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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1915
Page
4
Fersonvele Printing Company A K Schimpff publisher lists annual rates 6 50 for advance payments and 0G per year. The notice mentions post entry and second class matter status with a brief public notice style typical of historic newspapers.
A bold investment pitch promotes a new company organized with a $61 million value. It touts 100 percent dividends through 90 ways, rapid full-money participation, and timber shares at 2 cents each. Investors urged to remit and request free information from Amalgamated Oil, Colcord Building Oklahoma City.
Advertisement promoting simple income selling sheet music to friends and stores with price details. Mentions Krey Music Co in Boston and other tonics and products like Hol uster's Tea and Burdock Blood Bitters with pricing and testimonials.
A Deland Florida booklet from the Business League outlines regional features including orange groves university centers and a 25 mile road to Atlantic Ocean beaches. Secretary listed as contact.
Industrial Mfg Co offers exclusive territory for Ford cars with large commission. Guaranteed to satisfy. Address 540 Jacksen Bivd Chicago. (Adv.)
Report notes constipation linked to headache digestion issues and dizziness. Recommends mild remedy, Dean's Requiets 25c from tail stores, as a cautious OTC option.
For sale good 56 acre farm with splendid improvements two miles north of Jeffersonville. Cars stop near house, immediate possession. Address J B Philadelphia Summitville Indiana.
Advert shows Old coins wanted with high payments for certain coins including a 1873 S mint dollar and 1904 collars. Offers $7 for an 1853 quarter no arrows and $2 for 1904 proofs. Readers urged to send 4¢ for a large circular and mail to Numismatic Bank Dept 52 Ft Worth Tex. Adv.
Classified notice offers 3 plots of 50 by 140 feet valued at 1850 dollars with easy terms. Seller invites offers and emphasizes cheap pricing, listing 94 Gordon Avenue as contact. Local readers are urged to inquire for purchase details.
Messy ad text discusses hiring engineers and buying acres with tac promising to attract large producers. Mentions Ohio locations and a product called Hollister Rocky Mountain Tea as a supposed purifier remedy. References digestive issues and unhealthy symptoms.
U S Government endorses Richmond Chemical Extinguishers for gasoline fires in auto and factory use. District managers profit massively. Advertisement for Richmond Chemical Co desk 921 Wheeling West Virginia claiming health benefits and tonics with Rocky Mountain Tea from M F Doherty as a real remedy priced 35 cents.
An OCR fragment advertises facial beautifiers and skin benefits. It mentions a product marketed by M F Gerverty with a price of 35e, plus a Free Electric Coupon offer urging quick action. The copy references habit formation and a brand named Flouster.
Exceptional opportunity for a right man. Represent a major tire manufacturer on a commission basis. Address Manager, 611 Chamber of Commerce, Detroit, Michigan.
Classified ad offering $5 to $7 daily earnings selling new fibre brooms. States sample by parcel post for 30 cents. Promoter Wynne Broom Co. based in Elmira.
Tree ripened oranges or grapefruits offered for cash by D. J. Dixon in Jacksonville Florida. Approximate quantities: 200 oranges or 80 grapefruits. Price 1.75 dollars. Address provided for delivery.
Parties may sell Chautauqua Season Tickets on commission by applying to Theo Lyons at 336 W. Maple St. Jeffersonville.
Prepare for cuts burns and bruises with Dr Thomas Electric Oil. Used by thousands. Sold by your druggist in 25c and 50c sizes.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a bracing cleaning medicine to drive out spring fever symptoms. It claims to improve bowels energy color and vitality with tea or tablets sold by M. F. Doherty.
Dark green painted pin-nana with light green shamrod reported lost in Eastern Cemetery. Reward offered upon return to Mrs. F Fi at 925 E Chestnut. Adv.
Maurice Switzer's line in Judge warns that hogs, though trained to do tricks, remain hogs who root and disrupt. Kept in pens, they avoid harming offices or papers yet still cause disturbance, with dead hogs seen as more valuable than living ones due to canning profits.
The quote contrasts imagined actions of a wealthy woman with her real behavior when money is scarce, highlighting how finances shape choices and priorities. It reflects on aspiration versus reality and the freedom money could provide.
A sharp social quip contrasts snobbery with ambition. It depicts a man on a ladder kissing the feet of the higher man while kicking the one below, and it critiques those who blame others for not achieving wealth or power rather than managing their own affairs.
The passage contrasts Solomon's advice with modern behavior, noting that many people ignore wise counsel. It humorously compares a clam's large mouth to talkativeness, and suggests avarice drives others to be stingy. It ends by praising thrift as a personal economy.
A succinct observation notes that men skilled at solving conundrums often lack proficiency in other areas. The remark implies a tradeoff between clever guessing ability and broader practical competence.
A pithy comparison notes that a modestly priced wedding suit at ten dollars is preferable to the costly ten thousand dollar breach of promise dispute, reflecting frugal prudence in legal risk.
Classified advertisement states agents can earn five to fifteen dollars daily using Sterling methods for fifteen household necessities. Apply at once to Sterling Co Box 37 Kokomo Indiana.
Announcement by Woman's Wear Co at 88 McWhorter St Newark New Jersey invites reliable women to manage agency sales for house dresses with an average daily earnings of six dollars. The opportunity targets steady workers for a direct factory outlet.
Advertisement offers a crew foreman position with experience and good references. The text promotes MAGA ZINE CIRCULATION COMPANY in Chicago and mentions a dubious remedy for earache toothache pains burns scalds and sore throat.
Advertisement offers wallpaper cleaning at fair rates with a work guarantee. Apply Paul Miller at 816 E Seventh Street or call the office. The piece ends with a note on the word calculus meaning pebble calculating and a brief historical reference.
A newly organized venture promotes a ground floor proposition with 100 percent potential dividends within 90 days. It claims 20 wells can operate at once and urges quick action on money. Shares offered at 2 cents with $10 purchasing $500 stock value. Remit now and request free information. Dividends declared soon. 721 Colcord Bida Oklahoma.
Help wanted for a permanent salesman to sell high grade calendars and advertising specialties in a specific territory starting January 1915. Liberal contract offered. Applicants should specify age selling experience and provide references. Address TER.
Numismatic Bank advertises buying old coins with high payouts including 1853 Half Dollar 5 and 1878 Half Dollar 5 percent mint. Offers 1894 Dime S Mint and other valuables. Claims large profits and urges sending 4 cents for circular from Ft Worth Texas.
An advertisement urges using Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a blood purifier and spring tonic to cleanse winter impurities. It promotes tea or tablets priced 35 cents from M. F. DOHERTY and claims to brighten complexion clear skin and drive germs from the system.
Advertises a furnished front room with or without board for two gentlemen or a man and wife. Applicants may contact 816 E Seventh Street.
Focal organizer needed to sell magazine subscriptions on easy payment plan. Recruits sub-agents and operates through q ubagents. Permanent position with advancement prospects. Apply to The Magazine Circulation Company 327 Dearborn Street Chicago.
The Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company files with the Public Service Commission of Indiana to raise minimum rates by class to the maximum. Hearings set in Boonville Evansville and Jeffersonville in May and June 1915. Interested parties urged to attend and show cause why discriminations should not be removed. Witness dated May 19 1915.
A sales pitch advertises a $1,000 death benefit and a five dollar weekly accident policy, with a $1 annual registry fee and $250,000 deposited in the Insurance Department. The listing claims experience unnecessary and calls to register at 46 Canton Street, Newark, New Jersey, via the Registry Department.
An advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy to revitalize a dull feminine appearance. It urges women to act now to become more attractive, featuring claims from M. F. Doherty and urging immediate use.
An ad promotes Rocky Mountain Tea as a quick cleanse for the stomach and bowels. It claims Spring readiness with a 2%e tea or tablets and credits M. F. Doherty as the advertiser.
Short notice rental item announces one or two rooms available for rent with inquiries directed to Goodman s Grocery.
Spring brings lingering hacking coughs and more illnesses like croup bronchitis and pneumonia. Every family should have a reliable cough medicine on hand. Foley's Honey and Tar Compound eases a cough checks a cold relieves inflamed membranes clears air passages and soothes inflammation. Safe By Ben Doolittle.
An advertisement offers a Maxwell car in good order for 350 dollars cash if purchased immediately. The listing credits Dr J H Baldwin as the contact or seller.
Three to four hundred a month salary or commission selling our oils greases paints and specialties. Do not be satisfied get our proposition. Inland Oil Works Co., Cleveland Ohio. (Adv.)
Old coins wanted paying $50 for 1853 half dollar no arrows $5 for 1878 half dollar S mint $100 for 1894 dime S mint many valuable coins circulating Send now to Numismatic Bank Dept 52 Fort Worth Texas adv.
Advert says Dean's Ointment eases baby eczema and itching. A little goes far and it is safe for children, selling for 5fse a box at all stores.
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