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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1910
Page
4
The article traces ancient pastry origins, noting Oriental familiarity with pastry and midage shifts introducing butter eggs and salt. It explains pastry cases called coffins or coffynes in England, used for tarts and later creams and preserves, linking to the term custard coffin in The Taming of the Shrew and to modern vol-au-vent concepts.
A London anecdote describes a man attempting the lost sovereign joke with a cab driver. The fare asks for a match at a tavern, then vanishes as the cabby whips the horse and disappears into the night, leaving the presumed coin behind in the cab cushions.
A readable description explains how poisons act on the blood and nerves. It notes venom damages blood vessels causing internal hemorrhage while attacking the vaso motor nerve center that controls respiration, often leading to death by inability to breathe.
The London Standard notes the powerful surf near Chinco Teague and Assateague islands. Chinco Teague lies about a mile and a half across, with Assateague between it and the ocean. Waves surge high enough to sweep over sections of both islands, a force the locals must endure.
A London Tit-Bits joke features Mrs Homeseeker and a sly house agent arguing over a house with downhill floors. The agent boasts it preserves family peace by making a husband’s collar buttons roll to a wall for easy retrieval, prompting comic confusion from Mrs Homeseeker.
A witty exchange features a self important man boasting of a fault and Knox quipping that it is like a nickel with a plughole, implying only a minor imperfection. The Philadelphia Press records the banter as a humorous aside.
An anxious mother pleads with a doctor who reassures that Robbie will get well. The doctor claims to have given medicine for every possible ailment, expressing confidence in finding the right remedy. The Toledo Blade quotation frames the exchange.
The C. & S. W. construction crew reports the fourth mile of Kingman Road finished yesterday, with Sunday rides available next afternoon. Trolley lines are spiked down and rails hung, as workers even labored Wednesday night to haul steel. Superintendent M. A. Peoples travels to Washington Indiana to supervise a partly built road, while Mexico Missouri line cars will start Saturday under Burns and his team. Kingman residents praise J J Burns & Co for swift progress.
Surveyors map the Covington and Southwestern interurban route from Kingman to Coal Creek and possibly Danville, using the old C D W railroad grade. Westward construction aims to unlock Indianapolis loan funds tied to mile completions. Covington bondholders insist funds only pay on actual work, with installments after each mile. A wreck occurred as rails were moved, a rail puncturing a streetcar coach and frightening the motorman.
Nelson Nebeker and wife were guests of their daughter Mrs Leslie Snell of Danville last week and remained over Sunday to enjoy the Tabernacle meetings. Misses Jess DeHaven and Ironia Bender visited in Danville part of last week.
A club faced a mystery when Joaquin Miller sent a four page manuscript that baffled its secretary and board. A note was sent asking Miller to mark cross or circle, but the secretary could not tell if he accepted. The tale ends with a comic attic scene of apple cores and curious siblings.
A mother confronts her three sons as they pretend Adam and Eve in the garden. Henry plays the serpent while Willie and Jack enact the scene, leaving tea cores and prankish evidence around. A late night window warning ends with a splash of water and a reminder to be home. A boy asks his father why a senator is like a counterfeit, and the father replies with a quip about bad bills.
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