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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
6
Republican editor cites disruptive neighborhood noises near Brooklyn schools including stone yards, junk shops, wheelwrights, street vendors, trolley cars, garages, repair shops, factories, car barns, taxicab stations and bands as hindering study. Mrs Isaac L Rice voices call for reform in the Forum.
Thousands in England earn wages by walking on tall stilts for most of the year. Employed mainly in Kent hop fields, they have replaced high stepladders. During pole-stringing, stilts 12 feet high enable the work with ease and efficiency, with a trained stiltman performing the job of four or five men.
Col Henry C Hamilton mused on dispatching troops versus de spatching them in Monterey remark. He noted the pronunciation shifts with the subject, stating own troops are de spatch and enemies are dispatch with the accent on the di.
Henry Gayton, a shepherd on a farm near Hrayfield-on-the-Green in Northants, England, is believed to have a record for long service. He began at age six tending birds and has stayed on the same farm for 64 years. He minds the sheep harvests and does odd jobs for a weekly wage of 16 shillings. His wife and their 13 children are part of the family.
Comical exchange centers on Binglehoffer who is deemed uncanny for keeping his socks in the same place at all times. Friends confirm familiarity and amusement, highlighting a quirky habit.
A witty exchange imagines proposing on a mountain gorge and the peril if the fiancée rejected the proposal. It plays on dangers of heights and dramatic vows in a humorous, fictional tone.
Miss Elisabeth Marbury of New York, noted theatrical agent, condemns the scolding type of woman at the Colony club. She says you can always tell such a person by their speech or reaction. A Sunday exchange shows a hoarse remark about a husband being out late.
In the Outlook Theodore Roosevelt argues against ratifying universal arbitration treaties while Russia's treaty abrogation shows the US must act, warning that pacts without action would invite global ridicule and hypocrisy from nations and critics alike. He favors proceeding with abrogation and questions seeking Hague court interpretation.
Shanghai reports Dr Sun Yat Sen, elected by 18 provinces at Nanking, outlining a program to resolve the crisis. He will demand imperial troops withdraw, compel Manchus to surrender or join republic forces, and extend the armistice as the emperor and empress dowager abdicate within days, with princes seeking refuge in foreign concessions at Shanghai.
A major blaze razed Golden City business district in Porcupine area, destroying about a dozen stores a hotel and several saloons. Firefighters halted the spread by bombing the Lyric theater along with two adjoining buildings. The July conflagration left the town's main commercial area in ruins.
Admiral Dewey says he favors peace but supports building four battleships per year to assure it, following a recommendation by the general naval board he heads. The remark reflects defense policy debates and the push for naval strength in Washington.
Boston reports Prof. Edward Ans, once at the University of Michigan, ends a four-decade international research journey and returns to the land of his birth.
New York financiers P A Valentine and E H Gary surfaced in court as backers of a vast Chicago packers merger. Albert Veeder testified that a $16 million loan was arranged to form National Packing, with Gary to take over all assets, and Valentine signing for Armour. The pool’s alias was "P O Box 247" and the merger involved United Dressed Beef New York Fowler Hammond St Louis Dressed Beef. A $15 million loan followed in 1903 after a $90 million plan faltered.
Washington reports Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor ways and means committee denounce the McNamara brothers crimes after their Los Angeles plea. The statement says organized labor does not condone the acts and condemns punishment fitting the crime while blaming employers for conditions that produce such men.
Washington reports claim Turcoman troops allied with Russia drove over 1,000 Persians from fifty villages along the Caspian Bandarijaz region, slaughtering inhabitants as searchlights exposed their hiding places. Britain allegedly protested to St. Petersburg amid censored grisly events.
Washington based dancing master SAYS the Grizzly, Boston Dip, and Turkey Trot can be harmless and entertaining. He teaches Miss Helen Taft and Postmaster Hitchcock among others in the Playhouse Dancing Fifty, arguing dances are built on the waltz principle and can be graceful and modest.
A Duma bill sponsored by Nationalists would bar all American Jews from entering Russia and retaliate for the 1832 treaty rupture. It plans a 100 percent customs duty unless Russian rates beat American. If Russian duties are lower, duties match American levels. The measure targets American agricultural machinery and mirrors December 22 proposals by ex-President Guchkoff on tariff schedules after the 1832 treaty end.
In New York, John J. Breen files a Supreme Court suit seeking 100000 dollars against Richard Croker and his sons Richard Jr and Howard. Breen accuses them of wrongfully contriving to injure him and deprive him of his wife Ethel Croker Breen.
Berlin reports a shelter house tragedy with more than fifty homeless men dead after December 26. fifteen additional fatalities raise the death toll. Doctors cite post mortems suggesting deliberate poisoning rather than tainted food, with sixty to seventy others hospitalized. Police and officials investigate a suspected plot against destitute inmates.
Lillian Russell the actress will wed Alexander P. Moore publisher of the Pittsburgh Leader in May. It will be her fourth marriage, and she has known Moore about ten years. Rumors of Nat C. Goodwin entering matrimony again were denied by Goodwin who said he plans another year of freedom first.
In Jolo Manila, Moro forces of about 600 retreated to Bud Dajo fort, defied Brigadier General Pershing's disarmament ultimatum, and after being surrounded and cut off from supplies, surrendered to American troops due to hunger.
Taft signed an amendment to an executive order governing medicine in the Panama canal zone to explicitly sanction Christian Science and other non medical methods. In Indianapolis a well developed leprosy case is reported with Health Board meeting to decide actions. The patient is Mrs Lavina Blackwell described as a Black woman.
Charles W. Morse, of Atlanta, learns his pardon is denied. The physician's report notes Morse suffers from three incurable diseases, with three experts in unanimous agreement on his condition, leaving friends and supporters astonished by the ruling.
The will of Capt. Israel J. Merritt, former Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Co. president, leaves about $1,000,000 to his wife and children after his recent death in New York.
Boston resident Andrew Rowan was killed when a strong gust blew him from the sidewalk into the street. He was struck and run over near Beverly by an automobile, ending in a fatal accident.
Emiliio Vasquez Gomez in San Antonio denies he planned or would plan a revolution against the Mexican government while in the city as a self styled refugee.
Thomas Broadwood the recently appointed British vice-consul for Chicago died at the Queens hotel in Queenstown Ireland. He fell ill aboard the American line steamer New York while en route to America and disembarked there.
Berlin reports that Emperor Franz Joseph is dying with no chance of recovery. The announcement says the monarch is gravely ill and beyond medical help, signaling an imminent succession crisis for Austria Hungary.
A Boston resident Henry J. Goldstein touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as curing years of rheumatic knee stiffness. The advertisement warns constipation and promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a family laxative, ending with a reflective question about old-fashioned integrity.
A humorous exchange turns into a minor dispute over car choices and stamping. The wife insists on a touring model while a quip suggests sending her decision by mail. The lighthearted back and forth ends with a playful nod to stamping.
A beggar woman pleads she has three husbands to support, claiming two belong to her two daughters while denying bigamy. The remark reveals a troubling family arrangement as bystanders question her truth and motives.
A farmer’s wife remarks on appetite and dinner as Meandering Mike clarifies he was seeking food rather than physical culture. The exchange highlights a humorous misinterpretation of “applyin’ for” in a rural setting.
A convention scene features a delegate demanding one minute stays for nominating speeches. The motion fails 47 to 45 as organizers and delegates clash over speaking time. The proposer explains his aim was to gauge ambitious orators, concluding there are forty seven.
The Deacon urges against flying a kite on Sunday while the Boy defends it as the kite being made from a religious paper. The exchange shows a clash between religious observance and casual pastime.
A rural English writer credits Postum with ending twenty years of dyspepsia and giddiness. She stopped tea after reading The Road to Wellville, noting quicker relief, a stronger stomach, and the ability to reintroduce milk. She promotes Postum to neighbors, asserting it improves blood and health.
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