26 Jan 1915
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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1915
Page
1
Mrs Samuel M Ralston told the Oliver P Morton School Parent Teacher Club in Indianapolis that mothers share blame with teachers when children fail. She urged individual study, moral training at home, and cooperation to boost students, saying spoiled homes hinder school effort. Principal Prof Emmett Taylor endorsed repeating the talk.
The Second Presbyterian Church choir of Louisville will perform Thursday evening at the Second and Broadway church. Organist-director Agnew Demarest leads the ensemble, noted for its wealth and high regard in local music circles. Admission is 25 cents.
Seven room cottage available for rent with bath electric lights and gas applicants call 217 West Maple phone 493 F public classified notice for rental unit seeking tenants in local listings.
When babies suffer eczema or itching skin, use Dean's Ointment. A little goes a long way and it is safe for children. 60¢ pox at all stores. For Sale By All Druggists.
Masonic notice for Jeffersonville Lodge No 340 F and A M announces a regular meeting this Tuesday January 26 at 8 oclock. Work in M M degree. W M Merbet Huckelberry signs the notice.
Mrs. Alma Alfred sues her brother John H Thom5 in Clark Circuit Court to recover 719.50 detailing a 1901 purchase of land near Surrey and Walnut Ridge, mortgage notes, and a lien release followed by a partial sale of the 25 acre farm to pay off the loan. The suit also notes a separate claim by Ambrose Thomas against his son for 885 related to a farm sale.
A memory impaired man, unnamed and found wandering at police headquarters, was arraigned as John Doe and fined five dollars for intoxication. Louise Chatman, colored, faced assault charges and was fined one dollar. Sparks, charged with trespass in Big Four yards, received five dollars and costs after a hearing. A continuance for Oscar L. Hay on provoking Edward Cowerd was set to January 28.
Due to Wilbur H. Mauzy's absence in Detroit no service was made on Nora Mauzy about her divorce action seeking attorney fees and temporary support, delaying yesterday's hearing. Deputy Sheriff Samuel Taflinger served Carrie Byes of Louisville with notice that Arthur F. Byers will seek modification of a two year remarriage ban in Howard Circuit Court Kokomo Indiana. A claim for 13.12 dollars against the Fleming V. Holloway estate is filed by Doward S. Pennett of Bethlehem for merchandise.
The Star announces Runaway June continues as the second episode shown at The Dream Theater every Thursday. Manager Walker arranges first appearance in the Star with back numbers on sale at this office. Subserve now by phone 160 and don’t miss the story or pictures.
A Cra cow dispatch says Austro German forces occupy Kielce in Russian Poland, a key railroad junction northeast of Cracow, as fighting intensifies along the eastern front. Berlin also reports German gains near La Bassee and announces sweeping food conservation measures including seizure of corn wheat and flour stocks.
The passage notes continued hammering with effective pricing and a risk the Meuse may freeze or German rifle fire could cut off the eastern garrison from the east bank unless pontoon structures are replaced.
British troops held St Georges and seized key ground while Franco- Belgian forces pressure east of Lombaertzyde. German air raids loomed from Bruges for Kaiser's birthday as allied air corps prepared to repel raids. French and German artillery roared along the Western front with heavy losses claimed by both sides in Alsace and the Argonne.
Forecast for the twenty four hours ending 7 p m Wednesday. Jeffersonville and vicinity expect cloudy conditions with likely rain or snow and warmer temperatures. Indianawide unsettled weather with snow late tonight or Wednesday and gradually rising temperatures.
Dream Theater presents The Beat of the Year in two parts tonight at the ream alongside The four of Manhood and Sid Nee'sinish Thanhouser production. Matinee tomorrow features another Zudora installment.
The High School hosts an evening of stereopticon slides Friday at the High School Building featuring the Back-Yard Garden Club contests. Prof Emmett Taylor will present photos of the prize gardens and announce the Civic League rewards. Children under eighth grade must be accompanied by a parent. admittance is open to all.
Magistrate James H. Weir in Sellersburg has not set a hearing time for Roscoe Hembaugh, a moving picture show employee, charged with violating the Sunday law. The transcript from Magistrate Frank M. Ogden's court has not reached him yet.
Tonight features four matches marking the end of the first quarter. Christian and Presbyterian boys lead the standings with undefeated records while girls teams Morton Memorial and Wall Street meet St Paul as action continues at the Armory.
Albert and Ernest Tripp and the Tripp Company sue Marvin W Everman for an unpaid note dated October 21 1907 with demand for judgment and interest. Oscar G Miller sues Martin and Eva L Everman to quiet title to fifty acres in section 28.
Berlin on January 26 reports the German Government has seized all wheat stocks to safeguard the bread supply until the next harvest. The move follows claims of insufficient public savings and will allocate stock according to each community’s population.
John Easton, a Black man described as a small negro, was arraigned in the U S Court at Indianapolis before Judge Albert B. Anderson on charges of various offenses against the government. He pleaded not guilty and faced accusations tied to a post office robbery at Brewersville Jennings County. Officers found 91 one cent stamps and 47 two cent stamps on his person along with a new pair of shoes. He reportedly confessed after initial denial, claiming he rode a freight train to the area following the robbery. He was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury.
London reports from the Western front cite completion of destroying German bridges at St Mihiel by French forces and heavy losses to Alpine chasseurs claimed by Berlin. French guns reportedly achieved range on German bridge positions Friday.
Teachers institutes will be held in Jeffersonville Charlestown Monroe and Wood Townships on February 6 with no institutes scheduled for this Saturday.
Judge James W. Fortune ordered the completion of records in the James Bramell murder case so he can be sent to New Albany this week to be tried February 3 in Floyd Circuit Court.
Newton Prather 62 a former Clark County resident dies at his Johnson County farm near Franklin after a short pneumonia illness. He married Christina Deibel twenty one years ago in Clark County. He leaves a wife two sons Newton Jr and Carl a daughter Mary and his mother Mrs Sarah Prather. Burial planned Thursday at New Chapel church area with funeral arrangements pending.
President Wilson inaugurated the first transcontinental telephone link speaking to President Moore at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco. Alexander Graham Bell and Theodore Vail of AT&T joined the test as voices crossed the continent and a loop to Jekyll Island linked New York and Georgia.
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