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Newspaper
Jeffersonville Star
Location
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1920
Page
2
A partial newspaper fragment discusses Mr Palmer’s busy schedule with delegates, a proposed $2 per ton increase on soft coal, and Congress members facing a difficult task before their constituents about peace, with tone reflecting political controversy.
A consumer faces higher costs as attorney general palms off duties while campaigning. News notes that kerosene and gasoline prices may rise, with the public warned about looming price hikes.
The 10,666 church Northern Baptist Convention unites in a fundraising push from April 25 to March 2 aiming to raise 100 million dollars. Leaders John Y. Aitchison and Frank W. Padelford direct a nationwide campaign to expand 40 Baptist schools, extend foreign missions, Americanize new citizens, and fund pensions for missionaries and ministers with three quarters targeted for domestic use.
Berneice’s Coal Co. of 556 Como Barr, Chicago, markets six grades of hard and soft coal at mine prices to households and small consumers as well as large buyers. Letters from Ed Gereka Burlington Iowa Arthur Churchman Alexandria England Fritz Bros Pompeii Michigan M. B. Ford Franklin Kentucky praise on time delivery and courteous treatment while confirming satisfaction and ongoing purchases.
Russian writer Maxim Gorky voices that the Bolshevik regime failed to revive spirituality or uplift the downtrodden, while Northern Baptists in the United States plan a sweeping church-building and educational push involving 10 666 churches and a $100 million fundraising effort to expand mission work among minorities and immigrants.
Church and civic leaders push organizing families into groups to strengthen the social fabric. Home bureaus in states like Indiana aim to make each home economically sound, healthy, and socially responsible to curb radicalism.
As part of a $100,000,000 campaign from April 25 to May 2, several new chapel cars join seven already in service. The cars, railroad coaches with chapels and living quarters, stop in towns lacking churches to hold services. They have helped establish 218 churches and 58 Sunday schools, build 179 meeting houses, settle 272 pastors, report 24,919 conversions, 8,530 additions by other means, and distribute 18,727 Scriptures. The Evangel, one car, reports 2,188 sermons, 8,998 families visited, 2,975 Scriptures distributed, 892 conversions, 596 baptisms, and 5 church buildings erected.
Salaried Sunday School workers are favored by the New World Movement of Northern Baptists. In its campaign for 100 million dollars between April 25 and May 2 the denomination plans to spend 282000 for 24 supervisors and organizers 50 Bible workers in this country and 24 In Latin America three specialists In Sunday school Institutes 12 specialists In young people's work 1 state Sunday school directors and 30 highly trained Sunday school leaders This is only the beginning of a change which a special survey committee reports is bound to be a slow process.
Edward Bok argues for renewed support of The Salvation Army as a vital citizenship effort. He praises its practical uplift work reaching men other agencies miss and asserts the Army deserves full, generous backing from Americans.
The Eat More Lamb campaign highlights cost effective lamb cuts shoulder neck and forequarter youth at retailers and households. It notes that grinding bone-in forequarter pieces into patties can boost profits and offers guidance on using neck, breast, and shoulder for stews roasts and chops with price comparisons from 1919 estimates. It includes a recipe for Mutton Stew With Barney using neck or breast meat and barley.
A lost amethyst rosary with the initials T F B requested return to 1032 E Chestnut Street. Liberal reward offered. Adv D 65 P May 4 5 6 7 8.
Advertisement notes light housekeeping rooms for rent at 215 West Market Street with dates May 1 3 and 4 listed under Adv D 59 P.
For sale extra fine pure bred Rhode Island Red eggs at 3.00 per single setting and special prices per 100. Gien EK Burtt phone 496-2 Jeffersonville Indiana R R No 2. Wanted a cook for the Jeffersonville Orphans Homes on Meigs Avenue inquire at the Home phone 255 Adv D 26 Apr 15-24 inc.
A discussion of origin stories for old sayings notes mystery around terms like Dick and the hat-band and Jab's turkey. It cites a traditional explanation for Ming your P's and Q's, tied to chalk scores of pints and quarts in tavern accounts.
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