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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1912
Page
8
The Life of Bret Harte sparks retelling of anecdotes about Roaring Camp and Poker Flat. He distanced himself from rough types, yet readers mistake him for a gentleman gambler. He says he is his own model for Oakhurst and that the gambler's death in his work is autobiography.
Indiana apple growers are advised to thin fruit to four to five inches apart to improve size and quality. Prof. C G Woodbury, secretary of the Indiana Apple Show in Indianapolis November 12 19 1912, urges exhibits and shows how to avoid crop loss due to overbearing and early insect damage.
Mr and Mrs David Ephlin hosted a party of 84 for niece Miss Katie Grimes now bride elect. Miss Tess McFerrin Miss Letta McFerrin held a slumber party with Daisy Bessie Moore and others. Rev A J Marshal and Mrs Hobson sought medical advice in Cayuga. Various relatives visited relatives in Illinois Iowa and nearby towns.
The article explains that plants perish in extreme cold due to dehydration as water exits cells and forms ice outside them. It notes wide variation in cold tolerance, with some plants drying out before freezing, others dying at minus 20 degrees, and some growths never freezing, while bacteria endure near liquid air temperatures.
Baltimore couple Mr. and Mrs. William H. Buckler plan an expedition to Asia Minor with their daughter Miss Lucy Buckler. The group includes Dr. David Robinson and other scientists linked to Johns Hopkins University. Lucy Buckler, health permitting, will spend significant time there and aims to enter Oxford's archaeology department.
There goes Biffels. He boasts that he never makes mistakes. I wish you would introduce me to Biffels the first chance you get. Why do you want to meet him I have mining stock worth about ten cents a share If Biffels is the sort of man you say he is I can sell him my stock for at least a dollar a share.
An apparent quotation from Fliegende Bleetter depicts a cautious invitation to dine this evening with a remark about hosting a hare. The exchange centers on the number of guests and the planned meal.
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy during sorrow. Etta Starkey, Wm. Starkey and children George Thompson and family returned to Cayuga after visiting his parents. Mrs. Geo Sims, daughter Callie, Miss Blanche Hatton and Donald DeVerter visited from Attica. J H Ephlin bought the Hatton property on south Second Street now occupied by Pete Riley.
A Johns Hopkins chemist W H Lewis and his wife report growing cellular substances outside living organisms and claim they created chicken meat in saline medium. They say samples can be cut and regrown indefinitely and the method could apply to other flesh.
The Mexican minister of Gobernacion orders the return of presses seized from Federico Perez Fernandez for the El Camillo Publico. Fernandez and associates were jailed after an article angered the government, with some detainees dying in custody. the editor was freed after three years. Investigations by Justice and Gobernacion deemed the prior proceedings illegal.
A banter line imagines a husband and wife entwined in judgment as a quip asks if she is truly married to the culprit, highlighting a sharp comic take on marital fate and accountability.
Tesse E Starkey youngest son of Win and Sophronia Starkey was born June 15 1887 and died July 20 1912 aged 25 years 1 month and 5 days Jesse was honest courteous prompt and respected by all. He married Etta McDaniel December 22 1909. He leaves a wife stepson father three brothers two sisters and many friends. Funeral services were held Sunday evening at the Rob Roy home by Rev Stewart of Attica. Interment at Poplar Grove Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs J K Hubbard accompanied by Mrs Alice Gantz and Lillie of Georgetown Ill visited Til man Hubbard and family on Tuesday and Wednesday. A local street improvement reports completion of paving from the east end to Second street.
A man is described as always ready to offer ideas, yet no one acts on them. The remarks imply his suggestions cause no harm, though they achieve little.
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