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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1909
Page
7
The Chicago Tribune extends a welcome to visitors for the United States Land and Irrigation Exposition and International Live Stock Exposition. The Tribune building at Madison and Dearborn will serve as downtown headquarters with guides, free information, and a 24 hour open facility.
A misfit remark about climbing to a crown contrasts with a youth’s witty reply that he runs an elevator. The exchange is attributed to Walt Mason in Emporia Gazette reflecting a humorous streetwise perspective.
A quotation from Edward Gibbon notes that widespread banditry signals government weakness and emboldens the lower ranks of society. The remark emphasizes public defiance of lawful authority as a symptom of systemic failure.
The passage notes that red and green side lights for ships were first used on the Hudson River in 1862. General Benjamin F. Butler promoted their adoption, driven in part by interest in a factory producing the lights.
A speaker’s craft grows from debating society practice on the negative side for ten years before switching to the affirmative. The note adds that a liberal education helps, but love knavery and necessity can fashion any man into a good orator.
Salisbury author Rev Joseph H Fesperman describes years of kidney trouble and a severe winter attack leaving him bed bound. After using Foley's Kidney Remedy his pain eased and urine normalized, leading to a wholehearted endorsement. Van Dorn carries the medicine.
A schoolteacher recalls an afternoon in Paris when her companion sat on crates at the Versailles railway station. They were approached by a uniformed man who announced in French that he must open the crates to feed boa constrictors and other serpents. The women realized they were seated amid a display of snakes bound for the Versailles zoo.
London Sketch notes an amateur theatre group struggling to fill roles as a boastful youth blocks principal parts. A fellow artist jokes that Jones should play Simkin the Fool to save on makeup, sparking a debate on economy.
Mrs Simpkins quotes a Kentucky couple who wed after a fifty year courtship while Mr Simpkins notes the groom had grown too feeble to wait any longer. The Chicago Record-Herald frames the scene as a sacrifice of patience and a long-awaited union.
The article notes Biskra’s rise as a fashionable winter resort after Hichens’s The Garden of Allah, explains Beni Mora misnaming, and mentions Ilfracombe Lynton Lynmouth praised by Kingsley and Blackmore. Pierre Loti’s Pecheur d Islande drew visitors to Paimpol, though it fails as a desirable summer destination.
The exchange features Mrs. Fidgett and Mr. Fidgett trading quips about stars and rain. The husband notes rain once held up, delivering a light humorous banter typical of the era.
A brief exchange satirically contrasts egg prices with labor for a hen. The Cleveland Leader quotes a shopper lamenting thirty eight cents a dozen, while the grocer defends the cost as a day’s work for one hen in this humorous exchange.
A sharp exchange in a London Sketch humor piece has John offering a fork to the Customer as a utensil for cheese, and the Customer retorts with a request for a revolver. The vignette builds on absurdity and reaction to practical limits of cutlery.
A discussion on whether lawyers should pursue counseling that upholds existing rights or pushes for new laws for societal benefit while avoiding actions that promote injustice. It emphasizes fair play and the professional duty to balance advocacy with the integrity of law and its administration.
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The report estimates capital invested in Messina buildings at about 16 million 90 thousand and in Reggio at 10 million 6 thousand. The largest portion of this investment is deemed irrevocably lost.
Quote from Atchison Globe notes tall slender devils in pictures. fat men seek comfort and may find some in this.
A playful quote from the Indianapolis Journal contrasts a book lover who reads with a worm that eats. It humorously frames reading as preference and identity in a family exchange.
There is nothing a woman would not do to regain lost beauty. The piece promotes Lane's Family Medicine and Lane's Tea as efficient aids to preserve good looks and restore rosy cheeks, noting druggists and dealers offer the products.
Terre Haute Brewing Company of Terre Haute Indiana requests return of empty packages cases or bottles labeled or stamped thereon to C R Vickery Covington Indiana before November 6 1909. Terre Haute Brewing Co Terre Haute Ind
James Elwell, who lives across the creek from the Snoddy mill, announces a public sale of his personal property. Details of date and time are not provided in the excerpt.
A large sale of stock including horses, cows, hogs and more will be held on the Elwl farm on Tuesday November 10 1909. Mr Elwl will leave the farm at sale time. See the large bills for particulars.
Notice reports John A. Goldback named and qualified as Administrator of Susie Oldbach estate in Fountain County Indiana. The administrator states the estate is supposed to be solvent and is represented by H C Yount attorney, docket 1039 68. Sw.
Lawrence Hodges recounts an argument that Alcyone, the principal star of the Pleiades, lies at the universe’s center of gravity and that all created matter revolves around this central sun. The piece traces proper motions, cluster geometry, and Madler’s analysis supporting this central-sun idea.
A Barton county farmer sought advice from a Golden City attorney to sue his wife for divorce over a horse trade disagreement. The lawyer advised him and was promised payment in cordwood. Days later the wife and child delivered the first wood installment to the attorney’s shed in town.
A quip about lawyers carrying green bags appears in a New York Press item. The joke hints at bags used in legal or game contexts with a light, witty tone.
A concise quotation notes that self examination serves as the best remedy for boosting self esteem, attributed to Wordsworth.
The article promotes the Originl Cole's Hot Blast Heater sold by our town dealer. It claims the stove burns soft coal hard coal lignite wood or any fuel with constant draft control. It boasts overnight burn and stable temperature to prevent winter illness and cold days.
The Green Islands in the China sea rely on sponge diving for livelihood. A local rule requires brides to prove diving skill by pulling up sponges from the depths, with the father of a marriageable daughter marrying her to the most successful diver who stays underwater longest and brings up the largest sponge haul.
A proverb about wealth and virtue contrasts the prudent farmer who sows and reaps with the idle man who dies enjoying rents. It warns against amassing riches without use, and asks for prayers for the wasteful spender who did not convert wealth into value.
The article argues that charm can outweigh talent and should be developed to the highest level. It claims many lack this trait yet it is attainable by all women and should not be pitied but encouraged.
A historical newspaper note quotes Ibsen on the masses as raw material to be fashioned into the people. The remark frames discussions on national identity, culture, and citizen formation amid civic discourse.
A brief quotation attributed to St Augustine warns that suspicion poisons friendship, highlighting tension between trust and doubt in relationships.
In a Different Class, a character remarks about Mike’s wife entering society. He questions if she has joined the clubwoman set, to which the reply notes she has not and continues to retain a simple lifestyle, using a flatiron sor.
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