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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1912
Page
3
Andrew Carnegie praised early marriages in a Sunday message to a Rockefeller Bible class member. He urged that the right man in the right place at the right time makes a good husband reading to his wife by the radiator on a winter night.
A. C. Brandon of Greenville C claims prolonged facial eczema cleared after using Cuticura Resolvent Ointment Soap and Wash. He says condition persisted four to five years despite doctors and that improvement began shortly after starting the regimen with no recurrence in over twenty years. He endorses Cuticura and offers free samples by mail.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis sets Tuberculosis Day on April 28. Third annual observance aims to spread health gospel through 600 anti tuberculosis associations and many boards of health and women’s clubs across hundreds of cities and towns.
A dialogue quotes definitions of abnormal and ordinary. The example compares it to an actress who has never sought a divorce, illustrating difference from expectations.
A fashionable physician greets a patient with playful inquiry about the illness. The patient replies uncertainty while the doctor jokes about trends. A witty aside notes the self made man’s pursuit of a tailor made wife.
Prof Fred Newton Scott of Michigan presents a simple new phonetic alphabet designed to speed writing and spelling. He describes distinct light and heavy marks for consonants and vowels to standardize English spelling and anticipates broad adoption after forthcoming papers and endorsements.
Professor Scott proposes a simplified English alphabet reducing nine letters and using stem and dash symbols to distinguish voice and breath sounds. The system aims to replace the old code with faster writing, not immediately adapting to ordinary or stenographic use. He argues business and legal writing would become clearer and quicker.
A Havana correspondent notes Cuban boys, like American youths, spin tops mainly in March and April. The habit appears year round in Cuba, while in the United States spring timing relates to warming weather. The article questions why this spring pattern exists and invites further study.
A new type of pushmobile, built by Philadelphia boys, wins a race. The design uses a long handle at the back enabling the pusher to run upright, then raise the handle to ride a cross-bar during descents or after a shove, saving time and energy in the race.
The article notes flax as a lucrative crop in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta alongside wheat oats barley and other farm products. It cites seed flax practices yields of 20 29 bushels per acre and a Saskatchewan farmer’s 33 bushels per acre on summer fallow and highlights government literature on farm products and cultivation.
A line from Brooklyn Life jokes about an older woman using makeup to make up for lost time. The quip frames social pretensions with humor and gender norms of the era.
A collage of quirky lines and promotional snippets appears in Life magazine style humor. The text features a dog collar request, a shirt size query, and a boast about piles cured in 6 to 12 days with a druggist refund promise. Some lines hint at advertising humor and social observations.
A three year old Edith misinterprets the wash on the stove as cooking clothes for dinner. Jane, the caregiver, reacts with astonishment and rushes to bed, exclaiming in alarm about being accused of cooking the clothes.
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