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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1907
Page
6
A trained nurse recalls how physicians make poor patients and reveals the irritations of medical care. She describes doctors overreacting to every symptom, insisting on temperature checks, and her own methods to cope, including swapping thermometers to please patients.
Ex Secretary of the Treasury Fessenden, on a political trip in northern Maine, stays at a small hotel where a six foot French Canadian landlord misannounces him to a guest named Mr Wigson. The landlord, misunderstanding, parades the ex secretary into another room. The incident ends with the landlord presenting Fessenden to the waiting guest.
A doctor who had used morphine to aid a patient’s sleep stops the drug after several nights. After two nights of sleeplessness, the doctor gives plain water instead and the patient sleeps, waking with a Giorphine mouth described as a mouth condition from the manipulation.
Excerpts show a Philadelphia Press remark on women’s suffrage and a Puck cartoon exchange with a motorist arguing privacy. The dialogue includes class and servant questions, expulsion of a member, and a clash over staying at home versus work.
A brief tongue in cheek note from the Somerville Journal includes mock dialogue about coffee and wakefulness. The piece features a playful exchange between Binks and Minks and ends with a proverb about living by one’s words.
The article explains penguin courtship and male combat as a boxing like ritual. Two birds spar at a chosen arena then grip the neck or body and exchange rapid flipper blows. The fights rarely end fatally with the stronger bird winning the mate while the weaker yields.
An ironmaker recalls the West Point chain built across the Hudson to deter British attacks. Weighing about 200 tons and forged in six weeks by sixty men, the chain spanned the river with anchors and cables for stability. It helped make West Point the strongest American post, surviving Arnold’s plot and left traces in Albany Newburgh and New York.
A New York World excerpt offers a early home remedy mixture for quinsy sore throat. It prescribes thirty drains of chloride of potash three drains of tincture chloride of iron four drams of glycerin and distilled water to make four ounces with one teaspoonful every dose until relief. A saline laxative is advised to prevent constipation from iron.
A Pittsburg Press note records a Statesman remark about Tle who sometimes speaks with pointed aptness. Colleague agrees the comment likens him to a home parrot that repeats what it hears, its relevance rising when circumstances arise.
The Boston Traveler argues the codfish embodies New England's foundation while religion is a minor factor in settlement. It asserts that the codfish should top the statehouse summit as the fish endure, contrasting fishermen with religious fanatics and noting religion's waning ferocity.
The passage notes Lope de Vega learned Latin and Spanish by age five and mastered rhetoric by twelve. By fifteen he had written several pastorals and a comedy. It claims he produced about 1,800 comedies in his life, suggesting the need to begin early.
The piece argues Americans are deeply musical because they can afford top art and hear the finest performers. It notes a London interview praising the Boston Philharmonic and Mme Melba as unmatched anywhere.
A garrulous bakery proprietor running a bustling midday lunch spot on the East side earned the nickname Hot Air Lunch Room as noted by the New York Press. The label was painted in white letters to mark the lunchroom’s lively approach and conversational style.
An Englishwoman argues England’s birth rate falls because millinery precedes matrimony in women's hearts. She warns of dire social consequences if Mother Eve adopted fashion over family and questions national futures. The piece inspires fearful speculation and debate about gender roles and fertility.
A curious Brazilian beetle has arrived at an English museum. The insect features a red ruby lamp at its head and 11 green lights on each side, earning it the name Railway Beetle.
Golf Illustrated argues that nerves hinder many great players from reaching finals and that golf must be mastered to make the proper stroke mechanical, avoiding the need to pocket nerves during play.
Physicians say general house work provides the best all around physical exercise. It uses all muscles and can prevent many ills caused by inactivity. The old warning that all should earn bread by the sweat of the brow echoes through this view.
Francis Bacon frames a Seneca like maxim that one should wish for goods of prosperity while admiring the virtue born from adversity. The essayed thought elevates resilience and moral steadiness as the true rewards in hardship. It situates stoic caution within a classical lens for virtue.
A girl who curates autographs insists a piece is among her best while another collector doubts its authenticity. She cites a telegram his wife received as proof, asserting the signature is genuine.
The line compares protesting censure to sparks from red hot iron when a blacksmith strikes. Sparks disappear quickly but the mark left on the iron endures, suggesting lasting impact from sharp retorts. Life.
A compact Rousseau era style dictum urges rigid education laws while permitting gentleness in criminal justice. It warns stern governance may imprison youth if liberty is denied, urging a balance between discipline and freedom.
A shepherd claims to forecast weather by the wool texture of his flock. He notes curlier hair signals finer weather and calmer skies ahead.
A noted optimism theme emerges as a man, faced with a declined engagement, views the situation as saving money on a ring. The perspective frames the rejection as a relief and a chance to maintain financial ease.
The Washington Star quotes Mr Comrox defining a classical piece as something very hard to play written by someone with a difficult to pronounce name. The remark frames a humorous view of classical music definitions and performance challenges.
Meteorites fall upon Earthly sphere steadily, increasing its weight by about 1 009 tons in each three year period. The phenomenon highlights ongoing accumulation from space debris and its measurable impact on the planet's mass.
A playful apiarist proverb ponders what the bee harvest will yield, mixing folk wisdom with a sunny bee theme. The line evokes beekeeping life and the curious, practical questions surrounding honey and pollination.
Smina Dent von knew your pajuiti fication table to Pick-Me-Up.
The article notes English hives average 50 pounds of honey yearly, double the American output. A standout record from a Cyprian stock reaches 1,090 pounds per hive, illustrating extreme variation in bee production.
The periodical cites a vast dialect lexicon with about 1550 terms for a thrashing 1500 terms for a fool 1050 terms for a slattern and many expressions meaning to die or to get drunk reflecting broad regional language richness.
Dulse is the most frequently eaten seaweed. It is usually dried and eaten raw. In the Mediterranean the plant is common, it is cooked, and serves as a chief ingredient in Soyer's famous St Patrick's soup.
In Aroostook county, fashion spreads show men turning old vests into bathing attire by threading legs through the armholes. The Bangor Maine News notes quirky seaside style trends with practical DIY flair.
A brief remark highlights that proper nourishment and well served meals enable a man to rise above barbarism with irresistible elan, suggesting the stomach as a driver of civilization and social progress.
A Chinese doctor adheres to a like for like philosophy using many natural elements in remedies. His practice is described as far reaching with extensive materia medica and diverse treatments.
The article notes that in Norway and Sweden 36 of every 1,000 people earn their living from seafaring, a figure far higher than England where 17 per 1,000 people rely on the sea for livelihoods.
A terse moral remark cautions against overindulgence in charity noting that excessive giving can mask selfish motives. The quote from John A Howland emphasizes balancing generosity with genuine goodwill and restraint.
A terse line from a literary fragment hints at jealousy and suspicion as entwined motives. The phrase suggests intimate, unresolved tensions within a shared household or social circle.
A brief report states that 24 percent of lunacy cases arise from hereditary causes, highlighting the belief in genetic influence on mental illness. The account emphasizes hereditary factors as a notable component of lunacy observed.
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