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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
3
The Indiana State Fair week beginning September 8 offers rich attractions for women from towns and farms. The art building headlines with hand painted china displays by Indiana artists, plus needlework, paintings, photographs, and crafts by Indiana women.
The Indiana State Fair in September will feature a judging contest for farm youth aged 16 to 20. Purdue University experts will direct the event, offering four free scholarships to Purdue as prizes. Since 1909, winners have come from thirteen counties, with scholarships advancing scientific farming.
The Indiana state fair the week of September 8 will display about forty acres of farm machinery. Exhibits include tractor engines with plowing demonstrations on a thirty acre tract and gasoline powered heavy hauling. Electrical mechanical milkers will also be shown to save time in dairying.
The Indiana State Board of Health will showcase a food and drug exhibit at the state fair starting September 8. The display includes weights and measures, adulteration and substitution frauds, sanitary versus unsanitary groceries, and patent medicine schemes to warn towns and shoppers. The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce leads a 1500-strong delegation of merchants and manufacturers to attend opening day events and evaluate exposition potential.
ParisLe Matin weighs the question Are Women Understood through reader responses. Excerpts cite varied views, from a man’s equal regard to women’s supposed flaws and the claim that only good mothers and wives are truly women, with other women deemed superfluous.
Denver man George W. Smith and a companion survived a near fatal incident after drinking coffee laced with strychnine as he and another traveler sought shelter in a cowhand’s cabin. The owner admitted adding poison to deter thieves. The crime underscores risks of stealing from a shelter cabin.
Everett Washington Robert Carlson a logger forgotten his name and past life regained memory at sight of prison walls. He had been brought from Arlington for sanity examination and was booked as John Doe Christensen. He told the jailer I have been here before four years ago. Records confirmed his statements.
Autograph letters of Colonel Roosevelt sold for eight and four dollars each at the New York sale of Miss Emily Grigsby’s art collection.
The notice urges timely article submission for the paper, warning that Wednesdays and Thursdays are busy and word goes to press on Thursday afternoon. It stresses that waiting into Wednesday afternoon or Thursday may prevent publication.
A new time card took effect Monday on the Wabash road altering several east and west bound trains. East bound No 34 moves from 7 52 to 7 48 am No 2 from 1 40 to 12 24 am No 28 from 6 20 to 6 02 am West bound No 8 shifts from 1 22 to 1 42 am No 9 from 9 07 to 7 48 am The Towpath morning run Attica to Covington dep 8 arrives 8 56 am dep Covington 10 50 am arr Attica 11 40 am Afternoon run Attica to Covington dep 4 05 pm arr 4 45 pm dep Covington 4 50 pm arr Attica 5 45 pm The humor page notes a domestic exchange with a dress purchase and husband and wife dialogue.
A humorous exchange concerns clothes and status with Cholly San head quipping that clothes make the man, while Mrs. Peppery questions the notion and asserts the need for a man when one has many outfits. The Catholic Standard and Times reflects light social satire on fashion and identity.
Jaggs claimed a street robbery on his way home. An observer says there was truth, noting he witnessed the incident and that accomplices tried to assist in the hold up.
A humorously framed reminiscence recounts a man who delays baths from boyhood, with a doctor recommending warm baths and plans to travel to Europe to pursue them. The anecdote highlights his long habit of postponing personal care.
Jess asks Tess if he said he loved her and Tess says no just a hug. Jess calls the hug a roundabout way of signaling love.
A street scene recalls a little boy who clutched a cent and mourns the missing ice cream vendor, standing alone as the summer heat intensifies the sorrow. The verse frames a brief, poignant moment of loss and memory.
Clifton Heights resident E V McKee lit a cigar he first lit in 1869 after Bryan’s 1900 defeat. Thomas Gaffney retrieved the cigar, placed it in an envelope, and promised McKee he could smoke it again when a Democratic president was elected.
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