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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1920
Page
3
Mrs Belle Gaither will host an all day meeting of the Rebekah Sewing Society at her Port Fulton home on Tuesday.
Mrs Albert Stamper entertained a number of friends at her home on Harrison Avenue, hosting an afternoon gathering with in home social chatter and refreshments.
The Rebels Lodge will hold its regular meeting Thursday evening at the Play Hall. The Rainbow Club plans a box party Tuesday evening at Keith Vary Andersen.
Miss Alice Ogden will host a Tuesday evening gathering for the Standard Bearers of the Wall Street Church. The event aims to unite members and discuss church activities and future outreach plans.
Mrs Charles Elliott of New Albany bans guests Mr and Mrs Albert Stamper. Ethel Dispenned of Milwayville visits Rev and Mrs Oscar Black Walnut Street. Laura Miller leaves for Hopkinsville Ky after visiting Katherine Nelson Court Avenue. Joseph Kerr of Washington DC visits Eugene ONeill. Mrs Herman Forest returns from Evansville after visiting Mrs Henry Bates. Nan Burke returns from Washington DC. Mrs Charles Koegel leaves for Evansville. Paul Mosier at home on Spring Street. Sarah Williams of Merrillis Indiana visits William Brown. Harry Long ill on Pratt Street. Mrs John Alpha ill but improving on Pearl Street.
The Katho-daw in Burmah houses about 700 temples each with a white marble slab bearing over 8,000,000 syllables of Buddhist texts. The Burmese alphabet and Pali language mark the unique Bible engraving. Erected in 1857 by Mindon-min, the complex forms a square around a central dominating temple with pagoda canopies atop each marble slab.
Our Dumb Animals details how Dick Martin of Galway introduced a cruelty to animals bill in the House of Commons after a cock crow interrupted him. He pressed for the measure amid general support, and the world’s first animal cruelty law was enacted.
Pearl Hill of Knoxville Tennessee credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and associated products with curing chronic back pain and female trouble after years of illness and ineffective doctor visits. She urges others to try the remedies and share their results.
A fragmented passage describes a large tragedy affecting many people in AVineia with terms like deseetolones and Paclinitied, suggesting widespread loss and a grim scene. The text mixes names and nonsensical phrases, making precise details unclear.
Widespread displacement and famine describe the era as millions flee deserts and war zones. Families lose parents and children seek shelter under harshheaders while international aid efforts mobilize to provide relief.
Local citizen Thomas Bittner of 423 East Court Street testifies that long hours at the bench harmed his kidneys and back. He credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with restoring health, recommends the remedy at 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y, sells the product.
The London market sees war wealth holders pay top prices for antiques furniture jewels from Russia and Europe, rare paintings, and even orchids and peaches for lavish entertainments. Automobiles remain scarce and costly, while popular cars of three to four years ago fetch up to 15000 dollars. Experts note peace has spurred conspicuous spending and widening class displays.
Edward Herbert aged 35 and May Armour 20 eloped from Philadelphia to Elkton Maryland for a clandestine marriage. Police across Atlantic City Philadelphia Wilmington and Elkton tracked the pair as they crossed state lines seeking a license in Elkton where they wed after a series of detentions and disguises.
An order banning loitering at New York police headquarters reveals a poolroom man used the bootsblack Cones Spinia or Sixes as betting agent. Spinia loses the bootblack privilege valued at about two hundred dollars a month due to the ruse.
In Altoona Pennsylvania railroad officers and state constabulary have orders to arrest young men and boys who bathe near bridges without proper attire along the western Pennsylvania lines to stop complaints from passengers.
A report by Dr. J. Pomeroy the county health officer shows one third of all rural births in Los Angeles County outside cities are Japanese. White births total 48 percent with Japanese 33.1 percent Mexican 18.2 percent Chinese 1 and Negro 38 percent in the rural sections.
In Saco Maine William Lorenzo I Davis eighty one married Dora Augusta Weymouth Davis fifty seven with Alan Davis ninety two serving as best man. The ceremony linked three generations in a single seaside town.
Classified ad announces Rhode Island Red eggs for setting at 1.50 and 2.50 dollars each. Contact phone 1289 with sale details and ad valid until March 11.
Advertisement notes car washing by the Osborn and Vor gang at 374 phone, Coots Building. Runs from February 17 to March 17.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s immortal poem to be presented as drama in a special matinee on Thursday March 4 and Friday March 5 featuring Coming Dream Theater performing EVANGELINE with a Thursday matinee announced.
To a keen Buyer there is only one place for passenger cars trucks tractors their equipment and maintenance We have it or we will get it at a saving It pays to please We never close SHUCK MOTOR CAR CO Phone 579 119 131 Spring Street Adv Feb 26 to Mar 3.
For sale a mill in Kentp with steam and electric power in a viable grinding and shipping area. The ad notes low prices and that WM. E. Ogle Agency handles farms and real estate in Vevay and Madison Indiana with advertising dates Feb 26 and Mar 4.
Classified ad notes a piano for sale and a piano player role offered by RECORD EXCHANGE located at 0165 Spring Street. Public notice dates Adv. Feb 27 28 Mar 1.
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