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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
6
Antique ads advertise 10c to 5c toilet articles and 10c talcum powder with several scents. Local visits include Aunt Sarah Lindley's guests and Freeman Hesler signing at Spencer's furniture. News notes mention tangier sermons, harvest activities, postmaster exams, and a tight township primary with D. M. Brown winning by a small margin.
A. H. Lindley and nine others joined in Covington on Wednesday to help swell the crowd at the Bull Moose Convention. Also visiting were George Reece and his wife of Attica who stayed over Sunday with James Sowers and family. M. P. Rowlett has been unable to work the past week due to illness.
The Teachers and Students from the Old Rush Creek School gather at Rush Creek church for a Sunday religious assembly. Programs include song devotion and remarks by Hannah and L Lot Woody, with recitations by John Commons and Sarah W. Lindley. Election of officers and committee appointments follow. Martha A. L. Jackson presides, Mary E. Spencer secures minutes.
The union open air services start Sunday night July Sth with no fixed site yet. Rev Bulgin Rev Clifton Rev Stroh and the Misses Cox lead Sundays in July. A large chorus will direct song services and plans for a chautauqua at Turkey Run July 4 and 5 are announced.
Reports from east of here say chinch bugs threaten the corn crop and farmers employ dust and road oil barriers with gas flame to destroy invaders. State entomologist C H Baldwin endorses dust furrows and oil barriers, with flaming used on connected rows. Road oil from Standard Oil Co. suggested as most effective, coal tar if unavailable. County officials also visit Covington for tax equalization. local ads note discounts on Harper buggies and social visits reported in Fountain County.
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