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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1913
Page
9
A century old challenge from Fermat offers $25 000 to any person who proves that sums of two like powers other than squares never yield a power of the same degree. The puzzle has attracted famed mathematicians though no complete proof exists for cubes or higher powers.
Onote Watanna, a Japanese stories author, debates a copy error with her typist over the word mandolin. The typist catches the misprint misread as mando lin and corrects it, while the author insists on the spaced form mandlin. The exchange highlights a playful language mix from the manuscript desk.
The excerpt reads like a satirical catalog of flirtations and formalities. It mocks aristocratic dialogue with lines about meeting again and courtesy phrases. General Biggum is cited as laying a corner stone on July 17 1900, hinting at pageantry and tradition amid playful banter.
A professor explains the term by joking that a certain office holder is not worth his chloride of sodium, illustrating extreme incompetence with a refined salt metaphor. The dialogue uses playful language to convey contempt for political ineptitude.
On a train toward Medford Subbubs chatted with a stranger who observed many new constructions. Subbubs replied that new buildings are the only kind they put up.
A quick cure for scandal emerges as Gayboy quits his clubs after rumors spread he learned his wife posed as an interesting widow at recent social affairs. The brief item notes the social intrigue surrounding Gayboy’s personal life and departure from clubs.
The piece traces resistance to new words from Johnson’s 1773 dictionary onward. It notes Boswell’s push for civilization and humiliation as forms once deemed illegitimate, and recounts Wil liam Taylor’s rehabilitate episode, with 19th century usage spreading to mean whitewashing.
In a terse dialogue a caller asks why no diagnosis is available and the response notes the doctor is not home. The exchange hints at a medical matter unresolved due to unavailability.
Mrs Barker asks Miss Adair about Bobby after school delay. The teacher explains she borrowed his pocketknife to sharpen a pencil and found he had been cutting tobacco with it.
The manager notes he must watch players who spent winter on stage as they struggle to adjust to nine innings after a four act drama. The joke highlights baseball players coping with longer seasons and changing routines.
A London Opinion quip contrasts a performer’s skill with appearance. She plays so well that observers forget her looks, while he remarks that she looks well enough to distract from her talent.
A man notes lovely artificial flowers that remind him of someone. The woman agrees they are artificial and says only close inspection reveals the truth. He acknowledges this and comments on the need to inspect up close.
A Princeton-era quotation plays with wage fairness from a barber shop debate. It contrasts the idea of equal pay for women with marital status affecting earnings, reflecting social attitudes of the period.
At a substation a lighthearted exchange centers on postal zone arrangement with a clerk noting preferences for warmer or cooler terms. The banter highlights local interest in mail routing terms and regional labeling.
Sale of 27.14 acres in southwest Kingman with orchard 3 room house barn and eight wells offered cheap if taken soon. Also notices of visits by locals, job ads at Kingman Grain and Milling Co and other short community items including illness and social updates.
The Silent Servant offers a modern line of kitchen cabinets praised for reducing work and keeping kitchens neater. Visit the showroom to inspect multiple styles and see demonstrations of the cabinet’s value today.
The Christian Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs H P McCrary next Wednesday afternoon. Col C P Madden and L A Clingan were in Danville Illinois yesterday. Lee Clements and family from Hillsboro visited relatives here over Sunday.
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