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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1923
Page
5
The Department of Agriculture reports U S meat consumption reached 160.352 billion pounds in 1922 increasing to 149.7 pounds per person. Per capita intake rose six pounds from 1921 and 14 pounds from 1920.
In Saratoga Springs on February 20 officials report Upper New York coal famine prompts civilians to seize fuel from railroads. Other towns threaten similar action unless relief arrives. Commissioner Arthur J. Leonard seized nine carloads as a curtailment measure.
Constantinople February 24 Turkish officials say mediation by the United States would be welcomed in the Near East but note the League of Nations is barred from intervening.
Washington February 24 Forty four percent of district attorney time is spent on prohibition enforcement, said John D Harris budget officer of the Department of Justice to the appropriations committee.
An official described the ice patrol organized under a 1913 international agreement. Two US Coast Guard cutters maintain a continuous patrol, each two weeks on duty, gathering ice area data and informing approaching ships. The patrol also collects scientific observations and reports to the weather bureau. He disputed the Labrador current concept, noting it is deflected toward the Gulf Stream when currents meet.
A historical look at William Lee the inventor of the steel loom for knitting stockings. He sought royal patronage from Queen Elizabeth and James I but received none. With failure at the French court and eventual death, his device finally earned a patent in the next century from Oliver Cromwell to the Company of Framework Knitters.
A columnist muses on Clemenceau and the onion as a metaphor for a high-spirited poet bold in literature and life. The piece contemplates an emerging “onion philosophy” and the ways pungent ideas spread through culture, signaling a nascent revolutionary sensibility.
The Pountain Warren Ministerial Association met in a local Christian church and approved six resolutions. They decry contempt of law and praise enforcement efforts, urge support for law enforcement, stress the need for fearless judicial and executive duty, commend Fountain County prosecutors and juries in State vs Loren O'Brien, and call for suppression of gambling and other flagrant violations.
Local notes report James Taylor transacted business in Danville while warranty deeds and justice blanks are offered for sale at the office. Various residents like Mrs. Smith and Dan Simms are ill. The column lists visits, illness, Hatching eggs ads, and community events across Danville and nearby towns, noting weather impacts and local trades.
A Paramount feature Dont Tell Everything stars Wallace Reid Gloria Swanson and Elliott Dexter. In the outdoorsy story Reid's Cullen Dale deceives his fiancée causing jealousy and a rival woman to enter the plot with Dexter as a self sacrificing friend aiding Marian Swanson. Sam Wood directs.
County clerk H. E. Bodine lists marriages since the last report. Names include Orval Mitchell and Margaret McConahay both of Veedersburg, James Williams and Binella Gant of Attica, Paul Shaffer and Mabel Gab aner of Westville Illinois, James M Edwards and Mary E Adams of Westville Indiana, Charles M Anderson and Bessie H Coleman of Covington, and Agnes Ayers with Conrad Nagel in The Ordeal at Lyric. Also notes Marion Abelt of Mellett transacted business. one for sale Leghorn hens and Bert Hushaw moving into W. B. Gray property on Liberty Street.
London Tit-Bits notes that hit songs could earn large sums in short times. Alexanders Ragtime Band War Golden Hair and other tunes yielded nearly 200 pounds each, while My Pretty Jane earned about 2000 pounds. Some songs were written in minutes, others in days, illustrating swift music industry profits.
Mrs H backs out with Charles beside her. He reassures her she is fine and notes he wants to avoid hitting Jones' ear, saying it would not matter if they hit the old car anyway.
A government printing plant in Berlin has installed a machine that can print count and perforate 12,000 two colored postage stamps per minute.
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