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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1901
Page
3
Local notices detail gravel road work starting soon with grading and $2 daily pay for labor while shucking corn remains common work. Social updates mention visits, weddings, fairs, and street events in Covington and Veedersburg, with plans for a Union meeting near Lafayette and White County.
Notices describe inducements offered by cities along the Iowa Central Railway for manufacturing and industry relocation. Geo. S. Batty lists locations and benefits for potential movers and says the passenger department holds a record of these sites. Also an employment ad seeks trustworthy men for a nursery firm with year round work.
A New York Sun account discusses underground freshwater springs near Bahrein Island in the Persian Gulf. It describes channels under land and sea bringing pure water to the surface, irrigation canals like the Adar well, divers reaching the submerged outlets, and theories on origins from Persian mountains or distant rivers.
The article states that brain weight affects mental power and suggests climate shapes brain size. It claims the largest brains belong to the Chugatshes in the far north, followed by the Lapps, implying colder climates drive larger brain size.
A Villa Ridge resident recounts ten years of suffering from asthma and sore throat praising a trial bottle of Asthma line. The note thanks the maker for the apparent cure and requests a full-sized bottle after initial improvement.
A fragment notes using Scott's emulsion of cod liver oil for two to nourish, suggesting it is almost superfluous as one person can eat for two.
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