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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1907
Page
3
A reflective piece discusses nagging mothers and the impact on children, urging gentler discipline to avoid fear and resentment. It covers the dynamics of parenting, the harm of constant scolding, and the need for balanced authority while noting related household care tips and fashion notes.
The passage counsels wives to treat their husband’s family with courtesy and not to pry into or vent about them. It urges support for his devotion to his kin, kindness and hospitality, and warns that marriage includes his relatives. It emphasizes modest confidences and mutual respect within the marriage.
A historical note extols married women for shared sympathy and forbearance born of experience. It argues marriage heightens womanliness, aiding the husband through daily trials, and warns damp beds pose greater danger in cold weather. It advises airing bed linen and using rubber bath items for health.
The article surveys jumper waist cutouts with final braid outlines, deep tuck panels on evening gowns, and embroidery between tucks. It highlights blue hat palettes, wreaths of white or shaded purple velvet, chiffon drapes, and boxed or cutaway coat influences. It notes crocheted cotton embellishments and gold embroidery on evening scarves, with plume adornments and sweeping headpieces as prevailing fashion notes.
A fragment discusses the impact of nagging spouses on married couples and their children. It notes how constant, petty criticisms like "Dut de this" and "Domi de that" erode patience and provoke resistance to authority as children grow. It cautions adults to restrain such remarks to protect the little ones.
The article discusses a vogue for whiter colored stockings over all black pairs, worn with slippers or patent leather pumps, highlighting ax-blood red tones. It then shifts to romantic advice, noting men are pleased to be told they’re on their partner’s mind, while overbearing devotion by a wife is criticized as tactless and harmful to marriage.
The article notes cheap ostrich plumes often lose fluff and daintiness. A curling iron can restore a fresh look by reshaping the plume tips.
Health and Beauty Hints discusses hairdressing to hide aging, summer illness warning to seek a doctor, advice on hairstyles for tall and mignon figures, avoiding hard water for complexion, using oatmeal and vinegar for dental relief, packing cavities with cotton, choosing gentle shampoos, and a simple Castile soap wash for scalp massage.
A New York inventor presents an adjustable metal band with overlapping ends and a sliding collar to clamp ring sections. The device aims to fit growing fingers and prevent valuable rings from slipping off unnoticed, especially for children's rings.
The passage details a pale light hat made of flue felt with lighter feather trim and a band of cut embroidery edged by black velvet ribbon ruins. A dark hat of royal blue satin features plumes and similar trim, illustrating period millinery style.
A historical note explains cleaning coat collars using turpentine to lift stains then alcohol or chloroform to wipe dry for a smoother finish. It warns paints dull from excessive scrubbing and suggests a bran wash by boiling one pound bran in a gallon of water to keep paints immaculate and glossy.
Cut-out trimmings are popular again with a velvet pattern showing a conventional leaf design applied to colored French broadcloth. Gowns made this way require much work and are therefore expensive.
In Tipton county, James Anderson, a young farmer, was found not guilty of second degree murder in the Elwood shooting of Jacob Diehl, a 30 year old glass worker from Alexandria. The verdict came on the first ballot after a brief jury deliberation. Anderson had claimed self defense following a saloon quarrel. Diehl died twenty minutes later.
Henry Groff's sons aged 17 and 13 set out for a hunt near Amboy. In a cornfield Allen urged his younger brother to load a gun. The elder claimed it loaded, Allen challenged him, and the elder fired killing Allen instantly in the neck. The surviving brother is grieving.
Armynt Davis, a diminutive six year old, stands 28 inches tall and weighs 25 pounds. Daughter of Mr and Mrs F M Davis of East Columbus, she has grown only one inch since fifteen months old and shares a 23 inch waist with her mother. Born in Martinsville, she remains in perfect health.
Union women at Hull House Chicago gather with ideas to fund marriage via dowries of 100 to 200 dollars as a union benefit. Miss S. Breckenridge of the University of Chicago proposes the plan to tie matrimony to labor union principles and wage earning. Mrs. Raymond Robins chairs the conference and notes dowries in English and German unions.
A Chicago correspondent reports immense daily spending on stimulants. Saloons, drugstores, tobacco outlets, and related products total an estimated 400 000 to 500 000 dollars per day, with workers bearing the primary burden and women and non workers accounting for the remainder.
A rumor that five year old Iessie Mitcholl was kidnapped at Newpoint Public School proved unfounded. The girl wandered, showing a stranger the way to a neighbor’s home, but did not notify parents or return home.
Representative Stins of Tennessee plans a resolution questioning Treasury aid to banks. Postmaster General Myer proposes parcel post expansion and rate changes. W. J. Bryan at Milwaukee outlines tariff revision against trusts and railroads, urging reform and licensing to curb monopolies. Governor Stokes backs Colby bill for popular senatorial expression. A.Tawney and others travel to the isthmus to study monetary needs of the canal.
An unclear OCR item references a hunting scene near a car barn site with a figure named George Deackert and a gray wall, then shifts to a Chicago north shore alarm linked to the event. The text is damaged and hard to parse, but suggests a violent incident connected to menacing activity in Tolleston and surrounding areas.
In Moegiere a grocery store fire caused fatalities among local firefighters. Goddard wheesi and Gael Phe Andersen were among those killed while battling the blaze. Fire apparatus from the city arrived, but assistance was unclear. The incident remains under investigation.
A Evansville area dairyman Walter Ristner and his family fled their home in night garments as a fire consumed the property. The loss is estimated around 2500 dollars. Firefighters reported the blaze starting in the dwelling and quickly spreading to the surrounding outbuildings.
Ioin Graf and John Machine die in hunting incidents near Amboy and Jasonville. An Evansville coal wagon accident kills a boy of George Arnold. Clifford Neves, 1, dies after a misstep during a hunt near Hillsworth. Former State's Attorney George A. Kurtz is disbarred in Indiana. A Shelbyville house fire destroys a dwelling owned by James Stoward with 850,000 loss. Mrs Goff left a gas stove burning, causing the blaze.
Dun's Review notes gradual relief in currency pressure with improved financial conditions. Gold imports rise, note circulation expands, and checks replace specie. Payrolls easier to meet, savings banks see fewer withdrawal notices, and New York exchange activity increases. Foreign buying remains higher than last year, aiding gold purchases abroad to bolster bank resources.
New York reports a broad reduction in trade activity and curtailed industrial operations amid strict monetary conditions and a currency shortage. Wholesale buying for future delivery contracts and retail credit-based purchases shrink, while manufacturers limit stockpiles and slow output until a stable basis is restored.
A dated price table lists Chicago markets for cattle hogs sheep and grains with ranges for prime to common grades. Indianapolis St Louis New York Toledo and Lutatto show variations in cattle hogs wheat corn oats rye butter eggs and hay with shifts across quality levels and grading terms.
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