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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
6
The narrator recalls growing up with Patrick Coulter an Irish man who posed as guardian and taught him, while secretly plotting to seize his estate. A hidden letter from abroad reveals a long running swindle whose payoff comes when the narrator forces Coulter to sign over the property.
A retrospective lists suffragette acts from eight years of Parliament siege to the King George Derby seizure. It details rioting, assaults on officials including Asquith and Lloyd George, malicious mischief tearing windows, arson at museums and theatres, and attacks on rail and royal targets.
County Clerk J B Snook uncovered valuable papers forgotten for years in a courthouse closet. The cache includes several land patents dating from 1867 to 1874 and others granted during the administrations of Jackson, Grant, Arthur. Names include Jeremiah Wilfignas Elizabeth Cochran James Russell Samuel Roberts Michael Carey and John Benson.
William Horton of Glendale faces a snake infestation from blue racer varieties two to four feet long. The family well is the likely source, attracting serpents into the yard and even the house. Children are kept indoors as a cistern water supply is installed to replace the contaminated well.
James Burns of Homestead aged sixty was sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse by Magistrate Justus Schroeder after vagrancy charges. In a medical mishap Burns’ wooden leg was broken by a fellow prisoner, then mistaken for a human leg by a jailer who subsequently nailed it back together to move Burns to the workhouse.
A dozen chickens in a city market coop spilled whisky from a broken jug. The birds dipped heads through the slats and tasted the liquor. Roosters crowed and pullets flapped as the fowls appeared drunk.
Heirs of Charles Taegee, who died nine years ago, find a safety deposit box key after twenty nine years. In the box a will disinherits them, granting the estate to Taegee's widow who died in March. relatives receive nothing.
The article notes Rockaway Beach as a favorite New York seaside resort after Coney Island with trains bringing east side children for week long outings. Charitable institutions at the beach provide meals and accommodations as youngsters enjoy the sun and surf.
Burke, a fireman, falls for Margery, forelady on the fifth floor of Waller’s paper box factory. During a deadly blaze, Burke crawls through smoke to rescue twenty trapped workers including Margery, who falls near the stairs. He saves her, earning a lifelong bond with Margery and a proud cheer from Officer O Ferrall.
Children play a circle game where one is the bird catcher and others name birds except the owl. The catcher tells a tale about birds and each player imitates their bird when named. If rules are broken or the call is missed players swap places with the bird catcher.
A decorative bubble game description for a lawn party uses a tennis net as a divider. Girls blow bubbles from their side, boys try to overpass the net. each successful bubble scores fifteen points. Prizes go to the largest bubble, longest lasting, or longest chain, with decorative pipes and bonbons as awards.
From Mount Diablo California the sun causes a shadow over ten miles long on the plain below four times yearly. Tenerife's peak casts a shadow stretching more than fifty miles, darkening the surrounding islands.
A brief notebook riddle notes a Slack but admired item sought by men until tired. It mentions we tire the horse but comfort man with coals as the answer.
On Wall Street General Roger A Pryor walks tall with head high and locks flowing as he chats with a nameless passer. He boasts he feels twenty five and jokes about aging friends Cheate and the lack of shoulder posture. The veteran strides on wearing confidence.
Lord Curzon compares the nation to a ship of state nearing a precipice and warns the brink lies beyond without civil order. The Primrose League speech at Albert Hall is cited as a nearly faulty metaphor by the Dundee Advertiser.
Signor Camillo Traversi won the top prize for a motto simply reading Venice. Judges announced 11,000 submitted mottoes, but chose the concise line because it extols Venice by naming her.
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