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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1907
Page
3
The article surveys summer visiting etiquette and fashion, noting growing interest in social calls and detailing styles. It highlights wartime era hats, wreaths, flowers, and bold silhouettes, with descriptions of gowns, crinoline, lace flounces, and accessories shaping a modern, elegant look.
A dated recipe outlines a skin cream from tallow and glycerin with tincture, benzoin, spirits, and isinglass plus rose water to soothe flabby skin. It also describes a bridal gown in pale yellow tones with antique lace, pearl embroidery, and chiffon with roses.
The piece references Wiss Gonudd as a benefactor with ties to public welfare efforts. It discusses a divided effort to recruit and deploy workers for urban relief, mentions Helen Gould and New York tenements, and outlines plans for public works including agriculture, sanitation, and fencing with substantial funding.
The text ponders aging and social activity, arguing constant value in companionship for the elderly and noting how deteriorating health or duty can alter perspective. It reflects on the persistence of enjoyment from others as people grow older, implying a shared human urge for connection.
Latest in Footwear notes a departure from colored colonial styles to bronze or latent leather with strap buckles across the tongue. Worn with pale spinner gowns, tan leather dominates daytime wear while bronze or black silk stockings feature clocked embroidery in matching stripes.
The Ladies' Field notes that people distrust friends of friends when they hear much about them and question what their appeal could be. The remark reflects cautious curiosity about social connections and reputations.
A recipe uses trimmings of cold boiled ham or tongue with one quarter fat in the jam. Chop or grind fine, rub to paste, then season with sugar mustard and cayenne. Add hot vinegar gradually to smooth, mix with two cups prepared meat, pack in bowls or jars for relish or sandwiches.
A French inventor has devised a bottle with a lock and key to prevent poisoning missteps. The cork sits on a spring, secured by a spring-like hasp, and can only be released with a key attached to the bottle neck.
A fragmentary recipe text lists ingredients such as butter sugar flour and eggs but many words are garbled. It mentions layering and a sugar-egg mixture with raisins figs and dates, plus rose water and yeast powder, though the full method remains unclear.
A collage of culinary instructions covers cheese fingers batter batter making, cake and batter variations, and dessert ideas. It includes cautions about bananas, macaroni color, lamp black stains, and enamel ware cleaning with pot ash. The tone mirrors a practical domestic guide from a late era column.
The article proclaims New York's vast engineering activity worth about 625 million dollars in underway projects, with 344 million in progress, 105 million awarded but not yet let, and 162 million planned for the water supply from the Catskills. It notes major tunnel, bridge, and building efforts, plus plans for more ventures and large hotels, apartments, and stores.
Journeymen tailors organize in Palo Alto while unions in several states show large membership gains. Minnesota reports fourteen new federations and five pending applications. San Francisco iron trades plan a May 1 strike over an eight hour day involving over six thousand men. Chicago elevator workers seek ten dollar monthly wage increases.
In Indiana district many insane are crowded in county jails as hospitals fill. Sheriff Meredith oversees an aggravated case in Richmond’s county jail with John Henry Thurman declared insane awaiting admission. Thurman eats nonfood items and rests little, kept under close supervision.
Mrs Tasdar and her sister faced a four foot wing span battle when a hawk attacked during a chicken coop raid. The hawk clawed deeply at Mrs Tasdar’s shoulders and arms before men intervened and killed the bird.
At the American Sheet and Tinplate Company plant in Elwood Edward Alley in the sorting room was seated by no stove when a stove pipe fell. His nose was shaved off as neatly as with a knife. A local surgeon reattached it and it is believed to heal. Officials say no prior accident of this kind at the plant is on record.
Robbers held up the village of Loota,iocera suburb near Chicago, blasting the post office safe and looting valuables as terrified residents watched. In Canesville, a bank safe at Knight Bros. was blown open with dynamite, nine gold watches taken, and the robbers fled before the inner cash vault was reached.
Miss Anna Loughlin, an Indianapolis high school girl who disappeared in April, was taken into custody in Des Moines Iowa after a reprivmnd by the principal. She admitted her identity. Her mother has gone after her.
Rev. Allen Jay of Richmond declared tainted money would be accepted and placed toward proper use as he dedicated the new Friends' church in Wabash. About $12,000 of the indebtedness was covered during the ceremony.
The Yo M C A counts showed 2027 men attending a recent Sabbath theater across Terrelaure. Across thirty churches the attendance reported is 1 F2 men, according to an announcement.
Authorities in Spencer County investigate the death of Richard Bell a cross tie contractor found mangled on the Southern railroad tracks near Evansville believed to be murdered and robbed.
Mrs. Charles Morris of Juogansport narrowly escaped a fatal trampling when her foot slipped from a Pan handle railway frog caught by her high heels. A bystander tore her foot free a split second before a fast train passed.
Mrs. Zulma Klingelhoefer, age SO, fell from a hospital window in Levansville and was killed instantly. Death by her own action is suspected.
The seven year old son of Charles Wainman of Evansville fell into a bucket of boiling water and died from scalding injuries.
State briefs report Evansville Glass Company files a deed of assignment revealing assets listed at 895 000. Other items note a Jay Brown plant fire at North Manchester causing about 20 in losses and Masons in Indianapolis raising 500 000 for a temple.
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