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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1902
Page
4
A New York Times passage notes annual U S production surpassing two million artificial teeth and rising. It credits Americans for rapid dental care and preservation of natural teeth, contrasting with English and Irish apathy toward molars and delays in seeking relief. It highlights southern Americans' prompt visits to dentists when trouble appears.
While preparing Iphigenia rehearsals Gluck reportedly channeled inspiration via champagne beside the piano. Ballet master Navarre heard frantic noises from Gluck's library and found the composer in shirt sleeves, deranged yet declaring he would finish the Dance of the Scythians for the Savages orgy scene.
A New York Tribune piece notes a stranger remarking on blind men in shampooning work and explores how some in Japan, including well-off practitioners owning homes, rent out services, while others travel door to door. Some are capable of guiding themselves with bamboo whistles, and historically some were doctors as well.
In Japan workers mix mortar on the street forming six pound balls tossed up a ladder to a roof crew. A passerby describes the process as more like play than work and notes the system would fail for skyscrapers.
Botanists have not solved how water or sap travels from roots to the top leaf and evaporates. Ascent occurs mainly in cavities in the sapwood with heartwood and bark serving other roles. Beyond this, knowledge is conjecture and theories fail under experiment.
A curt youth entered a foundry and asked if casting was done there. The proprietor confirmed, and the youth retorted with a request to cast a shadow. The exchange ended with the youth being cast out.
A comic exchange shows Weginald and Algy discussing a card case and a different name. One mocks another’s head as a witty, exaggerated exaggeration of their personalities. No broader context is provided.
A promotional notice claims Pile-ine cures piles with a refund if it fails. The ad promises relief and a money back guarantee, urging patients to try the remedy. It cites no medical evidence and targets readers seeking quick relief from hemorrhoidal symptoms.
A London Express clerical correspondent recalls officiating a Somerset wedding where the groom placed the ring on the bride's right hand. The clergyman insisted it go on the left, threatening to stop the service, only to be humorously upstaged when the bride quipped that she “ain’t got none.”
A British Museum letter recounts billiards origins with William Kew a London pawnbroker who used his yard measure to strike three balls and created a game named Bills yard later shortened to billiards his yardstick became the instrument of play and the name Kew inspired the title
A New York Press note describes a large subbasement safe in a reinsurance company. Ten high officials control three lock combinations. The outer door needs five men each holding a fifth of the whole code. The second door requires three men and the third two, each sharing parts with others. The safe is considered secure.
A historical note describes a simple way to break glass by heating a notch at the edge with fire and applying a red hot iron rod along the notch. The crack follows the direction of the notch, enabling the glass to be formed as desired.
A New York Times item notes a professor apologizing for a delayed lecture after admitting he left his manuscript at home. He sent for it, while his son quips the copied book was used as the source.
Quote from the Boston Transcript recounts Jones and Charley as Charley falls from a street car. Brown laments the long sorrow others would share about the incident, while noting Charley was not hurt. The exchange highlights comic irony and social concern over gossip.
In a late hour exchange young Tommy Figg recalls Mr. Watts claiming that sons of great men never do good. He protests that he is not a great man's son, seeking a diplomatic reply to the scolding.
A joke exchange in Life recounts two decorators debating decorating a house during a wife’s absence as a surprise. The first decorator suggests the plan, the second approves and notes they’ll repeat the process when she returns.
A concise aphorism on social grace noting that etiquette is measured by how easily one makes others feel in dialogue. It argues that the best bred person is the one who puts others at ease with their company and speech.
A century old account notes prisoners, especially drunks, delaying adjournments while suspects fear bail denial. One man claims to be a painter, explaining his dizziness from twisting a barber pole and fooling the officer into thinking he was boozy, as Edward Bjorkman reported in Century.
A Paris merchant who did extensive business with Japan sought to learn which Yokohama firm failed. He offered a banker a list of ten Yokohama firms and asked him to indicate if the failed name appeared without naming it. The banker complied, and the merchant revealed only one truth: only one firm on the list was genuine, all others being counterfeit.
A dialogue recounts Dr Hauslick asking Schumann about Wagner, and Schumann calling Wagner impossible due to fast talk. Wagner recalls Schumann’s silence during talks on operas and composers, calling him impossible as well. The exchange highlights friction between historic figures in music.
The surveyor asks if a railway through Crimson Gulch is desired Brancho Bob replies no. He cites Cactusville's experience where two men fled with half the camp’s money after a new line arrived, arguing Crimson Gulch will not take chances.
When Alfred Tennyson appeared at the Oxford theater to receive his D C L degree his disheveled appearance provoked undergraduates to exclaim Did your mother call you early Alfred dear. The moment captures the student reaction to the poet laureate in formal academic dress.
The exchange marks a playful street scene where a discontented artist laments not having wealth and vows to quit painting, while a generous brother expresses a wish for a fortune to share. The dialogue hints at fraternal affection and mutual longing.
A Washington Star analysis explains half mast flag rules at the Capitol. It notes that flags signal deaths of high officials and that presidents may influence ceremonial acts, yet real control lies with Senate and House committees over Capitol care. The piece discusses the boundaries of presidential power and the ceremonial traditions surrounding half mast declarations.
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