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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1910
Page
5
G L Cory mentions Rigers perfumes with flowers fresh from California. Carl Bowsher returns home from months on the Pacific coast. Miss Effie Woody visits Brazil for a week with sister Mrs Chas Manwaring.
The Kingman Star, issued every Friday, is published by B O Hudler. The paper is entered as second-class matter at the Kingman post office and lists the year of 1891 as its founding mark.
A Kingman letter laments a lack of unity and activity in the local Commercial Club. It urges a lively, cooperative group to boost town development, noting six months without a meeting and predicting silence for years unless residents unite to push new ventures like a cooperative vacuum system canning factory.
A letter condemns tobacco users in Kingman for dirtying sidewalks with tobacco juice. Merchants cleanse and scrub storefronts each morning, especially Mondays, with women forced to dodge the unsightly residue. The writer calls for decency and health consideration among users.
A citizen laments filth on sidewalks and urges stricter enforcement of a past Kingman ordinance banning tobacco juice spitting. The writer argues education is needed to make residents follow town laws, likening adults to children in need of guidance.
The text urges humility over pomp, saying people increasingly judge others by real abilities. It warns that many are intelligent enough to discern true competence and will make an accurate assessment of those they meet, reducing the value of ostentatious displays.
A poet counsels that children should not be shamed for wearing patched clothes if funds are lacking. He emphasizes that dignity comes from character, not new attire, noting that rags may precede future greatness and global joy.
Readers travel a short distance to borrow The Star, proving value in staying informed. The note emphasizes pride in frugal habits and supporting local advertisers through this practice, highlighting community spirit and utility of the newspaper.
Garland Steinbaugh began studies at Wabash College in Crawfordsville on Monday. Miss Julia Redenbaugh visited from Terre Haute for ten days with her parents. Ed McCord and Miss Mary McCord with Miss Genevieve Boor resumed studies at Butler College in Indianapolis. Mrs Ambros Banta and children returned home to Veedersburg after visiting locally. Cosmopolitan Magazine seeks Kingman representative for subscription renewals and circulation growth with salary and commission.
A collage of local notices promoting J Frank McDermond’s Big Dry Goods in Attica with free delivery and $25 000 purchases. Includes travel errands notes for Mrs Sam Highbarger Mrs B O Hudler E N Tunin and family, a Danville auction report with Col Madden, and a genuine fight pictures reassurance. Also talks watches as compasses noting how to find south and suggests no one gets lost with a watch.
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