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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
2
In a tale from Youth's Companion, General Robert E. Lee greets visitors at Arlington after a two year absence in Mexico. He calls out Armstead instead of his own son, leaving the little boy humiliated as the rest of the household watches.
Princess Helene von Racowitza recalls a childhood feud with Crown Prince Louis later Louis II of Bavaria over a picture book. She recalls punching him, hair tugging, and Queen Marie’s intervention yielding apologies, followed by reconciliation and return to home with her governess.
The Elysee under Fallieres hosts a public ball where a officer’s wife faced a dress code clash. An usher guided them to the dressmaker room, where women laboriously adjusted attire, offering a larger spectacle for the senators as a fashion display tucked inside republican hospitality.
January in Saxon England was called wolf month by ancestors, a name recorded by Richard Verstegan in Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities. He notes that extreme cold and snow drove wolves to seek easier prey, making people more vulnerable that month.
Science adds dozens of new terms as moving picture devices emerge. The list includes vitascope kinetscope phantoscope cinematograph biograph kinescope and many variants reflecting motion photography naming across techs and periods.
A Popular Mechanics described illusion uses a violin placed on a table with a protruding stick end connected to a basement music box. Foot stamping signals the operator to start the box, making the instrument seem to play without touch.
A country woman and her boy visit the city and view stuffed animals. Willie balks at the shop sign Let us tap your hides and declines entry, escaping the taxidermist’s window.
Dorothy insists on speaking while Grandma grows impatient. Dorothy counters that without her, Grandma would not be a grandmother at all, highlighting a playful family spat about attention and role.
A nostalgic verse celebrates the evening return of a father from town. The family greets him at the gateway and shares warmth by the open fire, with mamma smiling and all awaiting tea. The poem emphasizes happiness when darkness settles and Daddy comes home.
Outdoor sports offer children two hours of morning recreation before school. The piece celebrates popular games like Hide and Seek and I Spy and urges rising early to enjoy sunlit meadows, dew, and fresh air, with flowers for mam ma and teacher.
An easy doll sized bench project for boys using straight grained soft wood. Copy the design first as an experiment then scale up to a full bench as a mother’s gift. Five pieces are crafted quickly with a pen knife, then sanded and assembled.
A Chicago church rector and two vestrymen, all White Sox fans, gamble faith and sport as the Cubs and White Sox clash for the world title. The tale blends a bishop forgiving the rector with a tale of a diet led by Zwilling and a poker misadventure among Cubs players during the series. Big Bill Lange recalls a freakish center field catch at Eastern Park that saved two games in sonorous detail.
The passage notes Chicago White Sox outfielder Little Alexander Zwilling, a Battle Creek native, as portly and likened to Mellins health foods. Manager Hugh Duffy taunts him for being heavy and says shedding weight could improve speed. Zwilling replies he is dieting, then remains noticeably plumper after two weeks.
The author argues American education hustles pupils through grades while rivals in Germany France and England allow longer study the result being weak eyes indoor living and poor health. A change in the system is urged.
A quip about promises to invest early, comparing a ground floor claim to a rotten floor and a fall into the cellar, illustrating cautionary wit on premature bets.
A Cleveland man, convinced by a joke about English wit, tries his theory on a British guest. He asks if Mark Twain’s famous report of his death was exaggerated. The English guest eagerly asks for the joke, then confirms he hasn’t heard it but expects a good one.
John F. Williams of Dorchester Boston credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing a long standing scalp condition. After using three cakes of soap and one and a half boxes of ointment he reports thick hair growth, no dandruff or itching, and plans to recommend the remedies to customers. Dated July 28 1910.
A humorous remark from the era cited in the Woman's National Daily contrasts pretended propriety with blunt speech. The brief item notes language use and social attitudes of the time.
A brief, wry exchange where a young woman balks at old-fashioned courtship while the suitor insists on telling her father, not asking for permission, exposing tensions between tradition and modern attitude.
An old gentleman challenges a boy who boasts of a title and fame, while the boy insists the 45-pound champion of the Thorteenth ward should be recognized, highlighting a street corner boast and local pride.
A clergyman praises Grape-Nuts and Postum, sharing improved digestion headaches and energy after adopting the cereal with cream and toast. He notes better mental and physical stamina for sermon work and study, and mentions others helped by the product on his recommendation.
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