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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
6
Four young men and four young women stood over John Thomas’s corpse in Harveysburg when a thief crept to the henhouse and took chickens. The exact count is unclear due to darkness. Mrs Thomas and the witnesses urge swift punishment for the criminal, noting the theft occurred while a death lay in the home.
Jackson township commissioners approve paving five gravel roads using all available funds. The Jacob V. Philpott road costs about 5200, the Hiram Allen road 4200, M. L. Rout road 5200, Howard Smith road 1500, and Elliot M. Philpott road 8500, totaling 24600 with 2700 extra to balance. Other petitions carry over to next year.
Last Friday night the Clover Leaf Circle held a banquet at J W Metsker's pleasant home two miles west of town. About thirty five young guests enjoyed refreshments and games after which the ladies of the class were entertained. The C S C class has grown to be one of the strongest church working classes in the M E Sunday School.
A Woodman Lodge was instituted at Wallace on Saturday night with 21 charter members. R W Wyenings of Rockville and Wm Wilkey of this city, both deputy lead councils, led the initiatory work and participated along with Fred Moore of the local lodge. The order, growing rapidly, is expected to become a leading lodge in the county.
An eight percent pound boy was born to Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Kendall last Sunday. Dr. Jas Cone attending physician. Miss Eva Dix departed for Herald, 8 D, to handle a 160 acre claim and will stay at least eight months and may teach school.
A social gathering at Mrs. J. Dix's home northeast of Tangier entertained many teens last Saturday with ice cream, cake, games, and party plays. Eva Dix plans to move to South Dakota, and friends sent her well wishes for a safe journey to her western home.
At Castle Hall Fountain Lodge No 24 officers were installed Wednesday evening for six months. The new line includes C C S H Harrington W C Harold Orahood P C L Woody M W Ancel Cox M A Vern Barker J G Clyde Hybarger and O G.
John Thomas Bead of Fountain County died Monday morning at his Starveysburg home after a brief illness. He was about 51, born in North Carolina, married Sciota Boyd in 1832 at Harveysburg, where they lived. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Harveysburg Baptist Church. He leaves a wife, a son La Vera, a brother and two sisters.
A humorous exchange shows Mrs George pleading for safety while Mr George responds he would save himself first if a lion broke loose, highlighting quick wit and courage in a tense moment.
The exchanges feature Parrowell bragging about clockwork regularity, a Philadelphia Press quip on timeliness, and a humorous chat about a family battle memory from the Battle of Bunker Hill. A performance line hints at a record break and a lineage joke about a great-grandfather.
A brief Utica Observer snippet notes a father's claim that his son may become a financier or politician, but the son refuses to work, leaving his path unclear and aiming to make a living by other means.
A Bohemian Magazine snippet shows a playful exchange about washing a dog and the difficulty of keeping him clean and neatly pressed. The humorous line contrasts a simple task with a heroic effort, reflecting lighthearted domestic satire.
Mrs A H Lindley visited the Star office Wednesday to renew her father’s subscription. Mr and Mrs Pete Leveque of Lafayette travel through town en route to Brazil to visit their son Arthur and wife. Mrs Leannah Hobson will preach at the Friends church Sunday. Mr and Mrs Paul B Lindley of Janesville Ohio are proud parents of a baby girl born July 9. Mr Lindley is son of Mrs Sarah Lindley of this place.
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