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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1921
Page
2
Charles Zaun announces candidacy for mayor as an independent in the November 1921 election. The self described author and organizer seeks to challenge the existing slate and win support from local voters.
The Board of Public Works tentatively accepted William Sweeney's bid of 2.95 per square yard to re pave Spring Street from Court Avenue to the river with vitrified brick. The project cost around 6.30 per running foot for abutting property owners, with Interstate Public Service Co to pay for six feet at the rail section.
Real estate transfers include Jacob Childress to Clyde Carter for lot 11 block 14 city priced at 1500 and J L Pease to S E Stanley for lot 3 block 2 Clarksville at 1800. The National Life and Accident Insurance is granted 20 weeks compensation at a weekly rate. Commissioners ruled 550 due to Thomas O Neal for a road roller used in building the George Jacobs road and ordered payment after a long hearing.
The office column notes Horace is too heavy for the staff while Uncle Walt Mason’s simple rustic songs are preferred. A foreman laments the pace of the column and a classified ad seeks a part time stenographer.
Mrs Wilson and Mr Taggart along with relatives completed a county round trip through central and southern Indiana. Several residents attended auto races in Indianapolis including Irvin True Raymond Carroll and Td Hornung while others visited kin in Kokomo and Bloomington. An American Legion Auxiliary sale reached about two thousand six hundred copies sold.
In a terse stage moment a judge asks the prisoner if she has anything to say. The exchange is followed by the prisoner’s husband remarking that the judge has “done it,” highlighting the public warmth of a historic courtroom event.
Mrs Fitzgerald and Mrs Egland visited Mrs Schwerli in Louisville on Monday. Miss Ruth Brooks returned to work at W K Stewart Co Tuesday morning.
In Cincinnati Billy Sunday declares he could depopulate hell in fifteen minutes if given power to preach one sermon. The evangelist is eight weeks into a campaign now nearing its close, with talks of a dramatic project. Sunday and his party stay at the Linton hotel as Springfield onlookers note the contrast with Christ and apostles and local lodging.
Mr and Mrs L Munzenmeyer travel from Maysville to Hanover to attend school there this summer visiting his mother en route.
Mrs Janet Whitesides traveled to Chicago where she was summoned regarding the operation on Mrs T F Whitesides of Louisville who is in the city for treatment.
Mr. Frank Tufts visited his wife and her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm Quick then returned to Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Brooks with daughter Miss Effie Brooks spent the weekend in Salem Indiana for the Society of the Friends quarterly meeting. Mrs. Mary Copeland and son Jas Copeland departed for Loveland Colorado to return home.
Miss Anne Hook, guest of Miss Jessie Snepp for a week, returned yesterday to her home in Earlpark Indiana.
Miss Agnes Morris is quite ill at the home of her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. George Worthington on West Market Street. The report notes her condition but provides no further details.
Mrs. Julia Morrical and her daughter Mary returned from Indianapolis where they spent the weekend.
Mr Earl Crum of Anderson Indiana spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs G E Crum of East Seventh Street
Morton Memorial and Wall Street Aids host all day meetings and lawn fetes. Presbyterian Aid and St. Luke's Aid plan coffee socials and picnics. Missionary society meets with Mrs. Maple Street and Mrs. Chas Strauch. Miss Mary Clark hosts embroidery by night. Morton Memorial Junior League serves ice cream on church lawn. Park church Epworth League and St. Luke's Brotherhood plan night meetings with J N Clem weather permitting.
An unfortunate motorist collided with a concrete traffic sign and was taken to jail. The car was presumably hauled away as junk.
A terse verse lambasts a rival for mispronouncing ending as inning. The speaker vent expresses frustration with the rival’s boastful chatter and stubborn miswording. The piece uses sharp sarcasm to mock the target’s habit of overtalking.
A brief note quotes Sock Ratees Jr remarking on pride in defeat and admission as a vice or virtue, reflecting a humorous or editorial stance. The text critiques stubborn attitudes and suggests trying something new rather than clinging to defeat.
The W. H. M. S. of Wall Street church gathers for a meeting with Mrs. Ben Clegg to discuss upcoming church activities and community outreach. No further details provided.
A humorous note offers unsolicited tips for young men, advising against kissing a girl on the hand unless she has eaten garlic and warning against shouting inappropriate phrases to a man working in the garden.
An advertisement touts St. Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism cure that penetrates sore joints and muscles. It claims immediate relief, no blistering, and lasting satisfaction.
In Paris a crowd of about five hundred consumers marches in a pageant style protest against high prices. The event draws attention to profiteers and the public reaction remains mixed as observers watch the display.
Mike Schrok comments that a doctor may expect payment when treating a patient, framing clinical care with financial implications. The remark highlights the perceived link between medical aid and compensation in patient care.
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