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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
7
A rain-soaked revivalist stays with a Mississippi townsman. While changing into a guest suit, he is struck by the host’s wife with a Bible, who mistakes him for her husband and scolds him for staying the night. The incident appears as a humorous tale from Lippincott's Magazine.
The Cleveland Leader story recalls a father, William Spill, and his daughter who played with mud pies and a tiny sprayer, then prayed for cleanliness of street and shoes as she asks Jesus to dry-clean their street for his sake.
A collection of light humorous lines about husbands and endurance, followed by a pun on debts to ancestors and a remark on happiness not being solitary. The snippets include a two minute underwater dive tale, a five year absence, a tailor and grocer joke, and a final quip about hair coming out on top.
William A. Radford offers free home-building advice, promoting suburban plots near cities and cement plaster houses with expanded metal lath as cost effective, fire resistant, and weatherproof. A sample design describes a 34 by 48 foot home priced around 4000 dollars. Life at sea remains uneventful says Capt. E J Smith of the Olympic noting steady duty and few dramatic incidents.
A collage of humorous quotes and advertisements fills the column, including remarks on piracy dreams, market chatter about Mercury, and lines about immortality. It also features product pitches for Cole's Carbolisalve Allen's Foot-Ease and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, with prices and promo details.
A superintendent tests a candidate for a crub-woman role by asking how honest she is. The man explains she is so honest she returns any copper worth item found in the waste basket, tagging and returning it to the desk. The superintendent hires her.
Important notice stresses inspecting every CASTORIA bottle as a safe remedy for infants and children, urging diligence in choosing trusted products and avoiding reliance on chance.
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