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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1922
Page
3
A column of home cooking notes describing flavors and scents like apples and ume pickling. Includes quick meal ideas such as frying bananas with bacon, cherry sherbet, brook trout in cream, peach pie, krimmel torte, and a fruit preserve method with sugared peaches and whipped cream.
A fragmentary quotation quotes Mae Terlinck urging ongoing wisdom from childhood to death. The line emphasizes lifelong learning as a guiding creed.
A column offers simple recipes for inexpensive treats and meals. Recipes include Spanish Bun, Chicken Pie, Roll Jelly Cake, Peach Marmalade, Calves Hearts on Casserole, and Pea Scuffle with practical steps and common pantry ingredients.
A design feature article promotes a spacious two story home variant stressing brick foundation concrete footings and a pergola porch. William A Radford offers free advice and invites readers to mail inquiries with a two cent stamp. The home emphasizes a practical layout including three bedrooms upstairs a living room dining room breakfast room reception hall and convenient bathroom access with refined touches such as glass doors built in ironing board and a fireplace.
The lesson details Haman's plot against the Jews and Mordecai's refusal to bow. Esther's courage leads to a royal feast plan and a reversal allowing Jews to defend themselves, ending in Haman's downfall and deliverance.
The text traces alfalfa from Persia to Greece in 480 B.C. and to Italy in the first century, then across Europe to Spain, Mexico, and the Americas. It notes early failures in New England, later revival via soil inoculation, and drought resistant varieties expanding into the West and north. A separate section describes South Sea Bubble excitement with financial scandal and expulsion of directors.
A historical note recounts expulsions from the British House of Commons for unusual reasons such as writing a pamphlet on The Possibility of Avoiding Death, with many cases based on commercial fraud.
The article recalls Theodore Hook who died a celibate yet pursued romance. He once sent a marriage proposal letter just before death, and later defended his stance on matrimony by saying a certain woman would have enslaved him, calling her an angel.
The United States spent 343,155,2308 on its army for 1920 21 amounting to 8.22 per capita. The British empire excluding dependencies spent 562,123,000 or 12.35 per capita. France used 933,927,000 or 22.52 per capita. Italy spent 246,061,200 or 6.70 per capita. Japan spent 189,052,900 or 3.38 per capita.
The passage recounts the devil offering Jesus all kingdoms of the world in a moment, urging worship in exchange for power and glory. Jesus rebukes Satan, declaring worship of God alone as the sole allegiance.
Detroit history notes trace French ribbon farms in East Jefferson and routes along River road to Fort Ponchartrain du Detroit. Describes early American picket fortifications around 1796 to 1805, Ft Lernoult and surrounding suburbs, and the 1804 vote to remove pickets with 12 conservatives opposing and 13 supporting.
A Burma fruit called the durion grows on a sixty foot tree. It is oval ten to twelve inches long six to eight inches in diameter with a thorny green rind. Inside are five sections with seeds wrapped in sweet pulp. It has a pungent fragrance and divides opinion among tasters. The Burmese king sent steamers to Moulmein yearly for royal samples.
The article notes many large jungle animals have weak sight. Elephants rely on smell, rhinoceroses see little and hunt by scent, buffalo have good eyes, and bears with poor vision often retreat or flee. It cites L. E. Eubanks in Our Dumb Animals.
Edwin E. Stasson argues that two thirds of coal is wasted before use and arid lands lose all sunshine energy. He claims Death Valley is the richest region and envisions a solar engine with 5 percent efficiency to harness wasted sunbeams for national wealth.
A correspondent describes Abyssinian slave traders transporting young girls from Galla regions to the Red Sea markets near Massawa and Gallabat. The girls are held in crowded mat tents awaiting sale to Arab and Turkish officials, with violence and war driving captivity.
A compiled column features short maxims on work virtue and thrift, quirky quotes from Sallie Ann Ivins, cake and potato advice, a joke about a doctor’s payment delay, and a light birthday party exchange between Peter and Paul.
A courtroom exchange reveals that the first lawyer questions whether the address swayed the jury while the second confirms the verdict. The defendant received a five year sentence.
An advertisement urges use of Red Cross Bull Blue to keep table linens white and reliable. The blurb closes with a promotional line about grocery availability. A separate witticism notes salad days as times of abundance and compares mending a broken heart to mending a broken rib.
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