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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1912
Page
4
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The passage claims a House dispute over the election and asserts the public chose to retire Mr. Roosevelt at the polls. It argues voters preferred Wilson as the lesser evil and suggests the country has been saved to prevent future mistakes.
Wooprow Wilson, the next president, secured about forty percent of last week’s vote yet earned the highest electoral tally in history. The outcome shows a minority popular vote with a clear presidential majority in the electoral college.
The piece foresees a reorganization of the Republican Party under a Progressive Republican banner. It expects Taft, Borah, Hadley, La Follette and other dissidents to unite, forming a platform aligned with evolving national progress. It notes the public verdict from the recent campaign demands changes and pace with the times.
A political advocacy note asserts support for Woodrow Wilson as president after March 4, praising his platform and the people’s vote. It argues for enacting Democratic tariff and Free Trade policies, denouncing Republican protective tariffs as Robbery and a source of trusts and high living costs.
The speaker urges voters to back real change, arguing pledges and trust matter less than helping the people. They emphasize that a political shift benefits both the public and supporters, asserting commitment to a people-first agenda.
A county newspaper once recounted Major Hook a note of eccentric theft of inheritance in a will. He kept his wife alive in a room for thirty years by a glass case over her remains to continue her life annuity.
An examining physician from a major life insurance firm warns kidney disease is common in Americans and many do not know they are affected. He favors Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root, praising its cures and herbal formula. The ad notes bottles cost fifty cents or one dollar, with free samples from Dr Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York and asks readers to mention the Covington Weekly Republican.
A historical reflection on signs of criminal nature through eyes and demeanor. It cites Francesconi as an unassuming killer and recalls Countess dell Roec ca who warned that he would murder, saying she read his fate in his eyes as Lombroso studied the sign.
The article argues that listening skill and memory allow detection of specific insect songs. It compares insect music to birds and notes that emotional recollections color our pleasure. Crickets and katydids evoke inner springtime as memories tint their sounds.
The passage notes that life and thought share a changing path with turning points in character and career. It suggests tracing ideas to their sources in training study and companionship, and credits an unexpected influence, Anna Woodward, for shaping outlooks.
A man named Pat is summoned for beating his wife and tries to blame his mother-in-law. The magistrate questions his lack of gallantry and recalls a domestic paragon who never spoke ill of his mother-in-law. Pat responds by naming Adam as the familiar paragon.
The New York Herald notes a method where four or five hunters with spears and long limb smeared bamboo poles and dogs pursue bears at dawn. The limed poles snag the bear while spearmen pin it, with dogs baying as support. Experienced teams reportedly always secure a bear this way.
A French forest inspector reports quail and partridge numbers fell near aerodomes. Birds treated monoplanes and biplanes as threats, sent scouts to examine planes, and later returned, with game preserves around Le Mans and Rheims said to be well stocked again.
A magazine editor recalls a reader query about mourning attire for a mother-in-law. The piece notes that in real life mother-in-law relations can be affectionate and serious, while jokes about them linger despite the editor's nuanced answer.
The article explains a belief that hearing a death watch, a spring insect sound, signals a death within a year. It notes superstition thrives on probability and links a death in the same room or even across the Atlantic to prophetic sounds, regardless of strict interpretation.
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