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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1911
Page
4
The notice lists pricing: one year contracts at 8 cents per inch. For contracts of six months up to one year the rate is g cents per inch. Contracts under six months are 10 cents per inch. Metalbase electros are 6 cents per inch.
Bryan on Taft promises to be an interesting diversion before the close of the 1912 campaign. The President evidently realizes that anybody can ask questions.
Analysis of late election returns in Ohio and New Jersey suggests Governor Harmon may surpass Woodrow Wilson in the state’s claim to the presidency, reshaping early prospects for the national race.
Aviator Rogers demonstrated a man can fly from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast by the airline, opening a new route. The trip took forty nine days and established a record, though a shorter route might have been chosen.
Republicans in Indiana lament their 1910 vote for Governor Tom Marshall and expect voter discontent to grow as his term continues. The occupants feel the Brewer Governor’s methods have fueled dissatisfaction among the electorate.
Frankfort News reports Democrats accuse Republicans of the deficit while claiming mismanagement by the Democratic three-year control. The piece frames the debate as the Democrats’ “baby act” in state finances and governance.
The result of Tuesday's elections indicates a democratic trend. Republicans are in no shape to gain a national victory in 1912, as unrest and dissatisfaction among the masses persist. A Democratic victory would spell disaster for the masses, yet they may not be content without it.
The Waubonsie trail from Indianapolis to Denver is finished. W J Staples of Shenandoah Iowa passed Covington Tuesday evening after laying out the Keokuk Indianapolis segment, with Denver to Keokuk already mapped. Sign boards and striped telegraph poles will guide overland travel along the route. We also offer a large Garland base burner for sale.
French chemists report two titanium based substances rival the diamond in hardness. One is pure titanium made in an electric furnace, and when alloyed with silicon or carbon to form a silicide or boride, it matches the diamond in hardness. Titanium, like tin, shares chemical traits and yields rutile crystals called love's arrows when forming needle crystals in quartz.
A county paper recalls Major Hook, once called a singular character, who died at seventy five. His wife held a life annuity "as long as she is above ground." He devised a plan to keep her remains in a room under a glass case for thirty years, preserving the income then objecting to forfeiture.
The London Chronicle notes Leonardo da Vinci never published in life and his manuscripts, taken to France and then Italy after his death, were dispersed by unworthy heirs. Pages detached or lost, with none published for over 300 years except his painting treatise, due to unreadable right to left script and peculiar orthography.
The article notes Washington carried a thirteen stripe flag with a blue canton bearing St George and St Andrew during the Delaware crossing. It says stars and stripes did not exist until June 1777 when Congress voted it in, first flown at Oriskany Fort Stanwix on August 6 1777.
A Yankee visitor in Devonshire expects famed cider at an inn. When told the cider is made by throwing apples at a barrel of water, the pub gains laughs. The Yankee replies with quick humor, remarking that they must miss often, in a London Ideas style anecdote.
A London Telegraph reflection notes that oysters, when removed from the sea, instinctively sense the rising tide and time their shell opening to receive food as if still at home, illustrating a curious behavior of shellfish.
A traveler notes tribes that endure self wounding, prompting Mr. Tutt to quip about people who shave themselves. The exchange highlights contrasting acts of personal care and endurance.
Toledo Blade notes a brief exchange as a man hurries home after a telephoned report that his baby is asleep, highlighting a domestic moment and the urgency of family life.
Oliver R. Barber of Obio perfected a machine turning old newspapers and straw into boards and planks for building material, railroad ties, and furniture. The artificial wood, from eighth-inch thickness to four-by-twelve-foot boards, can be fireproofed, waterproofed, colored, polished, and embossed, offering an alternative to natural timber amid rising paper needs and forest depletion.
Baltimore American reports commuters working in Washington D C live in Baltimore to save money. George W Rae notes eighty mile daily round trips to reduce living costs, citing lower rent food and markets in Baltimore. He says salaries stretch further when domiciled in Baltimore versus Washington.
If you are sensitive about shoe size this ad promises satisfaction as Allen's Foot-Ease lets many wear shoes a size smaller. Ideal for patent leather and for breaking in new shoes. Sold nationwide at 26 cents. Sample free with address Allan 8 Olmstead Le Roy New York. For sale bills contact the Republican office.
A mixed local item set includes for sale notices from Covington Indiana and oil well progress reports from Wayne town. mentions Frank J Cheney Toledo Hall's Catarrh Cure and Foley Honey and Tar. cites local illnesses, political notices, and a humorous local figure Chauncy Depew style celebration by Jack Shuler.
Perrysville reports a Halloween party at Jane's hall with masked streets and a dangerous prank as boys stretched a wire across sidewalks tripping several. Ella Vandevort, 79, is buried in Hicks cemetery. Mrs A J Johnson moves to Mosbarger property for daughter Kate in high school. Four families with diphtheria remain quarantined as tests show throat germs though children are well.
Mrs. Anna Pelzer of 2526 Jefferson at So. Omaha Nebraska recommends Foley's Honey and Tar compound as a sure care for coughs and colds. She says it cured her daughter and her neighbor Mia Banson and that everyone in the neighborhood speaks highly of it. For sale by all druggists.
A vintage health ad states backache headache nervous ness and rheumatism signal kidney trouble. It urges prompt treatment with Foley Kidney Pills, claiming to regulate urinary organs and deliver rapid tonic results, available from all druggists.
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