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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
3
An old advertisement claims heavy impure blood causes pimples headaches nausea and indigestion. It touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy to improve digestion and restore strength and color, priced at 25 pounds at all stores.
The article surveys how writers and statesmen like Scott Pope Emerson Garfield and Gladstone kept notebooks to capture ideas, conversations, and quotations. It highlights Garfield’s extensive scrapbooks, the methodical note taking of Bulwer and Disraeli, and contrasts Lord Salisbury’s sparse approach as a factor in biographical gaps.
The article describes various counterfeiting techniques used by criminals to mimic genuine coins including excising inner parts, plating and stamping, and erasures. It outlines detection methods such as analyzing edge cuts, plate wear, and reeding patterns, noting how some forgeries balance weights and designs to fool casual observers. It cautions that even careful analysis cannot guarantee authenticity withoutExpert verification.
Patronized by the best limes in Jeffersonville shirts colors and underwear cleaned pressed and handled with careful canner. None better anywhere at any price. Pouys to get master cleaning service best on earth Ady.
An old trade card promotes the New York Laundry offering first class laundry work for men women and children. It promises careful handling and encourages busy households to use its services with the slogan best work and lowest prices.
Mr and Mrs Al Pfau and two sons depart Sunday for Wankaroo Michigan for a two week absence. Mrs Herbert McClure of Cincinnati visits her sister Mrs Frank Lindley.
Gienger & Co the Reliable Store for Farm Machinery promotes the Wallis Tractor as a three in one workhorse. It claims to boost oat and wheat yields by one third and markets from Jeffersonville's largest supply house.
Mr and Mrs Frank Peyne and their children who lived in Los Angeles for two years have returned to Indianapolis to settle and will visit Jeffersonville to see relatives and friends.
Mrs Samuel M Vawler has recovered well from a serious operation at Deaconess Hospital Louisville and will be brought home to 522 East Chestnut Street this evening.
Mrs George Carr and her daughter Alleen, after several weeks visiting Washington Cleveland and Detroit, have returned home.
Hoosier Meat Market offers beef pork and mutton and pure lard with savings on every purchase. Advert reveals Little Miss Edith Bottorff visiting Miss Lois Baird at Solan Indiana.
Mrs. Chas S Crum departed for Indianapolis yesterday for a several day stay. She will visit the city and return home later this week.
Mr and Mrs Fred Deitz and their two daughters Fay and Susie arrived yesterday from Dayton Ohio to visit friends in the city for several days.
Mr. Sid Cain, formerly very ill with pneumonia at his Indianapolis home, shows signs of recovery and is progress toward better health.
The Graham Drug Co a popular Jeffersonville drug store promotes its Palm Garden Cafe as the best place to eat in hot weather with cheap meals and pleasant music. Harry L Beiling signs the ad for the Stape Cafe.
Miss Edith Sater travels to Scottsburg Indiana to visit the family of Mr Logan Hooker. This brief society note records her trip and the local contact during the familial visit.
Mrs. Mida Cox, guest of her sister Mrs. Frank Lindley, returned Tuesday night to her Rigby Idaho home after a visit.
The Leep Motor Company offers day and night service for all makes, tire vulcanizing, tubes and accessories. Emphasizes thorough care and frequent inspections to save owners money. Modern equipment guaranteed for the best service. Adv.21.
Louis Williams leaves Saturday for Detroit Michigan as part of a travel or work-related trip.
The Junior Scout Girls camped yesterday at 10 welock on the Millde Road, four and a half miles from town. Sixteen Scouts led by Miss Jessie Snepp and Miss Mildred Dunlevy will sleep in a barn and cook outdoors for about a week. Funds come from a lawn fete and a cake sale. Members include Edith Wilson, Josephine MecKea, Maxine Hydron, Margaret Simms, Dorothy Hydron, Katharine Aiden, Dorothy Baldwin, Eloise Weber, Alice Park, Ida Gilmore, Helen Rinke, Helen Weber, Elizabeth Kendall, and Mary Winter.
Mr and Mrs Otto Voit of 226 Meigs Avenue announce their son Leger Voit has been in the navy and is expected home soon for a reunion and leave from service.
Mr Voit returns today after four years in the navy including Brest service and overseas duty in World War I. Community notices describe local commerce, arrivals, plumbing work by Gillespie & Son, and residents visiting Indianapolis, with updates on hospital transfers and family welcomes in Jeffersonville.
The Clark County Milling Co. advertises Flavo Flour as yielding lightest and whitest bread, cakes, biscuits and rolls used in Jeffersonville homes. Always ask for Flavo Flour and supporting Home Industry. Mrs Leach rejoices as baby girl arrives. Ariel Law visits Myrtle Aigner then heads to Hartford Connecticut. England couple spends weekend with Mooney residents.
A Jeffersonville testimonial praises Doan's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys. Allen Moders of 318 Missouri Ave reports nighttime urination, back pain, and relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad notes the product price and urges buyers to ask for the same remedy from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo, NY.
The Diamond Pure Food Company markets Diamond Crisp Flakes as the finest health cereal and the people's choice, claimed to be in millions of homes and sold by first class retailers.
Daisy Dixie offers private charters for picnics and moonlight rides aboard Handsome Cabin Cruiser at Six Mile Island and Moonlight. Call 796 W or 235 for reservations and details.
Local ads tout The Auto Sheet Metal Company offering auto repairs and bodies plus fenders radiators in Jeffersonville with high quality work guaranteed. Also promoting G Bottorf builder of auto tops seat covers and upholstery claiming best prices and quality.
A vintage advertisement urges customers to visit Boleden Furniture Co to view a line of refrigerators and stoves praised as energy efficient and affordable. The notice emphasizes home delivery with a full guarantee.
Local advertisement promotes F. F. Braun’s 5 10 and 25 cent store offering 25 to 50 percent savings on household goods. Full range includes kitchenette supplies tinware granite ware crockery lamps and other home essentials at bargain prices.
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