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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1920
Page
4
The Ladies' Aid and Circle of the Christian Church will hold a meeting Thursday afternoon. Members are urged to attend and participate in planned activities.
Mrs Frank Huber hosted the Bridge Club yesterday afternoon at her Louisville residence. A number of residents attended. Miss Virginia Reynolds was discharged Monday from Norton Infirmary after an appendectomy and is much improved and back at home.
Mrs Hal Lewman will entertain a number of friends from this city of Bridge Saturday afternoon at her home on Cherokee Parkway in Louisville.
The C. W. B. M. Society will gather Friday at 2 PM at the First Christian Church for a regular meeting.
Miss Susie Myrtie Cogswell returns home after appendicitis surgery at Norton Infirmary. Miss Edith Eberts hosted Tri Kappa at Meigs Avenue. Mrs. Ben Long critically ill on Court Avenue. siblings also sick but recovering. Miss Lelia Schowe ill with influenza in McCulloch neighborhood. Jeffersonville Township Farmers Institute hosts all day meeting Saturday at McCulloch Chapel with dinner by Economics Club. Charles Overman seriously ill in Canton Indiana with little hope of recovery. Mrs. Charles Koegel returned from Evansville visit. E B Townsend at St Edwards Hospital New Albany for nervous breakdown. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lewman and children of Charlestown visiting Mrs. W H Werk on Penn Street. Mrs FB W Fitch to host Womans Club at E Front Street. Mrs Louis Bateman moved from Tenth Street to Ohio Falls. Mr Phillip Parker leaves for Indianapolis for a position. Mrs T O Heavard of St Paul visiting her mother Mrs Thomas Dunbar. Mrs Mary L Neil B Court Ave listed as sick.
Car production falls in January as railroad freight car shortages and labor uncertainty slow output. The Shuck Motor Car Co advertises new orders for cars, trucks, and tractors on Spring Street with a Feb 26 to Mar 3 run.
We buy and sell all kinds of junk rags paper etc. See us before you sell. We pay the best prices. Phone 884 George Colvin 215 Spring Street Adv Feb 23 to Mar 28.
A Burman Siam jungle overview notes low caste Siamese live with few wants and rely on bamboo crafts and wild foods. They move continually, are seen as petty thieves by some, and tattoo traditions focus on male thighs with simple fringe patterns while women reject tattoos as beauty.
The leaders of Protestant churches can meet on a common table to view the Christian enterprise globally. The Interchurch World Movement shows where Methodists and Baptists are, their strength, and unoccupied mission fields to occupy for Christ.
The Interchurch World Movement urges rural churches to aid migrant sheep shearers who work from the Canadian border to Mexico. It notes these workers face isolation and could benefit from church-supported social and welfare facilities in outlying districts.
Jeffersonville resident Thomas Bittner a tailor at 423 E Court St testifies Doan's Kidney Pills eased his backache and kidney troubles. He urges buyers not to settle for generic remedies and notes the product costs 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets the pills.
A sequoia in Brookdale Santa Cruz County was toppled by a storm. The 330 year old tree held a wood pecker nest near its top and a three stalked huckleberry bush grew inside the hollow, its six foot roots drawing sap and fruiting.
A decade after a French missionary began breeding two spider species, a spider web factory thrives at Chalais-Meudon near Paris. Ropes for balloon use by the military aviation section are spun by twelve spiders over a reel winding the threads.
Instructions request cutting out indicated squares from groups and assembling them to form a single figure of a man seated. The activity describes a geometric collage task likely from a puzzle page.
Experts say imported species flourish unusually in New Zealand. Red deer reach over 500 pounds, trout weigh up to twenty pounds, and sheep multiply rapidly with finer wool and better mutton.
Japan has three national holidays. Jan. 1 marks the emperor's birthday, and Nov. 3 is another official holiday. February 11 is the most significant date as the coronation anniversary of the first emperor Jimmu at Kashiwara near Nara centuries ago.
The lodgekeeper at Fulham Palace wakes staff each morning by walking the quadrangle with a fifteen foot rod and tapping on the servants’ sleeping room windows.
Finest India spices sent to the royal kitchen with juices from Calcutta. Malta and Ireland supply preserved fish and sardines for the royal household.
Short classified ad offers a grocery horse and wagon for sale at a cheap price to be taken immediately. Includes contact telephone number 564 and dates March 1 to 6 for the advertisement.
Advertises Single Comb Rhode Island Red eggs at 150 dollars and $2.50 per setting. Includes phone number 1268 and notes advertisement valid until March 11.
Coming Dream Theater announces Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's EVANGELINE a renowned dramatic poem shown Thursday and Friday March 4 and 5 featuring a special matinee on Thursday.
A persistent dealer advertises passenger cars trucks and tractors with equipment and maintenance needs. The offer promises savings and 24 hour service at 419-121 Spring Street with phone 579 and runs Feb 26 to Mar 3.
In Kent area milling and grinding capacity with steam and electric power. Low prices on farm and real estate listings. Advertised by WM. E. Ogle Agency serving Vevay and Madison Indiana with ad dates Feb 26 and May 4.
Advertisement notes furnished or unfurnished rentals or sales in Bangalow. Applicants directed to Mrs. Lucy Pfau at Pearl and Market Streets with telephone 879-Y. Includes ad tag and date line.
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