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Jeffersonville Star

Location

Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1915

Page

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Revival of Profit and Loss theme at Wall Street M E

Revival services draw business men with programs on profit and loss Life of the business man is the focus of Business Men's night led by Rev W H Wylie Invitations extended to city merchants Many attendances expected great choir and solo by Rev Baker Mothers service featured Rev Joseph G Moore Charlestown delivers stirring motherhood sermon to congregants No person fears embarrassment in personal work during the session

Wall Street W. H. Wylie Baker Joseph G. Moore Charlestown

Young Child Ill With Serious Spinal Meningitis

Nelson Scott six year old son of Mr and Mrs W L Scott of Midway is seriously ill from a sudden attack of spinal meningitis which may terminate fatally.

Nelson Scott W. L. Scott Midway

Jeffersonville Government Depot Seeks Regular Sewing Operatives

The Jeffersonville Government Depot will resume issuing work to regular sewing operatives who hold passes on Thursday the 25th. All operatives should apply on their regular day for work.

Jeffersonvile

Close game as Christians hold lead in league standings

In the Sunday School Basket Ball League at the Armory last night the Presbyterians edged Morton Memorials as Hamiman scored 18. Wall Street led early against Christian but faded in the second half. Neary and White led the winners with several baskets while Nelen added six field goals and a free throw. The Morton Memorial Girls beat Wall Street 7 to 4 and Presbyterian girls defeated Christian girls 12 to 4.

Armory Morton Peel Williams Baxter Wall Sr Dugan Cariclians Hamiman Wall St Crecter Pat Fulton St Paul Bancn Nelen Morton Memorial Presbyterian Girls Christian Girls

Bill seeks jail matrons in Clark County

Senator Floyd Parks in this city introduced a bill to employ jail matrons in certain counties, with Clark County to have a matron. A similar measure was killed recently. The appropriation measure considers $359 for Thomas L. Stoner for extra clerical work in 1912 in the office of County Auditor Geo W. Stoner, money some favor but the County Council refused to grant.

Floyd Parks Clark County House Committee On Claims Thomas L. Stoner Geo. W. Stoner Stoner

Prison Bill Signed by Governor Restricts Parole

Gov. Raston has signed a bill prohibiting parole for prisoners transferred from the Indiana Reformatory to the State Prison without the Governor's consent. The measure tightens oversight and grants the executive branch renewed discretion over inmate release.

Raston Indiana Reformatory

New Telephone Rate Talks Delayed Awaiting Commission

Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph says rates are tied to Public Service Commission action. Manager J N Clem notes no changes can be made until a ruling is issued, with a settlement goal and immediate effect once decided. The Louisville office reports desire for a settlement with subscribers, though exact new rates remain undetermined.

Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company J. N. Clem Public Service Commission Indiana New Albany Indianapolis CW Commission Commission Lou'sville

George Washington Schlosser Celebrates Twenty Third Birthday

Mrs. Emily Schlosser hosted a February 22 birthday dinner on Plank Road honoring her husband George Washington Schlosser. Guests included numerous Dellingers Crums Voigts Schlessers and Lentzs from the city and Charlestown, with many relatives and friends in attendance.

Emily Schlosser Plank Road George Washington Schlosser John Dellinger John Dellinger, Jr Clark Dellinger Tene Dellinger Andrew C. Schlosser Elizabeth Schiosser Anna Marie Deitrich Ae Stewart Benjamin Crum Alma Ruth Aleeve Lentz Wilmer Dickey Fletcher Bushfield Parks and eEssie Bushfield Maurice Prather Utica

Card of Thanks for Kindness After Illness and Death

John Stemler thanks friends neighbors Rev F E Lahr Pastor St Lucas Church choir flower donors pall-bearers and others for kindness shown during my wife’s illness and death signed John Stemler

F. E. Lahr St. Lucas Church John Stemler

Tri City Coffee Company Opens Under Dunn Family

TRY CITY COFFEE CO forms under W G Dunn and son W L Dunn to sell coffee teas spices extracts rice baking powders and related goods. W G Dunn brings thirty years with Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co and his son adds three years. both promise high quality and knowledgeable service to customers.

W. G. Dunn W. L Dunn Tri-City Coffee Company Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company

Farmer suffers severe hand injury at Otisco on corn shredder

Max Stricker, a prominent local farmer from near Otisco, sustained a painful injury while cleaning a corn shredder. His right hand was caught by chains, resulting in the loss of the middle finger and fingertip.

Max Stricker Perry Stricker Otisco

Death at Tipton Native Silas Warder 62

Silas Fairfax Warder 62 died Sunday night at his son's home on North Mill Street Tipton Indiana from diabetes. He was born January 24 1847 in Jeffersonville and lived in Peru Rockville Tipton and finally Tipton with his son. He is survived by a son daughter two sisters and eight grandchildren with funeral set for Tuesday at 10 am at his residence.

Tipton Baily Tribune Tipton Ind Silas Fairfax Warder North Mill Street Silas F. Warder Jeffersonville Lake Erie Railroad Peru Mary O. Weakley Rockville Warder William Warder Memphis Tenn Sarah Jones Louisville Georgia Malen Silas O. Warder City Mary Oates Fred Oates Margaret Johnson Lewis Johnson DeSota Lizzie Weakley Detroit Mich

Weather Forecast for Jeffersonville and Indiana

Forecasts for the twenty four hours ending at 7 p m Thursday call for cloudy and unsettled conditions. Jeffersonville and vicinity expect a slightly colder night with a minimum near freezing. Indiana statewide also anticipates cloudy skies tonight and continued unsettled weather tomorrow.

States Weather Bureau Jeffersonville Indiana

Parent-Teachers Meeting Set At Junior High

The Parent-Teachers Association of the Junior High School will meet Friday February 26 at 2 30 oclock. Mr Theodore Miller will give an address on some phase of reading. The public is cordially invited to attend.

Parent-Teachers’ Association of the Theodore Miller

Car building prospects at Jeffersonville plant

No orders yet at the American Car and Foundry Company Jeffersonville plant though railroads show inquiries for rolling stock. Current orders cover freight cars only while passenger equipment and baggage and mail cars are not being produced there.

American Car and Foundry Company Jeffersonville Pant

Dream Theater screens Production Nation’s Pride tonight

Zudoa presents another show at the Dream Theater featuring Producing Nation's Pride a film about the building of a modern battleship Two additional pictures complete the bill for the evening.

Dream Theater Nation’s Pride

First arrests under Mann act ruling in Chicago

Chicago, February 24. The first arrests under the Supreme Court ruling extending Mann act liability to conspirators were made here Tuesday night. Jens M. Pederson, Cleveland manager, and Miss Sadie Samellow, his stenographer, were jailed on charges of conspiring to violate the act on August 20, 1914, with Pederson denying any Milwaukee visit and blaming the move on spite work.

Chicago Supreme Court Jens M. Pederson Cleveland Ohio Sadie Samellow Milwaukee Wis Chi

Clark Circuit Court Proceedings and Civil Suits

The Clark Circuit Court session includes a child desertion trial with the defendant on the stand. Civil actions include Citizens Trust Company vs W Walter Taggart and James Taggart for 150 dollars, Anna Tracy administrator vs Thomas and Mary Holden on a 248.05 lien, and estate matters for Cecilia Baurela and Patrick Tracy. Roby vs Watson and Cale seeks 2500 for legal services. Watson filed an answer. Veigt appears for Champ vs Louisville and Southern Indiana Trac tion Co. A motion to modify Bolly v Dees partition findings was overruled.

Harry Lewis Clark Citizens Trust Company W. Walter Taggart James Taggart Taggart Brothers Anna Tracy Patrick Tracy Thomas Holden Mary Holden George C. Kopp Cecilia Baurela Frank S. Roby Ward H. Watson James Cale Watson George H. Veigt Elizabeth Champ Margaret Champ Louisville & Southern Indiana Traction Company James W. Fortune Jacob Bolly Julia Bolly Walter Dees Anna Houghland Rebecca Bolly

Court actions report distribution and guardianships in Clark Circuit

Frank W. Carr executor reports distribution of 1413.65 from eleven bank shares. Louisa Williams guardian accounts approved. judge Fortune continues trust supervision. Petitions favor William Bottorff guardian joining to execute deed for one sixth real estate in Howell county. Christina Maus guardian seeks reinvestment of funds in 4 percent net taxable securities. ward not earning 6 percent.

Frank W. Carr S. Catherine Bentley Clark Louisa McWiliams Catherine McWilliams Johnnie McWilliams James W. Fortune Rust Eliza Bottorff Circuit Court William P. Bottorff Peter Henry Bottorff Howell County Missouri Anna Maus Christina Maus Clark Circuit Court Wort

Chiropodist Mohr Brings Chiropractic to Jeffersonville

Davenport Iowa physician J M Mohr arrives in Jeffersonville to introduce chiropractic science. He will open an office soon at 229 Walnut Street after graduating from Palmer College and Fountain Head of Chiropractic and affiliating with the UCA.

J. M. Mohr Davenport Jeffersonville Walnut Mohr Palmer College Fountain Head

Named Administrator Named for Charlestown Soldier Estate

Charles Koolman was named administrator of the estate of Robert Watson a Charlestown veteran who died January 17.

Charles Koolman Robert Watson Charlestown

George Miller Discharged In Police Court Trial

George Miller faced charges of assault and battery against Lizzie Miller and was tried before Magistrate Benson R. Veasey this morning and was dismissed.

George Miller Lizzie Miller Benson R. Veasey

Real Estate Transfer in Claysburg by Rodewig Couple

Joseph Rodewig and Louie Rodewig conveyed to Henry Weidner parcels 103 through 108 in Claysburg in a real estate transfer recorded by the couple.

Joseph Rodewig Louie Rodewig Henry Weidner Claysburg

Russians Advance in North Poland Amid War Reports

Berlin dispatch reports Russian forces crossed the Bobr river in northern Poland in two places and faced counterattacks. The note tallies Western Front activity with French and German actions and notes Russian reinforcements and prisoners. The piece also covers naval war zone measures and shipping losses in the English Channel and Irish Sea.

Erlin London Berlin Bobr Poland Perthes Champagne Vosges Suizern Muelbach Stossweier Grodno Augustowo Sztabin Krasnyborg Przasnysz Skieriewice

Germans suffer heavy losses on eastern front

Paris report by Ludovic Naudeau says German losses run to at least 50 000 in the Rawka river and adjacent regions. He claims the German armies are gradually worn down and that their feverish activity and sacrifice indicate they know they are fighting against time.

Paris Rawka Borsimow Gumbinnen Ludovic Naudeau Journal

Oakby Torpedoed Off Rye. Crew Landed at Ramsgate

London February 24 British steamer Oakby torpedoed by a German submarine off Rye yesterday. Her crew was picked up by a fishing smack and landed at Ramsgate to Tay.

London Oakby Rye Ramsgate Tay

Italian Railways to Run Troop Trains in February

In diplomatic circles it is reported that Italian railways will be placed exclusively at the disposal of troops for ten days starting Friday. The move aims to transport forces and supplies, affecting civilian schedules and rail traffic in the region.

London

Four more vessels added to North Sea toll in war

London reports four additional ship losses in the North Sea and English Channel from submarines or mines. The Carib sinks after collision near Germany while navigation restrictions are imposed in the Irish Sea. The note from Berlin states the Carib did not follow the prescribed route, with 30 crew members unconfirmed as saved.

London North Sea English Channel Admiralty Irish Sea Germany Berlin Walter R. Gherardi Evelyn Heligoland Carib

Norwegian Steamer Regin Sunk by Torpedo Off Kent Coast

The Norwegian steamer Regin was sunk at anchor off the Kent coast. Twenty two crew members were rescued after the attack by a German submarine. They landed at Dover and spoke with the Norwegian Consul in London upon their return.

Regin Kent Dover London Rezin

Russians under General Sievers Lose Large Force in Suwalki Battle

The text notes General Sievers commanding the Tenth Army as Russians inflict heavy losses but lose many troops. It cites 69,000 of 150,000 German prisoners and 30,000 killed or wounded across four days of fighting and related running battles. Artillery fire echoes from Suwalki as isolated Russian units resist in a swampy southeast area.

Sievers Suwalki

Russians in retreat tighten German ring near Suwalki

The German line tightens around woodlands between Suwalki Augustowo and the frontier as thousands of Russian stragglers remain scattered. German officers doubt Sievers can trap one fifth of his forces behind Grodno as a lasting safety. An American reporter observed a defeated, demoralized retreat with abandoned guns, wrecked wagons, and dead horses along the roads.

Suwalki Augustowo Sievers Grodno

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Rev. Wylie Rev. Moore Young Child III George Randolph Chester Lillian Chest Ty Star Today Star Walker The Dream Basket Ball League Presbyterians Port Fulton ST. Paul Presbyterians Ee Aewr Port Putten Pei Port Fulten Thomas Stoner George George Schlosser Try-City Coffee CO Tipton, Ind Lake Erie and Western Road This City Sur. Vivies Weather Report Parent-Teachers’ Meeting Cago Pederson Bobr River U. S Tyne Brandkstons Chine Breach Hed New Haven Force Tenter Kalibra Singirz Admiralty Tenter Irish Channel Worth Channel England Scotland Ireland Tedsi St. Geores's Channel Carnscre Point Irish St. David's Head Wales Rathlin Island Copenhagen Specia Stockholm Liverpoot von Hindenburg Mazurian Lakes Prussia Tannenberg
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