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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
2
A. Clifton argues bananas are a staple for Americans, noting an annual use of over 6 billion bananas and a rising import value from 1900 to 1912. He cites vast untapped tropical lands for cultivation and suggests bananas help lower the cost of living as a partial daily staple.
Dr F H Green urged daily exposure to beauty through music pictures and literature. He argued the mind shapes the body and beauty arises from sincere love rather than cosmetics. He warned against selfish motives and emphasized removing malice to let beauty unfold.
A wife records household expenses and notes she gets her husband’s wages, averaging $60 monthly minus one dollar weekly for tobacco. She allocates herself control of the family purse strings, suggesting a prenup style arrangement. The piece argues the ruler is the one who handles the exchequer.
A wry editor quotes a definition of a tramp and notes hobble skirts may be an ancient Roman invention. The piece pokes at modern civility and politics as it riffs on social manners and public figures.
Forty years ago Americans ate no bananas and now consume about 44,000,000 bunches annually. The note reflects on how tastes change over time.
A claim states that out of 23,000 English dentists only 3,000 hold diplomas, urging readers to endure toothaches at home. The statement presents a striking ratio to provoke concern about qualifications.
Fashion observers credit millinery experts with predicting a trend toward small hats. The forecast notes classic shapes and refined silhouettes, signaling a shift in headwear where delicate pieces dominate runways and shops.
Professor Lewis of Tufts College suggests cataloguing the world 16 000 000 melodies and wonders about including numerous popular airs. A Turkish dress reform faces veto by the military commandant amid fears it could hinder turkey trotting. A young man sues a beauty doctor for ruining his nose.
Ten thousand people gathered with copies of a suffrage expose in Hyde Park and Oxford Street as suffragists faced a mob. Mrs Flora Drummond led the protest, endured missiles and mud while police struggled to shield speakers and escort them to safety amid clashes with rioters.
A strange key found in a cellar door at 60 Eldridge Street led to a major robbery at Martin Simons & Son's pawnshop 94 Hester Street. Estimated loss is 250000 to 300000 dollars, with about 500000 in jewels and bonds left behind. Diamonds and diamond jewelry make up most of the stolen property. Simons is a leading East Side pawnbroker.
New York reports Gunboat Smith defeats Bombardier Wells in the second round to win the English heavyweight title. Smith lands a decisive right to Wells jaw after two rounds of brutal exchanges. Wells is carried from the ring as the referee notes the knockout at one minute and 17 seconds into the second round.
Rome reports Pope Pius, advised by physicians, skipped the customary address to receive palms during the Sunday ceremony. The omission follows medical guidance but preserves the traditional practice in other Holy Week observances.
Reading Pa March 18 three youths William Oxley Charles Oxley and Paul Wetter all about eighteen were drowned while trying out a new canoe on the Schuylkill river Sunday afternoon.
Nogales Ariz March 15 after a long day of fighting the federal garrison at Nogales Sonora surrendered to rebel General Obregon at 6 40 pm The retreat increased fire on the American side with three noncombatants wounded and two women narrowly injured One skirt bullet punctured a woman's dress while on her porch American troops from Fort Huachuca rushed to the border and kept duty along the line.
J Pierpont Morgan, carried ashore in Naples and placed on a special train to Rome, shows signs of improvement after arrival. A $3000 extra carriage softened the ride as physicians and relatives arrange a three week period of strict repose at the Grand hotel with no calls.
Salem Illinois March 17 militia guarded the jail after Governor Dunne ordered state troops. Sheriff Purcell could not cope with a mob furious over the arrest of Frank Sulleng twenty one charged with attacking Dorothy Holt fourteen daughter of Judge Holt. Militia from Olney Shelbyville Effingham Altamont deployed.
A New York court found Julian Hawthorne Dr William J Morton and Albert Freeman guilty of using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Josiah Quincy was discharged. Freeman received five years in the Atlanta penitentiary starting January 1, 1913. Morton and Hawthorne were sentenced to one year and one day starting November 26, 1912.
Denver March 18 Mrs Ina Marie Porter Ockenden author of the words to Dixie one of the foremost women writers of the south died in Galveston Texas Sunday She formerly made her home here
In Bridgeport Conn on March 18 a steel girder weighing eighteen tons fell from the second story of a building under construction at a foundry striking one worker dead and injuring three others. The tragedy occurred Saturday as crews worked at the site.
A sweeping storm across the Trans-Missouri country left at least fifty dead in the southern states and lower Midwest, with up to two hundred injured and over two million dollars in property losses. Georgia Missouri Tennessee Louisiana Texas reported fatalities and extensive damage as trains halted and telegraphs failed in a historic early spring storm. A parallel cyclone in Buenos Aires killed or seriously injured twenty.
Madame Sarah Bernhardt, the famed actress, sprained both ankles in a collision between her car and a heavy truck in Pico Heights near Los Angeles. She was thrown out, bruised, yet despite injuries she traveled to the Orpheum theater by another car to perform her full program for the audience.
Michael McGuire chief master of arms on the receiving ship Cleveland at Mare Island shot himself in the head and died instantly Sunday. The motive for the act is unknown.
Nathan Green pleaded guilty in federal court to smuggling diamonds valued at twenty thousand dollars. He was fined six thousand dollars for the crime tied to a metal frame concealing the woman’s image.
J. Lewis Samson a wealthy Chicago businessman was killed by lightning Friday afternoon near his new country home on the Patuxent River in St. Marys County Maryland. He was returning from a trip when the fatal strike occurred with the victim located at the estate. The tragedy highlights dangerous weather conditions reported in the region.
News from distant places reports Rear Admiral Eaton's funeral with scant naval honors in Massachusetts. A New York collision sinks the Wyckoff with eleven of twelve crew lost. In Rheims an aircraft collision fatally injures two sergeants. Chas M Busch, grandson of Adolphus Busch, returns battered after a mugging in Carlin Nevada. Yale president Hanley nearing breakdown at a summer ranch in Ojai Valley. Walter hears kills his wife and shoots himself in Cambridge Illinois. Francis Boradnax, famed engineer for Chicago World's Fair lighting, dies in Montclair diabetic coma.
Rodman Law known as the human fly faced a near disaster when a steel rock containing him exploded after 800 pounds of powder was fired. He was hurled 25 feet but unharmed thanks to padding and a helmet. Law crawled into the rocket with his parachute and ordered the firing. The fuse burned for 30 seconds before a flame and smoke burst sent debris everywhere as spectators watched.
Buffalo reported Josephine Kittitch of 63 Titus Street died after being swept over the American falls while sightseeing at Luna Park in Niagara Falls on Sunday. The 35 year old, described as a city resident, perished during the fall exposed to the river.
Stefansson’s whaler Karluk, bought for a second Arctic voyage, cleared San Francisco for Vancouver, B C, on Sunday. The vessel sailed under Stefansson, noted as discoverer of the blonde Eskimos, from the port of San Francisco on March 18.
A timid woman in a remote town asks the station master about the next trains. After learning the 3:15 has passed and no expresses or freight trains are due soon, she tells her robust husband they should cross the tracks. The exchange ends with cautious resolve.
A man discusses Charlotte Corday from history books, praising her as a great figure after noting she killed a man while he was bathing. The dialogue highlights intrigue around the infamous event in the French Revolution era.
A terse exchange asks about two affinities while implying a contrast between a dove-eyed woman and a pigeon-toed man. The line hints at character traits or social dynamics without naming persons or a setting.
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