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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1914
Page
2
Rev. B F Clifton traveled to his home near Flora Indiana on Monday to cast a vote. John Sowers was seen in Covington on Monday.
Bert Newman visited Lochiel on Monday to oversee commercial interests while Ed Reath spent Monday in Covington.
An Engineering Record view describes clearing logged off lands in the Pacific Northwest. Stumps three to six feet across are burned using a burner device with a central charge, a metal hood, earth seal, and continuous downblast. Fire consumes stumps in two to four hours.
In Pa’s Opinion, a line of mockery defines a soldier of fortune as a vaga bond who serves any master and then cries for aid from his own country when danger arrives. The exchange highlights themes of allegiance and loyalty in wartime rhetoric.
The Salem Massachusetts harbor thrived a century ago as a bustling seaport famed for privateers during the War of 1812. Dozens of Salem ships preyed on enemy commerce and residents shared daring privateer tales after many captured prizes returned home. The town often welcomed prizes, making the harbor a familiar scene.
A brief comic exchange centers on an angler who explains he is sweating, not fallen in, as a friend provokes a foolish question in a humorous dialogue.
A vignette of thrift and wit as an elder and a neighbor joke about cash flow. The quip plays on who owes whom, turning a friendly debt into a light exchange.
A brief exchange records a domestic moment with Smith asking about the house and Brown replying that everything is fine. The line carries a casual conversational tone characteristic of a Saturday Journal item.
Oliver P. Newman, chairman of the Washington board of commissioners, and Louis Brownlow are portrayed as travel companions. Newman sought a world travel bag with foreign labels to signal Round the World club membership as he joined the Wilson era travel plan. Brownlow mocked the effort, noting he paid to have the labels washed off. Sunday Magazine.
Hungary relies on 21 000 flour mills with 90 percent small and local, while larger steam mills target world markets. The country grows wheat of top quality and Austrian railways often shift Hungarian grain to Austria, forcing some mills to import Russian wheat. Government coal mines lose at least three hundred thousand dollars this year.
A Paducah barrister defending an elderly Black woman arraigned for theft of a chicken had the accused testify on her own behalf with the instruction to say whether she possessed a fowl resembling the one she allegedly stole. The remark drew attention in court as a questionable line of questioning.
Mr Growdher notes the restaurant chef would envy the orchestra leader. He says patrons must endure the music even if they disapprove of the food, since they are seated and cannot leave.
A pithy remark about Gabe or a man nicknamed Gabe-Old Titewad who boasts of casting bread on the waters yet does so only when it is too stale for his own use. The quip contrasts generosity with stinginess in a humorous aside.
Wigg teases Wagg about settling down and taking a wife. Wagg replies he does not know whose wife to take, prompting light exchange at the Club Fellow gathering.
The Minister asks about playing an instrument while Sandy answers with a personal detail about keeping a second fiddle at home, revealing a family music theme.
The exchange highlights Wempsley as a money maker in his line of work. The speaker calls him “the guy” who profits from that job, noting his knack for turning it into pay and pathos.
Business notice from Herrick Seed Co of Rochester New York seeks lady or gentlemen representatives to sell Roses Shrubs Trees and Seeds with potential weekly wages even without experience. Respond with terms and enclose notice. Also local item reports a 22 to 7 basketball loss for the high school at Cayuga and various local personal notes from nearby towns.
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