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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
8
A note lists weekly movie showings on Tuesday and Thursday nights plus Saturday by JT 8 at 513 each, and mentions Jesse Cuppy and family of Attica visiting relatives here. Also states Hamilton Myers, current county truancy officer, has been re elected to another term.
A carload of Jersey cows will be sold to the highest bidder at 1 o clock P M on Saturday May 13 1911 at the old Fair Grounds in Kingman. The stock is first class select dairy stock fresh or forward springers, light and dark colors, mostly cows of the St Lambert strain with two registered. Cows are desirable size and halter broken. Bankable note at four months with 6 percent interest accepted, cash gets cent off. Auctioneers Col C P Madden and clerk R A McCord. Clay Bravo Bloomington Ind.
The Circuit Court of Fountain County Indiana has appointed and qualified EDMON RATCLIFF as Administrator of the Estate of Thomas Ratcliff deceased. The estate is believed to be solvent. Attorneys for Administrators are DAVID Jr RATCLIFF and U S Douglass.
In Fountain Circuit Court April term 1911 John G Gordon administrator filed final settlement of the John B Boyer estate. The account will be examined May 13 1911 and all heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause why the accounts should not be approved. Heirs must also appear to make out their heir ship.
Mrs Scott E Ratcliff and her daughter Vivian visited Veedersburg on Tuesday. District deputy Mrs Stonebraker of the Pythian Sisters lodge also arrived Tuesday to inspect the lodge site.
Charleston merchants push a buy at home campaign urging residents to shop locally. They stress local taxation, support for schools and churches, and the “home dealer” backing behind goods and services, arguing that spending locally keeps value and people in the community.
Mrs M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana advertises a free home remedy for rheumatism including muscular and joint pain sciatica lumbago backache kidney pain and neuralgia claiming it cures at home by removing uric acid from the blood loosening stiff joints purifying the blood brightening the eyes and restoring vitality. She offers proof by address mailing details to Box R Notre Dame Indiana.
Eben Slocum recalls neighbors in Cedarville banding together to send Lem Fowle a load of shingles after observing his roof leak and his son's behavior at school and in church. The gesture included an explanatory note explaining the hardship and intent to help both Lem and his boy.
In a ball game between two colored teams, fans debate which team has the better second baseman. A Snowdrift supporter insists he sees a real ball player, while an All-Wool fan disagrees, arguing the man only plays for pay and does nothing noticeable on the field. The quarrel ends without resolution.
A clipped dialogue shows a quarrel over social knowledge and horticultural advice. One speaker derides the other as an expert floriculturist, while accusing his recommended flowers of being climbers, tying social status to plant choices.
The passage traces early census practices from China in 2041 B C to Greece Athens under Solon and Rome under Servius Tullius. It notes the Bible Moses counting 모집 Israelites, counting by polls of heads aged twenty and up for war, excluding women children and some groups, with 603 550 counted in Israel.
A dialogue shows a proprietor asking about stocking sales and a saleslady replying ten cents a pair, with the proprietor noting the stock won’t last long at that price. The exchange captures a brisk local retail bargain moment and merchant confidence.
The article notes rivers and volcanic lava reshape landscapes annually. It cites the Ganges carrying vast mud, equivalent to 60 great pyramids, needing 2,000 ships daily to transport. It also recounts Iceland’s 1783 Shaptar Jokull eruption, lava 90 miles long and up to 600 feet deep, rivaling Mont Blanc.
The remonstrance of Hume influenced Gibbon to draft The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in English rather than French. Hume believed English would endure as America grew stronger, preserving Shakespearean and Newtonian English over Voltairean and Daudet styles.
A witty remark contrasts a manager with a housewife, asking how eighty in print relates to keeping a household. The line uses humor to imply a manager maintains a household of performances and printed material, balancing duties like a careful curator of theater.
A dialogue asserts a young man's acting strength depends on his mood. It hints at his ability to create tense scenes when inclined.
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