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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1905
Page
5
An old health advert explains kidney function and how overwork harms blood filtration. It promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a remedy, claims wide cures, and offers a free sample bottle and pamphlet by mail from Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
Catarrh and hay fever sufferers favor Liquid Cream Balm as Ely's cream, now sold in liquid form with atomizers and spraying tube. It replicates the medicinal properties of the Cream Balm and is used by physicians. available at druggists or by mail from Ely Brothers, 56 Warren St., New York.
Lands along the Southeast Missouri and Northeast Arkansas rivers yield big crops with no failures. Open winters. soil supports corn, wheat, oats, clover, timothy, alfalfa, fruit, and vegetables. Cheap land now but advancing. invest this fall. Get details from St Francis Valley hankler E. W. LaBeaume, G. P. & T.A., Cotton Belt Route, St. Louis, Mo.
A promotional note from Intersture am Homeseekers' rates advertises Texas as a relocation option with mild winters and cheaper housing compared with northern rents. It urges readers to write for rates dated November 3, 17 and 31, via L. O. Schaefer TPA Cotten Belt Route Cincinnati Ohio.
A London Globe excerpt recounts Flaubert and Ducamp in the desert of Kosseir with a tale on coolness and lemon ices. The narrator notes a translation by Mr. Tarser and the dramatic exchange about hunger thirst and restraint amid heat and granite walls.
In Vienna’s Capuchin vault a line of crystal vases topped by a crown holds the hearts of Hapsburgs. Since Duke Francis in the thirteenth century hearts were removed at death and placed in Vienna as relics. There are 152 vases and 113 coffins, with 39 hearts buried elsewhere and Archduke Ludwig’s heart spared by his will.
In a tale of a child named Corina, young Corina, once fond of dolls though a bit destructive, reaches a turning point on a day described as strange and sad when she asks for a real baby, meeting parental protest.
The excerpt notes a claim that realization of her denial would involve financial ruin. Corina argues that many poor people have babies and that FE do not believe babies are as costly as feared.
Maize or Indian corn originated in tropical America and was later carried to Europe by Spaniards. The text notes ancient knowledge in Asia via Pharaoh’s dream and describes how aboriginal peoples saved early ripe ears to acclimate the crop to New England, now ripening as far north as Canada.
The passage muses on Napoleon admiring his hands and disdaining gloves except for formality, contrasting pride with soldiers’ perceptions. It reflects on love as a constructive force that enhances life and inspires, and ends with Swift on social rank and rightful esteem.
An anecdote says Thackeray, touring Ireland, asked a Dublin carman about mile markers bearing GG P O letters. Told “God preserve O'Connell,” he believed it, though the tale surfaced only in the book’s first edition.
Fragmentary OCR yields a legend about a man and woman written in a book among the Somatis of Africa. The text is garbled but hints at a tale of discovery, fate, and a Paris connection with possible burial or return themes.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a wood mine in Touduin Chita area with evidence of timber use for tool making and carving. The text mentions teams and work on trees, but details are unclear and several terms are garbled.
The quote emphasizes that doing tasks to the best of one's ability speeds progress and builds character and self respect. It argues we should avoid forming the habit of half done work to preserve personal integrity.
A playful exchange shows a boy testing his father on arithmetic as the father admits it has been long since he studied. The boy notes the cube root and the father replies with a terse recall that it is eight.
In a kitchen scene a mother asks Willie if he is making the baby cry. Willie says no and explains he is holding his hand over the baby's mouth to keep her from crying.
J. H. Fowler advertises a selection of heaters and stoves from top brands offered at discounted prices inviting customers to visit and inspect the merchandise.
Frank J. Cheney declares as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co that the Toledo firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1886 by A W Glennon. Advertisement promises testimonials and free sample offer from F J Scanney & Co.
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