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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
7
In a terse aside a character questions the motive for marriage, suggesting alimony rather than money as the lure. The remark implies strain in a high-stakes union and frames money as a potential payoff rather than affection.
A vintage advertisement promotes Cuticura for itching scalps dandruff and falling hair. It prescribes applying Cuticura ointment to the scalp in partings then covering the hair, followed by shampooing with Cuticura Soap the next morning. The ad notes worldwide availability and offers free samples with a Skin Book by mail.
A young woman asks if she can be a chorus girl and stay innocent. The Chicago Record-Herald notes it cannot provide expert advice but suggests keeping innocence in her current environment would be wise.
Robert G. Fowler asserts during a Panama crossing that an aviator with a first class aircraft could destroy the Gatun dam with nitro glycerin or other high explosives, leaving the canal useless, and he claims the government has no protection. He adds he would not fear attempting such an act.
Reader testimonial from Battle Creek Minnesota shows nervous headaches relieved after switching from coffee to Postum. A daughter recalls her mother abandoned coffee and headaches disappeared, leading the family to prefer Postum with regular boil preparation or instant mix.
London reports a brutal scene near Eton College where boys cheered as a hare swam the river and was killed by the hounds. Canon Lyttelton defends the pastime, saying cruelty has been banished and urges continued hunting, drawing sharp criticism from critics and reform-minded figures.
New York reports Colonel Roosevelt plans a summer escape to Arizona to ride, hunt and trim his figure. Doctors note Navajo and other Arizona tribes, with some remaining isolated from whites. Roosevelt’s visit would be entertaining and instructive if it occurs.
Columbia University declined to award Felix Metzger Rosenstock a diploma unless he demonstrated swimming the gym pool length. Rosenstock passed all other exams but refused the swim, citing a skin disease he labeled carpanserinus abmety. The school dismissed the excuse despite humor in a physician’s note.
Ad promises £10 to £25 weekly for selling the BRUSH Vacuum Sweeper in any area with a two to three hour daily effort. Sells on sight and is guaranteed. Free particulars available by addressing Box 16 North End Station Detroit Michigan. Also a brief comic exchange about secrecy and dinner guest.
A New York man faced a notorious sand pit at a southern course and, after six futile strokes that sent up clouds of sand and left the ball buried, was observed by an incredulous spectator who asked what he was trying to kill.
An advertisement touts Allen S. Onmsted’s Foot-Ease antiseptic powder as a solution for smaller shoe size comfort. Claims instant relief for tired feet, swelling, and tender areas, and to ease corns and bunions. Free samples offered by mail from Le Roy, N.Y.
A rosy cheeked convalescent calls for her meal as an English nurse corrects her. The girl replies with a playful mispronunciation, saying she is a little her patient.
The excerpt highlights Castoria warnings and endorsements, noting its 30 year use and signature. It also includes quips about public demand at gatherings and an aging resident remembered for words from the Star Spangled Banner.
George Sichert, keeper at New York Central park menagerie, finds Louise the cat perched on the hippo Caliph II after the feline clung to the beast. Caliph bucks and roars as Sichert rescues the dripping cat with a broom from the hippo’s tank. Louise had recently escaped a near fatal fate in the hayloft.
An Athens Texas testimonial endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for long standing female illnesses. The ad claims many recoveries, notes the company files at Lynn Massachusetts, and offers confidential advice from a woman.
The cruiser Oru ba approaching Cartagena Colombia, John George Cunningham of Southampton, a first cabin passenger, forced a Jamaican man to stand ten yards away and fired six shots at cigaret aim. Chief Officer Green intervened tripping him. Four sailors bound him and he was hospitalized deemed insane from alcohol. He was put ashore at Colon in a strait jacket.
C. R. McCauley a brakeman was struck by lightning and killed while standing on top of a moving freight car raising doubt about the belief that lightning avoids moving trains.
Dr. Askelon Mercer, 75, and Sarah L. Calgrove, 65, performed their own wedding here in the presence of witnesses. The groom notes this is his sixth marriage and that all prior ceremonies were conducted similarly.
La Crosse Wisconsin reports Miss Amanda Clement of the Young Woman's Christian Association formed a class where not one of the seventy five in the first rank has perfect feet. The aim is to push standards of pedaling or steps as a mark of fitness.
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