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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1915
Page
4
Farmers rush to plant corn amid a calm Kingman week while hardware stores report high demand for farm machinery. Prospects favor bumper oats and corn, with good wheat yields in many areas. Peach crops face near total failure, but apples and cherries may abound unless pests strike. Local notices include Melvina Ellis diagnosed as unsound minded and slated for treatment in Indianapolis.
Real estate transfers filed for record in Fountain County show multiple deeds from Douglass and Nelson Abstractors to various buyers. Listings include parcels in Hillsboro Stone Bluff Veedersburg Attica New Town and Millcreek with prices ranging from 50 to 7000 dollars and involving parties such as Lanham Minick Keselring Coats Derby and others.
Harveysburg social rounds show Mr and Mrs Ym Askern hosting at dinner with several couples and children from Waynetown Veedersburg How ard and Steam Corner visited relatives. Attica and Indianapolis trips noted for Booe ad and family plans.
The last legislature enacted Senate Bill 353 the Blacksmiths Lien Law approved March 8. It gives workers who shoe animals or repair vehicles a lien on the animal shoe or vehicle for their charges. Lien must be filed within 60 days with the county recorder for a 25 cent fee, and suit must be filed within three months after filing. The act does not disturb existing mechanics lien law and takes effect upon publication with no emergency clause.
Local residents visiting relatives in the area include Mrs Lawerence Hudderson and daughters Marguerite and Dorotha from Indianapolis. Families share meals and attend church services with neighbors such as Ottis Moore and G W Knauer. A funeral for Miss Hazel Wake land drew a large crowd, and Rev Smith preached at the locale.
Mr and Mrs Richard Childers express gratitude to those who tried to save their home and to everyone who assisted them in any way since the incident.
Members of Frog Pond church plan an ice cream supper at the church next Saturday night May 15 featuring a play titled Mrs Pipps of Waterloo. Everyone is invited for an evening of merriment. Local visits note relatives and travel among residents as various families spend time with kin.
Advertisement offers a free trial of Chronicures for rheumatism and related conditions. It claims blood cleansing and general tonic effects, with a mail order scheme and COD terms. Includes addresses for Mrs. M. Summers in South Bend Indiana and Mrs. J. C. Sanders in Kingman Indiana.
Mrs. Scott E Ratcliff and her children Vivian and Donald traveled to Crawfordsville to spend a week with relatives, taken over by Mr Ratcliff. I E Sowers and Ruth, with Loma McCrary Mable and Gleela McAlister, were in Crawfordsville Tuesday. Jake Dotson and wife visited his sister Elizabeth Woody in Tangier last Sunday. Egg buyers urged to Booe for best price and lowest goods.
There is widespread mention of catarrh as a constitutional disease needing internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is advertised as a cure all with a 100 dollar offer for any failure, and is sold by druggists for 75 cents. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Rev. B. F. Clifton relocates from the Cook property to the Frank R. Jones property where he and his bride will reside after their marriage late next month. Local households, social visits, and a butcher shop ad accompany the update in this compact community notice.
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