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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1911
Page
3
The advertisement touts Kokomo Pioneer Square Mesh Fencing in high carbon galvanized wire. It highlights stay wires that tighten under pull, offers free circulars with full details, guarantees every rod, and claims ample supply to meet farming needs now.
The State of Indiana Fountain County. Hugh P. McCrary sues Cleila J. Ponder in Fountain Circuit Court September Term 1911 for recovery on a promissory note. Defendant must appear by October 28 1911 or face default. Covington August 1 1911. Clerk Leroy Sanders. Attorney E Livengood.
John Bellis of Veedersburg visited on Monday for business. Dora and Earl Sowers traveled to Illinois Monday to start work. Dora recently returned after three years of service in the U S Army.
Executor of Henry Smith estate offers for public auction at the late residence in Mill Creek Township Indiana on September 23 1911. Items include horse Jersey cow and calf hogs hay corn and farming implements with sale starting at 10 am. Cash for sums five dollars and under credit terms six months for larger sums with note and security.
Mrs David Ferguson formerly Miss Eva Dix of Roy South Dakota is the guest of relatives here. A P Burnsides of Greencastle was here early this week to look after farming interests. Ed Bales from Xenia Ohio visited his daughter Mrs W A Hadley and family over Sunday.
Cayuga and Eugene raised 300 dollars toward a survey for an interurban road linking Cayuga Silverwood Leai Portertown and Eugene to Danville via Crawfordsville crossing the Wabash. A second route would cross near Perrysville. funds cover the survey as Danville and Crawfordsville officials assess feasibility and potential business tapping.
Marshall Holycross arrested a stranger trying to un hitch Jas Warren’s team from a hitchrack claiming ownership. The man gave the name Bob Lane from Clinton County, claimed to head to Frankfort, but acted queer and appeared mentally unsettled. He was jailed in Covington pending authorities.
Local notes mention Chas Massey visiting Covington on business and visits by Mrs. Claude McGraw from Terre Haute. Mrs Ed Reath and daughter and Walter Robison travel to Boswell to visit Claude Barker and attend the fair. A reflective moral quotes frame discusses wealth, honor, and the importance of a happy home over gold.
Fountain county council adjourned after a two day session approving the year 1912 budget totaling about sixty to eighty thousand dollars. A vote on purchasing voting machines for around twelve thousand dollars ended 3 to 3 with one absent and was tabled for the next meeting. The move drew regret as traders said machines could save money under the new registration law. Also notes from Steam Corner report remodeling, new dwellings, farm leases, and local visits.
A columnist extols the truest type of girl as one from the middle class, stepping from comfortable quarters to forge roles as wife and mother. She praises the middle class for shaping love, manners, and practical life, stressing duties of wifehood and motherhood.
Notice from the Kingman Indiana Board of Trustees to improve State Street from Second Street West to a point north of the C and E I Ry right of way. Public hearing for remonstrances set for September 18, 1911 at 7 p m at Dr E Eldo Ewbank’s office to weigh benefits against estimated costs. Dr E Eldo Ewbank and Frank R Jones sign for the Board.
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