regular. Sold by Ben Doolittle in the area.
Christmas advertisement notes a grand piano in excellent condition for sale. Mrs George Knebtoch invites inquiries at 319 W Court Avenue. Also mentioned are general blast hole drills and equipment from Leemis Drill Co in Tiffin Ohio, as an unrelated advertisement.
A rental notice describes a small two room dwelling offering five rooms in an old structure. The ad notes a pour room cottage style and mentions available space for living. No contact or price details are provided in the readable text.
Classified ad offering sales positions with advancement at Central Petroleum Co Cleveland Ohio and a sale of 100 Cook and Heating Stores items. Promises high earnings and big discounts on furniture and appliances including beds, creet ers, chairs, tables, organs, stoves and more at Decker's & Welses Stores Spring Street with phone contact 836 F.
Desk and chair offered for sale in good condition. Apply Paul Miller at 502 E Chestnut Street or call 40 for details.
Wanted to Purchase a Violin inquire this office.
An ad extols Burdock Blood Bitters for impurity and sluggish liver. Promoted as a 35 year market staple offering bottles at 91.00 each.
Petrograd reports the government and official press deny claims Russia ceded half Sakhalin to Japan for heavy artillery. The note clarifies that Copenhagen reports are unfounded despite the Island’s location off Asia’s east coast and the southern half already ceded to Japan under Portsmouth.
New York s Beth Israel Hospital begins blood transfusion by quart using a glass syringe to push donor blood into the patient s arm allowing 30 to 40 injections in 30 to 45 minutes. An eighteen year old girl improved after transfusion though the operation s safety limit was nearly reached. Peter Titus s blood helped restore her color and strength.
Testimonial letter from a Philadelphia reader details two years of lung hemorrhages and rheumatic illness before using Eckmans Alterative in 1902. Cough and symptoms improved rapidly, with claim of full recovery. Ad promotes the product for bronchial conditions and urges readers to request a recovery booklet. Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia offers $1 and $2 sizes.
Titus donated blood to a dying patient after surgery failed to stabilize her. After 30 syringes were injected, the woman’s blood count tripled, and she began recovery with the operation deemed a last resort.
Will Irwin writes in The American Magazine on French women aiding the war effort, knitting to supply troops as winter campaigns loom. In New York, a large antiwar gathering urged neutrality while blasting Britain, Taft, McKinley, and Wilson, with Mayor Preston calling for strict neutrality and resolutions to stop export of munitions.
In Baltimore on December 29 a large meeting organized by the Independent Citizens' Union denounced the national administration over neutrality policy. Irish attendees included former State Senator Peter Campbell who presided, with Alphonse G. Koelble and John De.
Charles Martin Hall of New York died in Daytona Florida at 51 after a yearslong illness. He invented the electrolytic process for aluminum production making the metal common in industry. Born in Ohio and educated at Oberlin class of 1885 he held memberships in major science and engineering societies and served as a trustee of Oberlin. He lived in Niagara Falls.
A Chicago All-Stars vs St Leos match at Federal League Park ended in a ten minute brawl as players fought on the ice with the score tied two to two. Eddie Mulligan and Hawke were among the first to clash. John Patterson was knocked senseless. No arrests. Jack Evans vows U S Football Association action for expulsion.
When a baby suffers skin itching eczema use Dean's Ointment. Small amounts cover large areas and it is advertised as safe for children selling at five cents per box in all stores.
The ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a safe household remedy for croup and coughs. It claims the product thins mucus, clears phlegm, stops the choking cough, and aids breathing and sleep without opiates.
Sir Roper Lethbridge's family in England sends men to fight and women to nurse as war mobilization grows. In Santiago Chile high prices prompt plans for municipal provision shops with an initial cost of about half a million dollars.
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