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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1912
Page
3
Indiana women will find the state fair rich in attractions during September 8 week. The art building hosts hand painted china displays by Indiana artists and a wide array of needlework paintings photographs and crafts. The Enpiang women seek educational and inspirational ideas for home making and family improvement at the fair.
A judging contest for Indiana farm youth aged 16 to 20 will run during the state fair week in September. Prizes include four free Purdue University scholarships. Experts from Purdue direct the event, a program continued since 1909 with winners from thirteen counties earning college funds.
The Indiana state fair the week of September 8 will display about forty acres of farm machinery. Exhibits include tractor engines and gasoline powered plowing on a thirty acre tract, plus demonstrations of heavy hauling and other tasks. Mechanical markers operated by electricity will aid dairy work and time saving.
A State Board of Health exhibit at the Indiana state fair will expose frauds in weights and measures foods drugs and dairy goods. It features a sanitary versus unsanitary grocery and demonstrations on egg candling adulteration and patent medicine deception. A 1500‑strong Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce delegation will attend opening day September 8 to explore fair potential for commerce.
Paris readers weigh in on what constitutes understanding women with varied viewpoints. A correspondent argues equality and tact, another says sincerity and respect without superiority, while others doubt any man can truly comprehend, preferring steadfast partnership and caution in flattery.
Denver man George W. Smith and a friend, lost in deer country, found a furnished cabin and drank five cups of coffee laced with strychnine meant to deter thieves. They were then sick, given emetic oil, and a pint of warm lard before aid arrived. The cattleman admitted to drugging the coffee.
Robert Carlson, a logger held for insanity, regained his memory at prison walls in Everett after being booked as John Doe Christensen. He declared he had been there before and identified the upstairs corridor from four years earlier, and jail records confirmed his statements.
Autograph letters of Colonel Roosevelt sold for eight and four dollars each at the sale of Miss Emily Grigsby's art collection in New York.
A public notice urges readers to submit news early for the paper. It warns that Wednesdays and Thursdays are busy and that late submissions risk missing Thursday press deadlines.
A new timetable on the Wabash road cuts several U S eastbound and westbound runs and adjusts times. Notable shifts include No 34 eastbound 7 52 to 7 48 a m No 2 eastbound 1 40 to 12 24 a m and No 28 eastbound 6 20 to 6 02 a m. Westbound No 8 moves 1 22 to 1 42 a m and No 9 9 07 to 7 48 a m. Towpath morning run Attica to Covington schedules shift with 9 o clock departure and 8 56 arrival in Covington. return trips also adjusted. Afternoon Attica to Covington leaves 4 05 arrives 4 45 then returns 4 50 to Attica by 5 45.
In a humorous exchange from a humor panel, a husband remarks on his wife Nelly's dress looking jolly yet costly. She replies that money matters mean little when her aim is pleasing him, ending with a lighthearted note on her satisfaction.
A humorous dialogue features Cholly Sap head decrying the phrase clothes don’t make the man and Mrs. Peppery countering with questions about the need for a man when one has many clothes. The exchange appears in the Catholic Standard and Times with satirical wit.
The exchange claims James was robbed on his way home with bystanders to the scene. An observer asserts firsthand witnessing the incident and notes others nearby were involved in restraining him. The report reflects doubt and confirmation about the alleged incident.
A quip about health habits and travel reframes a man’s approach to baths. The joke notes his doctor’s advice for warm baths and his plan to go to Europe to follow it. It plays on long delays in personal care and travel as a humorous solution.
Jess questions the way to reveal love while Tess recalls a hug. The dialogue hints at hidden romantic feelings and hesitation.
A boy stands alone on a sunbaked street clutching a cent and wonders where the ice cream vendor who sold cooling cones has gone. The mournful scene evokes a hot day tragedy with a missing seller.
Clifton Heights Pennsylvania resident E. V. McKee lit a cigar he first sparked in 1869 when Bryan lost to McKinley. After Bryan’s defeat he discarded the cigar. Thomas Gaffney saved it in an envelope for McKee to smoke upon a Democratic president’s election.
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