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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
2
Ad notes that The Repubblican offers a full range of printing services with up-to-date job styles and value for customers seeking current printing options.
Stray Stories recounts how noble houses maintain peculiar practices across centuries. Belvoir preserves a Waterdrum weather watcher in Elizabethan dress. OsKham guards a vast horseshoe collection begun by Elizabeth I. Atholl permits only one armed bodyguard and Victoria approved colors in 1844. Ailesbury honors royal visitors with ivory goblets, inspired by Henry VIII’s goblet habit.
A Washington Post correspondent recalls a country scene where a seventh child was born. A two year old faced a cold creek dunking while the father nearly faces a legal scare as neighbors misread the intention. The literary friend is left defending the prank for an hour.
The article discusses the bowfin or dogfish known as Jobony Grin de, noting its strange traits such as barking, sharklike ferocity, parent care, and dramatic aerial jumps. Despite its vivid life history, Field and Stream quotes a Michigan guide calling the meat mushy and unsuitable for eating, urging to throw them out.
Dearest Mary attends college taking classics yet struggles with plain meals and practical skills. The verse contrasts high learning with ordinary tasks, noting she excels in Greek Latin piano and sports but cannot even cook a steak. The humorous piece targets expectations of educated women.
In a jumbled Tatler item a motorist collides with a police officer during a street event. The report hints at a street mishap and ensuing attention, with no clear outcome or identities disclosed in the readable text.
A Puck excerpt describes a shipboard scene at dinner with twenty-six places at the captain’s table. The captain praises the crew’s voyage and signals camaraderie among passengers while ordering courses and toasts, mixing humor with nautical formality.
A Brooklyn Citizen excerpt shows a teacher asking a girl for a preferred name. The girl answers Jones or Smith to avoid relatives from visiting her in the city for dinner.
The Pittsburg Post reports the newly elected senator divested from factory holdings tied to government contracts. He transferred ownership to his son to end the relationship and comply with laws.
Two youths enter a crowded vehicle and are restrained by a belt as a maid and a young man whisper about a fate described as capital punishment. The scene, reported in the Chicago Tribune, evokes a grim feel of detainment.
A physician complains he has not buried a case of preamo pis in ten years and laments concealment. A friend notes cremations of deceased patients while spouses chide about coffee. The Baltimore News quotes a humorous exchange over simple directions and boiling water.
A collage of quotes recounts cultural shocks from American life, with a German director in a tower expressing indignation, a young painter claiming quick mastery, a West physician boasting excess training, and Maine moose birds providing comic animal anecdotes. The Napoleon era anecdotes describe coarse Wisconsin dining manners and brash behavior toward women.
A waiter asks how the eggs should be cooked and the customer replies. He queries pricing but is told it does not differ. The customer then requests eggs with a slice of ham, expressing relief.
A Kansas City Journal fragment shows a humorous boarder asking to chase a cow, while a landlady calls out to Jane to guide the animal toward the area with a bawling calf. The snippet captures rural whimsy in a city paper.
Quote from Jewell Kansas Republican reflects on life in the city and the impact of urban crowds on residents. The remark notes the mystery of urban living fades once exposed to city crowds and experiences.
A fragmentary quotation discusses voice and sight with a line about the body. It then describes a London Lady note on New tracnea parents sending daughters to bed in a treehouse each night. The ladder is removed after guns go up, preventing descent until parents permit. Elope under these rules is hard, and parents sleep easier knowing freedom is curtailed.
A returned traveler notes high literacy in Sicily and Corsica and laments the lack of reading and writing. The judge agrees that better literacy would enable people to carry on their ventures by mail.
A New York Telegram quip recounts a wife critiquing others fashion at church while her husband counters with a remark about charity being the finest garment. She retorts that husbands fret over their wives outfits only to please others.
Nellie asks what was said when a proposal occurred that evening. Bertha questions how Nellie knows he proposed. Nellie replies that Nellie felt glad to see her and wanted her to feel bad.
A prosecutor questions talesmen and dismisses one who admits counsel once advised him in a suit. The exchange suggests sympathy toward the prisoner in a courtroom vignette titled Life.
Notice is given that the undersigned has been appointed and qualified by the Circuit Court of Fountain County Indiana as Executor of the last will and estate of James T. Liddle, deceased. The estate is supposed to be solvent. Robert H. Biddle, Administrator. Lucas Nebeker, Attorney. May 5, 2005.
Portland to Denver Baltimore Buffalo Chautauqua and more host very low round trips. Tickets on sale June 2 to July 4 August 13 12 1 M45 August 24 to September 4. Two 30 day excursions July and 28. Warren J. Lypeh Gen Pass and Ticket Agent Cipenoati Obie announce the sales.
Clinton D. Sita trustee states he will be in the first front office room of the K of P building on Wednesdays and Saturdays each week to transact township business.
The popular yearly excursion to Niagara Falls along the Jersey coast via Clover Leaf Route will run on August 2 and 9 to Niagara Falls and August 2 and 9 to Atlantic City, Sea Isle City, Cape May, and other Atlantic resorts. Tickets are good for returns twelve days from sale. See nearest Clover Leaf Agent for details. W L Ross, General Preferential Agent. Toledo, Ohio. 8-15.
The speaker recalls a town visit and a remark about a great insane asylum, prompting the listener to question voluntary admission and the implied fate.
In a cheeky aside from the Cleveland Leader a scene shows Miss Kutter offering water to Mr. Sporte while joking about milk. The dialogue features playful banter and a wink, emphasizing the lighthearted tone of the exchange.
A concise quotation frames beauty as effortless and innate, attributing the idea to Burke. The line emphasizes natural elegance as a constant standard of virtue and perception.
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