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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
3
A traveling minister recounts seven months away from home with stops in Kansas Oklahoma and Austin Texas. He praises Texas weather people and church support while lamenting the reintroduction of saloons in Covington and bemoaning the broader social ills he observes.
A leading California druggist in Pasadena endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound citing its efficiency as an expectorant with no opiates. It states the remedy is safe for children, relieves colds quickly without nausea, and does not affect digestion. Sold in yellow packaging by all druggists.
A woman faces a perpetual struggle with ironing and laundry chores. She either must do the labor herself or endure carelessly pressed linens. A solution promises relief from hard work while preserving quality.
The quote recalls a choralist urging ascent to a crown while a youth answers with a witty punchline about running an elevator. This exchange appears in a Midwest gallery context, attributed to Walt Mason. The humor hinges on literal and figurative climbs.
The text claims Romans taught a system of shorthand in schools and that Emperor Titus excelled at it.
Wallace Wade, owner and publisher of the Meilett Advocate, has acquired the New Ross Herald. The Herald has struggled due to a small territory and weak advertising support, and Wade contemplates next steps for the paper.
In a Pinch Use Allen's Foot Base. The antiseptic powder to shake into your shoes. Relieves hot tired aching swollen sweating feet of all pain. Takes the sting out of earns and benions. Sold everywhere. 25¢ Sample PHER. Address A S Olmsted LeRoy NY.
Stone Bluff hosted the VandBuren township commencement at Veedersburg with many graduates from Sterne Bluff schools. Notable visitors included James DeLoog of Chicago and Charles Shepherd with Miss McMahon of Covington. The Shawnee telephone company stockholders met in Stone Bluff. about fifty attended. Various social visits, a Ripples show appearance, and a Stone Bluff ball game at Hillsboro were noted. Odd Fellows plan to unite with veterans Sunday for memorial services at Osborn Prairie west of town.
A local carpenter EF. 5S. Lover of Manina New York touts Bucklen’s Arnica salve in his pocket. He claims it heals cuts burns boils and sores quickly including burns boils cracked skin and piles. 25 cents at druggists.
Will Madarea and visitors call on Wil Madarea Sunday. Ira Murphy visited Esta Bever Sunday evening. Vanpelt and Williams attended to business in State Line Saturday. Lape siblings conducted business in State Line Wednesday. Minnie Parker and family visit sister Lucy Lape in Forest Hill this week. Mary Clem called on Gano Murphy Wednesday. Charley Clem traveled to Covington last Wednesday. Carl Jones and wife stay with his uncle. Will Madarea and Java Murphy called on Will Madarea Tuesday. Forest Hill residents surprised Mrs. Lisha Brown Sunday with a large gathering. Gano Murphy and three sons had business in State Line Saturday. Elia Bever and daughters Esta and Laura visited Wil Madera Sunday. Jim Madarea hauling outs to town last week. Charley Clem finished planting corn.
A recipe describes making a tart fruit purée, then cooling and folding in two eres to create a puree for the dish. The guide instructs to simmer chopped cooking apples, fry, drain, and serve with a butter and cream sauce poured over the hot or cold fruit.
Practical tips on marinating fruit salads in French dressing, serving large pates for self-service, and pairing fillings like mushrooms oysters or cream ed sweetbreads. Guidance on salad biscuits, nut and fruit combinations, mayonnaise or cream dressings, and how to handle boiled eggs. Also notes on dandelion leaves and early morning harvest for pot salads and greens.
A period instruction outlines making a macaroni and bacon bake. Ingredients include macaroni rashers of bacon tomatoes grated cheese butter pepper salt and breadcrumbs. Layer macaroni and tomatoes in a dish with seasoning and butter, top with breadcrumbs, bake, and finish with fried bacon on top.
A historical recipe fragment describes making a coffee cream cake with sugar flour eggs butter and cocoa. It includes quantities such as one and a half cups sugar two cups flour and a quarter cup butter, plus milk coffee and three layers.
Beat the yolk of an egg with a teaspoonful of garragon vinegar. Stir into half a pint of melted butter off the heat, keeping it stirred to prevent curdling. Add a large teaspoonful of finely chopped fresh tarragon and serve with fish vegetables or dressed eggs.
A kitchen tip suggests pinning a muslin over the bread board and flouring it well to roll dough very thin. Grounding the railing pin with muslin is also mentioned as an improvement for even results.
A desperate man aboard the Norristown line at Columbia avenue was stopped by a constable as passengers watched. The group pooled funds to cover the prisoner’s fine when he could not pay, funded by a hat collection after the man revealed his wife’s jail status and escape attempt. Only one passenger refused to contribute, citing he saw the same man on the ghost train to Philadelphia.
The article warns that the Mahdi concept spurs pretenders across Arab regions and that governments suppress local uprisings. It notes a central figure named Senoussi leading 8,410,009 followers in a Sahara empire spanning North Africa and Arabia, with oases as the core fortified by armed Malto subjects spreading widely.
The London Chronicle comments on unusual middle names in writers such as Dosle Conan Chesterton Keith Wing Mowland and Wrymark while noting Rider Haggard and Pettidee for using full or distinctive given names. It hints at a hilltop location in southwest England associated with Pettidee.
The article notes wild horses on the sand banks of the North Carolina lagoons descend from Sir Walter Raleigh era colonists on Roanoke Island. Sea oats thrive there as food, and estimates place the ponies at more than 3,000 on the banks.
A German novelty shoe features toe partitions and soft interior pads that press at the base of the toes during walking. Proponents claim the design prevents toe jam and foot deformities common with conventional footwear while increasing comfort.
The French Academy of Immortals admits four new names: M. de Reguier, a poet. General Langlois, who bears both pen and sword. Henri Roujon, former Beaux Arts director. and Denis Cochin, a man of letters. The academy now reaches its full strength for the first time in years.
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