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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1912
Page
4
A whimsical piece notes bantam chickens charm boys more through ideas than meat. It explains bantams are kept for breeding and pets, since their small size limits table use, while their value rests in utility and affection rather than nourishment.
Bantams serve as ideal pets for children or urban dwellers lacking practical poultry aims. A pen of bantams offers a beloved, engaging gift that steers boys toward home activities and away from aimless roaming.
A Popular Electricity feature previews eye opening electrical toys. It describes a battery driven steam ship with concealed motor and switchboard control and a substantial fan toy that demonstrates real operating parts in compact form. The piece invites boys to explore beyond local stores with vivid examples.
A playful puzzle for boys and girls describes a clock number trick. A participant chooses a number, adds the opposite, and imagines lines to form a right angle. The riddle continues with combining end numbers to yield a final sum of six.
Poetic meditation on a weak violet enduring an unkind sky yet remaining faithful. The speaker reflects on a year of natural wonders kept alive by love, noting winds dews rains suns and earth’s rotation while the violet struggles to prosper.
A Terre Haute convention group decided against reducing delegate representation to allow smaller towns to host conventions. They left the question to the next convention, likely in Evansville, and to decide on delegates paying their own expenses. Margaret Vesey led a 1,230 member group with 51 circles. several officers were re elected.
The article notes bracelets gaining favor again with elbow-length sleeves. Fine jeweled pieces echo ancient Egypt and Persia, including Cleopatra style snake armlets for evening wear. Sabine-inspired heavy two inch wide armlets, worn high on the arm, emphasize a massive look.
Fashion has renewed the sleeve pocket for fans, now used in women’s gowns. The discreet opening sits below the elbow, hidden by lace or chiffon, and emerges with a miniature embroidered fan. It also serves to hold a lace handkerchief as sleeves grow larger.
A puzzle describes selecting a number from a clock face and adding it to another number. It claims the final sum equals six if the addition is correct. The text ends with an invitation to try and verify the result.
A note on London slang that many terms live briefly and fade fast. It cites examples like a phrase such as Has your and discusses how youth culture coins terms that quickly vanish from use.
The passage discusses motorized streetcars with electric signals and track, battery powered street lamps, an electric range fed from the lighting circuit, and other urban tech. It also traces phrases and proverbs from 19th and early 20th century literature, noting how some expressions endure while others fade.
The coat is made from changeable taffeta with outlining trims and double rims. Sleeves have large armholes and three-quarter length with turn back cuffs edged by ruching. Cuffs and buttons are taffeta covered. Collar falls over shoulders and rounds at the back.
A domestic note from Woman's Home Companion on hosting children. The author keeps bibs, handled glasses, a small table and chair, tiny plates and utensils, simple toys, and is always ready for little guests.
Damask centerpieces are fashionable with dainty stitches outlining flower designs to form borders around circular pieces. An edging of heavy lace adds drama. Though damask is not cheap, one can reuse old linen and modest lace to create an effective centerpiece.
The article notes two prevailing styles for the season a plain material paired with striped or checked fabrics and a velvet coat with a cloth skirt. It forecasts many variations to follow in fashion.
The article suggests refreshing shabby leather bags by covering them with velvet and adding a heavy silk cord handle. It notes both paste and sew options, sharing a personal experience of sewing the velvet and finding it satisfactory.
Parisians rush to monogramed shoe buckles with initials and monograms in rhinestones or real gems while American dealers show growing interest.
Milk can be the main nourishment for invalids and children, but it must be prepared carefully. Weigh babies weekly, consult a physician if weight drops, modify milk with whey and rennin tablets to reduce casein, and serve milk in small sips to aid digestion.
A reflective quote explores ideals of perceiving the divine in others through unguarded, childlike simplicity. It laments social pressures to wear masks and conceal true essence, urging readers toward honesty and radiant, unpretentious connection.
A Victorian style cookery section describes multiple meat serving methods. It covers four to eight lamb or mutton cutlets with fat trimmed and seasoned, then cooked with peas, bacon, new potatoes and stock in a hot oven. Variations include a la Espagnol with tomato rice and paper bag baking, plus veal cake in a buttered bag with onion and tomato lard for skillet baking.
A reflective aphorism notes that the human mind behaves like a garden. Cultivation yields useful seeds while neglect yields weeds, and both paths produce results. James Allen’s warning emphasizes intentional mental growth over careless, unintentional thinking.
A compact quotation emphasizes that confidence fuels success and self-doubt weakens people. It argues strength comes from belief in one's own powers, warning that even the strong are vulnerable when lacking faith in themselves.
A man examined diamonds at the George Greyer store and four hours later two $150 stones in a Tiffany setting were missing. Police learned from Muncie that a man matching the robber's description had obtained a $265 diamond from a local jewelry shop.
Samuel Osborn, who lost both feet in an interurban wreck last January and received money from Indiana Union Traction, is sued for $200 by Dr. D S Quickel for unpaid surgical fees. The doctor attended him at the time of injury and alleges Osborn refused to settle the bill.
In the Mengal neighborhood James Cherry reports a hog loss from hydrophobia. Curtiss Bassett also lost two hogs to the same disease spread by a dog. The dog was killed and its head will be sent to Indianapolis.
A detainee who escaped by leaping from a city courtroom window was recaptured after a daylong chase. He swam several creeks and waded in water above his waist during the pursuit.
Wayne county death of Mary Emily Smith leads to a 13000 dollar endowment for the school to fund an orphans home. County commissioners reject the plan as insufficient, and the gift goes to White's Manual Training School.
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