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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1905
Page
8
A one armed man recalls a veteran boasting about battlefield coolness. He admits misperceiving his actions after the fight, noting his record of volleys fired and enemy casualties was miscounted. The company captain gently chides him for future missteps.
Fragmented OCR reads dialogue snippets on romance and music. A traveler notes a gale and swaying sheets as a wife comments on the stormy scene. The voice alternates between witty exchanges and observational humor.
Miss Singer recalls a note found in her last bouquet behind the footlights. The manager allegedly told her he would cover her own costs in the future, tired of paying for them.
A Somerville Journal item recalls a dentist whoExtracted four teeth after a tramp persuaded him to use laughing gas. The owner recalls charging four dollars, prompting a humorous exchange about the cost and the effect lasting.
A Philadelphia Press quip has a young wife asking why the dessert is called angel cake. Her husband replies that eating it puts one in immediate danger of becoming an angel, in a light kitchen banter exchange.
A back and forth about wealth and taxes unfolds with claims that McFlab is worth at least a billion dollars and Sleet counters with a skeptical bolt. The exchange notes a $2,500,000 tax payment amid the debate in Louisville.
A dialog quoted in the Boston Transcript features a debate over a remark about dogs and sense. Dumty-Morris complains the remark insults him while Vickie defends the claim that any dog, regardless of color, can have sense.
The Detroit Free Press quotes a playful exchange about vanity and conscience while the Chicago Tribune quotes a society scene where Lady Bisaington questions an American match. The dowager suggests the match sought by the couple did not occur.
A brief verse notes a sunlit ice dish owned by a woman who forgot it during work. She returns with ice to test it and finds the ice has not met expectations, having cracked or altered from its original form.
Two American girls invite Sir Charles and a friend to a country home. The guests arrive, are hurried to a bath, and depart after claiming they came only to make a call, with a train due in fifteen minutes.
A Kansas City Journal note contrasts two global dietary groups, the rice eaters and the wheat eaters. It argues rice and fish form a complete, cheap diet, requiring little preparation and facilities, allowing rice eaters to thrive on few pennies a day and grow populous nations.
A physician notes that reaching age thirty without serious illness suggests living to seventy or more. From that point, simple health rules are advised: eat fruit at breakfast and lunch, avoid pastry and hot bread, eat potatoes once daily, walk four miles daily, avoid tea and coffee, bathe daily, wash with warm water at night, and sleep eight hours. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Alfonso and his courtiers visited a jeweler where a diamond vanished. The king ordered a bran-filled vessel to be placed on the counter and each courtier dipped a hand, closing then opening it. After all had a turn, the vessel was emptied and the diamond reappeared, restoring honor to all.
The pygmy hippo potamus of west Africa is a small relative of the common hippo. It is no larger than a hog and differs in dental structure. Unlike the river dwelling herd, it wanders jungle ground singly or in pairs in search of food.
London Answers quotes on mental outlook explaining that a broad healthy mind recognizes beauty and truth, while a narrow mind focuses on faults and decay. It warns that small minds relish tearing down more than building up and miss magnanimity and goodness.
A brief exchange shows a busy merchant rejecting an applicant who wants a loan or purchase. the agent pushes his way in and insists the book can keep intruders out by selling it. The Philadelphia Ledger notes the sharp, humorous exchange.
A musically ambitious youth asks a professor if his voice can lead to a career. The professor cautiously replies that singing may come in handy in case of fire.
A children’s play involves a nine by twenty foot ground strip as a castle drawbridge. One child acts as warder at one end while others act as foemen approaching from the opposite end. Foemen must be touched by the warder three times to be captured or may swap roles if unsuccessful.
In a dialogue Dorothy questions Aunt Julia about wearing religion as a cloak. Aunt Julia replies with patient explanation, while Dorothy cites Papa’s warning that faith was used as a disguise.
An Opes Question notes a playful advertiser quip asking whether the man grew or the flannel shirt shrank after washing. The line hinges on which item was laundered, reflecting light humor in a period-era ad column.
Observation reflects a phrase attributed to Byron noting that human fates are shaped by shifting circumstances and that people often become instruments of those forces in life.
The article outlines global harvest patterns by month. It notes January activity in Chile Argentina Australia and New Zealand. February and March in East Indies. April in Mexico Egypt Persia and Syria. May in Morocco. June in several Western regions. July across the United States France Austria and southern Russia. August in England Germany Holland Belgium Ovenmark and parts of North America and Russia and Canada. September in Scotland Sweden Norway and parts of Canada and Russia. October in northern Russia Norway and Sweden.
The text recounts Abraham Lincoln born February 12 1809 in Hardin County Kentucky. It notes extreme poverty limited schooling and night reading by firelight. His family moved to Indiana then Illinois. It claims an inauguration in 1961 and emancipation in 1863 and says Lincoln was killed at Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday.
Players pass a spoon with a unique motion that must be echoed by the next player. The chain continues exactly as performed, with repetition until someone matches the style. If a player cannot imitate, they repeat until successful or face a forfeit.
An amusing speculative note traces a frog’s life from fish like form to tadpole then leg growth. It highlights growth stages from vegetation feeding to final development including webbed feet ears tongue and teeth as a curious journey.
A party game involves a blindfolded player who stands a foot from a lit candle. The player takes three steps forward turns three times walks four steps toward the candle and attempts to blow it out while others watch for amusement.
Five tiny fairies visit a lace table beneath a juniper tree for tea. They drink a dewdrop from a rose, shared with strawberry honey and a hummingbird egg, using acorn cups and hickory rind plates.
The fragment lists a Tremont House optician event on May 24 25 with Dr Wolf and Miss Lena Beals visiting Hillsboro friends. It mentions new shoe lines near the post office by M Scesley, a Cardiff music week, a Christian Endeavor exchange at Nebeker's grocery, and W W Dye & Co Danville selling monuments. Also notes W G Miles and wife from Indianapolis visiting relatives and George D Kerr’s business trip through Southern Illinois and Indiana.
A terse ad suggests those considering marriage consult M. Schesley’s tailoring establishment beside the post office for guidance or services.
Mr and Mrs Harry Comes of Chicago were guests of relatives in the city over Sunday. Mr Comes is a conductor on the Cc and EL line.
A note from the Grayslake Times of Grayslake Illinois praises its own sharp typography and lively items. The mention ties to G W Lavery, formerly operator of the Kingman Star, as a friendly acknowledgment of a local newspaper craft.
Attica district residents were alerted to a circus event set for Monday. The Tennessee Warblers and Cardiffs hall performances are listed for the following week. Mrs. Frank Spooner of Indianapolis visited her aunt Mrs. James Parrott in town Monday. M. Shesley's touts new summer goods with guaranteed tailoring and workmanship, inviting calls next to the post office. Editors Williams Shular Berry Parker and Fulwider visited the city Monday to cover local news.
Lon Brady president of the Attica city school board and noted local business leader traveled to Covington on Monday for undisclosed engagements.
The notice mentions Buckner's paints and a painted Seventh street residence by J B Martin. It advertises rent or sale of a seven room house with two lots on East Washington. Arch E Ray closes a shoe business in Attica to take a Cleveland offer. The column notes marriage articles as common in exchanges.
Clothiers across major cities advertise High Art Clothing as their finest line. The goods are manufactured in Baltimore and offered for sale in Covington Indiana at J Loeb’s Stores.
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