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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
8
The Republican announces a popularity contest offering a $400 piano plus many prizes to the most popular girl in Fountain, Warren, or Vermillion counties. Subscribers earn votes for yearly or prepaid renewals, with readers invited to nominate candidates via blanks in ads. Covington, Indiana.
Sir John Fisher and Lord Charles Beresford clashed during Mediterranean stationing when the Malta cup, won this time by Lord Beresford aboard the Ramillies, provoked Fisher’s ire. A fleet maneuver drill followed, as Fisher demanded why Ramillies was late in executing maneuvers. The Ramillies replied simply that they were towing the Malta cup.
Police in Courbevoie near Paris encountered two burglars and their trained dogs when entering an uninhabited house. A dog battle ensued with police and Apache dogs, resulting in one police dog killed and two burglars captured. Authorities warn of widespread fled training by criminals to counter police dogs.
Incessant typewriter use can cause extreme nervousness with nerves at fingertip tips. Keep the machine well oiled and light to run. A simple, cheap remedy is using old glove fingers cut off to the first knuckle for the keys.
A joking line notes a son marrying a daughter will gain a strong wife who has never been sick. It ends with a playful remark that she can endure anything except cucumber salad and contradiction. The quip reflects light domestic humor and early 20th century wit.
Two society ladies at a Washington luncheon trade tales of officials leaving them in the lurch. One quips How vulgar and recalls her own experience. She recalls a dinner where Senator B sent regrets at the last moment and the cost was 40 dollars per plate.
A mother and child share a meal when the little girl asks for more chicken. The mother offers a shared wishbone pull to determine who completes a wish, and the child triumphs, claiming the longer end for her wish.
A prose excerpt argues that dogs deserve bed space for safety, companionship, and comfort. It praises a cocker spaniel puppy curling beside the narrator and sleeping soundly, asserting dogs’ warmth and loyalty make sleeping together preferable to solitude. The piece notes objections to dogs on beds but favors shared rest.
An extraordinary Chicago escape follows a night street car crash into a wagon carrying two boys. Motorman Calvin Hoan could not stop in time yet finds both boys largely uninjured after one rides atop the car and the other hidden beneath debris. The surviving youths emerge unharmed despite the dramatic collision.
Berlin criminals stage a string of pranks by breaking into the Koenigswusterhausen police office. They smash doors and desks, raid presses and drawers, stealing money revolvers and carriages, but fail to crack an iron safe. They then celebrate at a nearby beer hall with the police watchman before escaping.
A wife urges a kinder business tone, the husband counters with blunt humor about borrowing money. A brief Stray Stories exchange shows frayed finances and sharp wit in a domestic vignette.
A fragmentary critique notes the boom in urban development with offices torn down for towering 32 story skyscrapers while a chambered nautilus boasts growth and laments patent flaws in a quip to Dr Holmes.
A dialogue snippet contrasts old fashioned expressions with newer analogies for swearing. A character questions why people say he swears like a trooper or pirate and suggests alternative modern comparisons such as an automobile fixer.
A collection of brief, witty quotes from various newspapers. Jesters note income tax concerns, marital roles, and everyday frictions with a sharp, tongue in cheek tone. Observations include remarks on money, honesty, and domestic life.
Frank J. Cheney of F J Cheney & Co declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The 1858 notice pledges internal use and blood mucous system action, with testimonials and a 75 cent price for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
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