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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1912
Page
5
Professor Punnet suggests that eye color variation within a species may reflect deeper chemical differences guiding temperament. In the national portrait gallery, blue eyes predominate among soldiers and sailors, while dark eyes dominate actors and preachers, hinting at a possible link between pigmentation and mental traits.
The note questions the source of the phrase pay through the nose and surveys theories. Grimm cites Odin’s nose tax in Sweden, but the writer rejects that link as only collateral. The piece links the saying to reluctant payment and to St Dunstan and Satan lore, noting the proverb’s uncertain age and modern explanations.
A Masel farmer named Maris killed Heyte, an elderly villager, with a hatchet, claiming Heyte was a sorcerer. Maris surrendered to police and said cousins paid him after a civil suit loss. He cited alleged epilepsy linked to Heyte as motive.
A property owner trimming a hedge by a railway in Pau, France, found a pocketbook containing 41000 dollars in scrip. The owner, traced to a mentally unstable man captured at Pall Station, learned the man had thrown the book from a carriage over a year ago en route from another town.
The Nottingham city council approves a proposal to run two school shifts in elementary schools. The first shift would run from eight to one and the second from one to five. Promoters argue this uses existing schools to curb capital expenditure growth.
An ailing Yankee farmer longs for cake with nuts and currants. A neighbor bakes a rich fruit cake, but his daughter and the doctor admit the patient never tastes it. They keep the cake as a funeral keepsake instead of serving him.
Mrs Dixon questions if her husband supports killing two birds with one stone. He is president of the local Audubon Society and she remains opposed.
A Johns Hopkins scientist and his wife report growing cellular chicken meat outside living organisms using saline solutions. They claim the tissue can be cut and regrown indefinitely and suggest the method could apply to other flesh products.
The Mexican minister of Gobernacion ordered the return of printing presses seized in July 1996 from Federico Perez Fernandez. Fernandez ran El Camillo Publico. arrests followed an article offending the government, with some detainees dying in prison. The editor was freed after three years.
A fragment depicts a conversation about marriage and punishment. Phrases hint at social judgment and relationships, including questions about whether a wife is married to him and whether the punishment fits the crime.
J C Miller and wife from Chicago have joined his brother Chas P Miller in the Cayuga restaurant business. The new Miller left a fine city enterprise for an open air town. Also noted are visits from Cayuga residents M Suter and E Ewbank with plans toward Bloomington graduation and a Cayugan band under D L Sellars.
M E Winkler of Margo Newfoundland returned home yesterday evening after visiting John Gillogg and wife. Mrs Ellen Allen arrived from Indianapolis to visit relatives and friends. Claire Rhode visited from Pine Village on Wednesday evening. Scott Marks was in Attica on business Tuesday.
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