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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1921
Page
2
Charley H Zaun is named as an Independent candidate for mayor in the November 1921 election. The announcement states his bid for the mayor's office and reflects party affiliation as independent.
Secretary Mellon notes party platforms in campaign. Republicans pledge tax law changes to curb excess charges on consumers and protect enterprise, while Democrats seek revisions to keep wealth in productive enterprise. Both aim to end the excessive tax measures blamed for high prices and capital flight to tax free bonds.
A critical editorial mocks pro league backers in Chicago who bought fake League of Nations stock from crooks. It calls out gullible voters who supported the league and warns that such minds lack judgment for foreign policy or the ballot, labeling them imprudent and duped.
Attorney General Daugherty told the Ohio Society of Washington that he will devote his term to making the Department of Justice respected by law-abiding citizens and feared by lawbreakers. He said every man must love the country or leave it and stressed establishing a constitutional government and protecting property rights.
The article notes the horse mackerel earns its name from vast size with reports of specimens reaching ten feet in length and weights around 1,500 pounds.
A fragment notes that nearly all savas teeth are imperfect with a net result of zero. The brief lacks clear context or named entities beyond the generic terms.
Miss Louise Weir of Indianapolis is a guest of Mrs. E M Thomas of EB Market St. Mrs E B Youmans visiting her son Ed Youmans and family of Cincinnati is expected home soon.
The poem laments the heat and humidity and urges shedding linen collars for sport shirts. It contrasts discomfort with a call to adopt lighter attire and a lighter mood, encouraging resilience and a cheerful stance despite torrid days.
Governor Lowden says Bryan, here as syndicate writer, let him talk while Bryan spoke. The New York Tribune reports a laborer killed a saloon keeper who owed him seven dollars, refused to settle. Wets and Drys may hammer out their own moral.
Stanley reports Gari left Wednesday for Mobile Alabama to spend the summer with relatives. Mr and Mrs Henry Temple and family hosted several days as guests of Temple's mother near Salem then returned home. St Anthony's School held an all day picnic yesterday and St Augustine's auditorium will host a children's play Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Clifford Carrand and Miss Nora Campbell of Chicago visited Mrs. Wm Perry on Weems Ave and have returned home. Leon Williams and family left from Indianapolis after visiting relatives. Mrs. Mary Murphy attends Hanover school. William Haas of Dayton plans a Seymour visit. Frank Applegate is ill on Indiana Ave and his wife has recovered enough to be up.
Mr and Mrs E G Menart plan to leave for Newark Ohio on June 24 to locate there. Their local property is up for sale.
Mr. and Mrs. J T Scull and their daughter Lorna Miriam visited Mr. and Mrs. H A Stevens at their country home for an evening dinner yesterday.
Mrs. Marion Bennett and Miss Minnie Prather visited Mrs. W. C. Lewman at Prather on Wednesday. Mr. Leroy Ashton and family, now living on North Madison, have returned to town and will locate on East Maple Street.
Little Misses Nell Louise and Al lene Bailes travel to Sanders Kentucky to stay with grandparents Mr and Mrs John Bailes and visit their aunt Mrs Eugene O Connor in Sparta then attend a house party hosted by cousin Ruth O Connor for a family gathering.
Mrs Jennie Canter returned to her Front Street home after a brief visit in Utica Township.
Mrs Nathan Sparks of Louisville is recovering at St Josephs Hospital and is now able to receive visitors.
A playful hypothetical asks what six silver mounted premium fishing rods Methuselah could have by middle age if he started saving cigarette coupons at 14. The piece uses a retro tabloid tone to illustrate delayed gratification and consumer culture.
Mr and Mrs John Bottorff of Prather celebrate the arrival of a baby girl.
John Stemler voices a view that prohibition agents aim to erase the Hie from Chicago. He suggests enforcement pressures are altering the city’s social or cultural atmosphere in his assessment.
Dr. W. J. Pinkerton and Mrs. Pinkerton have moved into rooms at the Bigelow house on East Maple Street.
Miss Bertha Badger daughter of Mr and Mrs Chris Badger has been confined to bed with rheumatism but is now able to be up again. She has been treated at home and her recovery is announced by her family.
A wife describes buying a lovely dresser with cedar bottom in the lower drawer. The husband asks the price but she admits she never considered it, being delighted by the piece itself.
Mrs. Charles Wooley and her daughter Miss Dorothy Wooley arrive from Florida with two sons and will settle here. Mr Wooley plans to join later.
Mrs. Bessie Brazier, who had been visiting Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Leatherman, returned last night to her home in Nashville Tennessee.
Joe Crandall quips that summer feels real only when he sees a girl in furs, a lighthearted remark reflecting seasonal mood. The line captures local flavor and playful social commentary.
Mrs George Carr expects to travel to Cleveland Ohio in July to visit her daughter Mrs Harry Walters.
Miss Ethel Tutt and Elmer Tutt, second cousins, married in a recent Boston ceremony. The couple’s union was noted in society circles and updates.
Mrs Forest Northam and her children were guests Sunday of her cousin Mrs Charles Coleman in New Albany.
Braymen Missouri residents enjoyed a program by Prof J D Wheeler who played a humorous violin set imitating a cane mill mule sow pigs Arkansas Traveler and spinning wheel The Rev Lawrence Wheeler preached two sermons and C W Lane collected funds totaling 65 cents for the young preacher who praised the crowd and sent them home.
Charles Wendel predicts a future movie will portray a husband and wife who love each other without any third party interference. He comments that such a story would present a rare ideal of marital harmony.
A compact note invokes youthful springtime mood as a reflection on new opportunities and changing ambitions during March weather.
An advertisement from Warry's Wall Paper Paint and Glass Store at 426 West 4th Street Waterloo IA invites old customers to visit for a calendar. The notice emphasizes usefulness in the kitchen or bedroom and promises enjoyment. It appears in the Courier.
The text notes that the ox possesses thirty two teeth, the same count as human mouths, presenting a comparison of dentition.
A fragmented item from 1880 references gafety and wheels of equaline appearance, noting an unusual device or instrument described in archaic terms. Readable clues suggest a mechanical or industrial context, with limited details on purpose or maker.
Mrs Oscar Duffy attends a social visit hosted by Miss Helen Bushflek in Utica Township showcasing local hospitality and social ties in the community.
Miss Catherine Schimpff hosted a small gathering on Spring Street Tuesday evening for her twelfth birthday. Mrs Stegman, mother of Mrs Joseph McKee, remains seriously ill at her Pearl Street home.
Mrs Lula Alexander and her son Albert Lee and Miss Ruth Scott were guests of Mrs M D French and have returned to their home at Pleasure Ridge Kentucky.
Mrs. Thomas Phelps of Pearl Street is seriously ill. Mr. Gordon Bottorff is visiting friends in the city.
The Klub Kalanders Woman's Missionary Society meets with Mrs Merton for a memorial junior league social on the church lawn. Park Church Epworth League holds a business meeting in the night. J N Clem weather permitting in the afternoon. Wall Street church W H M S meets with Mrs Ben Clegg in the night.
Mrs. Dora Wanack of Edinburg, HI hails Tanlac for transforming constant rheumatic pain in knees and limbs into a healthy, energetic life. She reports improved sleep and stamina, now doing housework with ease after months of misery and kidney trouble.
Fragmentary OCR shows garbled text about a primary election with unclear references to Indianapolis and a star. Readable facts are minimal and no clear outcome or entities emerge.
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