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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
7
A miscellaneous page features quips about marriage and sea captains, a grocery ad for Mrs. Austins Buck Buck, a cautionary saying on godly behavior, a line about mince matters in the house, a rainy spell note praising rain for crops, and a playful jab at ruining baseball with rain and smokers.
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of Castoria bottles for the signature GLAM edith and notes it has been in use for over 30 years. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
Dutch grocers begin stocking breakfast foods after a period of scarcity. Consumers typically start the day with a cold light meal of bread cheese cold meats milk and tea or coffee rather than a warm meat breakfast.
In a chatty exchange, Joe Doe asks about Senator Smugg’s claim that Congress could be abolished if the president dictates legislation. The Old Dodger quips that the senator always talks too much and should have simply phrased it as abolishing Congress.
An old statute, unused since the early 1900s, is to be invoked in central Kansas to combat chinch bugs threatening crops this year. Gov. George H. Hodges has been petitioned to use the law, once aimed at grasshopper outbreaks, to curb the insect damage.
Munford Alabama resident Mrs F P Mullendore says she was weak and nervous passing through the Change of Life. Her husband nailed rubber on gates to prevent slam. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with easing back ache and stomach fullness and urges other women to try it. She notes the company offers confidential letters answered by women.
A DIY guide for young makers detailing how to repurpose a grocery box into a secure tool chest with a drop leaf, lockable lid, and reinforced ends. It covers building a wall rack for storage, staining, and organizing planes, saws, and bits, plus advice on keeping tools put away.
A retired officer cites a National Magazine piece arguing ancient civilizations prefigured modern systems. He notes Babylon’s courts and rural mail, Egypt’s civil service, early wind of phonographs and wireless telegraphy, and Egyptian alphabets as scientific keys, challenging American self sufficiency.
An Ohio inventor receives a patent for a noodle cutter featuring a shaft with multiple parallel wheels and a handle. The device is designed to cut noodles evenly and consistently.
A Home Department note explains button sewing technique. Tailors use extra thread, knot it, wind it in teeth, wax to keep twist, place a pin across the button, then wind the thread after sewing. This creates a stem that eases buttoning and permits multiple garments to button on one waist.
Chairman Underwood warned at a Washington luncheon that tariff revision must follow the public mandate or fail. He told a joke about a photographer who returned to develop a wet plate to find a blur, then quipped about a sitter who had stepped away to see a drunken man and returned to a ruined image.
Charles Judlin of 3002 Cass St St Louis narrates relief from severe scalp dandruff and body itching after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He claims rapid improvement within a month and credits the products with stopping sleep loss. The ad notes Cuticura soaps sold worldwide and offers free samples with a Skin Book.
Senator Clapp recalls a man with two children who orders lemon soda then shares pocket sandwiches on three plates. The waiter reports the scene to the manager who scolds the man, while the calm reply identifies the manager himself as the target. The exchange ends with the question about the orchestra.
An old advertisement page lists various health and household remedies. It highlights Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, Mother Gray's Sweet Powders, and a worm remedy, all pitched to mothers. A sample address for Fred Olmsted in Le Roy New York is included.
In Dublin W B Yeats says wearing a political life forces compromise on sincerity and high ideals. He warned that speaking lofty truths while engaging in politics leads to expedient language and eventual abandonment of genuine ideals.
A humorous exchange between a widow and her daughter about age. The daughter asks why the mother claimed she was eighteen when she is twenty four. The widow explains the six-year difference, noting it is unnecessary for her age.
The method uses a dark jelly like automobile soap found at auto supply stores or garages to clean rubberized goods. Create a strong lather, wash the coated area, rinse with clear water, and dry outdoors for best results.
Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania suffered for a year with dropsy and swollen limbs. After six boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling disappeared and he felt recovered. He confirms ongoing benefit and urges contact for orders at 50 cents per box from Dodds Medicine Co. Buffalo New York. Also offers Household Hints music and recipes free.
A famed Detroit newspaper man, now broken and past his prime, recalls an insult from a Muncie Indiana paper offering twelve dollars weekly. He laments the meager salary, insisting he could borrow more in Detroit, highlighting lingering pride and faded power.
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