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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
4
A fragmented account suggests animals sense weather changes, with references to wolves, birds, and other creatures acting as predictors of a coming season. The piece notes fluctuating hunting conditions and the role of nature in forecasting, though readability is limited.
Classified note offers an Underwood typewriter in good condition for sale at 25 dollars. Contact by phone for details.
Directors of the Younes Business Men's Club meet with U S Quartermasters Depot representatives and representatives of the American Car and Founders Company Packet Company Fertilizer Company and others to plan obtaining a wharf boat as the city works to improve approaches to the wharf.
County Treasurer James E. Gray warns delinquent taxpayers to settle at his office before mid January to avoid house to house canvass and added costs. The notice urges voluntary payment to avoid unpleasant duties and additional charges.
A 19th century style want ad seeks a reliable man to act as district superintendent to lock orders and engage sub agents in an exclusive Newark area territory. Pay weekly and urged to act at once before territory is assigned. Location mentions night work in New York State per Army/Nursery context.
The City of Jeffersonville Indiana invites sealed proposals for Spring Street paving from Front Street to Court Avenue. Bids due March 4 1920 at 7 30 p m in the City Clerk office Council Chamber. Specifications include creosoted wood block concrete vitrified brick rock asphalt and materials samples with non collision affidavit and certified check. The council may reject all bids. Adv Star Jan 8 15 1920.
Four township trustees filed annual reports detailing balances, receipts, and disbursements for 1919 and early 1920. Washington, Care, Owen and Silver Creek Townships show varied balances and corrections with tax components and summaries of January 1920 balances.
A Leap Year pie supper is held Friday evening at Ashbury Chapel northwest of the city to benefit the Sunday School room. Pies are supplied by the young men and sold to the young women.
David E Cook qualifies as administrator of his father David S Cook's estate in Louisville after the elder man died December 18. Bond of 220 000 is supported by Ruth Cook and Newton H Myers as sureties.
H W Phipps, a Democratic nomination hopeful for Joint Senator, notified Samuel B Wels of Scottsburg that she will withdraw from the race, signaling a Republican year shift in the contest.
The office of Christes tfesk Ernest i. daseobs tis choos Charles A. Hunt as administrator of the estate of William Brooker who died intestate. Letters of administration cover assets including properties at 75 Becoker drive and related holdings.
Dr E W Bruner his daughter and son in law John Engel narrowly survive after failing to close a coke stove reservoir lid at 332 Indiana Avenue. Gas filled rooms causing near suffocation. Engel woke to labored breathing, opened doors and aided Bruner, who recovered but fell ill. Engel and Mrs Engel suffered severe headaches from fumes.
Three students from Clark County Jeffersonville and Sellersburg are named among 300 graduates to receive Bachelor of Arts degrees at Indiana University Centennial Commencement next June. The list was announced by Dr. Horace A. Hoffman dean of the university.
Two deeds recorded in the county office by recorder James H. McKinley. Effie J. Miller and Henry Miller transfer Lot 3 Block 7 Gathright's addition to Clarksville to Chas Kratz for 21 000 dollars. Sophia Rose of Marion County sells a small Grant 130 tract near Sellersburg to Marietta Botorff for 1 000 dollars.
Fragmentary text describes a person named Chester Croxall and references selling papers, delinquency, and an arrangement for appearance, but details are garbled and uncertain. The passage lacks coherent facts, dates, or entities beyond scattered names and actions.
Probation Officer Mike A. Wall reports the family in stressed circumstances and the son was allowed to roam the streets instead of attending school. Neighbors say the house on Illinois Avenue was vacated and the person could not be found. The family had lived in Kentucky previously.
Ward Crum filed a $3,000 bond with Willis Mitchell and Wm F Noo as sureties to qualify as receiver for Ira Crum who has left the State. He was directed to pay $100 a month to Dr. J. M. Hawes guardian for his sister Mrs Arta Crum and her children.
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