24 Feb 1911
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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1911
Page
1
The C S W assets are valued as junk at 17940 and as railroad at 20460. Power house items total 4145 with building and lots adding 660, overall 5934, suggesting a low appraisal. Debate arises over forming a lighting utility and Easter weather lore cited regarding spring timing.
The Star urges Kingman and Wallace residents to form a corporation, buy the road, and extend four miles to Wallace, claiming the project offers bondholders full value and avoids high costs. If completed, Crawfordsville would likely back the line. The plan hinges on low construction costs to Wallace.
Fresh oysters at Myer and Dillons and a 10 cent guaranteed DYCLA dye are featured. The Variety notes a moving picture show on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday nights. G W Grismere visited Chicago relatives. Mrs Jas Bonebrake and daughter Yedda shopped in Veedersburg Friday. An error appeared in the sale notice for C V McAlister last week. the sale is now next Monday February 27.
An old Jackson township settler notes early attendance at Morgan station and Germany schools reached 175, while current reports show only about 150 school‑age children (six to twenty‑one) across nine districts. He attributes this to fewer children rather than poorer education, despite a modern high school at Wallace with updated teachers.
A Saturday visit to the county seat confirms Cc. B. Philpott is making good in the law profession. The prosecutor, seen in the clerk's office with his familiar smile, welcomes visitors to his well appointed McCommis block office with up to date sign work and orderly fixtures.
Mrs Genevieve Nichols formerly Miss Ida Nolen and Otha Cox were married Monday afternoon at the residence of Justice Levi Woody. They depart Tuesday night for Mecca to begin a short honeymoon with the bride’s brother Charles Nolen and family.
Roy Lindley was in Veedersburg yesterday with notices of coffee at 20c per pour, Elbert Heath transacting business in Covington, and Mr. and Mrs. EB Hudler visiting relatives in Attica. The paper promotes an opera house moving picture show on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays with a sales pitch on ambition and rewards.
Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the State Board of Health, urged cattle owners to slaughter dogs bit cattle and convert them into beef while safe. He defended the plan after a San Pierre case, saying mad dog infection takes about twenty one days to develop and microbes need ten days to reproduce. He advised either immediate butcher or thirty day quarantine to watch outcomes.
The State Board of Forestry seeks 100 Indiana residents to participate in an experimental forest planting project. No financial aid is offered, but planters will receive expert advice on tree types, site prep, and care, plus inspection visits. Planting owners must keep records and may choose tree species and management methods.
A column contrasts true religion with self centered views and praises right living and mercy. It includes notices of moving pictures, local store pride, and public morals. Short social items mention Prior Cates’s visit, meals with Dr Redman and E S Booe, Lon Tooker visiting relatives, Roscoe Woody’s visit, and Wm Cuppy’s vaudeville act at the opera house.
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