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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1907
Page
3
The court upheld a city ordinance banning saloons outside the business core and defining boundaries around government and business areas. It said challenges must show unreasonable abuse of power or discretion, and that states may license saloons with lawful operation except where state law otherwise prohibits.
Frederick W. Hoehn of Indianapolis allegedly decimps his sister Mrs Christina Nold by stealing about 40000 in stocks from her safety deposit vault. He fled to Cincinnati with the proceeds and vanished, after a Cincinnati broker inquired about bonds he bought from a man. Police investigation and search ensued following the discovery by Mrs Nold when she returned from Ohio.
Explosion at the Farnsworth mine storage house near Sullivan scatters debris. Claude Davis and Paul Keen are dead. two other boys were killed and three more injured. Cause under investigation, suspected accidental ignition by youths.
Mrs. Frank Croxton of Roanoke whelps four babies three girls and a boy weighing eleven and a half pounds. two girls die within hours, two survive. Her husband Edward Meers, a traction-line foreman, was found murdered in the Wabash river at Mount Vernon. A coroner’s verdict cites foul play and a head wound. In Marion, Lennie Lawrence attempts suicide to avoid bearing a child with Wil Thun Tinius. Mrs. Mary Saxon, a divorced woman, commits suicide at age 54 with likely morphine.
Lucy Pall is dead and Anna Pall is dying after their father stored a coal stove in the attic of his house in Michigan City. Carbonic acid gas from coal left in the stove is believed to have poisoned the girls.
In Elkhart Eugene McClellan fatally wounded James Rinehart during a sleep talking dispute. McClellan allegedly said something that angered Rinehart who attacked and slashed his throat according to the report.
Adolph Heywood a young Petersburg merchant died from an illness attributed to excessive cigarette smoking.
A self made Miss Matter of Württemberg, Germany, left school to work as a housemaid in England, mastered English, studied at Edinburgh University, and graduated as a physician and surgeon with distinction. She plans to go to China as a missionary doctor.
An analysis from the St Louis Republic explains why stair climbing is particularly taxing. It details how upward movement increases muscle effort and nerve stimulation, stressing the body's pendulum-like leg action and risking injurious effects especially in frail individuals.
The text outlines four brain types from Hausemann with the lowest group driven by sensory stimuli and substances, infant prodigies whose powers fade, pathological cases ending in insanity, to true geniuses preserved into old age. Spitzka ranks exact scientists highest in brain weight, followed by action figures like statesmen and artists, then descriptive scientists.
A Cleved Thun Dealer item notes Bixby criticizes a college education while acknowledging his son attends college. The exchange suggests Bixby’s conflict over the value of higher learning and his inability to take back money earned for college.
A brief stage dialogue features Mr Beaton and Miss Twin kle debating a ghost’s condition. The exchange humorously claims the shade suffers frostbite rather than locomotor ataxia and notes it hasn’t walked in three weeks.
A call invites the public to a mass meeting where an invited speaker will explain what they should do next. The item emphasizes collective action and civic engagement.
A harsh critique argues U S railroads neglect safety and maintenance as dividends rise. It decries extending hazards from spreading rails to open switches and fatigued crews. The piece cites James J Hill and calls for reform amid a traffic surge that overwhelmed equipment and schedules.
Dr C Lindahl of Copenhagen reports in the London Lancet that tears can kill bacteria that cause disease. The bactericidal power comes from the lachrymal fluid itself, not its leukocytes, and heating and cooling reduce its effectiveness compared to its normal state.
M Gerard of the French navy has invented the telemeter a device using two prismatic rings to read distance to a known height with a graduated scale. A tornado wrecked four churches and a school in Rome Texas. About 40000 idle in San Francisco due to labor troubles. Wyoming Ohio fire gutted its town hall. Jamestown expo management will be handled temporarily without salary by James M Barr ex Seaboard president.
A historic recipe instructs boiling milk with flour to form a smooth base, then folding in egg yolks and stiff whites, adding flour to make a firm dough, rolling and cutting, filling with jam, sealing, and frying in hot lard until browned. The method stresses testing lard with bread for proper frying.
Remove the bone from a veal loin and fill with stuffing made from finely chopped bacon, bread crumbs, lemon zest, mace, cayenne, salt and pepper, and one beaten egg. Roll and tie into a round loaf, lay bacon on top, cover with hot water, and simmer four hours. Cool in liquor, drain, chill, garnish with parsley and serve.
The instructions describe adding lemon zest and juice to a sugar base, beating yolks with sugar, then folding in flour sifted with baking powder and whisked egg whites. Beat in hot water, mix, and bake in a moderate oven for about twenty five minutes.
Peel four medium carrots and boil in salted water until tender. Mash, sieve, then mix with half a teaspoon salt one well beaten egg and a tablespoon flour. Drop spoonfuls into hot fat, fry golden, drain on paper and serve with brown sauce.
The recipe asks to cold boil cod and marinate in French dressing for two hours. Then mix two cups of liquid with two tablespoons tomato puree, melted butter, and orange juice. Fill coquettes or nappies, dust with pepper, bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven.
A recipe lists two cups brown sugar and two eggs with flour vanilla sour milk and melted chocolate. Mix with boiling water until smooth, beat in all ingredients, bake in large layers and assemble with boiling frosting.
Keep flour in a cool dry airy room away from onions fish vegetables and damp areas. Do not expose to freezing or temperatures above seventy degrees. Always sift before using.
A recipe for a six serving apple pie. Bake the pastry, remove a middle ring, fill with thick custard, decorate with a paste ornament, and brown quickly. Serve hot or cold with castor sugar sprinkled on top.
Combine rye meal flour salt sugar and baking powder. Stir in milk and beaten egg. Bake in greased gem pans until done. Serve hot with maple syrup.
A sweet banana frappe recipe blends one cup banana pulp with two tablespoons sugar and half a lemon juice. Beat thoroughly then fold in one cup whipped cream. Chill the mixture and serve in frappe glasses.
Cut equal quantities of stewed prunes and English walnuts into thirds without chopping. Serve in sherbet glasses topped with whipped cream for presentation and texture.
Dun's Review of Trade notes Chicago district shows no grounds for declining outlook with May bank aggregates indicating higher activity and abundant money. Breadstuff markets stable, crop conditions improving, and distributive demand rising with better merchandise stocks and regional buying. bank clearings reach 196,517,104 and failures total 17 vs prior weeks.
New York reports unseasonable cold and wet weather pressing retail trade across the northern half of the country with May ending as the coldest in 25 years. Shoe markets quiet. pig iron prices strong though supplies scarce. foreign iron and southern steel rail orders show continued activity for 1908 delivery. May is a solid month for structural steel bookings. US and Canadian business failures rise seasonally with 140 US failures and 14 Canadian failures for the latest week.
The report lists cattle hogs sheep and grain prices across multiple markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Prices cover wheat corn oats rye barley butter eggs and clover seed with ranges and grades.
Judge Woodruff receives no portrait since appointment to Maine Supreme Court. Greenville Mississippi police chief William Quinn dies by own hand in daughter’s presence. Sam Moor, African American, accused of poisoning four people, arrested in Roanoke Virginia. Mike Markovitch and John Toutzbat die in a Youngstown Ohio sand bank cave-in. National Medico-Psychological Association plans next meeting in Cincinnati after Jamestown Exposition. Harry Bowen, New York steamship strikebreaker hire, beaten by longshoremen. Grain handlers join longshoremen in sympathy strike. Longshoremen extend action to Montreal.
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