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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
3
Mrs Fostine Hart of Cranville returned home after visiting her daughter Mrs Wm Renick and family Markinsow and Harry Towell came back from Mississippi on Saturday reporting favorable conditions on all Kingman land holdings.
A nostalgic description of snapdragon, a traditional Christmas game. Raisins soak in brandy are lit, players reach through flames to snatch a raisin, while a chant accompanies the fiery display. The ritual reportedly echoes ancient fire ordeals and ends with a lively warning to be bold yet careful.
A jolly Christmas week game asks a player to identify three chosen objects or people labeled No 1 2 and 3 and describe plausible actions for each. If all three responses are possible the guest passes. impossible answers force a retry.
A jolly Christmas diversion describes a game where equal numbers of girls and boys select a king and queen who recruit followers. The pair call a number and players with those numbers race around a circle. the queen must catch the king to win his followers. Also a self peeling banana trick uses a banana inserted into a bottle neck to peel itself.
Thomas D Moffesit conducts a farm sale at the old Frank Black farm two and a half miles east and one mile north of Yeddo on Wednesday December 23 1914 starting 10 oclock A M. Livestock include 11 horses 60 head of cattle 60 hogs and 18 sows bred with pigs by side. Hay grain and farm implements listed with terms: cash under $5, credit nine months with note at 8 percent, 6 percent cash discount on notes, and no removal until terms met. Collegiate auctioneers Madden Nine and A. D. Lowe Clerk.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages. The ad asserts the constitutional nature of catarrh and claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer a $100 reward for any case not cured and invite testimonials from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Also promotes We Family Pills for constipation.
Herrick Seed Co of Rochester N Y seeks lady or gentlemen representatives to sell roses shrubs trees and seeds in this section. No experience required and workers can earn good weekly wages. Write to them for terms and enclose this notice. 12 18 T. M. Jackson was in Coyington on business Tuesday.
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