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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1910
Page
6
The fragment discusses old land measurement concepts, noting a furlong unit and a survey method evolving from a sixty-six foot standard. It mentions Edmwnd Gaster, a London professor, adapting measurements for elections and using rods for brickwork, hedges, ditches, and fences as a convenient builders’ reference.
A cautious Scot travels to find a strictly orthodox minister for his child. He refuses a local option and confronts a murder at the door as a housemaid recalls a fiddler playing. He returns home unable to secure the baptism.
A Rock Island train paused at Engie wood station where a man shed his remaining overshoe to recover the other after misplacing it. He threw the solo shoe back in disgust, but found both pair together later. In another note, Mrs Spreckles scolds her husband for church nap yet defends the boy’s Sunday auto ride as a weekly highlight. Additional items reference emigrant potatoes and Irish seed potatoes with playful commentary.
Fragmentary note from the Philadelphia Record describing a theater night scene. An epigrammatic remark about Wemas and a bemused Grumpley are noted as the crowd dwindles from a rush.
A Western newspaper once awarded prizes for a detective story by F. J. Burton and a partner. Their time lock bank robbery tale was published as a prize winner, but was later deemed unpublishable. Editors feared printing it would expose a real method to defeat time locks and thus refused publication despite paying the prize. An envoy offered to pay damages, and Burton signed to prevent further attempts. The incident remains a curiosity from Bookman.
The famed tenor Enrico Caruso recounts buying dozen marble benches in Paris for his villa after seeing them in Italy. A local craftsman later explains he supplies Paris dealers, revealing a cheaper path from nearby sources. A separate Chinese joke about a dinner guest ends with laughter.
A commercial traveler offers samples to a shopkeeper, who declines saying he is overstocked. The traveler pleads to inspect the samples himself, noting he hasn’t seen them in three weeks. The exchange appears in Losdéon Penny.
A fragment from a London exchange mentions cigars and a rope in a pleasantry, reflecting a terse, matter of fact tone. The readable text hints at a casual remark or joke amid a larger conversation.
A compilation mentions ex Empress Eugénie widow of Napoleon III born May 5 1826. Mrs Ursula Leser linked to Jacob Leser head of public service board. Sandusky Ohio marks eighty third birthday with dances. Cecile Carl en in Molone France faces birth record error claiming no existence. Miss Lillian Close famed photogenic beauty sought by London stores. Mrs Ernest Bleiderstadt in Syracuse creates novelty bullion letters for US Army and Navy uniforms.
Old pie pans can be stood in a attic corner to catch dust and keep kettles from blackening floors. Use special piping to keep pillows neat by day. Lay down linoleum correctly with strips of molding to seal baseboards and prevent dust underfloor. White curtains can be brightened by turmeric solution boiled with the fabric after cleaning.
Bombay may send an Indian eleven to England led by Prince Ranjitsinhji. R. E. Walker the Olympic champion invited to tour antipodes and show speed. Jerome R. Keogh aims for pool title in Rochester North Carolina. Leading eastern stables include Alurphy McDonald Geers Winter. Yacht races to be held by South Coast Yacht Club New Orleans. Valley Fair kennels Simsbury enter a Russian wolfhound team in Alaska trophy race next spring.
British briefs note 1 050 post offices in London. Historical remarriage crime punished by death. England and Wales toll shows 3 in 100 000 sentenced to penal servitude yearly. London licensed premises March 31 1909 list counts, including pubs 4 823 beer houses 1 718 hotels and restaurants 462 theatres 65 off license outlets 2 514 total 9 082.
A satirical list defines terms through pithy quips. It pairs a lyric note with a singer's IOU and labels common phrases with humorous misreadings.
A brief collection notes unusual animal traits and habits including squirrels biting deeper than dogs, frogs with eighty teeth, insects sharing hearing and breathing organs, a polype doubling halves, and wrens making many nests but leaving most unfinished.
The article notes New York City’s vast office buildings with extensive phone wiring spanning miles. It mentions Canton and Ching as global centers for tropical placement, and observes that many residential areas show widespread telephone use with frequent interruptions.
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