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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1911
Page
4
Every resident can do something toward improving appearances by cleaning up front yards and carting away filth in back yards and alleys. Disease lurks in old rubbish piles, giving reason to remove it. Civic pride should drive citizens to rid the town of unsightly and health hazard. The first to act will be praised, inspiring neighbors to follow. Let us all get busy and have a clean town.
Town booster column endorses a Kingman Horse Show to be held this summer. Local leaders back the plan, hoping the event will attract visitors, boost trade, and stimulate interest in breeding fine stock while introducing Kingman to strangers.
Mrs R H Weaver and son Samuel visited Brazil Saturday to see her brother H H Jackson and wife. Opera house promotional nights entice locals to move pictures and roller skating while the high school annual nears distribution with limited copies available through senior class orders. Wm Parish and others noted in town. Tax delinquencies loom as May first deadline approaches. county treasurer says many slow to settle. Neighbors and families, piers, and local shops feature pianos, sewing machines, and millinery as sales bustle continues.
Alfred Stevens, 25, died after taking carbaric acid at his Covington home on Saturday morning following a Friday night incident. Son of James H. Stevens formerly of Newtown, he had been unemployed, his mother died two years ago, and he had been melancholy since. Body taken to the old Newtown home for interment. Reports say cigarettes contributed indirectly to his death.
On Sunday April 9 Mr and Mrs William Jackson near Tangier hosted guests for Carl Jackson and son Vern formerly of Yale Oklahoma including Mr and Mrs William Jackson and family Mr and Mrs J W Jackson Mr and Mrs J W Commons and son Cecil Mrs Chloe Harvey and family Mrs J F Bryant and family Ellsworth Miss Sally Brown and Geo Dickens The afternoon featured music and games and a very pleasant time was enjoyed by all.
Mail-order houses never quit advertising filling farm papers with circulars by the ton. A Chicago house offered to buy 5000 inches of space, more than any home merchant ever used in a year. The way for home merchants to counter is to keep better and stand out in local papers.
The administrator of Lancelot C. Ewbank, deceased, gives notice of a private sale at 10:00 AM on April 22, 1911 in Kingman, Indiana. Real estate in Fountain County is offered subject to court approval for not less than appraised value with at least one third cash and the rest in two notes bearing 6 percent interest, secured by mortgage. E Eldo Ewbank, Administrator.
A Penacook resident praises Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for quick relief from chronic headaches. The testimonial notes that headaches plague many after exertion and that the pills relieve without stomach upset, urging readers to obtain a package and follow directions for a refund if no benefit.
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