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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
4
An ad snippet discusses Castoria and substitutes for cornstarch, noting a Chinese method using rice water. It includes a promotional claim offering one hundred dollars for catarrh cures and details testimonials for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Family Pills.
In a vivid diary style, a shop window dresser laments bad pricing, crowded shelves, and rising rents while detailing petty tyrannies of rivals, the thrill of spying faults, and a sneaky note taking routine. He narrates late shifts observing nails, hairstyles, and clerks, aiming to report missteps to upper management. He also reflects on slang evolution via the word pluck and its historical sense of courage.
During a Beecher speech an interrupter crowed like a cock. Beecher stopped, listened, then pulled out his watch and quipped that it was morning already. He noted the instincts of the lower animals as infallible, drawing a roar of laughter from the gallery.
A brief note describes the punishment system in French Guiana where high risk criminals are exiled to Salvation Island for idle lives while lesser offenders toil in a harsh coastal climate. It cites mortality in St Jean de Maroni at forty to fifty percent and an average convict life of two years.
An exchange echoes through a crowd as a speaker asks whether people are slaves or free men, and a married responder from the last row of seats replies, prompting a momentary pause for replies.
A courtroom scene features a judge asking for the truth and a fair witness replying with a lighthearted remark about time, as depicted in a Harper's piece drawing humor from the exchange. The quotation highlights a playful tone amid formal proceedings.
Mrs Tom Jones improves from grippe while Danville visits update the community. Mr and Mrs Fred Niccum welcome a baby boy. Dr C H Jones visited Danville. Ray Jester plans an extended Texas visit near holidays. Rose Holycroes returns to Mrs Young. Opal Hines out of school due to colt injury. Mrs Carl Carpenter and Mrs Charles Winter visit Coy Octon. Loret Walia had W F Adkins visit. Colin Allen buys a cow from W F Adkins. John Cole plans ditching weather permitting.
An advertisement for a small book titled Medical Hints and Home Remedies by Northern Ohio Publishing Company at Bucyrus Ohio. It offers cures for coughs colds sore throat diarrhea constipation measles and more priced 50 cents plus postage. Also promotes Dr Shoop Restorative as a nerve based tonic claimed to aid weak stomach heart and kidneys with endorsements from druggists.
The U S ranks third among nations in manufactu res exports. A wreath for Nancy Hanks Lincoln in Lincoln City Indiana on Feb 12 was funded by 2500 Indianapolis schoolchildren giving one cent each. A Maine annual figure notes 75000 forekins sold. Poisoned bait drives reduce sly animals. J M Lamadrid reports 149637 poor New Yorkers and Brooklynites served hot wholesome food for a cent per portion in 1908.
Sam Matthews received a telegram announcing that Peter H. Gookins, long time Haynes and Shook cashier in Moton Indiana, was shot and killed in Loveland Colorado. The notice links a Hoosier connection to the fatal incident.
A Cleveland Leader humorous snippet notes a person sowed lawn seed a month earlier and was surprised to see grass sprouting, delivering a light colonial era gag about misjudging results.
A fragmented verse humorously contrasts money and communication as the speaker waits on the telephone. A stern fate replies ring off the line is busy now, while snippets mention smart boys and upcoming June graduations amid garbled lines.
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