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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1911
Page
7
A young married couple at a neighbor's poker party claim to have witnessed cheating by the Hausa couple. The wife questions chip value, noting the identical colors and price they could buy elsewhere, while the husband remains skeptical.
Reporters on the Cleveland Plain Dealer scene recount a railway horror in which a train halted by an airbrake cord caused the second section to collide. The conductor notes it will take six hours to clear the track and portends questions about the rope puller and possible suspect TJ.
A humorous exchange notes a movement in England to remodel the Ten Commandments. Hicks observes the trend while Dorkins jokes that restoration would suffice, echoing Harper's Weekly tone about reform debates.
A terse dialogue about feeling blue leads to a plan to visit a bank to view money. The arrival of a bill collector spurs a quick retreat to the cellar, implying avoidance and evasive action in a tense moment.
A Brookline, Massachusetts woman recounts a grocer’s accidental Postum gift and how the beverage replaced coffee at breakfast. She notes healthy stomachs and happier nerves in her family, and that her sister, once coffee addicted, became a Postum devotee after trying it.
This essay argues a boy’s failings stem from immaturity and environment. It urges parents and educators to recognize inherited traits, harness rather than punish missteps, and guide the boy toward higher conduct through support, examples, and proper welfare across home and school.
The piece traces the long history of organizing boys through various movements from the Knights of King Arthur to the American Boy and Dan Beard’s Sons of Daniel Boone. It praises the Boy Scout movement started by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908 for its progressive, practical, and democratic approach emphasizing character, service, and daily good turns.
A Sunday inn scene shows an elderly German father warning his son about excess drinking. He uses a counting riddle with two men in a corner to judge intoxication, provoking the son to realize only one man sits there. The tale highlights temperance through humorous misunderstanding.
A humorous note from Harper's Bazaar questions a speaker who claims Lincolnian status and expects a promotion, implying vanity and ambition in high circles. The exchange satirizes self-importance amid 19th century social expectations.
A Tennessee woman recounts her infant's severe scalp infection with hair loss and rashes. After trying multiple doctors and treatments, she used Cuticura products and reports rapid improvement. She endorses Cuticura and offers free samples from Boston.
Patient from Saint Paul Minnesota, once bedridden with severe Bright's disease, reported dark scant urine and swelling. Doctors declared death near, but after taking Dean's Kidney Pills he improved rapidly, eventually fully recovering and returning to health. Pills sold by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo New York. Price one dollar.
Ontario adopts a new penal system shifting most prisoners to farm and road work in new districts while a minority unable to work will produce hospital supplies such as beds and blankets.
An advertisement proclaimsDISTEMPER cured in horses and dogs with SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE. Over 600,000 bottles sold last year. Prices 50 cents and 1 dollar. Available at druggists or through Spahn Medical Co. Goshen Indiana. Agents wanted.
A theater manager and a patron dispute a show, with the patron insisting the scene is a conspiracy not a plot. The text also advertises Cole's Carbell salve and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children, noting prices and promotion details.
Newspaper notice highlights testimonials from Mrs Christina Reed of Peoria Illinois and Mrs Lily Peyroux of New Orleans Louisiana claiming avoidance of surgical operation and relief from feminine ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash Liver Pills. The ad touts the remedy as a remarkable cure based on unsolicited letters.
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