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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1912
Page
7
A North Carolina lifeguard, Patrolman Midgett, braved a hurricane to rescue ten men from a wreck three miles offshore. He swam out seven times, pulling each half-drowned survivor to shore, then accepted a gold medal with modest words. Also includes a Fountain County real estate transfer list and an ad copy for Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Frank Buchanan of Illinois argues in the House that new members have equal rights to the floor and explains that his new status was not voluntary, recounting two prior unsuccessful attempts. The remarks were delivered May 23 with laughter from the chamber.
A St Louis doctor claims a tested theory proves skull fractures by a toe reflex. He administered the method 275 times to determine fracture. A second item features a quip about loaning ten dollars straining a friendship, from Life magazine.
A fragment shows a wife insisting on visiting after reading a telegraph message and a husband recalling a prior warning about alerting his mother. The exchange hints at family tensions and miscommunication surrounding a telegraph note.
A fragmentary quotation highlights genuine benevolence as roaming and action driven rather than fixed, contrasting with a humorous line about hospitality and debt. The source presents dated style prose and an obscured dialogue cue, reflecting a playful or editorial tone.
A guide on social decorum for engaged couples urging respect for family and friends. It emphasizes involving relatives, avoiding constant private closeness, and showing consideration to both sides to sustain long term harmony and counsel.
The red and green side lights for vessels were first used on the Hudson River in 1862. General Benjamin F Butler backed the idea, showing interest in a factory that produced the lights.
The article describes pidgin English as used in Shanghai ports where Chinese and foreigners trade. It traces origins from business to pidgin, compares it with Lingua Franca, and provides examples from Chinese tailors including phrases like That book pay my and expressions about relations and customers.
Elizabeth Island near Pitcairn reveals a tiny uninhabited ecosystem. A rat, a lizard, and four island birds including a fruit pigeon and a reed warbler survive without fresh water, drinking dew or tolerating seawater.
Paris Le Matin gathers readers to debate if women are understood. Readers voiced views from men who flatter whims to women who value kindness and equality, noting true understanding may be rare and often tied to respect and shared confidence.
The Orion nebula appears as a vast complex of glowing streams spirals and star groups. Observers note its enormous size with the solar system as a speck beside it and that it is fleeing the Earth and Sun at eleven miles per second, yet 100 years yield no visible change due to distance.
Bertie admits the book is missing from the nursery shelf and suggests it may be hidden in the barn, outdoors, garret, or behind the woodpile. His sister, five years his senior, asks where it is as she searches.
London Spare Moments mocks the Trinity College statue to King William II as perhaps the worst. Critics note the horse’s legs clash strangely with one foreleg straight and the other curved, yet both hooves meet on the pedestal.
In the Washington Herald a sardonic note recalls a life pursuit to wealth and the ironic twist that a cast iron dog on the lawn has fallen from fashion after forty years.
A light exchange notes a man with a unusual occupation as a bookkeeper for a bookseller. The dialogue appears in the San Francisco Chronicle as a humorous aside.
Fragmentary quote notes a contrast between a wise man informed on right and an inferior man on what will be.
Denver man George W. Smith and a companion were lost in deer country when they found a cabin. They drank coffee laced with strychnine meant to deter thieves, leading to cramps and a near death. emetics and oil followed, saving Smith's life. The cabin owner explained he had poisoned the coffee to stop thief activity.
Everett Washington. Robert Carlson a logger who had forgotten his name and past life and was brought from Arlington for insanity examination regained memory at sight of prison walls. He was booked as John Doe Christensen and declared I have been here before. Records confirmed his statements.
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