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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
6
A veteran police view recalls rural Ireland, the bottle blacksmith Bartley, and a Tubbercurry spy plot. The piece details distrust of the constabulary, the Land League era, informers, and the dangerous cycle of violence and coercion shaping Clare and neighboring counties.
A Florida Times Union item quips that some men are so selfish they would deny surrender of the ghost even in a haunted house, illustrating stubborn self interest with a sharp urban joke.
A Lebanon reader describes a long battle with eczema starting on the thigh and scalp. After trying many remedies, a Cuticura sample halted itching within minutes and full relief followed after use, with dandruff cleared as well. Signed L. A. Fink, Jan 22, 1912. Cuticura sold worldwide with free samplers and a Skin Book.
William Shaw of the Christian Endeavor in Boston shares a witty after-dinner tale about a Back Bay girl asking how to spell devil while writing to Yale. The child wants to tell her brother about auntie’s Christian and devil meetings, prompting a gentle lesson.
In a heated meeting Senator Dixon denounced a deceptive political scheme, likening it to a railway scandal. An anecdote described two men at a station trying to pass a half ticket, with one slipping in a ruse about a mole on the other’s chin.
A boy on the south side fights another in a vacant lot. A bystander stops the fight and questions the weed rubbing. The victor sought “to become a great man” by rubbing smart weed in the loser's eyes after an insult in front of girls.
A Sunday school teacher finds a hurried scene as a girl and her younger brother rush off in distress. The girl explains they must leave because Jimmy swallowed his collection. Lip Pincolt's quotation ends the fragment.
A courtroom scene-like dialogue reveals a Dowager exposing her husband as the stout man seen by a passerby. The exchange touches on social status and perception in a tense, humorous mood. Stella and Bella discuss a summer resort near moonlight, hinting at romance and intrigue.
A brief miscommunication leads a clerk to show a gentleman’s tie as a gift for a brother, highlighting a humorous exchange between a young lady and shop staff.
The line contrasts lasting friendships with the belief some women hold that age affects the value of long term companions. It notes a dated notion that youth shields women from enduring social ties, while suggesting the opposite in friendship’s endurance.
A reflective aphorism notes that choosing a spouse matters more than choosing a best man and suggests happiness in marriage fosters virtue as surely as virtue fosters happiness.
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