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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1919
Page
1
Fragmentary notice warns subscribers about changes to delivery and service terms. It mentions a period of adjustment and potential impacts on payments and schedules. Names and places are unreadable in the fragment.
A new shoe repair business named ReHable opens at 212 Spring Street offering repairs with a guarantee. The shop advertises best No. 1 American Oak Fanned Leather reused and promises work quality and customer satisfaction.
A partial readable note describes a Brotherhood meeting held last Monday at the Peedi Theater. The fragment mentions the Sed Pio sdasx purht and various unclear terms, with some reference to MOE and S250 on the pdus ts.
Notice to the public warns that the George Rogers Clark has been placed on the docks for repairs and will likely require several weeks. Ferry traffic is urged to avoid heavy trucks until the steamer Transit resumes its winter schedule, about 40 minutes to wait.
The ferry Clark was taken out of service after bow damage. The George Rogers Clark’s service suspended as repairs or replacement arrangements are discussed with local officials and river steamboat operators.
Officials warn highways into towns are deteriorating, hindering travel and commerce. The article notes longstanding neglect and possible funds misallocation, with calls for investigation into highway conditions and potential remedies. Local authorities and agencies may face scrutiny over road maintenance and federal aid access.
Yields to a prolonged illness last evening at her West Sixth Street home. Mrs. Fergia Pangburn, native of Detroit, aged 410 years, leaves five children and a large family. Survived by her mother Mrs. Tena Derry, a sister group including Mrs. Edgar Philips, Alma Hinstren, Doris Derey, and Miss Hattre Percy, plus two brothers. Funeral set for tomorrow at Perpodt. member of Saint Lake Reformed Church.
City officials discuss removing or burning the sunken ferryboat City of Jeffersonville aground near Locust Street. Fire risks addressed, but neighbors fear nuisance and debris as weeds sprout from mud filled hull. previous burn idea revived with precautions to protect nearby homes.
The Indiana Union Fire Insurance Company is granted a license by the Auditor of State and aims to offer farm and mutual insurance. The new firm reports 685000 in insurance applied for, with potential to reach 4 000 000 by year’s start. President FL Mercer of Rochester leads, with Hares Po Cooper of Crawfordsville as secretary. The plan is to write farm business and large risks under strict state supervision, joining other mutuals to reduce high fire waste costs.
A court report lists Arthur Bareh Ward Bureto and Samel Burch fined for riot offenses. Magistrate James S Kerwin releases details of penalties while others are to be tied for the case heard at Under wood venue.
The State Board of Tax Commissioners will meet in Indiana to hear appeals on the 1919 assessments of railroad street and interurban railways express telegraph sleeping car pipe line telephone banks trust savings mortgage and building loan company properties. The session begins Tuesday July 8 1919 and lasts twelve days under the May 26 1919 rules. George W. Stoner Clark County Auditor announces the notice.
J. B. Pershing of Indianapolis visits Mrs ML Scholl and her son, meeting their mother in law. The item notes a family visit centered in Indianapolis and identifies Mrs Booth Scholl and her son along with Mr Pershing.
A meeting in New Albany and Jeffersonville this week will discuss freight rate disputes. Indiana State Chamber of Commerce directors will send expert witnesses to explain alleged discriminatory practices favoring Illinois. Speakers are to visit other Indiana cities before July to present the case to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The rate rise is blamed for an added $1,000 per mile to highway construction costs.
New Jeffersonville business offers shoes made locally by Jeffersonville residents. Encourages home industry with a trial offer and guaranteed work. Located at 212 Spring Street.
KE Harrinan recounts finding a tiny steel paper clip dropped by a careless worker. He imagines saving the value of material wasted annually could yield vast wealth and even make him the richest man in the world.
Police and Federal agents seized booze runners in Cahimet region as saloons closed and traffic halted in West Hammond. Cars clogged streets while crowds swelled the town population by thousands amid liquor trafficking and river crossings from Tennessee into Indiana.
Vera Stark daughter of Mr and Mrs Stark long associated with Scott County married Jefferson Gardner a salesman from Scott County in a city ceremony.
Within a short time all the steel necessary will be on hand at the Howard Shipyards and work will be ready to start construction of three steel hub boats for the Government. The project aims for rapid production with full operation soon.
Miss Keller retires after years of service guiding county women in canning clubs baking butter cheese and sewing. Her work with Home Demonstration Agents aided 4H style programs and club projects while federal funds for such positions have ended. Bernadette Nelet will assume her duties in Clark County and continue the outreach she helped establish.
Barbara Pfau died at her home at Brant and Clark streets. Her will names sons Clarence and Alfred Pfau as executors and divides all real and personal property among six children and Minnie and grandchildren. No inventory or appraisal is required of the executors and no value is stated. The will was probated in Louisville after her death several weeks prior.
Lee Pery has filed a petition with the Board of Commissioners to be considered for the position of constable in Jeffersonville township.
The report lists total expenses of 29 782 768 dollars to fund Liberty loans plus 13 815 778 dollars for self funding. It documents four prior loan campaigns with costs of 2 762 36 20 5 530 062 99 8 208 5175 94 8 727 058 12 and adds 4 450 000 76 dollars for war savings certificates and stamps. The fifth loan raised 4 500 000 000 dollars in additional funds.
A Cincinnati advertisement from Big Wizard Chemical Co advertises profitable repeating article sales with inducements for District Agents. It notes the product can be reused and promises future lookup to purchase again and directs inquiries to 8 BE Court St Cincinnati.
The oiling of the streets progresses rapidly under City Street Commissioner I A Bennett. Completion is expected in a few days.
The Rev. Karl Palmer Miller returned to depart for New York to assume the role of general secretary of the New York Port Society. His wife Abbie Maggie Miller and children will stay briefly with her parents. Prof. and Mrs. M. Marble were mentioned in the same notice.
A parole violator, Thomas Williams, has been returned to the institution under the charge of assistant State agent J. H. McCafferty.
Through a deed filed yesterday Charles Kelly and Nora Kelly conveyed 61 acres in Carr township to Edwin S. Jackson of Nashville Tennessee for 3800. Orlando Kelly conveyed to K. B. Jackson ten acres in Carr township for 2000.
Miss da Mae Cookes of Clark County and Frank D. Phipps of Floyd county were married last evening at the DePauw Memorial Church parsonage in New Albany. William Delbert of Borden and Miss Lora Harmon were married in New Albany yesterday afternoon in the County Clerk’s office.
The article fragment states that many will write it today as July thirty first. It references the date in a casual note without additional context or names.
The Police Court continued the case against Jack Glenn charged with assault and battery. A second continuance was granted in the case against James Trinkle who is charged with assault and battery as his wife.
The Young Business Men's Club holds its regular meeting this evening at the Chamber of Commerce building. A committee assigned to evaluate the Diamond Food Company of Duluth Minnesota, which plans to locate here, will report and is expected to favor the proposal.
In line with tradition SPAR will skip publication on July Fourth as the team observes the holiday. The note marks a break from usual schedule and explains the observance.
Banks announce regular and extra dividends to stockholders led by Citizens Trust Company at four percent regular and five percent extra. First National Bank issues a four percent semi annual dividend. Clark County State Bank plans a two percent surplus addition. Mutual Savings and Troan Association posts a three percent dividend. Bank examiners note strong condition with surplus funds and healthy earnings. chroniclers cite a year and three months of operation with satisfactory grants.
The office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction has compiled the elementary school course outlines for the next two years. Two changes include mandatory time-tables across all grades and new readers for seventh and eighth grades. The courses will be distributed before late July for use in county institutes.
The death of John Bar levearn last night saddened friends while the restoration of two cent postage and five ensuing savings buoyed local business. One cent post cards return to use also brings renewed activity and optimism.
A double wedding was performed yesterday featuring Roy L. Grider and Miss Tula Bryant along with Clarence Burrell and Miss Bertha Grider from Washington County. The siblings said they aimed to surprise friends expecting a church ceremony.
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