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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1913
Page
5
Miss Clara Moore travels to Terre Haute for a 12 week teachers course at the State Normal. Mrs J M Cory returns Monday from visiting her daughter Mrs Wm Rabb at Hillsdale.
The ad touts a vast selection from dry goods to furniture at a large department store run by J. Frank McDermond in Attica. It promises free delivery, railroad fare reimbursement, a combined newspaper and store paper, and mail delivery. It also notes J W Holman and Fred Madden exchanging locations after Madden moved into Moore property, and Mrs Victor Moore returning home from Veedersburg after visiting her father William Askern.
Notice to citizens voters and land owners in Mill Creek Township Fountain County Indiana that S E Douglass and over fifty freeholder voters filed a petition with the Board of Commissioners for grading draining and paving a highway and opening a section to straighten it the cost to be raised by taxation without an election and the petition is on file in the auditor's office as a true copy.
A formal 1913 petition from Mill Creek Township residents to the Fountain County Board of Commissioners seeks opening and locating a new 32 foot wide gravel road about seven eight of a mile long. The route extends from the southeast corner of section 25 to the Perrysville Road area, passing lands of several residents, with grading drainage and concrete culverts requested. The document notes the town of Kingman, population under two thousand, and that the road lies entirely within Mul Creek Township. A US Rural Free Mail route is said to traverse the proposed road. The hearing date is May 6, 1913, presented by auditor W. B. Gray.
Administrator Albert Roberts announces a public auction of the estate at the decedent's late residence southeast of Wallace Jackson Township Fountain County Indiana on May 8 1913 starting at 10:00 AM. Items include hay cattle two yearlings and other household goods with oats corn and more. Payment terms: cash under 5 dollars, credit up to nine months on larger balances with interest and acceptable sureties.
State of Indiana Fountain County has duly qualified A Lonzo Ratcliff as executor of the last will and testament of William R Ratcliff deceased late of Fountain County Indiana. Said estate is supposed to be solvent.
Local ad urges readers to get ice for refrigerators from Robinson and Reath's, pitching convenience and availability.
A satirical piece quotes an African tribal claim that good men have no stomachs and evil spirits dwell there. It argues the test of poison would kill bad men with stomachs while spared good ones, mocking the idea and its use to label others.
Cosmo Hamilton cites a Roman anecdote on eugenics and divorce. He recalls the saying where the shoe pinches to illustrate unseen faults in a marriage. The tale underscores tensions between appearance and hidden flaws in social standards.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph quip recalls a reporter asking a stout contestant in a Helen of Troy costume what character she portrayed. The reporter jokes that weights and measures misled him to think of Helen of Avoidupnis.
A citizen complains of ingratitude after supporting Senator Hamfatt for eighteen years. He notes Hamfatt’s defeat but refuses to resign, asking to serve as senator for about fifteen days. The dialogue implies political tension and personal frustration with leadership.
In a terse exchange, Mrs. Goodsole asks about her husband’s view on militant suffragists and Mrs. Vick-Senn replies he hasn’t been told yet, indicating silent uncertainty in a private conversation.
A brief anecdote shows a beggar pleading for ten cents for a night’s lodging and a philanthropist offering five cents on condition the beggar raises the remaining five. The exchange illustrates charity dynamics in a small moral vignette.
A Knicker-Well judge decides a woman cannot spend more on apparel than rent. Mrs Knicker-Well comments that this requires paying a larger rent, highlighting a domestic finance judgment.
A Detroit Free Press item notes a wife and husband dispute over a new maid who insisted on the same nights out the wife desired, prompting the decision to fire her.
Miss Bertha Shovif traveled to Crawfordsville for a week with relatives. Misses Gertrude and Sylva Bullock shopped and visited in Danville. Miss Cora Harvey received a new Cornish piano. Mrs Osborn Wilson of Waseka visits her mother Mrs Effie Moore.
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