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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
7
This notice promotes Tyree's Antiseptic Powder for irritated skin. It warns chafing hives are hard to diagnose early and urges immediate use of the powder to prevent trouble. Price 25c at druggists. Sample offered free by J. S. Tyree Chemist Washington D C Ady.
An old advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children. It claims gum softening reductions in inflammation and pain relief for wind colic with a price of 25 cents per bottle.
A courtroom exchange quotes a judge remarking on great men and a woman noting that beautiful women remain, with witty exchanges about present company. The woman asks to be shown to her husband, prompting a brief, ironic dialogue.
Mrs Edith Schwartz reports two months of eczema on her child’s lower limbs improved by Cuticura Soap and Ointment. She states a sample helped, then a large quantity cured the rash in ten days. Free samples offered with $2 Skin Book from Cuticura, Boston.
A doctor vents a sharp line about the world owing much to medical science and vows the debt will be the last to be paid.
The article recalls extreme eighteenth century hairstyles needing tall doors and stools for hairdressers. It cites Marie Antoinette era fashion requiring riders to kneel, Mme de Genlis nearly snagging Voltaire with her hair, and the Duchess de Chartres fashioning hair to hold a miniature man of war and a sleeping Louis Philippe figure.
Boston painter Joseph Knowles plans a months long solo experiment in northern Maine starting this month. He will live 50 to 60 miles from settlement without clothing food matches firearms or ammunition and promises to subsist on fish game berries and wild vegetables until October 1. He aims to make fire by friction build a log cabin and trap wildlife with no outside help arriving fully clothed.
A testimonial letter extols Grape-Nuts as a perfect food for delicate babies and strong adults. It details a mother’s claim that doctors urged condensed milk but a simple preparation saved an infant, praising the cereal as nutritious and delicious for all ages.
M B Telser and bride fled 200 miles through trackless northern Mexico from Eagle Pass to Boquillas after bandits seized their car paid for with a receipt. They traversed harsh terrain to reach Bill Blocker’s ranch where they received horses and a guide for the final leg toward safety and return to the United States.
London reports a curious scene at Biarritz where King Edward VII sharply accused sergeant-footman, postmaster Hiley, and courier Fehr of eating onions after a hearty beefsteak meal. The king's keen sense of smell uncovered the alleged offense.
A preliminary conference in Vienna marked the celebration of Norway's full women’s suffrage. Rev. Anna H. Shaw, American suffragist, said the lesson is that men most ready to grant suffrage understand its meaning, a view echoed since the women’s movement began.
Holborn borough council opens a chapel of rest to hold a deceased until burial. No charge is made. The aim is to aid poor residents in single room tenements and underground rooms where deaths occur, with hope other councils will adopt the measure.
Stockton California August 13 1920 Rancher Romain Moll a wealthy local farmer died when he stumbled into a post hole two feet wide six feet deep near his ranch on Tidewater and Southern railroad. His foreman witnessed the accident and a section crew recovered the body after a dog led workers to the scene.
A witty exchange notes a Skye terrier as a preferred pet for a pilot. The banter plays on fiction versus fact and features a crisp jab about what kind of dog fits an aviator. The line showcases humorous tone and a small cultural moment.
A playful dialogue between Milly and Billy about dreams and signs follows a flirtatious moment. A jeweler and a shy young man add a snippets of intrigue as the ring misfits spark a quiet plotting for studs.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch editorial mocks critics who defend male adornment of bracelets and earrings, suggesting nose rings would be a more American adornment inspired by native traditions and would be accepted if desired.
In Cumberland Md James W Gidley of the National Museum Washington and local fossil expert Raymond Armbruster have been excavating bones in a Corrigansville area pit. Discovered last November by Armbruster the fossils are said to be thousands of years old with crystalline marrow and diamondlike clusters. The dig continues with more discoveries reported and high scientific interest.
The British museum has acquired a Timarchus silver coin from his brief 162 BC reign as Satrap of Babylon after Antiochus IV died. A unique one drachm silver piece is in the British museum and a four drachm coin is now in its national collection, with a German auction sale earlier producing another Timarchus piece.
An advertising notice urges mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for genuineness and the claim of seven Bionature qualities. It touts Castoria as a safe remedy used for over 30 years and notes that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A young man asks permission to marry. the father tests income and jokes the stern reply. The scene stretches late as Mr Staylate delays leaving while Minnie yawns, finally noting singing before breakfast is unlucky. The light punchline lands when the suitor’s claim backfires.
Fostoria, Ohio reported by a New York Sun dispatch that bees near the town have developed an opium habit. Deputy Auditor W. E. Baker claims proof, noting bees obtain narcotics from oriental poppies planted by residents. The bees abandon clover to seek poppy beds, then labor briefly before appearing stupefied.
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