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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1922
Page
7
A vintage ad touts California Fig Syrup as a cure for irritability fever and digestive woes in children. It promises gentle cleansing of the bowels with a single spoonful and urges mothers to choose the genuine product to avoid imitations.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as simple for dyeing wool silk linen cotton or blends. It claims even worn shabby items like skirts coats and children's clothing can be dyed or tinted, promising colorfast results and a guaranteed finish.
Advertisement touts genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross as proof of authenticity. Claims the brand has prescribed safety for over twenty-one years and lists ailments like colds, headaches, earaches, toothaches, neuritis and general pain with directions on each unbroken Bayer package.
In a quirky ermon a quartet droops into sleep while the organist riffs on puns and religious phrases. An odd advertising aside for Cuticura products promises skincare and perfume, touting its soap and ointment trio priced at 25 cents.
A Sunday school teacher used two boys to illustrate altruism. One boy hoarded while the other shared, and the class agreed the one who shares will become a successful and respected man. The anecdote ends with the remark that the sharing boy will rise.
Children’s handkerchiefs often look hopeless when they come to the laun dry. Wash with good soap, rinse in water blued with Red Cross Ball Blue.
A short vignette shows Bobby refusing medicine with a wry face until crying out he wants to be sick instead. His mother urges him to take the bitter remedy, promising he can play afterward. The tale centers on a child's stubborn wish and parental persistence.
Jane Burchard, a Reynolds college graduate who vowed never to teach, ends up teaching in a remote Berwick district. She seeks a regular man to guard her cottage from a prowler and meets John Dawson, a returning veteran hiding from society. Their connection grows, and he reveals his need to restart life with her.
A Tit-Bits note explains that the human body contains various metals. It cites iron and copper in blood, copper and other heavy metals in the liver, arsenic reported by some scientists, bromine in nerves and muscles, and iodine in the thyroid, with bromine and iodine occupying different body parts.
Radium is a rare metal that self destructs and emits particles. In darkness a radiolite watch dial viewed with a low power lens shows specks of light from atomic explosions as radium releases helium and disrupts its salts.
A compact aphorism notes that folly yields only want and sorrow, echoing Schubert’s line about the wages folly earns. The item presents a moral reflection rather than a current event, with a classic literary quotation as its focus.
A humorous exchange features Senator Snortsworthy and Hon Jupiter Joblots discussing a visit to Washington. The secretary notes the senator may show the visitor key sights before resuming duties. A veteran recounts a boiled Italian cigar joke linked to corned beef meals.
A Native Arkansas resident laments shifts in hunting culture citing a quip about deer and men. The remark contrasts old days when men hunted deer with modern times when deer supposedly hunt men, reflecting a satirical view from a Boston Transcript quote.
A short exchange quotes the Louisville Courier Journal remarking that you cannot reason with a woman and that women are hard to fool reflecting period tone and social views.
The question blends astronomy and metaphor. In celestial terms, stars are fixed on the sky, while wealth and fame change. a wealthy actor isn’t a fixed star but a named person whose status can evolve with career and life events.
Once a Mississippi steamer famous in Mark Twain lore, the Andy Paddock now operates as a power plant in New Orleans. Elevated on stilts with smoke pouring from tall stacks, the stern wheel is idle while a two-fireman crew, jokingly called captains, man the vessel. Sirens from passing boats greet the ship as it sits by the water’s edge. Riches fly away, poverty follows.
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