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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1915
Page
1
Advisory board members clash over purchasing land for a new site to satisfy State Board of Health needs. Two support buying if necessary, while Joseph Peyton opposes any act. District previously moved toward remodeling existing High School but reconsidered site options.
In Clark Circuit Court 1915 notice: Anna M. Holloway as administratrix filed final account for Fleming V. Holloway deceased. The court will examine on September 13 1975. Heirs creditors and legatees must appear to show cause and prove heirship. Clerk Curtis W. Ballard seals the notice.
An advertisement claims a weekly laxative medicine tone cleanses the inside purifies the blood boosts appetite aids sleep and growth attributed to M F Doherty. The vintage pitch highlights multiple health benefits in a single product.
Advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy for indigestion constipation and bowel regulation. Claims to purify the system and tone the stomach with a 35 cent price for tea or tablets from M F Doherty.
Thanhouser presents Daughters of Kings and Keystone comedy He wouldn’t Stay Down tonight at the Dream. Tomorrow features the usual Thursday afternoon vaudeville with another Diamond From the Sky installment Adv.
The Rev Thomas of Louisville will preach at Immanuel Baptist Church Sunday evening July 4 at 7 45 o clock.
The Immanuel Baptist Church ladies host a cake sale Saturday morning July 3 at the meat market corner Spring and Chestnut streets. Proceeds support church activities.
Large amount of money will be distributed to sewing women of the Government Depot on July 8. Those to receive funds have been signing up for payroll this week.
Friends of Phoebe Mears plan to contest her retirement as stamp clerk at the local post office. A bid to reinstate her or challenge the Civil Service Commission’s dismissal is under formal preparation. Washington speculation suggests a two angled challenge.
Washington reports indicate charges against James Burke, Postmaster of Jeffersonville Indiana, with alleged eight hour work days and reduced efficiency. Burke faced a tough confirmation fight before and during the Civil Service Board review, amid protests and political maneuvering as Miss Mears retires and ties to the case surface.
Postmaster Jas. E. Burke says he was told in Washington of impending relatory measures against him and expressed appreciation for the information while offering no comment.
Repair crews in Jeffersonville Township near Fort Fulton push ahead on Utica road work progressing toward completion as workers approach the fort end of the project.
Telegram from Elmer Davis and wife at his bedside reports William H. Kuvie operated on for appendicitis in Chicago withstanding the shock well and recovering. Davis, a Chicago rep for a large London and New York drug house, is a Jeffersonville native who once worked seven years with Buschmeyer Bros. in Louisville.
Notification from Dr. James W. Milligan superintendent at the Southeastern Hospital for the Insane says Cora Robinson, found insane by a lunacy commission, will be admitted for treatment at the North Madison institution.
Charlestown announces a July 3 to 8 Chautauqua Assembly with Farmers Day Union Rally Sunday Independence Day observances and daily strong programs. A homecoming week will see many former Charlestown residents return while churches sponsor special services for the week and a Junior Chautauqua for children runs each morning.
Garden produce earns little, yielding insufficient returns for farmers and gardeners. Some crops are left to waste or picked by others at a small price. Reports say all crops fare well overall with an excellent and recently completed wheat harvest.
Directors of First National Bank meet to declare a semi annual dividend payable June 1. Citens Trust Company declares an 11 percent annual dividend on capital stock of $190 000, June 1. Trust shows total resources of $901,?75.61 and nearly half a million in time deposits.
The case of William T Ingram and Anna Ingram versus the Jeffersonville New Albany and Ledersburg Rail Transit Company moved from Clark Circuit Court to Floyd Circuit Court on appeal. The troubled litigation traversed multiple jurisdictions showing evolving legal strategies and procedural steps.
Growers report a spreading tree disease called pear blight affecting many fruit trees. Foliage appears scorched along roadsides and in orchards, with several prized groves already attacked. Officials may be asked for assistance. the only known remedy is to remove and burn affected trees.
Information shows several youths allegedly broke into the Jeffersonville Manufacturing Company's office last Saturday. All are of juvenile age and will be held to answer to the Juvenile Court.
Washington rumors say Senator Kern may not seek re election this year and could be offered a federal judgeship by President Wilson. The White House denies any talks, while colleagues insist Kern should stay in the Senate where he would be missed if he retires.
A Police Court session convened this afternoon to hear trespass cases against Ollie Bostic and William Garrett at Louis Cohen's home on North Spring Street. William Johnson faces vagrancy charges, to be tried tomorrow morning. John Williams and six others charged with trespassing on Indiana Avenue church property to be tried Friday.
Forecasts for the twenty four hour period ending at 7 p.m. Thursday show unsettled conditions with probable showers tonight and Thursday for Jeffersonville and vicinity and Indiana.
A note promotes Doant Rexulets as a mild opening medicine priced at 25 cents a box. Available at all stores and sold by all druggists. The ad links constipation relief with headache digestion dizziness and drowsiness claims.
Six room cottage with large lot at 828 Walnut St on the east side. Contact phone number 651 for rental details. Quiet neighborhood, convenient street access. Advertisement notes available.
Russia answers Galicia defeats with a law creating a national munitions board empowered to spend unlimited funds and control private industries. The move, rapid as reported from Petrograd, signals belief that shortages in munitions contributed to recent setbacks of Grand Duke Nicholas and his forces on the Galician front.
In the House of Commons Premier Asquith declined to reveal any new terms for peace. He stated it would not be in the public interest to add to his previous public remarks. The question was prompted by Liberal MP David Mason.
Paris dispatch reports Turkish exhaustion near Krithia and predicts a French assault may capture the Turkish position. The advance reveals 6000 Turkish dead in trenches, with Allied gains in the Dardanelles under General Curoud’s leadership as the French expeditionary force stands out.
London reports the Norwegian ship Cambuskenneth sailing from Portland to Liverpool was sunk today by U 39 with thirteen crew landed and eight German sailors taken aboard. The steamship Giesco, 1094 tons gross, also sunk by a torpedo with the crew landed at North Shields.
London June 29 Navid Mason Liberal MP for Coventry given notice he will ask Prime Minister Asquith in the House on Wednesday if Gov ernment will state specific peace terms to hasten a speedy and honorable settlement. Dardanelles again hammered Rome June 29 Piccolo correspondent in Constantinople via Sofia says Anglo French fleet action in the Dardanelles resumes with great violence and is meeting with important success.
A Geneva dispatch cites Innsbruck estimates that Austrian forces have suffered about 40 000 casualties since June 23 in counterattacks around Lemberg. A London report says Austro German forces pushed into Russian Poland near Tomaszow, seizing territory.
Berlin and Vienna statements report strong Russian forces north of Kamionka repulsed with heavy losses. Czarist troops dig in along the Bug River near Zloczow Galicia, while Grand Duke Nicholas’ army holds positions threatening further Russian retreat. Austro Germán forces push Rug near Sielec and take Burstyn north of Haliez.
Magistrate Benson R. Veasey officiated the marriage of Robert R. Deno a Fowler Indiana farmer and Miss Cyrstal C. King of Louisville. The groom is a son of the late George Denhbo noted attorney and prominent Southern Indiana politician.
William J. Bryan returned to Nebraska for a homeland visit and found almost no welcome. In Omaha he met no cheering crowds or reporters during a half hour layover, and Lincoln offered a similar reception as Mayor Charles W. Bryan’s appointed committee failed to appear.
State process servers locate Evelyn Nesbit Thaw at a Lake Chateaugay summer camp and serve her a subpoena to testify against Harry K. Thaw in the New York jury inquiry into his mental condition. She is expected to testify next week.
May grant concession in issuance of bonds for improving city school buildings. Willacy J. Schwaninger, secretary of the City School Board, returned from Indianapolis after consulting the State Board of Accounts about a bond issue to add three schoolhouses and install heating systems. Bids total 058,000 and current bonded indebtedness is 55 0 under a 85,000 limit. relief likely by favorable action expected today.
Gardener Valentine Nachaner on the city’s eastern edge could not fetch prices for his crops so he opened his land to the public. He invited neighbors to take beans beets radishes lettuce and more with at least 509 people helped themselves over several days. Earlier hailstorms caused about 600 in losses to peas and beans, leaving much of the season’s produce ruined or given away.
The United Gas and Electric Company begins the immediate rate cut for electric current. The rebate applies to bills since the first reduction of the year with most customers saving 2 cents per kilowatt for the first ten kilowatts and 1 cent per kilowatt for the next ten. Power users receive 2 cents and large consumers more.
Readers, whistlers and interpreters perform in the fifth day program with Emerson Winters presenting platform humor and Mrs. Winters delivering whistling and impersonations. The duo attract audiences with acts like Hoss Race and The Carpenter Man Said a Naughty Word while Mrs. Winters offers Spring Birds in the Morning in an entertaining afternoon and evening show.
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