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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1922
Page
3
Mack Hughes of the Marshfield neighborhood plans a public sale on January 26. Local notice promotes bill Billie Burke in The Make Believe Wife at Lyric tonight Thursday.
Sunday School at 9:45 am followed by Morning Worship at 11 am with the sermon Hosea the Christ of the Old Testament. Epworth League at 6:15 pm and Evening Service at 7 pm include a song service and a drama The Heating Touch starring four local men. Pastor Russell B Kern invites all to attend. Gossip about Covington hold ups proved false by our reporter.
Babson argues wheat and corn prices will not fall in 1922 and urges action to lower farm costs and expand markets. He cites wage, freight, tax cuts, and yield improvements, plus exports and immigration policy, as paths to farmer relief, and endorses support for Secretary Wallace.
Government warns farmers about diseases carried by rats including bubonic plague and foot and mouth type illness. Rats threaten people, livestock, poultry, and grain stores. rat control products like RAT-SNAP are promoted as effective.
The piece notes college and school surveys asking about swearing alongside other questions. It cites laws in New York North Carolina Alabama and Tennessee regarding spoken oath requirements and public hearing of words, with a feminist angle on perceived propriety and hypocrisy.
Jake Newton, famed for honesty and thrift, had a sheep swapped with Leslie French’s after a mistaken identification. The rival sheep was sheared and later died in Jake’s pasture. Leslie calmed him, saying mistakes happen, and Jake admitted paying seven cents for the shear.
In the Vosges Mountains artist Spindler creates intricate wood compositions by sketching, cutting veneers, and assembling them on a backing. He uses natural color wood from Europe and beyond, matching clouds and rain in wood tones, with some veneers taking hours to fit. Blues prove hard to obtain.
The piece notes laundries revise prices toward normal after the war. Mr John Chipaman resists higher costs for Chinese labor while Lee Sing cites Chinese youths pursuing university studies and slower work at the laundry. The commentator suggests wages may rebalance as younger workers abandon costly ideas.
In a playful chat, two men named Fred and Jack discuss travel, weather, and a humorous remark heard abroad. The tone is light, with informal phrases and garbled punctuation reflecting casual roadside conversation.
The Pied Poudre court, a medieval tribunal for fairgoers and travelers, survives in Bristol. The court, opened at the market by the Guild hall, sat for 14 days to hear grievances of strangers and transient visitors during a longstanding fair tradition.
Under the Bureau of Biological Survey of the USDA wild big game on government reservations rose markedly since five years earlier with elk antelope and other species showing gains. Bird protection improved through refuges grain planting new reservations wardens and patrol boats. Enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Lacey Act led to nearly 1 000 alleged violators apprehended and over 10 convictions with fines from 1 to 900 dollars.
Josephine, longtime housekeeper to a great novelist, recalls his domestic care and the gap she felt after his decline. A visiting critic once asked if he was “the master” and she retorted he ruled only his food, not his intellect.
In London Dockside lore an old resident recalls the Cutty Sark, once a famed James tea clipper. It once achieved 162 knots in 12 hours under steam power, later sailing under Ferreira’s Portuguese flag while its wooden walls withstood ocean gales.
A fragment notes an art exhibit titled The pick of recent Titpnnicke paint shown at a Hew Per venue. It highlights works by local artists and the display’s emphasis on fresh brushwork.
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