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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1907
Page
2
The Kingman Star reproduces a fragmented, noisy clipping: mentions violence, a murhal ance company, a conviction of Paul, and a cremation in Cedundsis. Also references Barnum & Bailey and a Great Show transfer, with scattered names and places in a old style telegraphic news format.
A garbled item reports on political maneuvering around a Democratic party nomination, a Missouri Nebraska railroad speed limit protest, a Jamaica Bay fire destroying a resort, a law office shooting in Larande with three bullet wounds, and Dr Walter Rogiller found guilty of perjury in New York linked to life insurance inquiries.
Fred H. Magill and his wife Faye Graham Magill were found not guilty of murdering Mrs. Pet Gandy Magill in Clinton Illinois last May. The Decatur jury, under Judge Cochran, ruled the state proved death but not a murder, following which the couple was acquitted.
Mrs Annie Besant, world president of the Theosophical Society, spoke at the twenty first annual convention in Chicago opposing a fixed national moral code. She argued against penance by surveys and favored individual responsibility, warning against copying churches that employ heresy trials.
A Prairie schooner drawn by oxen, owned by Kara Meeker from Duratlup Washington, travels Broadway to stir public support for a bid to fund a permanent road along the Oregon Trail route. Meeker aims to meet the President at Carter Bay and then proceed to Washington to promote the measure.
In an army chapel address Bishop Potter argued that Nayne conference aims are beautiful but illusory. He called armies the police of the world, necessary for global safety, and asserted peace will not prevail, quoting that even on the last day there will be armies and wars.
Railway firemen on all eastern belts will demand wage increases soon. officials say companies will refuse. In Springfield Ohio Georges FL Ninffer, former member of the dean of public service, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for padding payrolls. Policeman Anton Bachman was shot and killed by Peter Garrity, a Cincinnati plumber, who was intoxicated and fired apparently without provocation.
Nine teams from major nations compete in the second international aeronautic cup race at St Louis. Balloons from France, England, Germany and the United States vie for a silver trophy and 2500 dollars as pilots seek farthest travel aided by winds and weather.
An auctioneer is to sell the queen's jewels and personal items to fund debts of her daughter Louise. Proceeds go toward debts. among items is a diadem gifted by Belgium for the silver wedding anniversary, valued at 3?0?00.
Dr. Cooke Aheard of Peary is linked to a new exposition on water apparatuses, with Frederick A. Cooke of Brooklyn, New York, described as leading the project. The report notes Cooke’s fame as an American explorer and places the venture about 650 miles south of the North Pole in Grooiland.
The piece argues Japan should avoid war to prevent unbearable strain from a $1.1 billion national debt. Interest costs about $56 million yearly, with revenue around $308 million, mostly from taxes. Pension costs rose to $18 million annually. future conflict would raise taxes and deficits, suggesting war with the United States is unlikely in the near term.
A German airship enthusiast Count Zeppelin appears to have achieved a notable triumph that could delay or challenge the rise of the airplane. He has exhausted his fortune on aerial experiments and his latest airship is presented as a significant breakthrough amid ongoing dirigible developments.
The narrative recalls the strain of high altitude flight and distorted perception from the basket as balloons drift over cities and seas. It notes a mixed field where traditional balloons compete with airships and aeroplanes, plus a plan by Dr. Cooke and Bradley to reach the pole with sleds and Eskimo crews. Count Zeppelin also circumnavigated Lake Constance in four hours and seventeen minutes, outpacing steamers and flying near Friedrichshaven.
From Par and Near itemized notes: the best glass eyes cost about a dollar each. Mrs. HH. PD. Money, wife of the Sea vier Tram Mississippi, dies suddenly near Beauvoir, Mississippi. The body of Mrs. Wo Turner, niece of the late Samuel J. Pilden, is found after an apparent suicide. The Navy Dept awards a Chicago firm a contract to finish beef for the Pacific cruise of the battleship squadron.
In France a novel motor boat debuts with the screw propeller at the bow, designed by Andre Gambin. The typhonoid blade arrangement forms a cylindrical tube with dual surfaces, riveted to create a cutting edge. The craft is claimed to be non capsizable and may reach sixty miles per hour with 100 horsepower.
An inexpensive mixture of dandelion fluid extract, compound Karyon, and compound syrupsursaparilla is claimed to relieve kidney and bladder trouble before Bright's disease. It is promoted as harmless and easy to make at home, with a physician endorsing its healing effects and urging readers to try it and save the prescription.
An Akron mother recalls her infant’s severe skin sores spreading over body and face. After doctors failed, neighbors advised Cuticura Soap and Ointment. within weeks the child’s condition cleared, prompting praise for the affordable remedy.
A damaged passage warns of hazardous toy production practices. Carving hides to fashion animal figures uses chalk dust that fills air and lungs, risking death. Rubber sheet reduction and dyeing processes emit poisonous fumes and solvents.
A school teacher tests how seven people would share one pie. Fayide answers one sixth, while Jamie questions the math, reflecting a family moment about fairness and hunger during holiday times. The dialog centers on a child’s quick math and a mother’s absentminded hunger.
A Jamestown reader credits Grape-Nuts with restoring health and vigor after overstudy. The testimonial claims improved appetite, color, strength, and study performance, noting better sleep for the mother and success in exams. The ad ends with the tagline There’s a Reason and a prompt to read The Road to Wellville.
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