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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
5
The Charleston News and Courier argues that genuine life comes from natural, purposeful conduct rather than showy pretensions. It urges people to seek lasting, meaningful effects, notes the gradual adoption of English in China, and critiques forced social or economic shifts amid rising egg and buckwheat prices and coal industry profits.
A historical note contrasts emotional women with flowers as rare gifts for ordinary thieves like cattle thieves or pocket pickers. It argues such tokens are reserved for a higher class offender who commits a revolting murder.
The piece notes that China’s fighting may affect straw hat prices next summer, while midwinter concerns focus on present conditions and do not dwell on midsummer outcomes leaving readers to read into supply and demand tensions shaping future fashion costs.
The Washington Star notes that tips become serious when they adopt the guise of enforced bribes, a concern underscoring how small gratuities can evolve into coercive demands.
New provisions in Indiana election law impose strict penalties for false registration and for assistance in unlawful voting. Board members act as peace officers during sessions, with arrests for disturbances, false registrations, or aiding non voters. Additional rules require registration in cities over 15,000, with clerks assuming auditor duties and city councils handling election officer roles.
Indiana general assembly enacts procedures for recounts of votes cast by machines within ten days after an election. A candidate may petition the circuit court for a recount, prove machine faults or tampering, post bond, and have court hear, inspect machines, appoint a mechanic, and correct totals to declare the winner.
The European hair market shows no slump in prices after the Chinese ban on pigtails. At Limoges fair opened December 29, prices stay level with recent years. A Paris merchant bought about 200 pounds at 10 to 11 dollars per pound, with bids from 60 to 70 dollars for white hair and lower for red hair. The Limoges fair remains the world’s principal western European gathering for hair trade with dealers worldwide.
A digest of Civil War action and political moves from February weeks past. Confederate leaders Quantrel and Parker led a brief raid near Independence Missouri. Virginia constitutional convention adjourned with free state defeat. Lincoln and Davis proclamations and battles across Tennessee Kentucky and New Mexico outlined. Port Donelson Henry fall impacts. Washington’s Birthday observed with parades and speeches.
A conversational vignette contrasts horror from eastern massacres with a football player’s indifference. The speaker notes the son’s focus on football, implying desensitization to violence while highlighting conflict through a sports-centered lens.
A vintage ad-style note promotes Red Cross Ball Blue as the best bluing value with a thrift message. It urges avoiding water for bluing, suggests using a dab of bluing, and highlights large packages sold at grocers. A quotation from H. W. Longfellow is included.
Advertisement claims a remedy that cures piles in six to fourteen days with claimed fast relief. It states the treatment can stop bleeding and protrusion and mentions retention of money in a Pawo Ontario context. The prose mixes other nonrelated phrases about marriage and importance.
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