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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
4
An optical establishment touts its in house lens grinding and adjustable fittings with the latest automatic machinery. It claims superior testing for refraction and eye frame work and invites customers to call for services from a skilled optometrist and optician.
Classified note seeking hardware or any valuable items including land town property or automobiles. States willingness to match trades from 1000 to 30000 dollars. Prefers dealing with owner and no commission. Provides only an address.
For sale by 9-1-11 Eckdadley in Danville Friday. Harry Glesene wife and son Zeikal at Covinete Ore div for Sarre. Tero standard bred fillies sire Slumber 2:117%. Noted good prospects for road or race. Cheap if taken at once. No pasture. For details write Geo. W. Ford West Lebanon Ind or E. T. Myers Marshall Ind.
Fulton Camp No 4425 Royal Neighbors of America at Cates Ind adopts memorial resolutions for Mrs Harrison Abernathy sister of neighbor Mable Baker. They extend condolences and publish the notice and send a copy to Mrs Baker as remembrance of the deceased.
All soldiers of Fountain and Warren counties and friends are invited to the Twenty st Annual Reunion of Com. C S6th Ind. Vol to be held at Osborn's Prairie Church on Thursday Sept 7 1911. Bring baskets and enjoy a day with the old soldier boys. O Board president Mark Binney secretary Ed McLean quartermaster.
Marsh Newman went to Stone Bluff on business Tuesday. Thos White and grandson Laten Ewbank went to Orleans Ind on business Monday. Ralph Sowers of Terre Haute is vacationing with his parents Mr and Mrs Wash Sowers. Pearly Jackson and family of Danville Ill were visiting here last week. Miss Beulah Hadley left Friday to visit relatives in Danville and will call on Mr and Mrs Frank Moore in Watseka. Edgar Ephlin went to Crawfordsville Friday and accompanied his mother home from Culver Hospital Saturday. she has improved rapidly since her operation.
Frenchburg Agitator notes Rev John M Gose of Langier Indiana conducted a revival in town after arriving July 25 and preaching at the M E church for three nights starting August 11. He spoke of a long war record, praised by locals, and supporters urge Congress to aid a pension for the veteran.
A varied set of social notes record A D Steener from Fowler and Henry Zackmire visiting in Veedersburg on Tuesday. Ora Sowers from Terre Haute visits his parents. Chas F Smith and family go to Sulivan for a week with relatives. Byron Grismore welcomes a baby girl. N Webb Metsker travels to Boswell to see his famed paper Lemon Girl, who has a sprained ankle. Elizabeth Purnell of Danville returns home after a pleasant visit with local families including Elmer Barker and C C Jackson and wife.
The will of Jasper Cunningham, a wealthy Jackson township farmer, is being challenged by his eldest daughter Mary Bever. Probate has opened with executrix Florence Cunningham, bond of 20 000 posted, and attorneys Lamb Livengood McFadden Maxwell named to contest the will set for trial.
Miss Olive Gillum and Cecil Moore visit Terre Haute while John Philpot and family tour Humbolt Neb visited W. E. McCrary. The annual Furr Booe Glas cock Hesler reunion is set for Sunday Sept 17 near Steam Corner, Marshall Furr’s grove. Ruth Furr returns from Hillsboro with cousin Hazel Furr. A light rain helped late corn, though likely insufficient. Myrtle Harvey buys Chloe Printy’s Harvey and Printy Millinery stake and travels to Indianapolis for fall hats. Weldon Reagan and family from Lafayette visit editor. A picnic at Sugar Creek with R B Myers and Geo Hays yields no fish. W T Hackett of Larned Kans visits. recalls sighting Kingman before and after.
Veteran journalist Franklin Matthews recalled for the Cleveland Plain Dealer that an interview with Marshal Oyama during the Russo Japanese War prompted the phrase Oyama is a brick. The marshal’s staff rejected the line as disrespectful, noting the term could cast him as baked mud in Americans eyes.
The piece urges young women to cultivate manners by observing admired elder women. It cautions against loud speech, pushing conduct, rowdy groups, and disruptive shopping chatter. By adopting consideration as a foundation she will develop a charming personality.
A dog in Paris Montmartre named Jap serves as a living telephone for artist M Delan. If no one answers calls, a note is placed on the dog’s collar. He then tours Montmartre cafes to locate his master and returns with him.
The forthcoming census for Johannesburg shows a municipal population near 240,000 across whites natives and colored. Europeans number 121,600, natives total 103,140 with 5,320 females, and the colored group totals 12,141. The 1908 municipal census recorded 95,126 Europeans.
In Louisville, a judge and court staff react to a lawyer attempting a motion while the clerk notes her gown is too tight, turning the scene into a light moment in the courtroom.
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