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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
6
The Kingman band saw its third summer concert spoiled by a shower last Saturday, cutting the performance in half and forcing an early abandonment after band members had already been soaked. The brief rain raised concerns of more rain, prompting the move to safety before the event continued at the opera house.
A tramp in Attica claimed he piloted the last canal boat, the Goodman, from Lodi to Lafayette in 1875. Old residents back dates, noting the Covington port’s last through trip was October 26, 1872 with the Rocky Mountain. The canal froze after Lafayette, ending regular traffic.
Laughlin and McLaughlin, both from Lafayette, were sentenced Friday afternoon in Jeffersonville to one to eight years in state prison for breaking into and robbing the Newman Russell saloon in Attica. They stole three pints of whiskey and ninety cents, and were found with the loot. Helms, 25, and McLaughlin, 18, were captured after a night watch saw them flee, with McLaughlin later identified as the other suspect. The youths claimed innocence despite the fines.
Local residents visit relatives in Kingman Veedersburg and Forest Indiana. Sam Sines returns from St Elmo Illinois in improving health. Community members attend horse show and church ice cream supper. Ethel Osborne heads to California to marry and Curtis Thompson plans rural mail route swap. Children prepare a program for Sunday School day. Harold Dennis moves to Perrysville to farm with uncle Robert Bennett.
A humorous note argues e is the unluckiest letter because it never appears in cash and debt yet marks peace and existence. It claims without e there would be no money bread water meat life gospel Jesus family home heaven or hell.
Town praises a buckthorn bark and glycerine mix named Adler ika as a quick relief for constipation sour stomach and gas. One dose allegedly cleanses old matter from the system and leaves users feeling renewed, sold by G L Cory in Kingman.
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