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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1913
Page
9
Advertisement claims Dr King’s New Discovery cures terrible coughs and throat issues with a money back guarantee if it fails. It mentions first dose helps and lists a dealer location with questionable names and spelling errors.
The son in law complains of supporting his wife's parents for life after his engagement to the daughter. He recalls the old man’s revengeful departure from business and a costly test of his willingness to maintain their lifestyle. He notes the contrast with his wife's expectations and the finances involved.
A juror identified as the defendant's wife is questioned by the judge about possible influence. The judge deems the question foolish and excuses the juror from serving in the case.
A Punch magazine passage recalls a lively Alpine Resort scene with a boastful couple and playful taunts about age and climbing. The exchange highlights the English visitors and their daughters echoing youth and vigor amid mountain travel.
A wife explains her husband must avoid exciting reading after a heart episode. A clerk offers a gentler book titled Elsie’s School Days to keep him calm and out of distress. The exchange highlights careful reading choices.
Dialogue shows Mrs Henpeck joking about life as a stage and Mr Henpeck lamenting that some men think they control events. The quip plays on theatrical meta of life as performative and managerial.
A humorous courtroom exchange features two doctors recounting odd patients a beekeeper with hives and a grass widow with hay fever. The joke continues with a newlywed couple bantering over a tough omelet and an egg coat.
The hero tells the heroine that his love remains constant through darkness, cold, storm, and despair, implying enduring love beyond hardship and commitment after marriage.
After 69 years promoting foreign missions, the Laymen's Missionary movement releases a statement urging churches to seek more religion via prayer rather than education or funding alone. It cites vast foreign opportunities and signs by leaders like Samuel B. Capen and J. Edgar Leacraft among others.
A Kansas City man, J Sidney Smith, loses 7000 after court rules a contract sentence lacked a comma altering meaning. The dispute centers on grain destroyed on a side track near an elevator and how close cars must be to qualify for the loss payment.
In Honolulu a Porto Rican mother Juan Cavalho was shot in the abdomen by her brother-in-law Ricas during a family dispute. The baby Cavalho was born two days later with a .388 caliber bullet in his side and operated on successfully. The suspect faces attempted murder charges, likely upgraded if the child dies.
Providence reports six thousand dollars in twenty dollar gold pieces stolen from the late gypsy king’s fortune, linked to a German named Oscar whose disappearance mirrors the theft. In Stockton a farm hand swam two miles while asleep, waking downstream with no memory of the feat.
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