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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1915
Page
4
Fractured ad text promotes Amalgamated Oil Co and Krey Music Co with promises of 100 percent dividends and high yields. It mixes financial pitches, health tonics, and Frankly dubious products, urging readers to remit for information while listing scattered addresses and products. The jumble targets general readers with aggressive sales language.
Distributor notices discuss starter Ford car and large commission. Doan's Regulets advertised as evening medicine for headache dizziness and indigestion. Real estate ad promises immediate possession near Jefferserville with farm improvements and two miles from town. Coin collectors sought by Numismatic Bank with offers for 1873 to 1852 coins.
An offer for 9x140 cts material valued at 1850 dollars is advertised as a ready opportunity for big producers and engineers. Contact MR BOX 190 STATION Q ND OHIO via Adv. Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea is touted as a spring tonic and purifier claim.
An old advertisement promotes Richmond Chemical Extinguishers for gasoline fires and a mountain tea tonic claiming to enrich the blood strengthen nerves and aid digestion. It also touts Doan's Regulets as a laxative and mentions various patent medicine claims with dubious health benefits.
Plants for sale at Decker's Second Hand Store 722 Spring Street. Transplanted tomato plants with strong roots for quick bearing 10c per dozen. Also rhubarb plants 5c each. Ad.
Notice states parties may sell Chautauqua season tickets on commission by Theo Lyons at 336 West Maple Street Jeffersonville.
An old style drugstore advertorial promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil for minor injuries. It claims quick relief for cuts burns and bruises and notes prices 25 and 50 cents. The copy urges shoppers to buy at their local druggist.
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as safe for children and effective for eczema and itching. The box is priced at 50 cents and claims a small amount lasts a long way, suitable for use at home or stores.
Agency ad promotes 5 to 15 dollars daily using Sterling methods. Highlights offer of fifteen household necessities and immediate application to Sterling Co Box 37 Kokomo Indiana. Adv.
An advertisement from The Sliver Mirror Co Inc states earn 20 to 35 dollars monthly by extra work on neutral terms. No selling no canvassing no investment required. Employed people only please apply at 123 W Madison Street Chicago Illinois Adv. 4 19 20 21 22.
An 19th century medical advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a bracing cleansing medicine to cure feverish symptoms and listlessness. It claims to drive out spring fever and restore life with tea or tablets offered by M. F. Dcherty for 35 cents.
Pains in the back rheumatism fainting spells indigestion and constipation are advertised to improve after using Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea or Tablets weekly for a month or two. The ad claims better health and appetite and lists 35c price.
Ex ceptional opportunity for right man to represent a large tire manufacturing company on commission. Apply with address: Manager, 611 Chamber of Commerce, Detroit Michigan.
A dark green pin with a light green shamrock was lost, likely in Eastern Cemetery. Reward offered for its return to Mrs. F. H. Same at 925 E. Chestnut.
Advertisement seeking a man skilled in sales to earn $100 or more monthly by building a permanent profitable business. Acquaintance with trade in Indiana preferred. Stetson of Co. Cleveland Ohio.
Elmira based Wynne Broom Co advertises fibre brooms for daily sale at 5 to 7 dollars per parcel post sample 30 cents. The notice targets women as buyers and invites orders by mail.
Help wanted advertisement from Paul Miller offering wallpaper cleaning with work guaranteed. Apply at 816 E Seventh Street or call the office. The piece also includes a definition riff: the word calculus derived from pebbles used for counting.
Street and lucious tree ripened fruit offered for cash to any address. Full box approx 200 oranges or 80 grapefruits for $1.75. F. D. B. Jacksonville, DO. J. Dixon Jacksonville, Fla. Adv.
Woman's Wear Co offers reliable women a chance to earn an average of $6 per day as agents. Newark address listed. Also an opening for a crew foreman with experience and references to manage a major magazine proposition for Magazine Circulation Company in Chicago. Dr Thomas Electric Oil promoted as emergency remedy for ailments.
Classified notice seeking a salesman to sell Calendara and Advertising Special ties in a territory starting January 1915. Offers a permanent position with liberal contract. Requests details on age selling expert fee and references. Address TER
Buy cash for old coins including 1853 Half dollar with no arrows 1878 Half Dollar 1894 Dime and other mint coins. Advertises a Coin Circular for a 4c request and promises large profits to the reader. Ft Worth Texas department 55 advertising copy.
A short Adv. from Acme Co at 161 East 111th Street Chicago urges readers to learn more about premium offers by requesting particulars.
An oil stock pitch promises a $61,000,000 company with 100 percent dividends within 90 days. It requires quick action on 2 cent shares, with $10 buying $500 par value stock and 20 wells planned. Remit for free information from Amalgamated Oil Co Oklahoma.
The Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company petitioned the Public Service Commission of Indiana to remove all discrimination in rental rates by raising the minimum rate for all subscribers to the maximum in each classification. Hearings are scheduled in Boonville on June 15 1915 Evansville June 16 1915 and Jeffersonville June 17 1915 with interested parties urged to attend and show cause. The commission's seal witness dated May 19 1915.
Purify your blood and clear complexion with Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. A spring tonic claimed to drive impurities and germs from your system. Sold as tea or tabietw by M. F. Doherty for 35 cents.
Local organizer needed to sell magazine subscriptions on easy payment terms. Permanent position with sub agents and advancement opportunities. Apply The Magazine Circulation Company 327 Dearborn St Chicago.
Advertisement claims disfiguring eruptions scrofula pimples and rashes come from impure blood. Burdock Blood Bitters is recommended as a cleansing blood tonic sold for $1.05 at all stores.
Evansville Indiana June 8 Local police seek Lawrence Schnell contracting carpenter who vanished after charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Prosecuting Attorney Sappenfield cites a letter from Mrs Schnell saying he is in Texas. His coat and hat were found near Pigeon Creek bank with a bottle of carbolic acid in his side pocket. For a time it was believed he had taken his life.
Postmaster General Burleson announced 770 new rural delivery routes to serve 82,390 families and extend service to 5,460 more. Most routes begin June 15 with temporary carriers authorized pending permanent hires via civil service exams. Savings of $517,262 from April May enabled the expansion.
Many routes have been consolidated with others though few carriers will be dropped. Transfers are arranged with experienced men retained as orders await the post master general signature to authorize new rural automobile service in many localities. Local rate eligibility applies to residents within twenty five miles. The first routes start operations August 1.
Fort Wayne Ind June 8 State Senator Elias M Rinear who led the movement for state wide primaries in the last Legislature died at his Bluffton home at 10 30 Sunday night from a complication of diseases He was 71 years old He authored the direct primaries bill in the Indiana Senate and helped pass other similar measures He is survived by his widow and one son Dr Edwin Rinear of North Vernon Ind His brother John W Rinear of Liberty Center was a state senator twenty years ago
The passage offers dated quips on appearances, honesty, and social ambition. It notes a cheerful liar when a woman hears flattery, warns on proper horse shoeing, and comments on marriage markets and parental matchmaking. It also remarks on pride in rich relatives as social proof.
A man notes that true pleasure from a purchase is rare when it does not come at the cost of money. The remark frames consumer satisfaction as tied to financial consequence.
Analysis suggests many large financial wrecks stem from speculative schemes promising rapid wealth. Experts warn that fiduciary risk and misrepresentation drive losses, urging due diligence and regulated investment practices to prevent similar collapses.
Spring brings lingering hacking coughs and lingering colds that weaken the system. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound eases a cough checks a cold relieves inflamed membranes and clears air passages. For Sale By Ben Doolittle.
Advertisement notes a newly painted Maxwell automobile in good order for sale at 350 dollars cash if taken immediately from Dr. J H Baldwin.
Three to four hundred dollars monthly salary or commission for selling Oils Greases Paints and Specialties. Do not be satisfied apply now Inland Oil Works Co Cleveland Ohio Advertisement.
Advertisement promises payment for coins including an 1853 Half Dollar without arrows at 50 dollars a coin and a 1878 Half Dollar from the San Francisco mint. It touts a 1894 Dime from the San Francisco mint for 100 dollars and references profitable circulation.
A child safe skin treatment advertised as itchy relief, Dean's Way lotion offered at four dollars a box at all stores. The notice promotes wide store availability and highlights safety for children.
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