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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
2
An Indiana reflective essay argues critics ignore motives behind actions and prefer flattering deeds. It cautions that words gain sway only when backed by honest conduct and that steadfast conviction is safer to follow than chasing public approval.
The piece traces early almanacs from 1475 Nuremberg prints to English versions by Richard Pynson and John Thybault. It notes their grand prices, prophecy content, and odd health-day guidance such as Monday for leg ailments and Tuesday for head afflictions, as critiqued by the London Chronicle.
Mrs Hippach of Chicago recalls that her lifeboat carried 31 women and two men, one a Standard who bore a poodle. The women rowed and asked him to take an oar, but he refused to help, claiming he had to mind his dog.
The article notes the first wartime use of airships as bombing machines by Italy against Turkey, warning of future wars with new engines of destruction. It also comments on a German town with annual tors business around four million dollars and odd human interest items.
A Philadelphia star boarder scalds his landlady when asked to pay for board. The legal action follows with the man facing consequences. In Portland Oregon a man fined 100 dollars and jailed six months for swearing over the telephone is described as muttering the offense to himself.
A historical profile recounts Prince George Augustus Frederick’s strict upbringing, his ruinous behaviors in youth, and eventual reign as George IV. It notes debts, estrangement from George II, a controversial marriage to Mrs. Fitzherbert, and a public reception shaped by a populace and scholars like Sir Walter Scott. It argues England flourished not by the king’s deeds but by the people’s strength.
A long portrait traces Temudjin from a petty Tartar chief to Genghis Khan. It recounts his rise through brutal wars in Tartary China Persia and Europe, murder and destruction of cities, his death after a campaign on a frozen lake and massacres by his funeral escort.
The article outlines cement block construction details for a solid home. It covers block design around openings, monolithic stone walls, a cement cellar floor with four inches of grout, and a frost proof cellar with cement window sills. It warns owners to verify contractors' expertise, proper mixing, and drainage to ensure a healthy, durable house.
Garfield Tea has been on the market for years. The note praises a remedy worth while and comments on enjoying a man who is up and doing, provided he does not act against us.
A man in formal evening clothes clung to a crowded Chicago surface car footboard at 9 am, fell on a sharp curve, and was helped by the conductor and about 20 passengers. He asked if there was a collision, then quipped that if television had known he would not have alighted.
Eugene Smith of the New York bar argues in Case and Comment that penal codes conflict with modern state crime relations. He cites wide disparities in penalties for perjury larceny arson burglary and other offenses across Florida Maine Delaware D C Pennsylvania Connecticut Ohio Rhode Island.
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