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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1923
Page
7
A collection of pithy remarks and humorous reflections on daily life. Topics range from driving and top seating to currency, summer, navigation, nature, and technology. The piece weighs in on progress and public life with playful one liners and a moving picture gag.
After an election, people will patiently wait about six months to see what they got. A woman seeks a summons against her neighbor for explanation of character in a police court context.
Mrs Edna Dooley of Mitchell Indiana reports relief from backache and nerve weakness during pregnancy after taking Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She claims it strengthened her and aided recovery after birth and recommends the tonic to other women.
A satirical column notes a man who acts as a devoted suitor though flippant in speech, chasing attention and praise. It mocks his pattern of charming, overbearing behavior and urges brides to seek sensible, discerning partners. The piece ends with a punchy prescription for a prudent match.
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a 35 cent tonic that revitalizes lifeless hair. It claims to stop falling hair and itching and to restore color and shine after a scalp toning, without being sticky or greasy. It urges purchasing at any drug store.
A driving boss presses workers to speed up, arguing it reveals latent capacity and prevents procrastination. The text urges cheerful acceleration, noting modern commerce demands rapid work. With practice, speed and skill will outpace slower starters in any race.
A poem fragment pleads for divine blessing to gain inner strength and broad charity. The speaker wishes lasting faith, compassion for others, and the power to heal and comfort, seeking universal benevolence.
The passage extols tides as forces that challenge yet develop resolve. It advises embracing motion rather than fleeing, gaining strength to rise above adversity, and transforming ego and selfishness into patience and charity as one advances toward goals.
A 1923 McClure Syndicate piece urges youth to seek guidance from the wise and adapt to circumstances. It stresses choosing when to resist and when to go along with established authority for success.
A domestic column offers recipe ideas with a tomato and celery salad using canned tomatoes and gelatin molds, plus baked bananas with currant jelly sauce. The instructions describe boiling tomato puree, straining, gelatin setting, and serving on lettuce with mayonnaise, plus a nut crust and jelly sauce for bananas.
An old Western Newspaper Union feature urges women to examine their appearance using a gum stand mirror and asks why they should not look well in crowded public spaces. It argues looking well is sane and connected to job prospects and fashion guidance.
A circuit judge in a case about town commissioners rights to river water dozes during counsel's plea for scarce supply and awakens with the quip just a little. The upstairs banter follows about a glassy eye and a summer swimming lesson in a Boston transcript.
A note on small social circles where even a millennium would narrow violent changes in behavior among members. The passage suggests limited communities resist large moral shifts and maintain stable conduct despite broader societal changes.
Over ten years Cook County auto fatalities reach 4 192, nearly matching five major disasters. Age breakdown shows 419 under six, 964 between twenty and forty, 1 592 from forty to seventy, and 200 past seventy, with auto deaths outpacing industrial hazards and heat, drowning totaling 2 324.
Distressed girl warns a young man named Tom to appease her father who has been shouting for an hour after learning of their marriage plans. The scene plays out in a hall with anxious dialogue and a London Tit-Bits tone. An advertisement urges use of Red Cross Ball Blue to prevent rust spots in laundry.
Mrs Knagg’s reported mistreatment of her butler sparks concern among friends Mrs Exe and Mrs Wye who condemn the behavior as shameful and unkind within polite society.
A saying is cited about most people believing they are wasting effort by offering valuable ideas to those unlikely to value them. The remark frames a critique of audience discernment and effort offered.
A woman asks a lawyer for a divorce after four years of an abusive marriage. The attorney warns against presenting jewels in court as the cause, noting financial abuse and instability as the underlying grounds for divorce.
A concise note states that a round sum may be obtained in a square deal. No further context or specifics are provided.
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