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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1922
Page
7
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup to relieve constipation in babies and children. It promises a fruity taste and a gentle bowel cleanse, noting a teaspoonful may prevent illness tomorrow. The copy warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with directions printed on the bottle.
A humorous quip about a returned soldier boasting of six wives in Congo and how costumes were funded by simply adding rings in their poses, the joke ending with the swell of wit from La Regiment.
United States Department of Agriculture notes that hens with good digestion need only a balanced ration. When hens drop appetite a pepper and spice mixture can revive laying. The recommended blend is equal parts ground red pepper allspice ginger and cloves with fenugreek half part. Feed a tablespoonful in 2 quarts moist mash 2–3 times weekly or a teaspoonful per quart daily until hens recover. Avoid feeding when hens already have good appetite.
The United States Department of Agriculture summarizes turkey laying behavior with confinement to break broodiness, rapid return to laying after release, and typical litter egg intervals. It lists observed times and dates for a hen’s nesting during the season.
Poultrymen should tear their eggs before placing them under a hen or in an incubator to remove eggs unlikely to produce good chicks. It is not advised to incubate infertile eggs on any other basis as there is no known method to determine fertility without incubation.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions a litter or littering topic related to a poultry house and possible pricing or retund from Meylett. No clear names, dates, or locations readable to confirm specifics.
Clara Gibson Carl is indicted in Hancock County Indiana for poisoning her father-in-law Alonzo B Carl with arsenic in August 1921. A prior husband Robert Gibson died in 1920 and bodies were exhumed for chemical analysis showing arsenic. Prosecutor cites insurance and property motives.
A survey identifies Canada oil fields spanning 300000 square miles. Global land totals are 33 128 171 200 acres with forests covering 8 097 319 827 acres. One third of people rely on bread, half on rice. Hoal land has reclaimed over 1 000 000 acres since the sixteenth century.
Helen Ferguson Dressler received six months in the reformatory after her first trial on charges of marrying 18 American soldiers and sailors during World War I to obtain their allowances. She faces further trials in Baltimore Norfolk Holyoke and Chicago as she hopes her husbands will end the cycle.
A Scottish schoolgirl asks her grandmother to help with a multiplication homework problem counting 400 horses. The grandmother halts, declaring no living person could solve the sum, highlighting the amusing gap between child math and adult calculation.
A traffic cop stops a motorist who narrowly avoids pedestrians. The motorist explains the car is new and the officer, amused by a quip about “Little learning,” releases him despite the near miss.
A woman seeks tincture of myrrh and enters a bright drug store with pure white walls and mirrored shelves. The clerk reveals the shop formerly housed a barroom, explaining the peculiar columns and bent counter as a leftover from its past.
Gossip notes reveal Miss Olden dismissed her butler after he boasted of long service and aging in her employ. The remark sparked questions about propriety and loyalty in the household.
A light exchange contrasts a person’s playful question about starting with pie and eating dinner backward with the reply that their stomach is upset. The witty remark highlights a domestic moment from a humorous dialogue.
Keystone Supply Co. offers high cash prices for arrow heads and stone implements. Located at Duquesne Way, Pittsburgh. Contact us for details.
A New Yorker recounts a Mississippi bear chase in a cane thicket. When dogs fail, a hunter orders Gus to enter and fetch the bear. Gus dives in and returns with the bear and hounds. He explains he knew the "old boss" and acted boldly.
A child named Margaret about two years old watches a moonlit surface turn streaky in a fall evening. She exclaims that the moon is dirty and asks her mother to wash it, while a line about old lies wearing beards appears in the surrounding text.
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