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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
4
The Covington Republican notes the youngest members of Kansas state government, Babcock of Topeka at 28 and Edgar Poe King of Peru at 27, with reformers backing bills the people clamor for, and a visible youth surge in the legislature.
Floyd A. Woods, Taylor’s law partner, announced Taylor's gubernatorial candidacy. Woods spent days lining up Marion county Republicans for support. Taylor left Indianapolis for New York and declined interview on the race. Woods said he had discussed the bid with party leaders.
The annual report to Governor Hanly from Secretary Amos W. Butler recommends abolishing the county jail system in favor of district workhouses. Other proposals include nonpartisan prison board by law, converting the girls industrial school to a house of confinement, probation supervision for suspended sentences, making child desertion a felony, a receiving hospital for the insane, more land for Evansville Southern Indiana hospital, unpaid state boards, improved care for the criminal insane, and funds for a crusade against consumption.
A powerful critique argues that a local political control system corrupts governance across Fountain County. It contends officials, parties, banks, schools, churches, and the press sustain the system to drain resources and muzzle dissent, urging a united public uprising to end the venomous influence.
A fragment discusses the idea that any power defending it would bear lasting, strongest public condemnation forever.
The elevation of Harry New to the Republican National Committee chair pleases Indiana friends. If confirmed as permanent chairman, he would steer the party without nominating candidates or influencing preliminaries. He aims to build a strong organization to ensure the ticket’s election.
Rep. Oberting of Dearborn county proposes a tax on bachelors to fund teachers and state institutions. Unmarried men over twenty five would pay a graduated tax increasing with age, aimed at encouraging marriage.
Preventics claims to stop a cold at the sneeze stage and ward off grip and pneumonia. Marketed as candy tablets in five and twenty five cent boxes, the product promises to check the cold and please the user. Sold by all dealers.
Fragmentary notice shows orders telephoned to Butch er Reed with a 168 telephone cue. No further context or specifics are readable.
George W Kerr shipped a choice lot of hogs to Indianapolis on Thursday and the buyers paid good prices, signaling solid demand. The shipment highlights active livestock trade and favorable market conditions for hogs in that period.
The wife of Rev Wessels of Kingman, long ill, grew much worse last week and had to be sent to the Central Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis on Tuesday. Sheriff Hardesty accompanied the sad mission.
A civic league was organized in Covington on Wednesday evening. W. N. White was chosen president with Dr. E. A. Gilson as vice president, C. W. as secretary, and Rev. Orton as treasurer. The league aims to promote the city's general interests.
T F Manning argues in London Gossip that the white shirt harms health and comfort, tracing its origins to wealth and social display. He likens evolving dress to useless body remnants, urging an immediate shift to attire focused on health and ease.
In Fiji courting occurs outdoors only, with lovers meeting in gardens or plantations. Couples often arrange moonlit trysts high in breadfruit trees, perched on opposite sides of the trunk, a stance aligned with local ideas of modesty.
The London Bystander recalls a remark by Lord Rosebery on memory. When asked what memory is he answered that it is the feeling that comes over us as we hear our friends recount their original stories.
A short item from the Sloan Springs Herald and Democrat notes a proverb about friendship and credit, illustrating local civic language and regional phrasing. The piece reflects community economy and mutual trust themes typical of the era.
A Boston Herald note describes a canary belonging to an Everett family that freely flies about the house and dotes on a young girl. The bird greets her with exuberant affection, perches on her head, and even taps her teeth with its beak when she opens her mouth. The playful behavior hints at a peculiar routine the bird has devised for its enjoyment.
A Boston Transcript riff on a dissolving paper that vanishes in sulfuric acid leaving no mark. The gag suggests a doc that prevents obligations and disputes by dissolving after use, positing a future peace where contracts and promissory notes vanish and social mores relax.
Two First Regiment soldiers on Mont Cenis fell behind in a snowstorm and, after two days trapped in a blizzard, kept awake by striking one another to fend off the cold. Comrades found them near their barracks in a pitiful state, narrating their desperate effort to stay warm.
The London Saturday Review notes a mass exodus of wealthy families from London as a backlash against Conservative gains. Parliamentarians’ absence reduces bench occupancy in the Lords while the boycott hurts city shopkeepers who backed the Tories. Wealthy elites retreat to the Riviera Biarritz Italy and Japan.
Dredging began in California in 1849 and expanded along the Sacramento river bottoms. The industry finally became financially secure in 1897 with the Postlethwaite dredgers on the Feather river bottom. Over thirty dredgers operate in the state with about fifty machines statewide, producing roughly $3,000,000 annually.
The Los Angeles Times questions why Cuba, a small republic, maintains an army of about 6000 soldiers. It argues Cuba could prosper without a large force and would rely on the United States for protection if attacked. The piece suggests saving funds for development projects like roads.
Mme IsabeliJe Massieu returned to Europe from Anam in Indo China and says she met the most accomplished lars. A chief described an English vessel so large his elderly father saw white hair by the thainmast, while another chief spoke of trees in France requiring ten years for a bird to reach the top.
The piece recalls how ancient works survive mainly through fragile manuscripts. Tacitus relies on a single Westphalian copy, Livy’s pages surface from a battledoor, Cicero’s Glories vanish after pawn and misfortune, Petrarch’s volumes vanish, and Magna Charta bears cuts once seen by a tailor, highlighting precarious preservation.
The three spined stickleback gains a brighter green and gold after winning battles with rivals. The female builds a nest and the male guards it fiercely during mating. Victors flaunt rich red throats, while defeated fish retreat in gray, obscuring their former finery.
Parisians consume vast bread quantities, averaging about one pound per person daily. Historically they used bread as a serving piece, carving meat on large slabs called tranchoirs or tailloirs to soak up juices and keep the meat from drying.
During the Kimberley siege the editor of a daily found Cecil Rhodes reading a Cape Town paper. He hurriedly reprinted it as a special edition. Rhodes learned of it and asked not to cut his paper again, noting it cost him $1,000 to send via native runners.
Orchid flowers can stay on plants uncut for two to three weeks after full maturity without noticeable deterioration. This gives orchids an advantage over most flowers that must be cut immediately at or before full maturity.
A fragmented excerpt compiling sayings and maxims. It includes quotes on confidence in a wife and a question about hair cutting, followed by a proverb about restraint and trouble. The text appears as a collage of brief statements from daily periodical content.
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