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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1920
Page
1
The readable text suggests a chaotic fragment about plants for windOWbOXES and possible markets or trade terms. Mentions a year, weather, and crowd chatter about baskets and tea boxes, with unclear names and scattered phrases.
Miss Dorothy Pickford appears in a light hearted program at The Rose Theater. The event features community groups including the Presbyterian audience with a likely Friday or Thursday show timing and a short musical or dramatic piece.
The annual Menisrab memorial service will be held at Ora City Cemetery near Mu berry Street Tune 8th led by Prof Adven Voit with Rev Oscar Lee Black giving the prayer. Attendees are invited to participate in the flower scattering ceremony honoring soldiers from the Revolution and Civil War.
The steamer America extends an invitation to Young Business Men’s Club members and families in Jeffersonville for a moonlight river excursion tonight. The boat departs Somerville around 8 o’clock. Also note Mary Pickford show this Thursday and Friday. Reeder attends Indiana State Board of Treasurers meeting in Indianapolis.
Negro boy about five years old, Jobo Hawkins, colored, arrested in Henning on charges of breaking a window at the Ven ning loading office and stealing 16 cents worth of postage stamps from Deans Grocery Store. He admitted parole from Indiana Reformatory for larceny and would finish parole in two months.
A lively Pleasant Event hosted by Mrs Wilmer Warder featured a contest won by Mrs Atten dark with attendees including Messrs Dunham Northam Allen Clark Richard Johnston George Hawes Jarpes Howard and Misses Watts Philiston Liston Cain Herbert Poindexter Pooks and Sarah Warder. Refreshments were served as attendees enjoyed the social gathering.
Jeffersonville Commandery No. eT holds a remaplar gathering tonight with Knights Templar from New Albany set to assist. A late dinner is expected. participants include Rey Trades, Wilbur String, Roy Hobson, Raymond Doherty, Wine, Levengood, Joseph Crandall and Del Baker.
In Clark Circuit Court April Term 1920 Elmer M. Frank administrator filed final settlement for the estate of Edward Sweeney deceased The June 26 1920 hearing requires all heirs creditors or legatees to appear and show cause why the account should not be approved Clerk Charles H Zollman Jeffersonville Indiana seals date June 2 1930 Adv D32 June 2 9 16
Saturday shows advertised and Mary Pickford's DADDY LONG LEGS plays at Le Rose Theater with matinee Thursday and Friday. The ad also promotes Burdock Blood Bitters claiming to purify blood and improve health, priced at £4.25.
Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Chicago on June 3 have largely been chosen. Open minded convention expected with many uncommitted delegates and a surge for reform, as primaries showed uneven results. A May 31 national committee meeting will finalize contest credentials for the gathering.
A joint meeting of Lack and Seiyersonville Lodges is scheduled Friday evening to discuss selecting a site for the proposed Masonite Temple. Attendees are urged to attend as significant paper discussions outline options and possible locations for the project.
An aged advertisement from Mechanicsburg Ohio promotes Sarbol Quadruple as a remedy for goitre choking and throat discomfort. It claims fast growth reduction and daily use of ten minutes. The notice invites readers to obtain more information at Citizens Drug Store.
An odd OCR snippet mentions Dean’s Beauless and a “mod ern taxalive” with a 30 cent price at all stores. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear events or sources.
Clark Lodge No. 40 Free and Accepted Masons will hold a 7 30 p m Thursday evening stated meeting with work in the M M degree led by Perrin Myers See.
Indiana conservation officials advocate establishing one acre fish ponds on farms to boost outdoor recreation and farm income. The Kansas experiment shows 27 600 fish removed after three years with diverse species and substantial weight gain, aided by careful management and natural food sources.
Washington June 2 President Wilsons plea for an American mandate over Armenia was rejected in the Senate by a vote of more than two to one. Thirteen Democrats joined Republican members on the final roll as the resolution denying congressional authority was adopted 52 to 2. The measure goes to the House with plans to pass it Thursday.
Charles Cole, 22, a farm hand from Marshalltown Iowa, confessed at Crown Point jail to killing Tascher after being denied use of the farmer's automobile. He abducted a neighbor's daughter and took a joy ride before leaving the body in Tascher's kitchen. Cole was remanded to the grand jury after the coroner's inquest.
Mr and Mrs William Howard Taft announce the engagement of their daughter Helen to Frederick Johnson Manning an instructor in history at Yale University and Yale Class of 1916. Manning served as a first lieutenant in the field artillery in September 1919 the marriage will take place in Canada in July.
Fragmentary note questions how to propagate ponds and maintain them and which fish species are best in propagation and care. Lacks concrete facts, names, dates, or places.
Two hundred Dutch farmers will help harvest wheat in the Midwest this summer. They arrive aboard the Rotterdam and will travel to Minnesota, North and South Dakota. George W. Rigby of Concordia Kansas says 500 to 600 workers can be placed across the wheat belt. He notes Kansas wheat could total about 110 million to 600 thousand bushels this year, vs earlier years.
Plant notice lists tomato plants and cabbage plants for sale at Decker's Second Hat Store 722 Spring Street. Tomato plants claim to bear berries in four weeks and are sold at 20 per dozen and cabbage plants at 16 per dozen. Ad mentions "Garden Huckieberrie The Great Pie Berry" and provides a page reference Adv P117 at dunes 2 3 4.
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