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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
4
E Livingood attorney at law located over Covington Banking Company in Covington Indiana operates as a local legal office providing services to residents and businesses in the area. The listing notes the firm’s premises and professional standing within the Covington community.
A humorous exchange unfolds as a patient nervously answers a doctor’s questions, mentioning heart symptoms and fever while a misdirected request about his daughter leads to a sharp twist. The scene ends with a tongue inspection and a punchy standalone line.
A collage of witty lines and brief anecdotes from Washington Star St Louis Post Dispatch Birmingham Age Herald and Philadelphia Ledger. Jokes about gossip family games romance suffrage and modern life appear as short quips and humorous exchanges in a column likely from a humor page.
A humorous fragment from Chicago News and Clubwoman features a flirtatious girl with curls and a witty reply about a hat and waterproof umbrella. The light dialogue showcases social banter and lighthearted wit.
A collage of light verse and jokes from era publications. The entries range from spring scenes with birds and rain to social quips about marriage proposals and awkward proposals. A butter industry joke and a playful exchange about changing loves close the piece.
A collage of brief jokes and comments from multiple newspapers including the New York Telegram, Cleveland Leader, Chicago News, and Washington Star. Topics range from legal figures and courtroom missteps to travel, fashion, and future airship lines, each presented in humorous one liners.
Thirty eight children mourn the death of their father John W. Miller aged seventy six years who died at the county home where he had been an inmate for several years He was married four times One wife survives him.
Report of a traveling menagerie tiger escaping to the Wirtes Man sends Brecon into a week of terror. Citizens close schools and armed men hunt the beast. No sighting is confirmed until the tail of the tale emerges from the remote hamlet of Eberedw where a schoolmaster’s warning sparked the myth.
An English firm faced a fake Japanese agent letter proposing a forged signature and staged factory incident to dodge nondelivery penalties. The message, filled with deceit and moralistic airs, suggests using a calculated stir to evade responsibility while claiming honesty and high integrity.
The article notes Knickerbocker uses bleue de sevren from France for private dinners, $5 per piece. Plaza and Astor offer white and pearl designs at $4 and $5 respectively. Waldorf Astoria employs royal crown sets with Napoleon era pieces, priced at $1,000,000 for duplication.
Pearson's Weekly reports Professor Henry Drummond’s hypnotic skill at a party. A girl at a birthday event obeyed his command to play piano after he caught her eye. In another instance he hypnotized a boy, gave him a poker as a gun, and urged him to shoot.
A Detroit Free Press snippet recounts a man recounting how a chance meeting with a young woman altered his prospects of marriage. He recalls tipping his hat and bowing only to stumble into a coal hole, after which the woman cannot keep a straight face during their time together.
A meek man examines an advertised sixty seven volume set of speeches. An agent offers seventy volumes at 1 down and 1 per month until 680 is paid. The man studies the index and declares the set false for omitting the world’s greatest talker, as noted in a Chicago Post item.
A London Globe note describes the turtle feigning nests to mislead predators. It digs a hole to seem ready for eggs then returns sand to conceal it, repeating the ruse until laying occurs near the sham nest. Queensland blacks then probe nearby sand and commonly find the eggs.
A child explains to his mother that a dog can be dressed after running, wearing a collar and pants. In a second vignette a five year old girl sobs she forgets what she wants, prompting her mother to ask what she needs. The scenes capture childlike explanations and tears in domestic moments.
A playful exchange features a boastful compliment and a witty rejection. The man touts the listener's beauty in grand terms, while the woman labels the language as overblown press-agent rhetoric. The barb hints at media manipulation themes.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure that fails, citing Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo. It states testimonials are free, price in cents per bottle, and urges sales by druggists.
The United States ranks third as a manufacturer exporter. A wreath for Nancy Hanks Lincoln at Lincoln City Indiana was funded by 2500 Indianapolis schoolchildren. Maine yearly sells about 75000 foxskins, with most killed by poison bait or drives. J M Lamadrid reports 149,637 New Yorkers and Brooklynites fed wholesome warm meals for a cent per portion in 190S.
Sam Matthews in Tipton, Indiana received a telegram stating Peter H. Gookins formerly of Tipton had been shot and killed at Loveland. Gookins was longtime cashier at Haynes & Shook store in Tipton.
A brief Cleveland Leader quip notes a farmer sowed lawn seed a month ago and asks what grew. The reply: grass, prompting a lighthearted exchange about expectations versus reality.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt notes a confident remark about Tom Lins and his son, who is described as a bright student set to graduate in June and gain further knowledge after.
A reflective note on a baseball fan’s hurt at a manager’s lack of understanding. The speaker laments how a double header holds deep meaning for devoted fans, and the boss’s obliviousness compounds the sting. The piece blends sports and personal disappointment.
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