Car blaze halts near Kingman as bystander helps extinguish
A Ford car caught fire after crossing the railroad near Kingman. Jim Hepler arrived with a fire extinguisher and quickly put out the blaze as Chas Zackmnire drove westbound. The revival meetings at Rush Creek progress with growing attendance and strong confessions. Carrie Taggart and Nellie Gulley lead the evangelistic efforts at the U B church. Local residents travel to Indianapolis for millinery openings and family visits abound as social activity continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Kingman Gavage
Jim Hepler
Chas Zackmnire
U. B
Carrie Taggart
Nellie Gulley
Public Auction of Horses and Farm Implements Near Tangier
Public sale at residence one mile north of Tangier and four miles southwest of Kingman on Saturday March 1 1913 at 10 AM. Items include multiple horses and mules several ages and weights, farm implements, hay, straw, clover seed and more. Terms: cash for $5 or less. for larger sums 6 months credit with note and 8 percent interest. 5 percent discount for cash on note amounts. possession after terms met. Auctioneers: WM B Newman and A Madden. Clerk C H Ratcliffe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tangier
Kingman
Jack
Janesville
WM. B. Newman
A. G. Madden
C. H. Ratcliffe
Topay's Magazine Promotes Free Sample Copy Offer
The largest magazine marketed as the best edited publication at 50 cents yearly. Five cents percopy at all newsdealers. A free sample copy and premium catalog are available by sending a request to Topay's Magazine Canton Ohio.
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Topay
Topay's
Mac. Azine
Canton
Ohio
The Iron Hana Charitable Play by Christian Church Ladies
The home talent play The Iron Hana was well attended last Friday night by church ladies. The ensemble delivered polished lines and smooth business with strong character work. Door receipts totaled about $60, netting roughly $35 for the Ladies Aid.
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Ladies of the Christian Church
Water Sleep Aid from Africa Impresses Scientist
An English scientist in Africa observed a native woman soothe an infant with a trickle of water on the forehead. He developed a hollow rubber pad connected to a water source to produce a rhythmic brow throb that calms and sedates, potentially replacing late night pacing. Ice water may lower fever in some cases.
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Africa
Changed name to win a bride Abe Koroski becomes Abe Jonas Korr
Abraham J. Koroski for love changes his Hungarian surname to Korr to please his fiancée Beatrice Carol Herman. Herman agrees, noting she welcomed the shift but did not want to become Mrs Koroski, and the groom explains he would even annihilate himself for her.
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Abraham J. Koroski
Abe Jonas Korr
Beatrice Carol Herman
Americans Despoil Doors In Pursuit Of Knockers
Americans visiting England have begun a craze for old door knockers. They travel to Bloomsbury and other historic areas offering high prices, sometimes stealing knockers from Mayfair doors. The Duke of Devonshire has added screws to the Devonshire House knocker for protection.
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Bloomsbury
Mayfair
Duke of Devonshire
Devonshire House
London cook talk from Escoffier at the Carlton
M Escoffier, the famed London chef, chatted with a tourist at the Carlton about London cooks. He described a plain cook as one who stuffs the whole egg in a pudding and a fancy cook as one who hides the yolk inside and the white outside.
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M. Escoffier
London
The
Carlton
Blind man tells color by touch claim in tale
A dialogue from Ladies' Home Journal reports a blind man who supposedly identifies color by touch. Sallie asks if the claim is true and James cites an example of sensing heat red hot by finger touch, illustrating a sensational anecdote about sensory perception.
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Sallie
James
Ladies’ Home Journal
Gossip Goes Round in Usual Roundabout Way
A playful quip about gossip as the motor of social talk. The exchange frames gossip as a perpetual motion of people discussing others, with a light tone and no named individuals or places.
Flywheels Question Prompts Aviation Wit
A playful exchange about aircraft wheels and flywheels, reflecting light conversation on aviation tech between a parent and child. The quoted dialogue highlights curiosity about the machinery powering planes and hints at early aviation era humor.
Brave boys rescue child from drifting rowboat at Rockaway Beach
Two twelve year olds from Far Rockaway saved three year old Charles Sterling Jr. who climbed into a rowboat as tide rose. They swam to the drifting craft, towed it with a painter line, and brought the child to shore where his mother awaited. Both rescuers received a $10 reward from the boy’s father.
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Far Rockaway
Charles Sterling, Jr
Bayside Place
Rockaway Beach
New York
Testing Tea by Burning It At The Store
A Washington Star report quotes a Japanese shopkeeper who tests tea by burning a pinch in an ash tray. He claims less ash means higher quality and urges customers to test tea before buying. The housekeeper narrator adopts the ashless tea and ponders grocer reactions.
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Washington Star
Ife
Home Talent Play and Social Circles Gather in Kingman
Yedda Beal and sisters Mary and Clara Sines spent Friday night with Mrs Edward Reath and family for a Kingman home talent play. S H Elwell visited Crawf ordsville to see his daughter Mrs Wm Banta and family. Ruby Day Ruth Yocum attended the Kingman home talent play Friday. Sylvia Redenbaugh visited Ethel and Glee Renick at Kingman over Sunday. The Eastern Star held a good meeting with light refreshments. Mrs Aaron Applegate visited Frank Applegate and family in Kingman. Clarence Summers transacted business in Coyington. Troy Philpott of Veedersburg visited relatives here. Mrs James Philpott and Mrs Sam Bonebrake on the sick list.
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Fred Beal
Mary
Clara Sines
Edward Reath
Kingman
Ruby Day
Ruth Yocum
Marriage Anniversary Names by Years
A list of anniversary names links each milestone to traditional materials such as cotton for one year and silver for twenty-five. The piece notes leather at three years and crystal at fifteen, china at twenty, and diamond at seventy-fifth.
Funeral Absence Ordered By Distance Delays Kin
Theo Moore explains he missed brother Frank's funeral due to long travel and poor rail service. He states had he known the service would run late to Friday he would have attended.
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Theo. Moore
Frank
Minister’s Rules Lead to Restitution and a Kiss
In a dialogue Miss Gladys guides a repentant man who has been converted. He discusses restitution as the minister’s demand and asks for a kiss as the required repayment. She agrees that he should follow the minister’s directive.
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Gladys
Singular theater incident begins before showtime
A judge's library note recalls a dramatic scene at a theater where a beautiful girl in a gown arrives fifteen minutes early, prompting intrigue about what makes the moment so singular.
Poison Plot in Biscuit Hinted by Defendant
A suspect makes a chilling confession about spiking a biscuit to kill rats, while a second party questions why the poison would be used in the plan. The exchange suggests a discussion of malicious intent in a domestic setting.
Dibble Finds Easy Lot Amid Friends
The passage presents a character named Dibble who appears to have an uncomplicated life built around his friends. The dialogue suggests his companions form an easygoing, supportive circle shaping his ease.
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Dibble
The Last Day Elects Coeds in Electoral College
In a pointed exchange, a speaker questions demands of women while others push for coeds to join the Electoral College. The debate highlights gender equity in political power and student involvement at the time.
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Carvarmeet
Pioneer Drug Store
Indiana
Rushcreek
Cox
Tine McAlister
Mellott
Bogue
Bales
Ira Bonebrake
Ira Lewis
Myrtle Harvey
Indianapolis
John Neal
David
Allie Black
Mecca
Mrs
Henry Jones
Nina Hashbarger
Yedda
M. Summers
Notre Dame
Ind
Koroski
Pertinent
Pop
Washington Grocer
S. H. Elwell
Crawfordsville
Wm. Banta
Mary Sines
Byron Thomas
Danville
Sylvia Redenbaugh
Ethel and
Glee Renick
Eastern Star
Aaron Applegate
Frank Applegate
Clarence Summers
Coyington
Troy Philpott
Veedersburg
James Philpott
Sam Bonebrake
David Dotson
Dr. Cuthbert
S. B. Coal Co
Arthur Holman
Pontiac
Iil
Silverwood
Harley Townsley
Leyi Redenbaugh
Hugh Banta
Miller
Near Yedda
Wm. Harvey
Dan Mulgahill
Yeddo
McCord & Millikan
Rozella Woody
Brazil
Ed Youngblood
Waveland
Salie
Delia G. Calvert
Renit
Grange Corner
Jessie Myers
Woody’s
J. E. Moore
Robinson & Reath
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