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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1902
Page
5
A scattered collection of anecdotes covers soldiers’ fear of falling during dress inspections, actors and models kept still on stage, babies supposedly resisting seasickness, and a guide to container sizes. Also quotes on rainwater taste and a flood of brief jokes and witticisms from 19th century columns.
In a Saloon duel Pete Thompson shoots at Sheriff with no weapon drawn and loses nerve. The sheriff remains unarmed and exits, leaving Pete to flee on horseback. The crowd judges Pete a failure. officials expect him to leave town as a coward.
The Nile runs 1,590 miles with no tributaries while waves reach 38 feet high at the Cane of Good Hope. Yellowstone hosts a vast hot lake. The St Lawrence freezes four months a year and wrecks occur monthly. Tibet’s Askel Chin lake sits 10,600 feet high. Dead Sea lies 1,200 feet below sea level.
A philanthropist’s dinner for the Society of Reformed Criminals ends with a thief hunt when a guest claims a lost watch. The host instructs a lights out and a count of a hundred. When lights return, thirty three handsome watches lie in the room.
A young London street urchin tries a three penny cheque after finding sixpence. He exits a tobacconist shop asserting the note is fine, prompting the merchant to call him back as a bad one. The youth ignores the remark and bolts away.
A new boarder complains the coffee is not sweet enough while a cheerful resident retorts you can lump it, pushing the leaf sugar toward him in a light hearted clash reported by the New York Times.
A Baltimore American fragment recalls an editor lamenting the harsh news handling while an attic boy drops the first page by a stair well, illustrating newsroom tension and the weight of publishing.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad announces excursions to the South designed for homeseekers colonists and tourists with liberal stopover privileges. Rates depend on trip length and daily fast trains are used. Details available from agents or W H Richardson Chicago. Also notices on worm antidotes and DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve highlighting medical and cosmetic uses and genuine DeWitts.
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