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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
6
Miss Gibson sits with Tom Alanna, a poor suitor, who discloses he is worth about two million dollars. He asks to marry, she declines, and he admits his aim was to feel how a man feels when he loses two million.
A boy quips that his fence is a fan rather than his mother having a hand painted fan. The remark reveals a playful exchange about belongings and family.
Classified notices advertise dozens of farms and acreages for sale or trade across Michigan Arkansas Saskatchewan Manitoba Oklahoma Washington and Ontario with details on size tillable land fruit trees outbuildings houses and timber. Prospective buyers are urged to contact listed agents and individuals by name and location.
Dairymen welcome turning cows to pasture as the best way to cut winter feeding costs and boost milk yield. Pasture includes native grasses or forage crops like alfalfa and soybeans, with careful gradual transition and grain supplementation to maintain nutrient intake.
Indiana agriculture advances amid higher corn yields and broader farm improvements. Tipton county growers exceed 100 bushels per acre. state efforts include Purdue extension, county agents, and proposed legislation for agricultural experts in each county. Estimated gains: 5 bushels per acre adds $12.5 million. dairy herd gains could add $6 million. hog losses in 1912 totaled $4 million, reducible with better care.
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plans to grow to 8,000 workers with 2,000 more positions and 1.7 million square feet of floor space. President F. A. Seiberling funds 450 acres for a worker home allotment at cost, converting rent into home payments over about a decade. The program includes modern factory features, an in-house hospital, lunch room, and welfare bureau, aiming to create a stable, loyal workforce in Akron, Ohio.
The French government promotes experiments with a large copper lightning rod style device intended to alter atmospheric electricity to prevent hail stone formation.
A farmer buys a winterization recipe asking to keep wells from freezing. The note advises placing a container by the fire at night. Wife wakes him and he grouchily agrees to attend to doors and windows, saying I wish you would.
The German Society of Electricians offers a costly gold medal awarded yearly for the best device or process worldwide that protects life or limb or promotes health in the electrical industry.
A fragmentary dialogue mocks a financier who accuses his son of cheating to pass a college exam. The son retorts that the company swiped funds to pass a government exam, highlighting themes of fraud and family conflict.
A dialogue recalls a dubious money making scheme proposed by Jones and the narrator realizes it was a delusion. Fate imagery contrasts two birds with different songs, one sings gloriously while the other’s chirp hints at longing and envy.
Kola nut drink from Jamaica becomes an export to England where the shup is manufactured colored and flavored and then shipped back to Jamaica.
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