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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
3
Iowa State bulletin reports a one year test of hogging ripe rye without corn. Hogs averaged 70 pounds start and gained 0.269 pounds daily while hogging rye for 20 days, versus nearly 2 pounds daily when fed corn with green rye. Rye yield measured at 41.76 bushels per acre and fed back to hogs showed net loss compared to market sale.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Gladys complaining about an egg and a bystander quipping about a bad hen. Other snippets reference Life magazine humor and a cartoon caption about an automobilist and a furnace grate. The clipping also mentions a Chicago Tribune joke about a rough sea passage and steward neglect.
Friday activities include the Boys Scouts of the Presbyterian Church meeting on Friday night. Saturday features the Boy Scouts of the Morton Memorial Church holding a lawn fete on the church lawn Saturday evening.
The Auto Sheet Metal Company advertises automobile repair services in Jeffersonville for auto bodies fenders and radiators. It claims high class work and service with guaranteed quality and affordable prices, inviting pleased customers.
An advertisement declares the Federal System of Bakeries as the people's choice. It warns owners to close ovens or avoid overwork, notes a manual kitchen door open for breeze, and claims Federal Bread is used in nine-tenths of homes in Jeffersonville.
C D Reeder runs the only First Class Merchant Tailor shop in Jeffersonville offering tailored suits to measure. Services include cleaning pressing and repair, with adjustments to revive old suits to look new.
A vintage Jeffersonville laundry ad touts high quality service with shirt and collar cleaning and pressing. It markets master cleaning and careful handling as the best care, claiming none better anywhere at any price.
Ambrose Crosslets relays a string of colorful incidents from town life. Truman Bilge contemplates partial belief after a quarrel, Doc Wade cuts winter medical prices, and Ote Gimber clashes with a buggy injuring Neil Bushnell who sues for damages. Witt Larcom causes a window crash with a shotgun blast in Morg Quidd's shop. Sherm Spoor’s hat startles a horse, and grocer Bill Waile_endures a lingering molasses sale.
A vintage advertisement touts the New York Laundry offering fist class laundry for men women and children. It promises careful handling and urges husbands to send laundry to a regular business with best work and lowest prices.
M. A. Conroy offers flour and grain products at the corner of Seventh and Spring Streets. The advertisement promotes Peruna Scratch Feed for chickens and Stock Food for horses cows hogs and sheep. Farmers and city residents are urged to trade here for good satisfaction.
H. G. Bottorff, manufacturer and builder of top quality auto tops and seat covers. Protects auto seats and upholstering for a neat appearance. Promises best workmanship and service at reasonable prices. Adv. 40.
Jeffersonville's largest supply house promotes Gienger & Co. offering farm machinery and tools including the celebrated Wallis Tractor. The ad claims three men and three teams work to help farmers gain one third more bushels of corn wheat or oats.
Real estate bargains in city and farm properties. Insurance written at lowest rates in reliable companies. Policy described as best friend in time of need with liberal terms and strong safety.
The Graham Drug Co offers the Palm Garden Cafe with all you can eat in hot weather. It claims to be the most popular drug store in Jeffersonville with best service, charming music, and low prices. Marry L. Beiling.
Purest candies and ice cream parlor offerings advertise The Chocolate Shop with chocolate creams caramels sodas and flavors. Nach and Bros and Heliable Automobile Repair promote Willard Storage Batteries vulcanizing tires Fisk tires plus mileage guarantees.
The Rose Coal Company promotes thoroughly screened coal free from dirt and cookers offering cost heat for the least money. They claim many people order their coal from Rose Coal Company.
Jeffersonville store advertises fresh beef pork and mutton with pure lard and claims the greatest number of customers buy there. Ad titled Furnishing you the Best Meats of all kinds. You can Save money on every purchase at the Hoosier Meat Market.
Geo. O. Ogden advertises half soles and rubber heels to cut shoe bills while promising solid comfort. Chas. H. Moser promotes dependable mens furnishings with hats shirts collars ties socks underwear and a one third savings. Jeffersonville shoppers familiar with the store claim dollars saved on the next suit.
B Doolittle's Popular Drug Store in Jeffersonville draws shoppers with courteous service and low prices on perfumes toilet articles soaps face creams toothbrushes and more.
Classified note promotes various grooming items including clothes brushes, combs, and hair brushes. It then asks readers to request perfumes described as strong in strength purity and fragrance, labeled as Adv.10.
Will J Morris Optometrist and Optician advertises Kryptoks as the perfect eye glasses. The ad promises eye comfort and clearer reading with near and far vision in one pair, claiming eyes will not tire.
The Exclusive Ford Garage Guenther and Rauth promotes Ford car care. They offer frequent inspections to keep your Ford in top order and extend its life while promising lower repair costs and satisfactory prices.
Excerpts critique fame and rhetoric from Sampson’s hair to modern poets and legislators. The prose muses on fame versus bluff in sports and stage, questions laws and songs, and ribbingly notes dancers and writers bending trends. John Kendricks Bangs cites Judge to lampoon originality and public taste.
A terse street exchange unfolds in Chicago as Eve clarifies the robber’s alias. The highwayman insists on robbery while noting a familiar route, implying a swap of targets or identities in the onlooked corner incident.
He asks why she won t marry him after declaring inability to live apart She replies she is curious to see how long he will endure the test of survival in their tense exchange.
A compact, playful dialogue from Salt Lake City uses Cupid and a moral about sharing and scissors. One speaker jokes that a gift of a pair of scissors cannot sever friendship if the scissors carry a personal monogram. The exchange blends romance and humor in a brief literary vignette.
Coots Bros and Gill promote city and farm property in Indiana and Kentucky opposite Clark County State Bank. They claim now is the best time to invest in farms or city property offering potential money makers.
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