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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
4
The article argues the cure for sin lies in convincing the participant there is no real pleasure in vice. It asserts perfectness aligned with religious teaching as the remedy, urging wholesome thoughts to quicken purity and citing spiritual sayings to support abstinence from alcohol and dissipation.
Editors discuss the benefits of organized cooperation among home newspapers. They note such groups help regulate practices and improve efficiency, while acknowledging current idle activity across sections before gathering.
A Fountain County group of ten businessmen proposes forming a small local club to strengthen business relations and cooperation within the county.
The piece argues that brusque behavior is mistaken for independence. Courtesy remains a trait of a gentleman and is essential in daily life. Real democracy and the Golden Rule promote courtesy, benefiting business and social success.
A call to residents to support town progress by contributing when possible and opposing naysayers. The speaker urges active participation and collective effort to keep development moving forward.
At a council meeting an alderman hid bank bills in his book to fool colleagues as several members pretended to study their own ledgers. The gag relied on each person slowly turning pages to watch the others, revealing a clever, scandalous market trick.
French scientists see seaweed becoming a staple. Japan already uses and cultivates it widely. Brittany locals harvest up to thirty tons yearly and call it Iceland moss, with northern France adopting it as part of diet. In Corsica doctors prescribe it for goiter and Asiatics prize its gels and alkalies for indigestion.
A Rochester physician recalls a mother proud of her infant. She extols her child’s intelligence and even notes how he breathes when she holds him. The anecdote, cited from Lippincott's, highlights maternal pride and the amusing exaggeration of a tiny genius.
An English scientist observes a native woman using water trickle on a infant's forehead to induce sleep. Experiments show a hollow rubber pad linked to a high reservoir provides a soothing, rhythmic brow throb that calms the child, potentially reducing night walking. Ice water may aid fever cases.
Abraham J. Koroski renounces his Hungarian name to become Abe Jonas Korr to please fiancée Miss Beatrice Carol Herman who agrees to be known as Mrs Korr. She opposed Koroski but welcomed Korr. The couple’s choice follows his remark that he wanted to eliminate his name for her.
Visiting Americans roam Bloomsbury and other old districts offering high prices for door knockers and sometimes stealing them from Mayfair houses. The Duke of Devonshire has added screws to the Devonshire House knocker to guard against theft.
In a rural exchange Hi Peters notes Hank Winters rants about parcel post. Winters laments losing an excuse to loiter in town stores while shipping butter to his city-bound son, worrying about government direction.
M Escoffier, famed London chef, chats at the Carlton with a tourist about London cooks. He quips that the typical London cook is either plain or fancy, and that both place the same egg in the pudding in different ways.
A local editor challenges businessmen to form and sustain a Commercial Club to boost town vitality. He argues that collective action is key and urges business leaders to unite and take decisive steps.
A brief exchange presents a humorous moment where one man prefers silver change, fearing it will jingle in his pockets and reveal it to his wife. The other accepts this quirk with a light remark about scattering coins.
The Fourth in Kingman was calm with residents picnicking fishing and visiting Turkey Run while most stayed at home. The day was unusually dry and ideal, sparking reflection that Kingman should have celebrated more boldly.
In a curious exchange, Farmer Corntessel says the weather prognosticator in the almanac is more reliable than others after comparing all forecasts. The remark underscores local faith in seasonal predictions.
A short anecdote describes Sallie asking if the blind can sense color by touch and James recounts a blind man who could identify a red hot stove by placing a finger on it, illustrating a humorous misconception from a Ladies' Home Journal item.
In the exchange, Mayme objects to Jim entering her home and stalls his advances citing dislike for the installment plan, revealing tension around a home visit and financial terms.
A witty exchange on gossip frames social chatter as a force that keeps groups talking about each other. The dialogue plays on half the town keeping up with the other in lighthearted fashion.
A quoted exchange about piano performances evokes a grim metaphor of execution and timing in a terse dialogue.
A dialogue about an aerial machine features a boy asking about the wheels on the aeroplane and whether they are flywheels. The exchange highlights curiosity over aircraft components and mechanics. The snippet captures a family moment centered on engineering terms.
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