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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
1
An advertising notice states material is available at the Star Office for 20 cents per 100 units. The brief item emphasizes pricing and location for readers seeking printing materials.
Jeffersonville and Clark County plan a Centennial Homecoming Week August 21 27, with strong statewide support and county level observances. Madison and Frankfort counties highlight school led pageants and civic pride as the centennial year progresses.
At Rose Hill School end of term assembly two teachers received gifts. Miss Kate Wilson retires under the Indiana Pension Law after about 36 years, to receive roughly $15 monthly, honored for shaping hundreds of students now in business and trade. Miss Maude Clegg also celebrated forthcoming marriage with a cut glass gift from the faculty.
Prof. F. E. Andrews of Jeffersonville High School ends his teaching career under the Pension Fund Law. He served about 40 years, including years as principal and later as history instructor. He began with the Jeffersonville public schools in 1888 after leading Charlestown and Sellersburg schools.
A central Michigan 500 acre farm failed to pay interest for ten years. After radical changes the farm paid all operating expenses and earned 5 percent on a $60,000 investment within one year. Reforms included four horse machinery, dairy herd culling, new silo, and a foreman 10 percent incentive based on net income after operating costs.
Inventories on several farms show that basic tools from wheelbarrows to husking mauls add up to about $20 per farm. The finding highlights how small gear purchases accumulate beyond common assumptions in agricultural budgeting.
The Clark Circuit Court hears a consent decree in Miller versus Cardwill quieting title to city lots in Jeffersonville. A motion for a new trial is filed in Jenning vs traction company and city of New Albany with damages awarded totaling 7 million a jury. State cases involve Adkins vs Tavis with dismissal and Graves trustee vs Fitch over road work. The final report for Rothenberger estate shows charges of 741.40 and credits 528.04. A Terre Haute claimant seeks 15 for recording Higgenbotham’s death. Prather reports 590.65 from sale of real estate in Lydia. Sage tax appraisal shows 40 owed to the State. Judge Fortune designates Saturday as closing day for April term. considering extending court open ten more days before summer vacation.
Advertises GASO-TONIC a gasoline additive claiming carbon elimination and strong profits. Seeks clean cut men to sell in Southern Indiana and Southwestern Ohio with a guaranteed dollar profit per gallon and sales commissions from White Mfg. Co.
County Superintendent Samuel L. Scott will relocate his office to the Voigt Building in a few days, promising significant annual savings for the county. His previous office was housed in the High School Building.
Edward Winters was arrested Wednesday by Officer Deanis Donovan under the ordinance banning matrimonial runners. He appeared in police court and was released on his own recognizance to stand trial tomorrow. The ordinance, in effect about three weeks, carries a 546 fine for violations.
Bert McDonald sixteen from Bedford stole a horse in Detroit after being hungry for a day. He kept the horse near a church shed overnight and bought oats with ten cents before being arrested in Detroit and returned to Rochester for larceny trial.
Witnesses described the shooting of John Case in a Myers store last March in Uti ca. Judge Fortune testified about Brendel’s call offering surrender and the sheriff as proper authority. Testimony noted Case’s approach with a revolver and Brendel firing the fatal shot as bystanders fled.
Two conventions in Chicago face a split ticket scene as Republican and Progressive factions diverge. Victor Murdock notes the door is open but Republicans show no sign of harmony. Hughes leads Republican hopes while third party peace talks stall.
The story notes Progressive and Roosevelt Republicans urge Colonel Roosevelt to attend Chicago. Roosevelt declines pending a reply, while Senator Harding frames the convention’s mood under a nationalistic, defense oriented tone with flag and Lincoln imagery.
A Plymouth pageant featured fourteen scenes showing the Statue's development from early settlement to modern times. Notable episodes included arata education and industries, with a bronze tablet unveiled in Lebanon marking the site of the first school building, dated 1834.
Tickets for the commencement tonight are on sale at William G. Young's jeweler shop. No seats are reserved.
Among the river enthusiasts with new boats this year are E. H. Rosson and the Alamo I, Homer and Raymond Kegwin with Annora, Altois H. Parker and Bobby Dan, Clarence E. Parsley and Susie D, James Gorsuch, Howard Garrett with Little Fairy.
Charles Milleson, a Gypsum farmer, once suspected theft after missing $10 paid to harvest hands. Years later Mrs. Milleson found the bill hidden in a toy pocketbook, solving a decade old mystery between the lining and pocket.
The Wyman Co announces opportunity for an active worker to represent in county and city districts. Samples furnished. Write Box 147-E Meadville Pa. adv 3-31.
Five room two story furnished dwelling with bath and electric lights at 122 Locust Street, B. C. Lutz advertises.
Dream Theater presents Marguerite Snow in A Corner in Cotton with an all star cast including Frank Bacon and Lester Cuneo. Snow plays Peggy Ainslee a New York broker daughter who helps mill workers in Georgia and disrupts a cotton market corner. The program also features The Mysteries of Myra third episode and is produced by Fred J Balshofer of Quality Pictures.
The piece argues the party plans a campaign focused on national defense and strict neutrality, downplaying material promises. It claims Theodore Roosevelt will not overshadow the platform, which seeks to define steps for hardening coast and border defense and projecting armed strength.
Bona File Taxpayers League forms a permanent group at Odd Fellows Hall with officers McPherson Gossum White Worthington. about 200 members and growing. Next meeting June 21 to discuss advocacy and potential taxation reform speaker visit.
Thomas Stone, former Fire Department member forced to resign over ill health, is in the city visiting home from Cragmont.
A forecast shows likely thundershowers this afternoon or tonight in Jeffersonville and vicinity with likely fair conditions Friday. Indiana area expected partly cloudy with probable showers tonight and Friday.
Plans for a Scottsburg Chautauqua event set July 12 to July 1st with organizers preparing programs. Community groups and local venues are coordinating simulations, lectures, and concerts for attendees in Scottsburg.
The Sunday school of Wallstreet Methodist Episcopal Church will charter special interurban cars June 23 to take the school to Prather's woods near Prather ten miles from the city.
The school teachers election is postponed again and may wait until the Brendel murder case is resolved. Board member William G. Young has been unable to attend due to the ongoing case.
The article notes applause for Senator Harding as he criticizes naturalized citizens labeled as hyphenates and warns against coddling them. It cites his attack on zealots who violate neutrality while expressing sympathy for foreign-born due to shared sorrow from their native countries.
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