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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1915
Page
3
Logan Dillon and family with Mrs Leatha Printy and son spent Sunday with relatives near Foster. Charles Kent and family returned to Crawfordsville Tuesday after an enjoyable visit with relatives here.
A wartime essay notes how conflict alters language, turning nouns into verbs, reclassifying adjectives as nouns, and forcing terms like shell bombard fly flee into new forms as artillery and aerial warfare redefine common speech. The piece traces subtle shifts in usage tied to modern combat.
A passage noting numerous creeks with farms and animals in names. It lists Farm creek Farmers creek Chicken creek Duck creek Goose creek Turkey creeks Pig eon creek Fox Hawk Rat creeks Crow creeks Fly creek Mosquito creek Milk Cold Water creeks Hog run Mud creek Bacon creek Bee creek Bee branch Honey creek Cherry creeks Crabapple creek Plum creeks Bear Beaver Buck Crane Deer Doe Elk Otter Panther Raccoon Skunk Wolf creeks along with Whisky creek Whisky run and Purgatory creek.
In a casual remark a speaker labels Dobbins as singularly unfortunate, noting he is always caught with his mouth open when a group photo is taken. The exchange highlights a lighthearted, observational moment about his habit during portraits.
The exchange weighs romance against practicality with a pretty nurse imagining tending a sick soldier while a shoe clerk offers a steadier future. The dialogue contrasts romantic allure with financial stability, noting the soldier’s sacrifices and the shoe clerk’s higher earnings as a basis for marriage prospects.
Report cites Mrs Blinks refusing interview while husband provides key details. Story centers on semiofficial phrasing and editorial control.
A landlady dodges rent inquiry by asking the musician to perform first, turning a routine room rental into a musical wager. The exchange centers on whether the act or the instrument warrants payment and hints at negotiations over the piano’s value.
A man who dreamed of leading a procession died yesterday. The conversation notes his life goal and sudden end. Smith is advancing a manufacturing venture producing electric buttons.
A humorous exchange contrasts a doctor advising to “build myself up” with a quip recommending an architect. The witty dialogue plays on wordplay between medical health and architectural strength.
Real estate transfers in Fountain County include Francis M. Hudson to M. F. Ewbank for 441 dollars and various lot transfers in Newtown Veedersburg Covington Hillsboro and Meillett with prices from 87.50 to 515 dollars. Also mentions a Cayuga ladies band organized by Archie Brooks and local social and church notices plus visiting residents and events including U B Conference in Indianapolis and local gatherings.
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