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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1916
Page
8
County commissioners meet Monday to appoint Otley and John Burke for road improvements on the Joseph F. Voist Road in Carr township. The action follows a petition filed with the county auditor seeking progress on the project.
A garbled local notice from Pobdmore Maryland outlines a construction related matter under the County Board of Review. It mentions an arrest and a county official lineup including Samuel D. Antehines and a county auditor treasurer. The text references equalization and daily morning sessions regarding assessments.
John R. Scott and County Assessor Erasmus T. Lace lead a Board of Review to fix corporate assessments and equalize personal property taxes across townships. Taxpayers should submit written complaints early to George W. Stoner, County Auditor and secretary of the board.
The document lists a June 8 event at the Knights of Pythias Armory with invocations, musical performances by Mrs. W. W. Crooker and Messrs Rutledge and Winfield Crooker, piano by Mrs. Crooker, a milliners bill, and addresses by Miss Esther Covert and Prof. Ernest M. Tin ton Ph D. The Rev C G Prather is noted as part of the program.
City School Board failed to act on teacher appointments for the new year due to a missing member. Tonight a meeting is planned with few changes expected as retirees, drops, and new hires are anticipated. Revenue shortfalls of about 5000 dollars due to a drop in school enumeration may force reductions.
The First Presbyterian church hosts a Friday fish fry in the church parlor for attendees and ticket buyers from the recent Straws mill event. Proceeds target the recent shortage of fish and support local gathering.
Jeffersonville Lodge No. 340 F and A M will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday evening June 6 at 8 o'clock. Work in F C Degree. Hayden Denny, W M.
No children have been taken in for care at the new Masonic orphans home to be conducted under Holt estate provisions. Applications filed will be acted upon as the facility opens.
Week ending May 4 1916 at Jeffersonville Indiana shows letters for Carter Burden Lewis Mr L C Attorney Mitchell T HH Sachs Mrs J G Persons. Recipients asked to claim by giving advertised date of list.
Ride bids will be opened June 16 by Major Theodore B. Hacker Depot Quartermaster for furnishing thirty bread racks for pest bakery. At the same time bids will be opened for 1 904 galvanized iron ash cans. Local firms likely to bid on both. Considerable work of this kind is done here.
A quirky passage discusses keeping a baby clean and safe, advising baths, shading during go carts, and avoiding heavy foods under a year. It warns prescriptions require utmost care and urges sending prescriptions for safe, prompt delivery.
The First Presbyterian Sunday School will join with New Albany Presbyterian Sunday Schools for a picnic at Fern Grove on June 15. New Albany attendees will travel to Jeffersonville by interurban.
Advertises a furnished river front apartment available for summer at low cost if the owner retains a room. Includes a phone contact 813 f.
Anna Hawn of Cedar Grove Missouri endorses Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best liver pill for indigestion constipation bloating and sour stomach noting they do not cause nausea or griping. Ads promote Stei Mantle Burners with sample 25c and free particulars from Specialty Sales Co Dept J South Bend Indiana.
Arrangements for a Children’s Day program on the last Sunday evening in June at St Luke’s German Reformed Church. A large number of Sunday school scholars will perform songs and recitations.
The Louisville and Jeffersonville Ferry Company announced that the Green City will be used for the annual Fern Grove excursion with two trips that day. The first boat departs at 9:00 a.m. from Spring Street foot, the second at 2:00 p.m. The vessel is described as large and well appointed, offering a pleasant day for the many school children attending.
City on the Ohio River with rail and interurban connections to Indianapolis and Louisville. Population about 10 412 in 1910, expanded by contiguous civic centers to around 17 000. Major shipyards, 22 manufacturers, 190 firms, 4 179 095 assessed value in 1915, Bridges and river trade, water power, and modern facilities highlighted by Chamber of Commerce.
In a testimonial from C. E. Summers of Holdredge Ned Summers credits Foley's Honey and Tar with curing his severe cough after two nightly doses. The advertisement claims the product soothes and heals, and notes it is loved by children. Also listed is a barber shop for rent at 305 West Sixth Street near Michigan Avenue, with two chairs and full equipment.
Jeffersonville readers are urged to consider Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. Pharah Johnson of 634 Missouri Ave. recalls long backache and kidney trouble cured by Doan's from Doolittles Drug Store. She repeated in 1915 that the remedy always gives relief for kidney complaints. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Props.
Henry Rudolph of Carmi Illinois suffered back pain and nighttime trips to the bathroom. After using Foley Kidney Pills he slept through the night. Ben Doolittle advertises the product.
A Smyrna Georgia reader endorses Foley Cathartic Tablets for bilious headaches and indigestion. The tester claims the tablets relieve headaches, bloating, sour stomach, gas, and bad breath, noting morning relief and high praise for the product.
John Davidson, a Catawissa Mountain farmer near Sunbury Pennsylvania, argues his wooden leg saved him from serious harm after a black bear attacked while he rode along the Susquehanna. The bear fished in the river, chased him, bit and clawed the leg, and fled when a train horn frightened it.
Mrs J F Haynes of Petersburg Tenn arrives this afternoon to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Peter Cain on the Utica pike. Mr and Mrs John S Pennett depart to visit Mr and Mrs Frank Payne in Hollywood Cal. Rev F E Lahr will officiate the marriage of Miss Edna Binder of Charlestown and Belmont Dierking this evening. The groom elect is a Belknap Hardware clerk in Louisville.
A Workmen's Compensation hearing will be held in the city Wednesday over Mrs. Bessie Curtis's claim for damages from the death of her husband in a powder dust explosion at the Speeds cement mill. Judge Edgar E. Perkins will preside.
The Board of Directors of the Old Ladies Fame will hold an ice cream social on Spring Street next Saturday evening to raise funds for the home.
An old ad offers GASO-TONIC as a motor fuel enhancer claiming 3 cents per gallon gas line price, car carbon elimination, and hourly profits. It warns of imitators and touts chemists’ free details from White Mfg Co in Cincinnati Ohio.
Auto gas line ad selling GASO TONIC in Southern Indiana and Southwestern Ohio. Seeks men to market in stores garages mines and mills. Claims 3c gallon earnings with dollar an hour profit and carbon elimination. From oldest and largest concern of its kind.
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