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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
2
Wealthy brewer backs waiter Philip Gehret with $80,000 after admiring his care at the club. The waiter declines tips, but Gehret later funds an up‑town venture. Weeks later the venture ends, Philip returns to the club while both men laugh over the lost fortune and the tale of the grand stake.
An American hostess living abroad hosts a lavish Thanksgiving dinner for a table of guests from France Germany Italy and Russia. The New York woman serves dishes familiar to Americans while guests struggle to recognize the feast and its customs. The table features typical American fare and a distinctive American carving style, provoking surprised reactions from the foreign guests.
A young woman with an injured hand uses a tiny portable typewriter in a Harlem flat, while a man mocks its size and laments the idea of larger machines. The scene contrasts scarcity, wit, and resilience in a compact domestic moment.
The article notes a peculiarity shared by writers like Charles Reade, Victor Hugo, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, and Sir Walter Scott: each preferred a unique posture for writing. Reade and Hugo wrote standing at high desks, Collins spoke of direct contrast, Twain wrote propped in bed, and Scott found his best thoughts reclining in comfort.
New York City owns 943 land parcels most bought before 1950. Over sixty years values rose dramatically with increases from 2,000 to 5,400 percent in many cases and some parcels more than 3,500 percent. In 43 cases value rose. in one case there was over 800 percent gain, and over 500 parcels doubled in value since purchase.
Fragmentary dialogue reveals a woman considering marriage as a social standard and lifestyle expectations loom. A judge’s stance on her status is hinted at, suggesting pressure to maintain a certain class lifestyle.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at social scene and flirting as two speakers reference where the “nice” people have gone and remark on others trolling with companions on piazzas.
A 1900s era inventory shows obsolete ships from Brooklyn to New York and Olympia rotting in reserve or sold off cheap. The piece explains the high cost of peacetime navies, the shift toward dreadnoughts, monitors, and submarines, and how even battleships face obsolescence amid rapid tech strides.
Promises a few doses of Munyon's Cold Remedy will break up any cold and prevent pneumonia. Relieves head, throat and lungs almost instantly. Price 25 cents at any druggist or sent postpaid. Medical advice offered by mail free by Munyon's Doctors. Address Professor Munyon Philadelphia.
A dissatisfied customer complains to an Irish farmer about her cream's watery appearance. The farmer replies that recent extreme heat scorched pastures, forcing livestock to feed on water lilies. The anecdote reflects local talk on weather and dairy quality.
An old advertising testimonial touts Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney trouble. David P. Corey of Ionia Michigan credits the product with lifting backache and mobility limits after six months of cane and crutches. The ad urges using the brand with a 50 cent price and notes Pester Milburn Co of Buffalo New York as the maker.
A garbled snippet mocks health fads and patent medicine ads, suggesting a speaker scorns illness and ridicules prevalent remedies. The passage hints at a dialogue between a talker and a joker about medical cures.
His Honor Unimpaired relights a moral conflict as an old shoemaker refuses to misrepresent an inferior shoe. He orders the item marked truthfully, placing it in the window with the remark that a queen does not walk much. The tale closes with a reflection on wisdom and culture.
A letter praising Grape-Nuts explains how its ease of digestion and nutrient content supports brain work. The writer, a literary man, claims the product improves thinking speed and output, noting sustained vigor and better quality of work after regular use. The ad copy, from Postum Co., invites readers to read The Road to Wellville for more on the product.
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