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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
3
The article promotes free expert guidance from William A Radford on building topics. It highlights interior layout, a cottage design 35 by 61 feet, bathroom placement, and the value of a full cellar for safety and comfort in a small family home suitable for town or farm settings.
The article argues for ample storage and two bathrooms to attract tenants, notes the value of a fruit cellar for apples, and stresses planning for modern conveniences. It highlights attic spaces, stair access, and the need for weatherproof, well arranged rooms to suit family life and housing demand.
A Navy medical report compares Annapolis graduates in service who were athletic stars versus nonathletes. It finds 187 nonathletes and 198 eminent athletes with higher rates of hardening of arteries, heart disease, gastric issues, albuminuria, obesity, tuberculosis, and other injuries among athletes.
A correspondent describes brutal acts by Turkish troops against Bulgars and civilians near Tchatalja, including mutilations and killings. He notes mass migrations, fear of vengeance, and the threat to Turkish wounded being cared for in Bulgar hospitals as the war nears Constantinople.
Newport News reports a puzzling sea mystery mirroring the Marie Celeste. The Norwegian bark Remittent, under Captain Torgersen, sailed from Rio Grande do Sul October 25 for Liverpool, later found adrift near the Azores with no sign of its crew. A gale off Cape Henry sank the Remittent with no survivors.
Mrs. William J. Maverick recognized a patch on her husband’s trouser leg and alerted police. Two men, Charles Castro and Toney Donio, were arrested after Castro wore Maverick's clothes in a streetcar and a wagonload of stolen Seattle items were recovered from Castro’s home. Donio, said to be with a black hand group, is sought on Idaho charges.
Prof Bateson spoke on the heredity of sex citing color blindness in a family over generations. He noted color blind women are rare and usually daughters of color blind men. Sons and daughters tend to be normal but daughters bearing sons may yield color blind sons. Twins showed one color blind and one normal sister.
Washington Miss Inez Mitholland challenges rival Gladys Hinckley in a suffrage contest using self written verse about votes for women. Hinckley declares militant change, urging women to rise, claim rights and redefine domestic and civic roles to advance the suffrage cause.
Margaret Whatley appeared on an adjourned charge of neglecting her two children. The husband testified she stayed in bed from December 26 onward. Magistrates ordered four months in prison with hard labor and asked the medical officer and chaplain to supervise her recovery.
Charles Grellet, a New York restaurant keeper, sought an annulment claiming his wife is still married to another man. He says he learned of the alleged duplicity only after dreaming he saw her with another husband in Paris, and reports she admitted the dream’s truth.
Emma Espenshade of 219 East Main Street Middletown Pennsylvania says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased her severe headaches backache and bearing down pains. She reports rapid improvement and urges other suffering women to try the remedy and seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts.
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