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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
6
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a prompt pleasant laxative for headaches colds indigestion and stomach issues. It urges buying the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product with clear branding on every package.
A local real estate ad promotes Southern Minnesota land by Willis and Whittlesey of Jam, encouraging direct purchases with commissions offered. The message emphasizes best farms and investments on earth and invites buyers to act.
The fragment notes a birth timing reference with a misformatted pronoun line. It mentions a birth date April second and includes a stray line about lateness, offering no additional event or identifiable figures.
New York City now operates twelve open air schools and classes with plans for fourteen more by fall as announced by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Chicago reports sixty one open air classes, while Boston has five.
A man recalls a remark about seeing Dr. Parkhurst on Madison Avenue and wonders if the doctor is telling others. A woman replies that if he is, the tale would be more interesting than what he shares.
A widow recounts how coffee harmed her heart and prompted life insurance rejection. After switching to Postum her headaches and neuralgia faded, appetite returned, and her heart strengthened, enabling successful insurance again. The letter, labeled from Postum Co. Bat tle Creek Mich, ends with a plug for The Road to Wellville.
Captain Nat Plum lands on Beaver Island to press Strang for redress over loot. Obadiah Price bargains for ammunition and binds Nat to deliver a package to President Franklin Pierce. Marion, Neil’s sister, is linked to lilac scent and Strang’s capture. Nat battles the king’s forces, escapes a dungeon, and overhears a Mormon jury deciding fate.
Neal and Nathaniel endure captivity as Winnsome’s fate remains unknown. The sheriff Jeekum reveals Winnsome fled by sea after a failed capture, Marion is missing, and Marion’s possible death haunts Nathaniel. The pair brace for a final confrontation as armed officers close in.
Oakland Chronicle reports a mysterious visitor excavated a buried can containing gold once tied to Glanville Swift, a Chico area miner. Locals recall Swift left the hills in the 1860s with about 750000 in gold. One night a dig site appeared near an adobe mile north, a box was looted and large bottles of gold vanished, measured by a chart but only one hole was dug.
The piece notes shore and water birds breeding on Bering Island migrate to Hawaii and Fanning Island, about 2,200 miles, likely in a single nonstop flight. Despite no land marks, these birds navigate with precision as if guided by a rifle shot.
The eldest son of Swiss engineer Herr Brandt, builder of the Simplon tunnel who died in 1908, pays a $500,000 inheritance tax after discovery of $3,000,000 in Russian assets not declared in the will. He did not know of the property and accepts the fine to secure a $2,500,000 windfall.
Ad copy extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a mighty blend of twenty ingredients. It claims superior remedy for spring ailments, tiredness, and loss of appetite, urging consumers to insist on this product as the real substitute.
Mrs. C. M. Root of Gilead Conn reports chronic tiredness and sleepless nights. After using Hood's Sarsaparilla she sleeps well and the fatigue vanishes. She also says scrofula from childhood disappeared thanks to the medicine.
A London Answers tale shows an apprentice named William being told to shed an old mare and perform the farmer’s orders swiftly. Two hours later the farmer learns no speed, then reveals he shot the mare himself and has buried her, a sad outcome for the obedient trainee.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis reports from 725 churches with over 312000 communicants across 208 cities in 12 states that in 1910 tuberculosis caused nearly 700 of about 7000 deaths. This yields 2.24 TB deaths per thousand communicants, higher than the national rate of 1.67 per thousand in 1909.
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic claims to cure chronic catarrh by a month's treatment. The powder is sold as a germicide and antiseptic in water, spray, or gargle use, promising to heal inflammation and remove secretions. Available at druggists for 25 and 50 cents, or postpaid from The Paxton Toilet Company, Boston.
The exchange notes Roaring Bill being taken to hospital after Alkali Ike attempted to break up a suffragist meeting. Pistol Pete and others weigh public virtue, with a quip from Judge and a bishop’s aside on a patent remedy. A humorous aside notes how a man is rarely arrested for striking an attitude.
During a Lenten tea a missionary speaker described missionary trees as profits directed entirely to missions. He cited examples, including a Roxborough farmer with a golden pippin, a Florida woman with an orange tree, and a California nut farmer dedicating walnuts to spreading faith in Zanzibar. The idea, he said, should apply beyond farms.
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