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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1911
Page
6
In college football, second team players wear no letter yet fuel the game through practice, sacrifice, and loyalty. Scrubs endure the grind, learn signals, and lift the varsity during slumps, often shaping future coaches and freshman teams while remaining unseen and uncredited.
A historical figure named Haken Ibn Hashem is depicted as a Moslem fanatic who pretended to be a living god. He gathered followers with jugglery, wore a gold mask, fled to a castle after an army advanced, then killed his family and burned himself, leaving only his hair as a relic in Baghdad until the crusades.
From the Waynesboro Record: an English naval officer recalls unloading provisions to St. Kitts after a hurricane left many destitute. Hungry crowds refused to unload without payment, while a Jamaican man, told his new house would be built by relief, questions who would pay him for his work.
Donald G. Mitchell extols a garret as a romantic escape for adventurous boys on a stormy day. The attic’s rafters rain echoes, trunks hide, and old coats drift like ghosts, free from nursery rules and looming elders.
The London Standard recalls Jack Sheppard's Tyburn execution in 1724 with 260000 witnesses and cites a preacher who praised him, arguing that the thief’s cunning might have been used to unlock the heart with repentance rather than locks.
A Chicago News quip frames wealth as a test of virtue and law. A party member asks whether wealth keeps one from heaven, while the student of human nature counters that riches have barred many from the penitentiary, implying corruption and crime.
The Philadelphia Ledger recounts a stutter affecting a child’s name. Reported name variations include Dinnis Kk. K. K. Casey with playful explanations about the repeated K sounds attributed to the godfather’s stutter. Finnegan dismisses the notion, calling it nothing.
A Boston Transcript quotation compares a ring to marriage obligation, noting a ring is easier to put on than removed. The remark frames matrimony as a binding contract with lasting implications and social expectation.
A brief theater note praises the ladies baritone bass and tenor for their strong performance and suggests that every good deed is both a present and a support for the future in the artistic venture.
A compact motivational piece by Rev Newell Dwight Hillis urges steadfast pursuit of a chosen path. It cites Hastings, a Scottish boy, William the Silent, Milton, and Paul to illustrate how focused resolve crafts enduring achievement and democratic ideals.
The Dutch painters of the seventeenth century painted landscapes free of personal feeling, displaying an exterior view of prosperous life. They show busy human activity and crafted surroundings, from laborer's gardens to burgher houses, with war and turmoil reflected only indirectly through stable scenes. Charles H. Coffin reflects in St. Nicholas.
The U S Board of Examining Birescripe chaired by Dr Charles J Pinney Attica president with Dr J M Evans Mellett treasurer and Dr George Rowland Covington secretary meets at the secretary s office to examine soldiers for pensions.
The W R C presents a report to show its work as love for home and country with yearly growth among members and aims to assist Union veterans and dependents while teaching patriotism. The total membership is 161,646 and last year’s relief and educational expenditures totaled 148,299 with over 35,000 beneficiaries served. Since its 1883 founding it has expended 3,577,506 for relief memorial and educational purposes.
For Sale or Rent. Covington residence at N W corp of Liberty and Eighth streets. Send best offer to W F Stilwell owner Emporia Kansas.
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