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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
7
A reflective sermon calls for daily good works and forgiveness while urging a return to evangelizing in Austin Texas. The speaker recounts church life, contrasts virtue with vice, and envisions Covington rising through industry, a brick plant, a creamery, an interurban line, and cleaner streets, urging reform to raise the city’s standing.
The State of Indians Fountain County to the Sheriff of Fountain County greeting. By order of the Board of Commissioners of Fountain County Indiana you are commanded to give notice that polls will open at each voting precinct in Fulton Township on August 31 for a special election to determine by ballot whether intoxicating liquors shall be prohibited as a beverage within Fulton Township. I William B Gray Auditor Fountain County Indiana witness I subscribe my name and seal at Covington Indiana August 9 1911. State of Indiana Fountain County To all qualified voters in Fulton Township you are notified that a special election will be held in each voting precinct in Fulton Township Fountain County Indiana on August 31 for the purpose of determining whether the sale of intoxicating liquors shall be prohibited within the limits of said township. This notice is given under the order of the Board of Commissioners of Fountain County wherein an election was ordered on said date and the above precept issued to me by the Auditor of Fountain County Indiana. Given under my hand this 9th day of August 1911. Robert H Kerr Sheriff of Fountain County Indiana J J Meehan Deputy. 811-11.-3w.
John W. Modders of Moddersville Michigan endured fifteen years of stomach distress resisting all remedies and nearly lost his farm. He credits Electric Bitters with restoring his appetite and health, noting the tonic helped his liver and kidneys, with every bottle guaranteed at fifty cents.
Capt Caldwell led a Delaware regiment known as Caldwell's game cocks. He believed true game came from a blue hen, coining Blue Hen Chickens as his unit nickname. After the war the name spread to all Delawareans. Foley Kidney Pills claim to address kidney and bladder trouble by removing the cause and are sold by all druggists.
The illustrated costume features sast white lawn with a band embroidered tunic forming a pinafore effect and extended epaulets. Edges must be carefully fitted before embroidery to align the border and motifs when worn. A white lace bat trimmed with a pale guauve ribbon completes the ensemble.
Coats and blouses feature a seam from under the arm to the neck at the top of the shoulder with one cut shoulder and sleeve in one piece often using different material. Shantung hats are popular with drivers and others, with elaborate models trimmed in colored beads and oriental banding.
A guide on summer travel attire for women detailing practical wardrobe: four white linen skirts, a dark walk skirt, white blouses, china silk options, and simple undergarments. It promotes cool, comfortable dressing with a colored cravat, Norfolk jacket, and patterns for a test garment featuring plaits, turnover cuffs, and link buttons.
Fashion brief notes high light Marquisette blouses in demand and unity in color for rings. Leather pumps with scarlet morocco trim and low heels appear. Henriettas and soft cashmeres favored for versatile styling. Matching colored blouses with tailored suits remains key for well dressed women.
Scientific American notes the Nile turns green each spring due to microscopic algae carried from tributaries. The green water forms long columns 250 to 500 miles, then weeds decay as floods begin. Egyptians welcome the sign of flood time ending the famine.
A ship story recalls seasickness and a parrot tale. An old captain once bought a parrot to charm a lady friend, but the bird spoke only once at a luncheon, crying out for a basin. The anecdote ends with the humorous warning that storms and seasickness humble even seasoned mariners.
A Louisville Times caption describes a New England skippers’ charm for bargains. A visiting Yankee, touring the south for pleasure, tests a guide’s phrase about Washington’s first commission and asks, What perfuit commission was it. The exchange highlights business phrases lingering in casual travel chatter.
A downtown Cincinnati dining party from Miss Marie Dressler’s company causes a shattered glass incident when one man’s sleeve brushes a glass. Dressler, seated nearby, quips with a twinkling remark that he has dropped the stone from his ring.
A pupil, in a playful twist, asks the teacher if he would duck when a brick is thrown at his head while up to his neck in soft mud. The teacher had invited any question and listened as the boy pondered the scenario.
A school scene ends with a boy confessing after a teacher threatens punishment for all. The class remains silent until the protagonist admits to the offense, sparing his peers from disgrace. The moment reveals a quiet act of taking responsibility.
Practical advice urges farmers to keep some sheep to save feed and recycle waste into fertilizer. Sheep help with weeds and poor land, while porkers require protein, tankage, and clean, lice-free housing. Weather and ventilation affect outcomes. beware damp, cold farrowing conditions and pig health.
The article argues that growing colts require wide, sunny space for exercise and proper development, but must be protected in winter with a warm shed or stalls. It also notes sand and grit for ducks, suggesting sand can substitute grit for ducklings and that some keepers even mix sand into feed.
Practical old fashioned guide on feeding young chicks from bread and milk mixtures to prepared chick feeds. Emphasizes sweet milk, clean water, daily greens, fine grit, bran and charcoal, and sanitation. Recommends gradual transition to oats, corn, wheat, beef scrap after ten days and careful care to prevent moldy or sour feed and bowel trouble.
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