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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1915
Page
4
A short literary piece titled On the Hill of Golden Sands appears in a Frank A. Munsey Co publication. The excerpt presents a reflective tone and hints at exotic or desert imagery associated with a hill of sunlit sands.
The aged Chinese patriarch Chang leads a desperate voyage from a famine scarred village to the United States. Facing smugglers and border perils, he endures starvation, a perilous crossing, and a brutal betrayal as authorities close in, sacrificing his own safety for grandchildren.
Chang, imprisoned by deportation, discovers hidden money in his old Chinese queue. A Chicago bailer mocks him as aged, yet the treasure proves he came 8000 miles for, enabling him to dream of home, family, and a respected legacy.
The Detroit Tribune notes silk from Syria spans from royal robes to mass market. great value is achieved with rare "poems in silk." Mulberry leaves feed silkworms on Mount Lebanon while peasant women reel cocoons by hand. Arab weavers blend art with tradition, producing some of the market’s costliest silk.
An American woman tests an English baronet's sense of humor by telling a Philadelphia museum skull joke about Benjamin Franklin. The insular baronet protests calls of density, while the punchline lands as a joke the Englishman cannot readily grasp.
The text recounts the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger, saved from death by a shepherd after a prophetic birth, later rising through war and chase to dethrone his grandfather, thereby fulfilling the prophecy.
Russia commands one sixth of Earth's land, spans Asia far beyond Japan’s holdings, and since the Russo-Japanese War grows its Asiatic possessions. Its resources position it second to the United States in food production, while leading nations in mineral wealth and timber.
A humorous exchange from the Philadelphia Ledger shows a fond mother asking a teacher to award her son a prize for perseverance despite his idleness. The teacher rebukes the boy’s lack of effort, highlighting the clash over merit and recognition.
The text recounts Colonel Samuel Sloper a Blandford Mass settler praised for vast self sufficiency. He ran a stable and pastured stock, moved families for 3 shillings, did odd jobs and shoe making, produced garments, and served as parish surgeon and veterinarian with chronicled charges in 1770s records.
The Rope of Ocnus was a Greek painting by Polygnotus who died in the fifth century B C. He is credited with lifelike features and the first use of transparent draperies for women. The tale says Oenus, poor yet industrious, earned money before his extravagant wife saved, inspired by the painting.
The piece notes historic and Tudor era gaming restrictions in England with raids on gambling houses. It cites a London Weekly remark that in earlier times police raids occurred and at some venues workers were hired to swallow dice to evade detection during raids.
The first street railroad in America connected City Hall New York and Fourteenth Street in 1832. The three-compartment car carried ten per compartment with rooftop seats for many more. Fare from City Hall to Fourteenth Street was sixpence. Boston adopted the system in 1856 and Philadelphia in 1857.
The dessert spoon idea originated at Hamilton Palace, seat of Sir Charles Murray’s uncle, and reached the north first. A laird invited to dine with the Duke of Hamilton recoiled when given a spoon with sweets, asking if his mouth had shrunk since soup.
The Egyptian obelisk Cleopatra's Needle, about 200 tons, stands in Central Park. Erected at Heliopolis in the twelfth dynasty roughly 1,000 years before Joseph, it was brought to Alexandria by Cleopatra and later presented to the American people by the khedive of Egypt.
The article traces the Ottoman Empire from Suleiman I 1520 to 1566, highlighting vast territories across Europe Africa and Asia, military reach including Vienna, and its decline after his death. It notes internal decay, sultans toppled by Janissaries, and contrasts past Ottoman power with modern Turkish self criticism.
An analysis noting that phrases like I guess are not modern Americanisms but echoes of Elizabethan English. The piece cites Measure for Measure and Henry V as examples showing long standing usage in standard literature. It discusses how false beliefs about American origin misplace historical language patterns.
The passage praises Napoleon for rising to the moment under pressure. It claims his greatest strategic clarity appears when retreat is impossible and all bridges are burned. It notes Massena’s courage awakening when he witnessed wounded and dead, likening him to a lion fighting like a demon.
The London Standard notes folk cures from Lincolnshire and Ross-shire. A girl with ague cuts hair and ties it to an aspen to prompt the tree to shake away the illness. In Ross-shire, a rooster is buried alive as a remedy for epilepsy and hair from the patient is often added to the offering.
A traveler recounts a winter in Sweden and a Haparanda theater tragedy that moved all to tears. He notes the extreme cold causing upper gallery ears to fall like hailstones among the pit.
A Washington Star quote narrates a boy's bruise and torn clothes after a slide to second base. The father questions the damage while the narrator reveals he was the umpire and that the sliding boy did not make it.
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