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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1922
Page
7
An enslaved monkey employed a stick to pry up a chest lid that was too heavy for the animal to lift, suggesting reasoning may influence animal behavior and challenging the view that instinct alone guides beasts and birds.
The London waterworks system nears completion with the largest reservoir in the world. After a ten year build, it will hold 6.3 billion gallons, forming a major improvement in the city’s water supply.
Guinea fowl rise in popularity as a game substitute, with rising profitability. They’re raised on small flocks on farms, need wide range, and come in Pearl White and Lavender varieties, Pearl most common. Hens lay eggs April or May, about 30 eggs to brood, chicks sold by late summer, birds weigh one to one and a half pounds at ~ two and a half months.
The article advises cement and fine mesh wire under the floor and around the walls to rat proof a poultry house. It recommends elevating the structure from distant buildings to force rats to travel longer paths, reducing entry and the risk to the poultry.
Trap nesting offers practical egg production benefits and is essential for pedigreeing. It allows identification of eggs to individual hens and supports controlled pen matings versus pair matings.
Stale water harms laying hens and eggs lose quality if not kept cool. Gather eggs at ten in the morning to avoid trampling. Provide shade for chicks and a straw litter. Hens wipe feet on a door-mat and enjoy a sand bath, which is preferred to dust.
Lesson outlines Jesus as healer and forgiver, focusing on Luke 4 and 5 and Mark 1. It contrasts divine healing with faith healing, covers the demoniac, Peter's mother-in-law fever, the leper, and the paralytic. The text emphasizes miracles as evidence of divine authority and the priority of addressing sin behind illness.
The text urges diligence in acts of love and humility toward God. It counsels doing small, gentle deeds, bearing with infirmities, and visiting the sick if possible as expressions of faith and charity.
The Diamond Dyes advertisement touts simple directions to dye or tint faded skirts waists coats sweaters stockings hangings and draperies. It claims no streaking fading or running and advises telling the druggist the fabric type wool silk linen cotton or mixed.
A short Louisville Courier Journal quip notes girls growing taller and needing to reach streetcar straps, reflecting social bustle and pace of city life. The joke contrasts vanity with urban practicality, hinting at changing dress and transit habits.
A reflective note on language claims and modern retail customs as observers remark on phrases and the practice of clerks retaining shoeboxes with new purchases.
A fragmented ad-like piece contrasts a childlike Q and A about Santa with musings on bathroom charm and laundry whitening. It mentions Red Cross Ball Blue used to keep cloths white until worn out, concluding with an advertising tone.
A brief item notes a necklace described as solid ivory and praises its fit. The muted exchange hints at fashionable elegance featured in the Lew isville Courier Journal.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap for cleansing pores and Cuticura Talcum powder for clear healthy skin. It claims a delicate influence from the perfume used by a lady of distinction and recommends a hot bath to prepare the skin.
The article explains coal origin from ancient vegetation now petrified. It notes forests in Nova Scotia with tree remains six to eight feet tall and four feet wide. It mentions English coal pits where fossilized stumps of 73 trees with roots attached and trunks up to 30 feet long have become coal.
The French government asks American soldiers who took fragments from Reims cathedral during World War I to send the mementos back. Thousands of A E F members visited the site and carried away statuary and fabric pieces, some priceless to France. Reconstruction seeks to replace all recoverable portions.
Louisville Courier Journal notes the phrase Its a cold world and calls a matter a dead issue for the moment amid heat advice and public commentary.
A Sheffield worker claimed to near finish an instrument to focus beams of oscillation to control weather but nothing more was heard. Earlier a Leeds scientist argued weather could be improved by collecting atmospheric molecules to achieve desired density. Sir Oliver Lodge showed fog could be dispersed by electricity, but at prohibitive cost.
A woman stops at a newsdealer to pick up magazines for a day outing. She believes her appearance is smart in casual clothes while the clerk remarks she will have a good time in simple attire.
The California road runner earns its name from sprinting along roads as horses or slow vehicles pursue it. Known as chaparral cock for desert chaparral habitats, the West’s bird once ranged from Kansas plains to Pacific coast hills, now grows rare. It resembles a heron with short legs and limited flight, thriving in deserts.
In a light exchange two speakers discuss a quiet home wedding, viewing it as a notably restrained but valid choice. The remark underscores a preference for intimacy over ceremony grandeur.
A brief maxim notes that swift action earns praise only from those who fail to act themselves. The saying reflects a skeptical view of urgency in leaders and observers alike.
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