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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1909
Page
2
A collection of brief, era style snippets including a jest about Goldie’s marriage prospects and a medical ad promoting Foley’s Kidney Remedy. The pieces reference a Cleveland Plain Dealer remark, a Boston Transcript note, and an Indian view from the Columbus Press-Post.
The notice promotes De Witt's Little Early Risers as a small, gentle liver remedy. Rogers and Cade's Drug Co. handles the sale and distribution of these pills.
A quirky note claims 240000 species of inserts exist on earth with 4400 as a tiny size unit. It exaggerates that the worst kind weighs about 175 and wears clothes, per Exchange.
The author argues the nation has millions of potential readers who cannot obtain books due to a lack of bookshops. The ad advocates expanding bookshops to meet demand and preserve the book trade.
An endorsement from Mrs. POM Bray of Cohanbua Cra credits De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills with curing kidney trouble. The ad claims antiseptic relief and quick pain relief, urging readers to order through KC baWitta Co. Also mentions a humorous Washington Star exchange about sociability and farm life.
Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F. I. Cheney & Co of Toledo swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice cites a December 6 1886 oath before notary A W Gleason and promotes the remedy with testimonials and a sales pitch for pills and family pills.
A Cincinnati Enquirer piece relays a sailor’s lurid tale of Paris bat hunting. He recalls trapping bats in caves near Cartshay and the Latin Quarter, selling them in a five sou navarin and a one franc dinner as gourmet fare, while locals debate its edible viability.
A Boston crowd petitions President Lincoln through Ven Alexander Rice asking for clemency. Lincoln jokes about abolishing courts to spare inmates and jokes on delivering pardons, praising moral conduct while critiquing courts. The tale blends humor with reflections on justice and mercy.
The Pal Mall Gazette notes French schoolchildren endure long hours of study and labor. It highlights after school work, evening lessons, and morning appointments with tutors during summer to tackle a vast workload across arts and conservatory training.
A correspondent details a tiger leaping seven feet to strike while the narrator escaped by firing. The Indian Field notes the tiger’s height and advises choosing trees with a lowest branch at least sixteen feet off the ground when fleeing tigers.
A tourist at an inn declares he must have an iron bedstead. Boniface replies there is no iron bedstead in the house but says the mattresses are very nice and hard. The exchange is noted in Lon don Tit-Bits.
A brief dialogue shows a woman protesting restrictions while a man grants limited freedom. She threatens to return home to mamma if behavior continues. The exchange ends with a faint note of leniency from the man.
A witty line contrasts a hill and a pill with a joke about rising and a bite of fate. The quote credits Virgil-like imagery about boughs bearing the weight and hanging low.
In a social whist party tale from Youth Companion, an elderly man and his wife discuss frequent burglaries in the suburb. He notes the burglars slip through the dining room window, Mary wakes him, and the pair remark the burglars are methodical in exiting by the same window they enter.
A Collier's Weekly summary notes the giraffe as Africa’s second story worker with a long neck. It merges zebra and camel traits and is distant kin to the palm tree, with eight feet of neck and a head at the end. The article humorously questions digestion and the creature’s eating pattern while describing its colouring and habitat.
Wood oil from Chinese nut by pressing varies in color with extraction. In China it is heated and becomes thick and dark. It forms a durable wood finish and dries faster in damp weather. Residue from pressing acts as fertilizer and may destroy root pests.
A Dundee Advertiser note recalls a sharp rejoinder at an ambulance lecture in Elphinstone East Lothian when a speaker suggested a penknife throat incision as a first aid. A joiner warned that such an act could lead to murder charges if death occurred or a prosecution if recovery followed, reflecting local caution.
In its early days the British Museum opened six hours a day five days a week in summer and four hours the rest of the year. Visitors could stay only two hours at a time and at most fifteen were admitted at once. Each group was guided by an attendant.
A humorous exchange appears in London Illustrated Bits. The Spinster teases a wife about admiring a man who always says the right thing at the right time. The groomed banter hints at social wit and marriage expectations.
A brief fragment presents a father asking about wrinkles and a boy learning the term fretwork as a metaphor for life or craft. The lines imply intergenerational dialogue and a motif of practical wisdom passed down.
Henry Coleman died at his Harr organ street home Tuesday evening June 22 1909 aged 76 years 11 months 14 days. He was born July 8 1832 in Wabash township lived on a farm there before moving to the city. Survived by wife and six children all married. A Christian of the Christian church he lived honestly and uprightly. Funeral Thursday at 10 o'clock a m from the family residence Rev DH Palmer officiating. Interment at West Liberty Cemetery.
The Riverview Exposition in Chicago draws massive crowds far surpassing the World's Fair early attendance. Daily throngs arrive by streetcar, train, boat, auto, and foot, with thousands of visitors viewing grand white buildings, fountains, and illuminated pavilions along lakefront grounds.
Advertisement promotes property insurance by the old Connecticut Fire Insurance Co of Hartford incorporated 1830. Agent listed as Alvah DeHaven at West Side Square.
Trustee Jos. Starkey announces Saturday weekly office hours at his residence in Cates Indiana for all Fulton Township business. The notice directs residents to attend for township affairs and approvals.
Household hints discuss alcohol to remove candle grease and keeping tacks in bottles to simplify chores. Wooden tubs minimize breakage when washing glass and delicate china. Upside down wooden chopping bowls prevent uplift. A worn iron pot can avoid burning food by placing a flat tin lid beneath it.
About once a year the queen of Siam wears a state robe regarded as the most magnificent in the world.
New York City uses a liberal paymaster system paying workers 132 dollars per minute to over 50 000 servants. Chicago pursues stricter disease reporting with fines of 10 dollars on two physicians for failing to record diphtheria cases. Manchester inland ship canal costs over 80 million and elevates its port status for ships under 600 feet.
Ordinary corncobs valued at 16 cents for 80 pounds are ground to a coarse meal mixed with molasses for cattle feed in India.
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