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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1901
Page
6
In a New York Press account a rider recounts a wildcat leaping onto a sleigh, clawing the robe, and clinging to the reins as the horse ran. The narrator struck the beast with a loaded whip, the animal leaping between sleigh and snow, and the driver barely kept control until reaching town.
The article notes peers have a right to be hanged with silken cords instead of hempen ropes. It adds that few claim this privilege and mentions lignum vitz as the hardest wood, unable to be worked by splitting.
A fragmentary tale describes a desert ritual around a towering black statue named the Black Venus. The legend centers on Count Pierre and Crosar’s carving in a chateau setting, with a statue still standing in a forest as locals plead to the veiled woman for mercy and goods.
A piece recounts J M Barrie teaching a young lark through trial and error. The hatchling learns by observation while the mother marks hopping lines and explains rain sun and singing. The bird struggles to fly and sing until a sudden awakening changes its fate.
An excerpt discusses memory as a function of brain cells and the idea that we never truly forget. It argues that forgetting means we cannot access the mental photographic negative needed to print a positive reproduction. An editor's note cites diary humor about an impecunious author and early rising.
An old advertisement discusses desserts and a recipe while promoting Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for constipation and digestion issues. It cites testimonials including Mrs. C. A. Truckmuller praising the product for Esther's improved health and notes distributors in Petersburg Illinois and Monticello.
A fragmentary dialogue features Nannie and Aunt Hannah with a humorous freckle exchange. A distant note recalls silkworms and their eggs reaching Europe in the sixth century via monks returning from China with silkworm cocoons.
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