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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1920
Page
3
The Rebekah Lodge will hold its regular meeting this evening at Pfau Hall. Members are urged to attend and discuss lodge matters and upcoming events.
Mr Gordon Oden returns to his home in Council Bluffs Iowa after visiting his aunts Mrs Anna Hurlburt and Ms Charles Rigsby during a sojourn away from home.
Mrs Beile Gaither hosted the Rebekah Sewing Society gathering at her Port Fulton home. Attendees included Mesdames A N Huckleberry A E Mahaffey O P Hardy Sallie Northcut Sidney McClintic August Happle Henry Johnson Roscoe Loomis Archie Worthington William Spelman Julia Rock Henry Howard Fred Kaelin James Sellers John Donahue Hortense Huckleperry Catherine Hinton.
The Ladies' Aid and Circle of the First Christian Church will hold an afternoon meeting at the church. Members are expected to attend for a daytime gathering and discussion of church activities.
Mrs. Irvin Gibbs and two children of Cincinnati are guests of relatives here. Effie Tally and Wayne Tally were called to Mitchell Indiana. William and Mrs. Hally visit Otisco Indiana. Anna and Lena Hurlburt return from Madison Indiana. Homer Ellison went to Darton Ohio for a job. Earl Nolan plans a Philadelphia move. Mrs. Claude Hendren returned home after surgery at Norton Infirmary. Harry Fry's Sale drew attendees from the Middle Road. Mrs. W. H. Wilcox of Chicago returned home with granddaughter Helen Janet Wilcox. Brooks Davis is ill on Meigs Avenue. George Stradley of Memphis Indiana visited Mrs. David Ball. N A Gibson, ill on Fulton Street, is improving. Mrs. Harry Long, ill at Tenth and Pratt Streets, is improving.
Jeffersonville tailor Thomas Bittner says long bench work damaged his kidneys and back. He reports Doan's Kidney Pills relieved his symptoms and recommends them. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. manufacturers. Buy Doan's Kidney Pills, the remedy Mr. Bittner used.
Librarians rally to the Enlarge Program of the American Library Association to spread American ideals through books for millions of foreign born residents. A two million dollar campaign will fund translations and expanded library services, including rural and industrial areas, to reach about fifteen million non English speakers and provide better access to literature.
The United States has 3 870 to 4 0 blind citizens. Braille titles are under 190, and the American Library Association moves to expand printing and distribution. The Inlarged Program seeks $2 000 000 from authors, librarians, and friends to fund Books for Everybody.
In Rome the Scuola Di Polizia Scientifica trains men in modern detective methods. Italy runs a national civilian directed police system with a military style. Entry requires two years of law study, many graduates, and a four month course covering fingerprint reading psychology and criminal files across the country.
A father offers Tommy permission to use the sawdust after he saws wood as part of a playful family exchange. The brief dialogue highlights a lighthearted bargain and a child’s imagination.
A proverb notes that when a lazy person gazes at the clock, time seems to stretch the day. The saying underscores perceptions of inactivity and extended waiting.
The article notes bobolinks migrate from Lake Winnipeg to Cuba and Puerto Rico, over 2800 miles, and the kingbird to South America. It cites redstart journeys over 3000 miles and hummingbirds about 2000 miles, with a Guatemala to Arctic route of 3800 miles. It also describes a hummingbird’s metabolic efficiency enabling night flight at 50 mph while maintaining 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
A New Yorker returning from the West notes a striking rise in body weight among New York women. The observer attributes it to rich food and little exercise and cites an artist friend who says finding suitable models in the city is increasingly difficult.
A moa's egg was found in a Central Otago mining district after a dredging claim collapse. It floats intact in water uninjured, marking the second perfect moa egg ever found following a Kaikoura Mountains discovery in the 1860s. The Kaikoura egg, nine inches long, seven wide, was shipped to England for $500, illustrating egg size by comparison to a hat used as an egg cup.
A description of Swiss funeral practices notes a black edged notice in papers inviting sympathy and an urn exhibition. A black cloth covered table with a black jar sits at the house, visitors leave black marginal cards, and the urn is placed at the funeral. Only men attend the churchyard, typically following the hearse or on foot.
A Kansas City barber’s odd advice about lead pipe and strops leads to a fatal garroting. The barber’s speaking line cites sharpening a razor with a soft pipe, with the victim later dying by strangling amid the steam of a towel.
A Scottish campus tale recalls ragging on St Andrew's students who shaved a disliked peer and daubed his head with red paint. One objector faced public shaming being “tried” for libels against the king of Siam and the dey of Algiers before a ducking at the Swilian burn. A classified ad seeks used fur coats rigs and stoves from Dan Robison.
Mrs. Lila Cisco Schafer offers China painting lessons for 50 cents. Contact Spring Hill via phone 665 for advertisement details in the mechanical class section.
Coming dream theater presents Evangeline The Immortal Dramatic Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with special matinee on Thursday March 4 and Friday March 5 featuring a Thursday show.
Local ad from Geo Colvin offers to buy and sell junk paper and rags. The business location is 215 Spring Street and advertises top prices. The notice runs February 23 to March 23.
Rhode Island Red eggs and Single Comb eggs offered at 1.50 and 2.50 per setting. Phone 1289 Ady. til Mar 11.
In good milling territory for custom grinding store supply and shipping. Stew and electric power. Priced few. We sell farms and all kinds of real estate anywhere. Vevay and Madison Indiana. WM. E. Ogle Agency. Adv Feb 26 Mar 4.
Rental option with bungalow available either furnished or unfurnished. Interested parties should contact Mrs. Lucy Pfau at Pearl and Market Streets by telephone 879 Adv. 1,3, 6 for details and arrangements.
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