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Newspaper

Covington Republican

Location

Covington, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1911

Page

3

A Trip Through the Yellowstone Park

The narrative recounts a day trip through Yellowstone, detailing morning rain and mountain snow, a boat ride past Hayden Valley, Mud Geyser, and scenic viewpoints. It describes the Yellowstone River, overlooks such as Inspiration Point Grand View and Point Lookout, the Upper Falls, and a dramatic ascent to Artist Point, ending with the Great Falls and panoramic canyon vistas. The account highlights geologic features, wildlife glimpses, and a bus stage journey with multiple platforms and stairs.

Yellowstone River Hayden Valley Spurgin Spurgeon Gen Howard Joseph Yellowstone Rai'ing Falla Dasher Thie

Eagles Nesting In Grand Canyon Sighting Described

A narrator details eagles nesting along a canyon gorge. Numerous birds soar at various elevations above and below the river while old birds feed eaglets in their aeries. The canyon measures over 20 miles long and up to 2,000 feet wide at the rim with depths around 1,500 to 1,700 feet.

Point Lookout Great Falle Great Falls Yellowstone Niagara Artist Point High Clin Nany Mar

Shoe size easing patent for aliens fast base sales

Advertisement notes Alien'a Fast Base device can shrink shoe size for wearers with sensitivity to fit. Claims effectiveness on patent leather and new shoes. Sold widely at 25c with free sample. Address Allan & Olmstead LeR.V N.Y.

Allan &. Olmstead Ler N.Y

For the Children The Jim Crow Tale

The tale portrays Jim Crow as a captured bird kept by a master. He initially refuses food then eats bread soaked in water. He grows tame, causes mischief by stealing and pecking hens, and ultimately fights a gamecock before being secured and kept away from the yard.

Jim Crow Jim

Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promoted in Paper Appeal

An advertisement extols Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and bladder troubles and related heart and nervous system symptoms. It claims rapid, mild effects, urges readers to request a free sample bottle and book, and warns to avoid imitations. Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York is named, with offers by mail.

Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton, N.Y

Why God Permits Evil as the Divine Plan of the Ages

A tract discusses the question why God allows evil, citing the Divine Plan of the Ages and Bible backing. It argues that God permits sin and death for six thousand years and offers translations and editions in many languages. Address and price listed for Bille and Tract Society at 17 Hicks Street, Brooklyn.

Tle Bille and ‘Tract Society Hicks Street Brooklyn

Power of Riches Is Small And hollow value of wealth

The author argues riches offer little real benefit as they cannot bestow beauty or health or extend life. Wealth fails to adorn the mind and instead fosters vanity pride and cruelty. Experience shows riches bring luxury sloth and misery rather than true happiness or virtue.

The Chief Clerk Delivers Bad News Of Missing Cashier

The head clerk informs the firm head that the cashier has absconded and the firm is left with a cashier vacancy as all the cash is gone. A street dog fight and dispersing crowd set the scene as the chief’s carriage arrives. The exchange ends with the cashier’s disappearance.

Jerkins Jorkins

Classified. Fussy One-Don't you adore that shows

A brief classified style exchange notes disapproval of shows as crying evils of the day in a Baltimore American feature. The snippet captures tone and social critique in a single page dialogue fragment.

Baltimore American

A Fine Toy Ship From Imperial German Lineage

The article details a full rigged three masted toy warship named the Royal Louise. Built on the Thames in 1832, it sailed to Hamburg and then to Potsdam where it remains. It was a favored pastime of young William IV of England and Frederick William III, with Prince Henry often nearby.

Germany William IV England Frederick William William Prince Henry Royal Louise Louise Thames North Sea Hamburg Elbe Havel Potsdam

Sixteen Pure Letters From Your Sweetheart Bits

A London Tit Bits item notes a playful exchange in which a sweetheart writes a sixteen letter phrase asking what he says and answers with I love you. The quip highlights romantic shorthand in casual columns.

London

Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Advertisement

An old advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a remedy for coughs and colds without opiates or harmful drugs. It claims non substitute sales through druggists and includes a comic exchange about taking a week's holiday and marriage amid mentions of measles and influenza.

Foley

Table Manners Do and Don’ts from a Dining Guide

A list of table etiquette rules covering improper actions and preferred manners. It notes elbows on the table, handling utensils, toasting with glasses, napkin use, feeding with a knife, mashing with a fork, and talking with food in the mouth, among other observed habits and corrections.

Hat chase ends with mistaken ownership catch

A light exchange from the Houston Post recounts a man chasing a hat that belonged to someone else. He catches it and jokes his wife saw the pursuit, noting the hat hid a pretty girl.

Houston Post

Dark smoke and the psychology of blind smoking

A tale on smoking in darkness after eye surgery. The man experiences no pleasure from smoke with eyes bandaged despite being allowed to smoke. He notes the loss of zest without the glow of a lit end and the visible cloud, prompting a meditation on perception and taste.

Hall's Catarrh Cure Endorsed by Leading Physicians

Catarrh cannot be cured locally but Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and said to act on blood and mucous surfaces. The preparation is described as a regular prescription by top physicians, combining tonics with blood purifiers. Testimonials are available by mail and it is sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills are recommended for constipation.

Hall Tak Hall

Stenographer Maurice Myers Breaks Record At Conference

Maurice J. Myers a blind stenographer reported discussions at a conference on the treatment of the blind held last month at Exeter His notes on a narrow paper strip extended to 21.4 miles and contained about 800000 dots He writes 158 words a minute and helped form the Birmingham system of embossed shorthand Trained at the Birmingham Royal Institution for the Blind.

Maurice J. Myers Exeter

American Aristocracy Exchange Sparks Witty Debate

A foreign observer declares no aristocracy in America, to which Dustin Stax counters by claiming Americans have excelled in that respect. The exchange turns to define a true gentleman as one eligible for a gentlemen's agreement benefits.

America Dustin Stax

Danville Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Works Promotes Services

The public is urged to use Herman Miller's Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Works at 105 N Walnut St Danville Illinois for winter garment cleaning and dyeing. The Dye House offers prompt express service and emphasizes 28 years in business as the only practical dry cleaner and dyer in Danville.

Herman Miller’s Walnut Street Danville Express Walnut St

Jericho Leaves Claim Cure for Constipation

A bold advertisement touts Jericho Leaves from the Holy Land as a universal laxative claiming to cleanse the system gently without irritation. Readers are urged to mail twenty five cents for a large cloth sack and to mention the paper for delivery in the United States via the Jericho Leaves Importing Co., Buffalo.

Holy Land Jericho U.S Jericho Leaves Importing Co Buffalo USA

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