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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
2
The piece notes the peanut is not a nut but a ground pea dug like a potato and known by various names in its native lands. It recalls dry goods stores with box seats for whittling, tobacco chewing, and political chatter in September and October, referencing old Virginia plug tobacco and local civic memory.
The Washington Herald argues for restoring traditional home life and conservative standards. It cautions that women exercising equal rights and engaging in social freedoms risks eroding virtue and mixing propriety, urging adherence to conventional behavior to preserve family sanctity.
The Scientific American notes no telegraph system is absolutely secret. Morse code can reveal ordinary messages at any telegraph office. At Foldhu a connected telephone on a long wire allows reading distant messages. It is shown possible to pick up conversation on another circuit and an investigator disrupted Liverpool telephones remotely.
A. H. Hale, aboard the Finland, brings dead preserved tsetse flies to New York for scientific study. The insect, a carrier of sleeping sickness, could illuminate comparisons with the stable fly and aid researchers testing recent diagnostic opinions. The note also mentions unrelated society quips about marriage ads and education.
A terse aphorism notes that health is attainable by the humblest person, contrasting wealth with well being and suggesting that wellness is accessible beyond material status.
A guide from 1912 explains how to craft a medium sized dog house from a packing case. Steps cover doorway cutting, battens, roof options, waterproofing, ventilation, and elevating the floor for air circulation. It includes dimensions, materials, and finishing with paint for durability.
A buxom widow continues her late husband's wholesale meat surveyor business naming John Jinx as manager. John, who cannot read or write, learns to sign receipts with Settled John Jinx and later signs in the marriage register as Settled John Jinx after marrying the widow.
The article extols the United States as the world’s granary, noting last year’s farm crop value at eight billion dollars. It argues farmers are exceptionally prosperous, crops were large, prices favorable, and surplus food aids Europe, highlighting the U S as the greatest agricultural nation and a source of global blessing.
In Boston at least thirteen women earn around 10 000 dollars yearly and several belong to the Business Woman's Club the city's newest organization. Organized less than a year ago it now numbers hundreds and aims to promote the interests of women in active business roles in the community.
A quip about love and wealth shows a man explaining why his fiancée left. He says she developed expensive tastes during their engagement and concluded she would be unhappy with anyone but a millionaire, which he was not.
William A. Radford promotes an economy story-and-a-half plan 22 by 36 feet with seven rooms. It emphasizes efficient use of attic space, front hall stairs, and cross-ventilated ceilings. Cost ranges from 1600 to 2000 dollars depending on location and finish.
Everett Shinn, famed New York painter and wit, teased an enemy of the Bouguereau school during tea at Sherry's. When asked how many pictures he had painted, the rival could only say he had no idea. Shinn replied with a malicious laugh that he would someday visit the studio to count them.
Thomas Martindale describes buck fever as a strange disease after opening deer season. He recalls a Philadelphian deer hunter in Maine who fired several shots into a copse and then called everyone out to count, finally announcing he had shot a buck. The anecdote highlights overconfidence and jovial bragging among hunters.
A Chicago resident describes two years of eczema with burning itching disfigurement and sleepless nights. After trying various treatments he used Cuticura Soap and Ointment with warm water and saw improvement. The ad claims curing by Cuticura and offers samples and a Skin Book from Boston.
The text presents fragmented dialogue with questions about siblings and a reluctance to ask a parent. It reads as a dramatized exchange, lacking clear actors, date, or locale, and centers on family inquiry and hesitation rather than a concrete event.
Nearly all the emeralds mined today come from Colombia and the emerald commands high value. A flawless emerald could fetch about three times a flawless diamond in jewelry markets. India is credited with early emeralds though the Oriental emerald is a ruby variety, green and rare.
A couple marries under a judge's form and the groom quips about making the sentence indefinite before the magistrate. The exchange reads like a humorous snippet from Puck.
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