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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1915
Page
5
The text lists executives from E. W. Bliss, Singer, Baldwin, and other major firms across New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Connecticut buying New Mitchell cars. It argues top engineers and manufacturers seek value and mechanical excellence, noting over six hundred local purchasers.
A trade card promotes a $1,000 death policy and a $5 weekly accident policy with $250,000 deposited in the Insurance Department. No experience required, money-making scheme. Registry Dept. 40 Clinton St, Newark N J. (Adv.)
Hustlers earn 50 to 75 dollars monthly selling oysters as a sideline. Advertisement lists J. S. Barnes & Co of Baltimore Maryland as contact, P. O. Box 526. State territory covered referenced in copy.
An advertisement lists a $7 000 department claim with a $5 weekly premium and an accident policy with annual registration and identification fees. It cites the Registry Department at 44 Clinton 81 Newark New Jersey and urges contact. also rents two cottages opposite the Reformatory, five and seven rooms, via Frank Woerner or by phone 908.
Thomas F. O Niel relocates his livery barn to 124 East Market Street. All orders will be promptly filed. For inquiries call phone 99.
Wartime style ad from White Mfg Co Cincinnati promotes GASO-TONIC gasoline at 3 cents per gallon. Claims eliminate corporate, dollar an hour profits and guarantees sales.
Industrial Mfg. Co. advertises exclusive distributor rights for invisible self starter Ford cars with protected territory and guaranteed safety. Located at 540 Jackson Blvd, Chicago.
Classified notice for a converted Ford delivery car offered in top condition. Contact J M McKnight at Car Works or call after 5 PM at 94.
An advertising notice from Home Supply Co. Kansas City offers a free Beacon Kerosene Mantle Lamp to active agents with exclusive territory. Six hour use for one cent and 100 percent profit promised. Ad dated September 15.
Advertises Solvine Baths for rheumatic relief offering samples for 5 cents. Claims a good living selling to sufferers. From the Solvine Company in Cincinnati Ohio Station 9.
An advertisement from Cincinnati Ohio urges keeping Foley Cathartic Tablets at home to prevent indigestion and constipation after feasts. It claims no griping and no unpleasant after effect, promising relief after meals and digestion regulation.
A La Nature article summarized in Tit Bits explains how modern artillery relies on exceptionally strong steel to withstand immense pressures. It cites pressures over twenty tons per square inch at discharge, shell and mount stresses, and how nickel additions of 1–2 percent enhance steel. It notes nickel sources in New Caledonia and Canada and warns of German blockade impacts on war materiel.
The American Journal reports Redlands California created a fly catcher post in 1913 with A K Chapman in charge. He builds a cone trap under a banana skin to lure flies, reporting 3 750 000 captured in a month from 100 traps and now 500 traps claim to have all flies. Chapman estimates 75 000 flies per gallon.
In city tunnel and subway construction blasts threaten adjacent windows. A four foot rubber tipped spider device grips the glass center with wires to edges, absorbing shock and preventing window damage. The note ends with a quip about debt and a HELP WANTED line.
Panicky ad promotes BUY OIL STOCK in a sixty million dollar company with ground floor status 100 percent dividends within 90 days. It pledges 30 wells at once and limited shares at 3c each par value $1 stock. $10 buys $338 par value. Claims two past dividends and another soon. Remit now for information. Amalgamated Oil Co Oklahoma City.
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Advertisement promises $20 to $35 per month extra for employed persons without affecting regular work. No selling, no canvassing, and no investment required. Unemployed should not apply. Mail to The Silver Mirror Co. Inc. 123 W. Madison St. Chicago, MI Adv
A suggestions from Scientific American outlines using a common silk parasol with stars embroidered on the inner face to map the sky. The half globe concept, hingeing on the north star, allows teaching astronomy by aligning umbrella rotation with the heavens and marking declination and right ascension on a ribbon scale.
The Helgoland island fortress is described as a stronger defense than Gibraltar with 400 guns including sixteen to seventeen inch Krupps. Guns are in disappearing mounts and can be raised to fire after sinking into pits. The island houses torpedo boats, submarines, a wireless station, aircraft, Zeppelins, mine fields, and provisions for a three year siege. The fortress positions Germany about 3090 miles closer to England than without it.
A cautionary note on life belt use mentions Lusitania disasters and drownings, noting many victims found with belts improperly worn. The text also advertises a bold oil stock pitch claiming 20 percent advances, 100 percent dividends in 90 days, urging quick remittance to a Oklahoma company at 1600 Colcord Building.
A 5 cent offer invites readers to mail a slip with name and address to Foley & Co. Chicago to receive a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pains and kidney issues, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and cleansing. Ben Doolittle endorses the ad.
An advertisement touts Burdick Blood Bitters as purifying the blood clearing the skin and restoring digestion. Sold by all druggists at price one dollar.
A call to join the Citizens Trust Co Christmas Savings Club to save for any purpose such as doctor bills coal bills insurance or other needs. It promotes easy payments and member benefits through the savings plan.
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