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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
7
A fragmented discussion on women's education cites Dr. Johnson and eighteenth century views, praising elegance, gentleness, and propriety. The piece contrasts traditional roles with evolving ideas, noting how schooling shapes the ideal wife and moral influence in society with references to Washington Irving and social expectations.
The piece recounts a nursing mother describing how she kept her baby fed and quiet with water and sugar while another used soda ice to pacify a six month old. It critiques small, harmful habits feeding neglect amid broader social pressures.
A historical discussion traces Miss as an abbreviation of mistress in English law. It notes origins, usage shifts, and legal contexts shaping how the term appeared in period writings and court records. The piece analyzes linguistic evolution and social implications of address forms.
The piece discusses restrained elegance in spring hats and dress, noting women should maintain poise while wooing without overexposure. It covers beauty tips, diet, and posture to preserve charm, and describes a blouse design and a model drawing featuring a collarless neck and optional lace collar.
The Lawton monument commission plans a Decoration Day ceremony in Indianapolis on May 30 with President Roosevelt delivering an address. G A R veterans may hear the President at Crown Hill cemetery in the afternoon. Gov. Hardin will introduce the President. troops from Fort Sheridan and Fort Thomas will participate. ceremonies end by noon.
Bureau of statistics shows 1,122 Indiana residents were adjudged insane in 1906, up from 950 in 1905 and 1,105 in 1904. Civil suits filed statewide slipped by about 100 from 1905 to 1906, with 24,602 cases disposed. Marion County led with 5,020 filings. Kendrick County had the fewest cases.
Stoughton, a farmer, collapsed during a sanity inquiry by a lunacy board at Dr. John Wy’s office in Ballard. He died hours later at his sister’s home after relatives petitioned for a commission and a short treatment plan to restore his faculties.
Legislation passed by the Indiana Legislature last session takes effect at noon April 10 by governor’s proclamation. Key measures include a rail fare law, an anti trust provision, life imprisonment for kidnapping for ransom, Sunday barber shop closures, ten hour consecutive work limits, prescription requirements for poison sales, and embezzlement charges for insolvent bank deposits.
Charles Gritten of Troy township is named father of Fountain county’s largest living family with six teen children. He is 52, his wife eight years younger, and the couple’s 16 children are all living and robust. The oldest son serves in the armed forces. Gritten is a farmer in good standing. The item also notes a fire at the La Porte Lake Shore railroad area drawing cheers from onlookers as flames consume goods, plus a school oratorical contest with Plymouth and nearby towns represented and Marl McLaughlin selected to speak for Marshall County in South Bend May 11.
Short lengths of plaid and solid fabrics used for gowns and piping brighten plain dresses. Remnants and waist length pieces allow conversion into children’s outfits. Half yard pieces, trims, and embroidery supply yokes and inserts for lace combinations.
A vintage health note lists remedies and cautions such as hot sand for neural fat, laughter as medicine, eating ball with nuts for digestion, avoiding tight eyeglasses, dotted veils reducing eye strain, preferring hardwood floors and rugs to carpet for sleeping rooms, reading in poor light, and skin care when cold cream fails to soothe or whiten.
The theory claims tight lacing prevents muscle use and causes fat buildup around the waist. It argues that exercise is needed to reduce this fat and strengthen the muscles.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox says love sense and patience are the three essential elements for happiness in marriage, outlining a simple formula for harmonious unions.
Lake township farmer William Jfienrs Buesking died after a dynamite stick he carried to blast a stump tripped on a fence and exploded. The incident occurred on his property and investigators described the blast as fatal.
Tinted by a fatal incident in Evansville, Baldwin a river man, died of his electrocution injuries after receiving 13 000 volts of electricity. Separate notices report Miss Daly Evansville aged 0 dead after illness relapse following a death notice sighting. Indianapolis widow Polly Baker divorced from her eleventh husband amid extensive matrimonial losses. Laporte Circuit Court Judge McMahon grants permanent injunction blocking Laporte city from paying money to Laporte Water Supply Company over a seven year old plant disputed as city property.
Telegrams from twenty famine districts report conditions worsening with ten million in hunger and daily deaths near five thousand. Relief efforts rally churches and governments as people raid crops, cannibalism is reported, and graves are robbed. Ships and telegraph services aid distribution while 85 million is urged from Americans.
The Standard Oil Company was found guilty of accepting rail rebates on shipments from Whiting Indiana to East St Louis and St Louis in 1903. A jury in Judge Landis's court returned the verdict, with minimum fines from 1 463 000 to 2 260 000 possible. Defense plans an appeal to the U S Supreme Court. Seven more indictments are pending.
Dr C Schroeder and W E Cotton of the bureau of animal industry report extensive experiments showing tuberculous infection can develop in the lungs regardless of entry channel and that lung lesion location does not prove respiratory entry. They warn fresh tuberculous material in food, including milk from infected cows, as a key danger with ingestion potentially greater than inhalation.
Henry Laurens Call argues at Columbia University that modern corporations concentrate national wealth in a few hands. He cites Rockefeller and other magnates and urges public ownership of utilities as the remedy. The law should shift from private greed to cooperative public control.
Susan Rooney, a nurse, sues Henry Bergh of New York, former SPCA president, for 306000 damages alleging he dragged her downstairs and choked her. The University of Cincinnati plans to abolish the flag rush and form a faculty committee to devise a substitute for the annual freshman sophomore struggle.
Dun's Review of Trade reports unseasonable weather aside, strong conditions persist in Chicago with steady new demand and resumed lake freight navigation. Commercial loans reach a record, spring merchandising meets expectations, farm work progresses, and manufacturing output in iron and steel power car and forge sectors remains unabated. Failures in the Chicago district decline from last week.
Bradstreets reports high degree of favorable trade and manufacturing, with stock scarcity prompting cross-market purchases. Retail activity hampered by cold weather and bad roads, yet overall business volumes exceed previous years. Weekly failures 14, Canadian 28. exports show Wheat flour 1,831,105 bushels, Corn 1,475,719 bushels for the week.
Historic market data gathers prices for cattle hogs sheep and grains across cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Minneapolis Buffalo New York and Toledo. Commodities listed include wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and clover seed with bid ranges and quality terms.
AfeGill University in Montreal lost the McDonald engineering building in a blaze with losses estimated at 500000 to 750000 dollars and insurance of 420000. Negro longshoremen and miners on strike in several companies were told not to return to work. Underground workers at the Homestake mine faced gas exposure from a fire, with no deaths but many overcome.
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