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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1913
Page
4
A crude home craft game uses a painted lifeboat on a sheet and paper figures to be pinned near a safety cross. Players wear blindfolds and fish from a tub using large pins, racing to the red cross for prizes.
A short guide of simple stage tricks for entertaining children during holidays. Tricks include moving a coin with a brush, lighting a gas flame through a scarf, a rotating plate illusion with a chi nalute, and a floating needle demonstration on water.
A new twist on hide and seek lets the seeker hide while others count to 100. Seekers search for the hiding player and must squeeze in once found, or sit in plain sight if space runs out. The last finder becomes the next “it” as afternoon fades to tea time.
A group game where all players write resolutions on slips and place them in a hat. Read aloud to apply to each person around the circle, starting with the left neighbor, often yielding humorous mismatches and fast moving fun.
The passage describes a party game where an outsider asks each player a question and answers must embody an adverb. Examples include boastfully madly gloomily sarcastically and epigrammatically. The player who guessed the word shifts roles.
The text describes a playful game where colored cards extend in all directions from a center, forming a tangled web. Players untie knots and unwind winding paths to reach a prize such as a coin toy or a nursery book, turning the pursuit into a humorous quest.
Pilladex is a charming game for all ages. Players sit in two facing lines separated by a pink satin ribbon and volley a thick air ball with the back of the hand. A dropped ball costs the side a mark and the ball travels down the line from left to right with each gentleman paired opposite a lady.
Confederate veterans in southern homes face limited pensions yet receive Christmas gifts from comrades and friends. The article notes generous support totaling about 2 million dollars for pensions and homes, with kitchens full of donated food and strict abstinence from alcohol. Relatives visit to share memories and honor their bravest former soldiers.
The article warns readers about common postal violations during the holidays. It lists items prohibited in the mails including tobacco to France, patent medicine to Hungary, perishables, gold or silver items, jewelry, and alcohol. It notes many packages are opened by the post office and violators may face fines.
Madge asks about Christmas gifts and Marjorie replies she received seventeen, planning to exchange fifteen of them. The brief exchange highlights a light holiday discussion and a focus on gift exchanges.
Thousands of children in cities lack homes but still find Christmas joy in large charitable institutions. Hundreds of homeless youngsters, many under ten, celebrate with gifts and laughter, proving collective care can outshine a lonely rich child with toys.
A collection of holiday dishes including Salmon Salad Montreaux Sandwiches and Fig Mincemeat Pies. The Salmon Salad uses cucumbers tomatoes lettuce and a rich yolk lemon butter sauce. Montreaux Sandwiches combine eggs parsley anchovy essence and paprika on buttered bread. Fig mincemeat pies use flour butter lard baking powder salt water and chopped figs baked briefly.
The piece notes French children leave shoes by the chimney and awaken to toys or money and a book. It contrasts French children’s books with American youth literature, describing bright red bindings, ornate gold designs, and large sizes tied to merit and donor generosity.
The text notes annual toy consumption in the United States totaling 45 million dollars with 15 million imported and 30 million domestic. New York City spends 38 million yearly on toys, with one third imports and two thirds home products. It highlights a shift toward mechanical iron toys made domestically for rugged use by children.
Classic holiday fare features plum pudding mince pie and oyster pie with detailed steps. Plum pudding blends butter sugar eggs milk flour fruit and brandy then boiled five hours. Mince pie uses beef suet apples and mixed dried fruits with spices and strong liquors. Oyster pie builds a rich top crust and a quickly stewed oyster center ready to bake once filled.
The piece extols southern winter sports from fox hunting to coon and possum hunts and deer and wild turkey chases. It contrasts milder southern winters with harsher northern conditions and highlights the culture and traditions of hunting across Virginia to Texas.
A historic lyric recalls a traditional Christmas carol line about bells angels souls and rejoicing on Christmas day with morning voices and a chorus of heavenly song in a festive seasonal scene.
A guide advises using heavy brown paper and stout cord for Christmas boxes. It stresses leaving enough length for the knot to loosen, avoiding cut ends that could prevent untying.
Mable Gertrude Bannon youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Bannon died Tuesday morning after a short illness with hooping cough. Born July 17 1913 she was 4 months 15 days old at death. Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday conducted by Sarah W Lindley.
David Tinder visited town Tuesday for the first time since a four week injury from a log mishap. The eighteen foot log rolled back after horses started, injuring Tinder’s right ankle as a man lifted the log to aid. Also notes church services at Friends church Kingman and local social visits including Jesse Jackson’s Orange county trip and Mrs Roy Rogers hosting in Covington.
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