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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1905
Page
6
Bridget endures a fall before her wedding and jokes with Terence about broken teeth. A sea tale follows of a shark encounter, a swift knife maneuver, and a daring escape, then a note on the racing camel of southern Algeria prized for speed and endurance.
B Ratcliff traveled to Lodianapol on Monday to tend to interests and affairs.
A blue bodied wasp about two inches long with golden wings hunts tarantulas. It utters rapid wing vibrations, stings the spider after a close approach, causing paralysis and death within moments as the spider staggers and dies. The incident is described by Chambers' Journal.
A fragmentary antique column discusses honey as the “mell of the aged” used for prolonging life and embalming, praising Creeks and Attic honey and misattributed ancient diets. It blends with a fable about a monkey, owl, and other beasts, then a wartime anecdote about stolen blankets at Fort Wadsworth and a misheard judge’s remark.
An Irish foreman jokes to his laborers about launching authority on the first morning. He commands them to respond to his cue with a coined word and to begin work when he says commence. The humorous bit relies on malapropism and mid‑Cornish cadence.
Mr Dobbs asks if Jones profited from memory lessons. A London Modern Society account says the business failed because most students forgot to pay him.
A Washington Star quotation contrasts history and fiction through a wry exchange about truth and storytelling, noting fiction’s self awareness of its own fabrication and the broader implications for how stories are told.
A humorous exchange in Karitage where an office boy complains of earning only four dollars a week and giving his mother the full amount. The proprietor questions what happens to the remaining three and a half dollars.
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