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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
2
The Purdue Agricultural Experiment Station reports on hairy vetch also called winter vetch and sand watch as a legume suitable for green manuring. It details sowing, soil prep, and yields with rye, noting 1910 greens of six tons per acre with rye and vetch and 1911 yields of eight tons, plus nodulation benefits and inoculation needs.
A Strood Oklahoma man recalls his wife urging a doctor visit for a boil. instead she applied Becklen's Arica Salve, which she says cured the boil quickly. The advertise claim touts rapid relief for boils and various ailments, priced at 2 cents at all druggists.
Local events list regional gatherings from August through September at Attica Ravine Park Pine Village and nearby towns including State Fair in Indianapolis Boswell Covington and Redmen Powwow in Lafayette. Also notes Foley Kidney Remedy as a popular relief for kidney and bladder ailments among many sufferers.
A batch of gypsies caused a disturbance by looting crops and visiting bath houses before departing when the marshal was notified. Other reports include a dangerous fall from a bale load injuring William Eppersor, a buggy wreck near Grenard, heating contract re letting for the school, a surprise farewell party for Mrs. Campbell, and fishing near Silver Island where a large red horse was caught. Local residents William Eppersor, John Grenard and daughters Narumi and Hazal, Mrs. Hershberger, Das Harding, Bert Rusk, Carson and Rayson of Danville, Ill., Mrs. Franie Campbell, Grace Campbell, Mrs. Keeling Livengood, Dr. E. G. Bonwell, H. M. Clubb, and Alton Marksbury are mentioned.
The piece promotes a child friendly carpentry project from the American Agriculturist by James B. Duncan. It details step by step cutting notching and joining uprights shelves and brackets for a three shelf bookcase and specifies precise lumber sizes and finishing tips for a sturdy teachable holiday project.
A Denver Republican verse reimagines conflict as insects and spiders debate wartime folly. The cricket and spider mock arms buildup, air tight screens, and drills, hinting at social tensions and the idea that a long suppressed anger is rising. The piece blends satire with period voice.
In Chattanooga a local man recalls an elderly colored man with a sling on his right arm. He explains the arm hurts not from breaks but from shooting trees. The trees grow around the bullets, then are cut down to sell to people from the north as relics of the Lookout Mountain battle.
A thin Herington man tells his wife about a Hope woman who chops wood with her husband each morning. She retorts that she could peel potatoes with him if he is as thin as he. The man sighs, the sound likened to a penny whistle.
The Catholic Standard and Times quotes Alkali Ike describing a "very pretty scientific scrap" between cowpunchers at Bad Bucko's. The Gastern tourist notes the men stay cool under circumstances, and adds their funerals are not for a couple of days yet.
A peace promoter urges a system for candid dialogue over warfare while a reader with the sports section questions whether professional boxers have nearly solved the problem. London Opinion notes the exchange as a reflection on conflict and sport.
A fragmentary exchange shows Mr Meekton debating trust and deceit. Quotes reflect on belief, marriage, and a chauffeur scandal, implying pride, gullibility, and private reputations in a moralizing Washington Star tone. Strong names and dates are sparse in the readable text.
Poultry tips urge grading eggs and using only bright ones for market or incubation. Pigeons grow in popularity while game birds decline, with squad raising deemed profitable. Keep records of hen and cockerel lineage to breed quality fowls and avoid overfeeding chickens in winter to sustain vitality and egg output.
Verse like note from Yonkers Statesman with witty exchange about breakfast and what is seen on a shirt front. Contains playful line about egg and what was not eaten.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a contractor named Jones spotted at church. The joke imagines him hearing that the Celestial City streets are paved with gold and hoping to bid on heavenly extensions.
In a Pittsburg Post interview a yacht operator recalls an on voyage scare never involving a shipwreck but notes a close call when the crew went out without a corkscrew aboard.
A Chicago Record-Herald quote questions money's reach beyond the scope of elite magnates like John D. Rockefeller, J. P. Morgan, or Andrew Carnegie. It argues even vast fortunes cannot grant immunity from limits of skill or risk.
Harvard Lampoon notes that in the United States many people are millionaires. Dr Beacon Hill comments that most of them exist, reflecting a sharp satirical take on wealth and society.
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