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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
4
Miss Babe Diffenderfer visiting Mrs. G. M. Diffenderfer and Miss Hannah Driscoll has returned to her home in Princeton Indiana.
Residents and guests share travel updates with Cincinnati Memphis and St Louis trips. Several families plan weekend visits in Greenville Akron Detroit Shoals and Detroit while others recover from illness and surgery.
Deminer Robert Jacobs visits cousin Harold Fry while Mrs. A. R. Mead and family return from New Philadelphia and Salem. Mrs. Laura Day hosts Miss Dorothy Snepp in New Albany. Donald Buckley and children from Dayton visit his parents in Port Fulton. Mrs. John Engle travels to Salem and Orleans. Mrs. Sam M. Vawter recovers from surgery at Deaconess Hospital Louisville. Mrs. Laura McMulden to spend summer with sister in Minneapolis. Ada Frank among visiting acquaintances.
A trolley conductor’s wife crafts a tissue shade with punched holes. He realizes the holes imitate fares on the lamp shade and jokes that each hole will cost him five cents. The tale ends with a quip, noting that being remembered in a will is as uncertain as an unlaid egg.
An order banning loitering at New York police headquarters reveals a poolroom operator used the bootblack known as Sixes Spinia to act as his betting agent among detectives reporters and others in the building. Spinia loses a headquarters privilege valued at about two hundred dollars a month for the offense.
The Daughters of Rebekah held an all day sewing event with Mrs. Fred Kaelin and listed members Emma Huckleberry Julia Mainaffey Harry Stout Belle Gaither and Wm Spellman with visitors Mrs. Marion Mitchell and Mrs. Denny. They plan a second meeting in two weeks. Mrs George Jones hosted Calumet Club with members John Lowery Grover Waisner George Reschar and Mrs Warry Goodwin of Louisville for a social afternoon and refreshments.
Mary Whitlow, recently transferred from the Q M Department to Charleston South Carolina, expresses happiness with the new post. She spent the Fourth in Atlanta Georgia and sent telegraphic greetings to her parents from there.
Mes. Orinda Custer of Bedford visits Mrs. OQ. K. Graham. Mes. Mary Motsinger of Pekin visits her son Roy Martin and family. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Balleveber and Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Alvey return from Cincinnati. Edmund P. Julius returns from wedding trip. Edgar R. White and Gran Vogle of Milwaukee visit the JAS. Howard household. Dr. J. B. Gambrel returns home to Mitchell after visiting W. A. Morris. Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Bruner return from Logansport. Mrs. George Carr and daughter Aileen, recently in Cleveland, now visit Ed. Cain in Detroit.
Carl departs Saturday for Indianapolis then continues to Chicago where Mrs. Lee will relocate after the visit.
In Altoona Pennsylvania the railroad and state police will arrest youths seen bathing near bridges as a response to complaints from passengers. The order targets improper attire and aims to curb disruptions on western Pennsylvania routes.
Dr. J. Pomeroy, the county health officer, notes that one third of babies born in rural Los Angeles County outside cities are Japanese. The rural birth mix is white 48 percent, Japanese 43.4 percent, Mexican 18.2 percent, Chinese 1 percent, and negro 3 percent.
Dr D O Norton reports observing six young animals on a Platte sand bar behaving like the genus chunk and swimming in the swift current after play. He asserts the polecat theory of never bathing is false and promises proof from his North Park fishing trip findings.
Gillespie and Son Master Plumbers install complete plumbing supplies in many homes in Jeffer sonville. All work and service meet with hearty approval of the people. No home is complete and sanitary without modern plumbing and bath and modern equipment.
Jeffersonville readers recall Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy for weak kidneys. Allen Moders of Missouri Avenue testifies to relief from nocturnal urination and back pain after using Doan's. Price is 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. advertises the product in a regional ad. Chas. H. Moser promotes menswear and savings on clothing and accessories.
The notice touts Grocer's Cash Grocery as the trade and doing the business with daily fresh eggs, country butter, and an array of berries, fruits, and vegetables. It emphasizes healthful appetizing food and money savings for customers.
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