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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
1
President calls a big conference of coal miners and operators to support moving a major arsenal to the Quartermaster's Depot in this city. Plans include a large permanent force for the depot and a significant expansion. There are steps to relocate the Leather Department with 200 to 600 skilled workers to Hook Island to this city.
First naturalization papers filed for George Koerber of Wood Township with Circuit Clerk Zollman. Divorce suit brought by Mary Grossbrenner against W J Grossbrenner for abandonment. Daneton plat filed. Roberts Company's plant surveys plan to employ over a hundred workers. Property transfers include Floyd Horton and Henry Murphy deeds totaling hundreds of acres for 813,500. Keppler Barnes seeks county surveyor nomination. Ernest Schspencer and Amy May Payne wed in Charlestown clerk’s office with Rev F A Andrews officiating.
In Sellersburg a large drugstore sale signals growth as Mr M F Nickles sells to a local corporation. The deal, one of the largest in Southern Indiana, indicates ongoing prosperity and potential expansion of the business. Nickles, long a successful drugman, retires after a lengthy career and a $17 placeholder appears in the record.
Rev J W Short the district superintendent delivered a stirring message at the Nazarene Church last night and will speak again tonight. He has preached for nearly twenty years and holds degrees from Cincinnati Bible School Wilmore Dr Morrison's School Dayton Theological Seminary and served as Pittsburg Ohio District Superintendent before leading the First Church in Nampa Idaho with Northwestern Nazarene College connections. Tuesday night is the last chance to hear him.
Miss Mary Voigt principal receives invitation from Ss H McMeekin, president of Louisville Amateur Athletic Association, to join the first postwar meet and subsequent annual meets. Students Charles Pease, Earl Hobson, Frank Rager, Dufficy Walker competed in relay and sprints at the Louisville Armory last Saturday. Dufficy Walker ran 80 yards, Kenneth Rigsby 69 yards, Pease vaulted, Irving Fagerfan ran 20 yards. The Armory was crowded and spectators enjoyed the event as meets resume here each year.
The State Game Experiment Station in Montgomery County has received six wild turkeys from Beaverdam Virginia. Quail pheasants and wild turkeys will be rear ed at the station this year along with skunks and other fur bearers under the supervision of Frank G Hasselman superintendent of the station. The department will publish a pamphlet on breeding various birds and fur bearing animals based on Hasselman's experiments.
The Department of Conservation rejected all bids for the Riverside Fish Hatchery loading station after the lowest bid of 13300? was far above the 19000 architect’s estimate. The hatchery, run last year by Marion County Fish and Game Protective Association with state officials, released 128135 fingerlings across the state streams.
An editorial snippet ponders how senators view themselves versus public perception. It argues majority rule is the only safe form of government and uses the saying about a dog that barks losing its bone to illustrate consequences of attention and distraction.
Mrs Susan Quinlan aged about 111 widow of Patrick Quinlan died at 616 Mechanic Street at 12 30 Monday afternoon after a long decline. Born in Germany February 2 1816 she came to the United States about 75 years ago and has resided here 70 years. Maiden name Hilder. They formerly ran the St Nicholas Hotel on Wall Street during the Civil War. She was a member of St Augustine s Church.
The Yanks defeated the Columbias in a well contested bowling match held Monday night in the Catholic Men's Association Club rooms. The score details follow.
At Ann Arbor Michigan Edward B Manwaring preserves a four hundred year old piece of beef in a silver pitcher. The beef was saved by Sergeant Joseph Hobbins of the British Royal Marines during Trafalgar after a cook on a captured French ship attacked him. Hobbins is the great great grandfather of Lieutenant Colonel Edward B Manwaring US Marine Corps, the local resident's father. He is noted as the only US Marine direct descendant of a Royal Marine.
Tous Williams, a 1920 inmate from Alien County for robbery, died after a rope broke during a wall escape at the reformatory. He fell 35 feet and was found unconscious. physician Dr G F Williams deemed recovery impossible. Williams had a long prior record and multiple paroles.
Oscar Daly of East Fifth Street received a telegram Monday announcing the death of his sister Mrs. Emma A. Boyer wife of John T. Boyer. Burial will be at their home near Wichita Kansas.
The City School Board met at the High School Building and gave Superintendent Emmett Taylor one more week to wind up affairs. No successor appointed yet, but an approval for Friday is likely. Rumor of upheaval among teachers denied by the STAR as unfounded.
Two five room cottages with gas for sale at 315 and 317 West Court Avenue. Seller moving from the city. Contact F. L. Curry Ady for details.
The Ministerial Association outlined Good Friday plans with merchants closing noon to 3 pm. A community service will be held at the Dream Theater at 1 20 p m with Rev Charles Welch of Louisville as speaker. A children's service will follow and Miss Nannie Lee Frazier of Louisville is hoped to speak.
Excellent opportunity for surgical and medical training with two and three year courses. Graduate registered nurse in two years under Illinois law. Information at Montrose Ave Hospital 2546 Montrose Ave Chicago. Private nurses earn 83 to 50 dollars weekly including room and board. Adv Mar 23 24 25.
Oklahoma Congressman Dick Z Morgan urged a bill to form a Federal corporation with 160 million dollars to buy homes for ex service men. He spoke before the House Ways and Means Committee pushing practical relief over cash bonuses for veterans.
Mrs A B Sanders, en route to Dayton from the South where she wintered, is a guest of her daughter Mrs Cydefoover at 225 West Maple Street.
A Monday night display of the Northern Lights drew pedestrians to Spring Street as flashing, multicolored wisps moved across the sky. While crowds marveled, wire operatives reported interference with terrestrial currents, disrupting electrical apparatus during the unusual mid winter phenomenon.
President Wilson called a joint conference of coal miners and coal mine operators in Washington to revise wage schedules. The revision will follow the majority report of the coal commission appointed for this purpose.
Twenty-five coalmen were placed under arrest in Terre Haute on a Federal indictment for forming a conspiracy to limit production in violation of the Lever Act. Ten arrests were made today, including seven operators and three officials representing the miners.
Berlin labor unions call for the resignation of the Ebert cabinet as Allied governments warn the Independent Socialists that continued strikes will jeopardize support. Food supplies grow scarcer amid the political crisis.
A large audience filled the Morten Memorial ME Church for the first night of the joint evangelistic campaign. The service highlighted shared preaching by ministers from several churches and urged personal repentance as the path to salvation, with additional meetings planned at First Presbyterian Church.
Charles J. Orbison, Federal Prohibition Director for Indiana, says Tamaica Ginger and lemon extracts are being sold in small quantities at druggists. He notes some buyers seek a kick from these fluids, implying illicit use.
The surplus of the dog tax, totaling %246.09 after State shares, is apportioned to townships to fund hydrophobia victims and dog bite deaths. Amounts per township include Bethlehem 247 children equal to 55 cents each, Carr 307, Charlestown 666 with 369.27, Jeffersonville 704, Monroe 564, Oregon 258, Owen 152, Silver Creek 613, Union 182, Utica 387, Washington 359, Wood 301, Clarksville 576, New Providence 84, Port Fulton 297, City 2736.
A bustling Spring Street scene drew crowds well past midnight with packed Dream Theater, busy soda shops, and a steady parade of autos. Country visitors joined city crowds to shop and observe the lively activities.
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