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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
4
The Clover Seat has added two more passenger trains to its daily schedule. The C E I line could implement this without angering travelers along the route. Kingman residents warned fire risk and spitting tobacco on sidewalks as a health and appearance concern.
Government statistics show annual U S consumption of 40 million barrels of beer 98 million gallons of proof spirits and 30.5 million gallons of wine with retail sales totaling 1 424 116 858 dollars The piece ponders redirecting this sum to social goods including homes clothing provisions church work and church construction totaling funds for 509 000 families and 22 818 churches.
The piece calls for street lighting on par with paving plans and urges community support for prosperity. It cautions residents to favor local merchants over mail order, noting Kingman’s need for patronage and stock variety to sustain growth.
G L Cory and family of Covington spent Sunday with relatives here.
The item catalog notes Henry Price of Mount Vernon asserts a photography process showing the soul leaving the body and weighing a drachm, while critics call his theory nonsense. It also lists advertisements for Dr Shoop remedies for piles catarrh headache and influenza with offers of free trial sizes and mail response from Racine Wisconsin.
The message requests the recipient to provide a name and five reputable references so the sender can forward a proposition to act as an agent to sell goods in the recipient’s locality. It identifies T. C. Moseley at Department 15 32 East 23 Street, New York City.
Railroads, long tolerant of tramp riders, face losses of about 2.5 million dollars yearly from pilfering wrecks and robberies. They order measures to keep tramps off trains and to curb wanderings while urging them to work instead of walking.
The text urges regular sleep for body repair and warns of fatigue and illness from sleep loss. It promotes Dr Miles Nervine and Restorative Nervine as remedies, quoting a testimonial from Mrs Be B Gilbertson of Belvidere Illinois about deep sleep and relief from headaches and neuralgia after use.
A Notre Dame woman claims a home treatment cures rheumatism cures for muscular and joint pain sciatica lumbago backache kidney pains and neuralgia without climate change. She says the remedy removes uric acid brightens eyes and tones the whole system and invites letters to Mrs M Summers Box R Notre Dame for proof.
E S Wilkey relocated his household goods to a new Covington residence on Tuesday. He and his family leave behind many friends here who regret their departure. Mrs Lanie Ratcliff of Danville Illinois visited S M Ratcliff and family this week.
Kingman Indiana sealed bids due August 3 1907 at 2 pm for steel sewer sections five 15 by 20 feet four 18 by 20 feet two 6 by 20 feet and other sizes. Bids may be for any make or design with right to reject any part or all bids. W R Massey township trustee Millcreek Township Fountain County Indiana dated July 9 1907.
Bids received at the office until two o'clock p m August third 1907 for the contraction of two bridges in Millcreek township Fountain county Indiana One bridge near Watt s actual house in road district four and another near the home of John Eberle Bids must follow plans on file in Kingman Indiana The right to reject any or all bids is reserved by W R Massey township trustee Millcreek township Fountain county Indiana dated July 8 1907
Mr Vanscoyoe of Sylvania visits Kingman and makes many friends during his stay. His acquaintances are pleased to learn of his success in business and the positive impression he left in the community.
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