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Newspaper

Jeffersonville Star

Location

Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1920

Page

3

Local Residents Plan Move to Montana from Kentucky

Miss Thelma Bradbury of Bardstown Kentucky visits Mr and Mrs I S S Curtis. Walter Hinton and his mother Mrs Jeanette Jones with aunt Mrs Amelia Kregel and Mr and Mrs Arthur Gening of Sellersburg Indiana will relocate to Montana. Mrs Hinton once Miss Vada Jones a Jeffersonville High School graduate.

Thelma Bradbury Bardstown, Ky Mrs I. S&s. Curtis Walter Hinton Jeanette Jones Amelia, Kregel Arthur Gening Seplersburg Montana Vada Jones Jeffersonville High School

Local Residents Plan Summer Travels and Visits

Mrs W Woolridge visits Mrs J Ryans on Locust Street while Milton Cain of Indianapolis stays with his parents W W and Mrs Cain over the 4th. Chas Barks sails July 18 from Panama, due home this month. Margaret Hines returns from Indianapolis and Bloomington. Goodman family leaves for Middle town Ohio to visit relatives. Bonnett family and W F Work drive to Lexington Kentucky to see Mrs Barbee. Will Robinson family depart for Shoals Indiana to visit Mrs George Freeman. Lacey family members travel toward Grammar Indiana to visit Mrs Lacey. Sisters at Providence at St Augustine church leave for Terre Haute for a summer retreat at St Mars in the Wood.

Provideenea St. Augustine’s Church Terre Haute St. Mars’s In The Wood

Brazilian Potato Freight Rates Tie to U S Shipping Costs

A Sao Paulo shipper paid 197.46 dollars for 1150 sacks of potatoes over a 400 mile haul between Brazil’s two main cities. The rate equals about 1.22 dollars per bag, roughly comparable to a New York Boston distance. The price is not exceptional, though possibly higher than typical national products.

United States Sao Paulo Brazil New York Boston

Young's Jewelry Ad Promises Quality and Timekeeping

An advertisement for ME Young's Jewelry touts gold rings pins charms watches clocks and silverware with full guarantees. It promises alarm clocks will wake you and that watches serviced by Mr. Young will keep you on time.

ME Young

Saturdays of Youth and Longing in a School Week

A nostalgic portrait of longing for Saturdays during school days. The speaker recalls childhood summers, Swiss and French fantasies, the Bayou, fishing by the bridge, and the faithful Tiger leading the way, contrasted with weekly toil and the ache for freedom.

Whistling Habit Sparks Neighborhood Crackdown

The Chicago Post notes fixed habit of whistling by a tugboat man and a youthful boy who is spanked into learning there is a season for whistling without disturbing neighbors. It warns of a certain legal spanking fitting the present noisemakers.

Chicago Post

New Marine Spider Described By Fage

M Louis Fage describes a new species of marine spider found among calcareous sea weeds on the Mediterranean shore. It carries an air bubble underwater, inhabits rock boring shells and empty shells, spins threads to seal its burrow, and feeds on small flies and mites.

M. Louis Fage Mediterranean

Gillespie and Son Plumbers Promote Modern Home Plumbing

Gillespie and Son Master Plumbers install complete plumbing supplies in Jeffersonville homes. Their work earns hearty approval from residents who say no home is complete without modern plumbing and sanitary equipment.

Gillespie & Son Jeffersonville

Boyce's Sweet Shop Advertises Ice Cream and Candy

The Lead ing First Class Ice Cream and Candy Store offers chocolates creams and caramels and the choicest sodas with appetizing flavor. People are urged to try the delicious ice cream and return with friends for better health. Adv. No. 4.

Boyce’s Sweet Shop Adv

Citizens' Drug Store Ad Offers Sodas and Ice Cream

The Citizens' Drug Store promotes refreshing sodas and ice cream with perfumes, face cream, and toilet articles at money saving prices. It claims strong business and lists an Adv notice with a gold mesh bag containing currency and small change offering a liberal reward and a telephone contact.

Physicians in New York City Lead U.S. Doctor Count

A brief note states that one physician in twenty one in the United States resides in New York City, highlighting the city’s concentration of medical professionals and its prominence in national health care.

New York United States New York City

Underdog and Market Prep Tips Plus Pulpwood Plans

A scattered excerpt covers poultry dressing methods to improve carcass appearance for higher prices, notes on Cocoa Cake ingredients, Laurentide Company reforestation and Newfoundland reindeer trials, a new wheelbarrow autotomy idea, a temporary wheel for broken-axle cars, a skater ice danger remark, Shannon's Dairy ads toutting low price milk and cream, and Braun's 5 10 25 cent home goods store offering kitchen and houseware bargains.

700 Percent Right

Charley tells Mr. Torkins he studies current affairs. He defines a standpatter as someone who stops and cannot be started, and a progressive as someone who starts and cannot be stopped.

Torkins

Sharing a Common Faith and Respect for Parents

A brief dialogue contrasts reverence for George Washington with a rising generation's perceived disrespect to parents, highlighting evolving attitudes toward national fathers and family authority.

George Washington

Ancient Helica Unearthed in Irish Bog During Turf Cutting

A gold tray or ceremonial server with Celtic motifs was found in Ireland during bog turf cutting. Two old duelling pistols were unearthed nearby and eighteen feet down a coffin held skeleton remains likely those of a French officer of high rank.

Ireland

Japanese School System Teaches Languages

A boy and girl attend school from age six to fourteen. The first four years teach Japanese and Chinese, the latter four add English. Upon graduation from Japanese common schools they can read and speak English.

Mariar Leaves After Week of Domestic Standstill

In the Woodside home a maid Mariar departs after a week with no kitchen fire or hot water. Mrs Woodside explains the house is long without a maid and fear of asking Mariar to stay fuels the quiet churn of chores. The family faced cold meals and limited cleaning as Mariar packs for departure.

Mariar Marcini

Mistaken Phrase Uses Delight in Nighttime Lament

In a fragmented note a speaker asks for a sentence with delight then recalls their mother turning off the light at bedtime. The brief exchange hints at a bedtime routine and home warmth.

Willie

Breach of Promise Defense Upheld In Mayor Case

The defence claimed the future wife had tuberculosis discovered after engagement. The judge ruled the defense valid in the breach of promise action against the American mayor.

Turtle Carved Names On Shell Marks Long Wait

In May 1891 Willam Kroder found a turtle in the woods and carved his name and the date on the shell. Five years earlier he found the same turtle, and on Saturday he encountered it again, noting it had not grown since Ars discovered it.

Willam Kroder Ars

None genuine without a signature.

A shopper confirms a label on a box claiming genuineness requires a signature. The box lid displayed the warning and the signature appears authentic to the observer.

Nell

Good Gunnery at Sea Off Virginia Capes

Navy gunners fire at small targets to demonstrate accuracy and the crew’s skill. The target practice off the Virginia capes aims to show strong ships and brave sailors, making Americans proud of their navy and its men.

Virginia Capes

Thrifty youth shuns meat and loses head

A witticism from Puck notes a young man who quits meat to save money. Six months without meat leaves him richer yet fashionably gilded, illustrating how rising prices and outworn ideals complicate thrift.

Franklin Puck

Farm Produce Trade Encouraged For Local Market Days

It pays to go down to the city and work up a trade for the farm produce. Hunt up customers for the butter eggs apples potatoes cabbage and all such stuff. Have a regular market day when you can always be found there. Folks will expect you and depend on you. They will pay you cash and as good prices as they would have to pay at the store.

Sport Notes Echo Uncle Eben On Imitation of Downr and Out Club

A quip from Uncle Eben reflects on men mistaking a sports scene for real excitement. The line suggests many believe they’re enjoying a grand sports moment when they are only simulating a Downr and Out club experience.

Eben

Division of Sexes In India Mates Outnumber Females

A British-era demographic note states the male count in India outnumbers females by about 1,000 to 36, signaling a stark gender imbalance. It underscores the social implications of a skewed sex ratio.

India

Age and Experience in Proverbial Reflections

The selection contemplates aging and wealth with wry aphorisms. It contrasts youth and old age, class critique, and thrift. It notes that clever guesswork often lacks practical skill and mocks costly legalities of promises versus modest attire.

Men Fight and Lose as Women Cry and Weep

A terse line extols gendered outcomes where men clash and fall while women shed tears and find solace in resilience. The phrase contrasts physical confrontation with emotional strength across genders.

Dean's Kidney Pills Advertises in Jeffersonville

An old Jeffersonville advertisement asserts Nature signals kidney weakness through urine and urges Dean's Kidney Pills. Testimonial from Allen Moders of 318 Missouri Ave. claims the remedy cured his nighttime kidney passages and back pain. The ad notes price 60 cents and directs asking for Conan's Kidney Pills by FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo NY.

Nature Dean Jeffersonville Allen Moders Missouri Ave Conan Moders Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg Buffalo, N. Y

Graham Drug Co Cafe Ad in Jeffersonville

The Graham Drug Co. promotes its Drug Store Cafe as Jeffersonville’s most popular drug store with a visitable cafe. It advertises an all you can eat offer with music and cheap meals, inviting customers to enjoy the cafe’s service. The ad includes Harry L. Beiling as the advertiser.

Graham Drug Co Jeffersonville Palm Gardena Cafe Graham Drug Store Harry L. Beiling

For Rent Four Room Furnished House Ad on Haineis Ave

Furnished four room house for rent with gas and water included. Good front and back yard. Located at 312 Haineis Ave. Call 101 and ask for Ed Willis. Advertisement ran June 29 and 30.

Haineis Ave Ed. Willis

Diamond Pure Food Company Health Cereals Ad

The Diamond Pure Food Company presents Diamond Crisp Flakes as the finest health cereal for millions of homes. The ad touts Diamond products as the God Standard and urges shoppers to ask for them at all first class retailers.

Diamond Pure Food Company Diamond Pure Food

Leep Motor Company Advertisement Highlights Services

The Leep Motor Company offers day and night service for all car makes, tire vulcanizing, tubes, and accessories. The ad urges frequent inspections as a big saving and promises the best service with modern equipment.

Leep Motor Company Leep Motor Co

Rose Coal Company Sells Clean High Grade Coal

The Rose Coal Company advertises thoroughly screened coal free from dirt and clinkers offering maximum heat for the lowest cost. Most customers order coal from Rose Coal Company for value.

Rose Coal Company The

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