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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1910
Page
6
William A. Radford offers free reader advice on building, praising wet concrete methods for artificial stone and discussing the limits of concrete in dwelling construction. The piece analyzes costs of forms versus mass concrete, endorses light stucco on well designed homes, and contrasts stucco with wooden and brick structures while stressing proper application.
Beneath Bramber Castle shadow, a new English museum blends taxidermy art with humor. Initiated by W Potter in 1861, the exhibit recreates the Death and Burial of Cock Robin with 100 British bird specimens and whimsical scenes like the fish with his fish and the owl.
Mistletoe is a parasite that lifelessly drains a tree’s life. It grows slowly but will kill infected branches and eventually ruin all trees it reaches if neglected.
The London Mail notes a trend among women smokers moving from cigarettes to larger pipes and cigars. Women carry a pipe alongside a gold card case and chain purse, preferring a bigger, milder smoke over prior cigarette use.
George Anstey a 12 year old cripple from Leicester is famed as a leading cyclist. The Leicester Cripples Guild fitted him with a two wheeled pedalless machine with a padded axle cover. He lies face forward on this device and uses wooden clogs on his hands to propel, steer, and brake.
A gentleman in a shaky booted age offers a comic definition at a well known hostelry. He describes the eight of aggravation as trying to catch a flea with a pair of boring gloves, delivering a humorous, rustic quip observed in London Tit Bits.
The article describes an Alaskan themed luncheon with woven Indian basketry doilies on an oval mahogany table. Sitka made doilies frame a central frosted glass vase and four smaller ones with white blossoms, mirrored by edge flowers, with totem poles on runnered corners and Alaskan scenery place cards. Courses include halibut chowder, broiled salmon, roast duck, and other Arctic themed dishes.
A man jokes that his wife earns his social invitations, saying he would not be invited to her receptions or musicales if he were not married to her. The exchange highlights domestic influence on social standing.
A dispute arose when a brother was disqualified for suspected professionalism after winning first prize. The conversation notes he is employed in a government bureau, prompting questions about eligibility and rules.
In a show titled Love and Lobsters a performer fills the hero villain and a friend part when the other two actors are ill. The manager asks for quick changes while the performer handles all three roles in a single evening.
Mr. Robert Butler of Marlborough England thought dead by a conference delegate during a Wiltshire central committee vote at Exeter He then rose and said he was alive and well and willing to serve if the group wished him to continue in office
Four men from Wall Street discuss United States paper currency and counterfeits. One exhibts a $10 yellow back asking to identify portraits. None present know whose portraits they bear until a broker names Michael Hillegas, then admits ignorance moments before.
The Reverend Hiram C. Cortlandt of Les Moines ridiculed Thomas A. Edison on immortality saying the inventor knows electricity and machinery but not souls. He compared Edison to a visiting Baldwin locomotive worker whose tale ends with a boiler and hammering, humorously outlining boiler assembly.
An observed traveler boasts of a perilous balloon journey high above the earth heading toward Siberia. He claims a desperate chase by wolves, hot breath on the neck, and a dramatic escape as the rarefied air affects a baboon aboard.
The largest recorded specimen of its kind was captured near Port Arthur Texas. The 63 foot whale was estimated at 300 years old. Captain Cole Plummer of the United States pilot boat sighted the creature in the shoals by the jetties and the crew captured the mammal. It was towed ashore, displayed and heavily photographed before being cut up.
Seattle offers ten cents per rat to curb bubonic plague fears, a plan that amuses Tacoma and others as the Led ger notes the bounty leaks beyond Seattle to non residents and busy centers, while warning the real threat may be a rat census.
Two very old women are described as possibly the oldest on earth. Frau Dutklevitz of Posem Prussian Poland born February 21 1785 is 125. Babavashka born May 1784 is nine months older and still active in farming with a large descendants’ joint allowance at Bavelska. She recalls early 1800s events clearly.
A Puck quip imagines Nebuchadnezzar in his usual style musing on “All flesh being grass.” He chuckles hoarsely and pronounces Beeta la Mowed, taking another chaw in a brief satirical moment.
A man who enjoys seeing a woman in tears is a brute. Miss Cayenne responds that one of the finest husbands she knows takes his wife to emotional plays. The exchange highlights contrasting views on romance and drama.
The New York Press notes Nikola Tesla dining solo in a grand hotel restaurant. He selects a visible table and maintains a deeply absorbed, solemn posture throughout the meal, possibly with a portfolio of papers to study, presenting a striking tableau of contemplation.
The piece lists state holiday practices noting Washington's Birthday as a holiday nationwide while Decoration Day varies by state. Labor Day is universal, with individual states observing many era specials such as Battle of New Orleans in Louisiana, Texas independence, and San Jacinto. Mississippi follows federal holidays, while Columbus Day appears in a few states.
Princess August Wilhelm promotes a revival of planting oak saplings by newlyweds as they return from the ceremony. Multhausen in Thuringia is first to respond, with officials guiding couples to plant saplings on a new road near the town. The custom originates from a Brandenburg elector after the Thirty Years War to replenish orchard losses and to forbid marriage before planting fruit trees.
A drunk and disorderly prisoner caused laughter at Birmingham police court by mistaking the list of cases for his own past convictions. When a “shopbreaking” item was read, he exclaimed that it dated eight years ago, producing mirth as he realized his mistake and recovered with a smile. Birmingham Mail reports the incident.
Quotations recall tests with customs in New York after arrival from Europe. A punchline about a peach of a hired girl ends with the wife canning her, reflecting wartime social humor.
A libel suit over an advertising encounter questions whether Grape-Nuts can prevent appendicitis or replace surgery. Expert testimony supported that undigested food can trigger cases, while some critics argued food cannot negate required operations. The Postum Co argues that predigested Grape-Nuts eases digestion, with physicians and chemists cited, and urges common-sense dietary guidance and safer breakfasts.
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