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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1916
Page
8
Thunderstorms expected this afternoon or tonight with cooler temperatures tonight. Saturday will be fair and cooler across Jeffersonville and surrounding areas.
Fragmentary text references a court association suit and names several individuals including Clarence A and James, with numbers 14188 and Eis 74, but details are obscured by OCR errors and broken phrases.
Judge James W. Fortune ruled for the plaintiff in the foreclosure of Mutual Savings & Loan Association No 44 against Anna Myrtle Hale and others, awarding $562.53 and noting balance of $6.74 to the ward's credit. The Fulton Grove area was involved. Jesse Grimes’ $59 service account against the estate of Antone Litzler was advanced on the Clark Circuit Court trial docket with no contest expected.
Jouis Scheer resumes study after returning from Angola Indiana where he attends college. His parents Mr and Mrs Charles Scheer and sister Miss Clara Scheer traveled to Hamilton Canada for the celebration of Mr Scheer’s parents golden wedding anniversary.
A call to residents to sign the published list and press the Executive Committee. The Finance Committee shows under 200 dollars raised in a week, delaying the final decision on having a celebration. The next meeting is June 8 to decide the city’s celebration and fundraising strategy, with New Albany aiming for 1200 dollars this week.
Governor Ralston with Mrs. Ralston visited Corydon for the Centennial. En route they stopped at the Indiana Reformatory where Major David C. Peyton gave a tour of improvements. The Governor said he was well pleased with the institution’s progress.
The first installment of the celebrated film Who's Guilty will be shown tonight at the Dream theater. An additional feature titled Puppets of Fate is also on the program for moviegoers seeking a double bill.
George Clarke as administrator filed in the Circuit Court an inventory and appraisement of Luman Peeler estate. Cash listed as 2216.50 dollars and property valued at 323.50 dollars, totaling 2534.00 dollars.
Harley Newton was received at the Reformatory yesterday from Wayne county under a conviction for grand larceny to serve one to fourteen years. The Reformatory population stood at 1305 on Monday, a notable drop recently. Other men paroled some time ago will be released in a few days.
C. E. Summers of Holdredge reports severe cough and sleepless nights relieved after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He took a second dose at bed time and did not cough all night. In two days his cough was entirely cured and he credits Foley's Honey and Tar for a speedy recovery. BEN DOO LITTLE endorses the product.
Automobiles and gaso line sales pitch urges men to join a Southern Indiana and Southwestern Ohio distribution network for GASO TONIC. The offer promises a three cent per gallon profit and a one dollar per hour wage for dealers, with guaranteed sales. The White Manufacturing Company claims to be the world’s oldest and largest firm of its kind and promises carbon elimination as a feature.
Jeffersonville readers are asked to judge the soundness of kidney pill claims. Mrs Pharah Johnson of 634 Missouri Ave testifies Doan's Kidney Pills freed her from kidney trouble and she later urged others to use them. The ad notes price 50c and identifies Foster Milburn Co as the makers.
Paul Miller offers spring wallpaper cleaning with guaranteed satisfaction. Contact at Doherty's Drug Store corner Spring and Maple or phone 75 for pricing and service.
Local car service advertises single passenger rides at ten cents to any city point. Two or more passengers pay five cents each, minimum ten cents. Hourly trips priced at one dollar for one passenger or up to four. Contact phone numbers 214 or 949 for prompt service. W. F. Howes. Adv 5-31-71.
Tabor Lodge No. 92 IOOF elected the following officers for the ensuing six months: T. W. Tichenor noble grand, James Collett vice grand, George Worthington reelected secretary. The treasurer elected last winter remains in office for one year.
Arrangements for the annual Jeffersonville High School commencement are in process. Exercises will be held next Thursday evening at the Knights of Pythias Armory with a program in line with previous years.
The Clark Circuit Court, in session since April 17, will adjourn likely at the end of next week for the summer. No regular sessions will be held until September.
A continuance was granted yesterday in Floyd Circuit Court New Albany in the damage suit of Frances D O Connell against the Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction Company.
A vintage ad touts ladies patent colonia and La Vallier pumps, an updated 8Qce tennis shoe for all ages in white or black, and a complete line of comfort slippers for hot weather. It proclaims the shop as the store where a dollar does its duty.
A scanned advertisement urges readers to mail in a form with 5c to Foley & Co. Chicago for a trial package of Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets. It promotes remedies for coughs colds rheumatism kidney pain and digestive issues. Ben Doolittle is listed as the advertiser.
In Athens Ohio on June 1 Carlos Cameron and Earl Nye both eighteen pleaded guilty to mistreating Mary Frazier an Ohio University co ed. Judge J M Wood sentenced them to Mansfield Reformatory and they were removed to begin terms. The pair were charged with kidnapping Frazier keeping her in a locked automobile in the countryside for hours.
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