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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1913
Page
7
A gaunt man calling himself Tam Snoch the egg king visits the Globe Museum and Family Theater seeking work as a freak in the curio hall. He pledges to perform multiple shows daily, including holiday hours, but insists on hotel meal times as a contract condition.
A Trench newspaper recounts Maurice Maeterlinck agreeing to spar rounds with Carpentier for a Paris charity. It recalls Byron and Shelley and Keats as poets with boxing moments, noting Byron’s diary boasting of sparring and Keats defending himself when attacked by a butcher.
The National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis urges churches schools labor unions and other groups to join the fourth national tuberculosis day on Dec 7. About 1 000 anti tuberculosis societies will mobilize appeals to clergy principals and leaders to sponsor talks the week around Dec 7. An estimated 1 000 000 consumptives exist in the U S with one third unable to pay for home treatment. Many cases require hospital or sanitarium care as quicker removal of infection is needed.
An essay cites actuaries who say half of twenty year olds reach sixty five, and economists note that many of those at sixty five face want. It argues thrift, restrained spending, study, and steady habits separate those who avoid poverty in old age from those who do not, using a Cleveland Plain Dealer attribution.
A man at a small town post office seeks the postmaster but finds him out. The clerk offers help and notes the postmaster will return in about thirty minutes. The man returns later, still eager to see the postmaster to learn if any mail awaits him, expressing his hurry.
In a St. Louis Post-Dispatch item a youth named Nocash tumbles down a long stair to the front door, a bald irate man inside rolls up his sleeves, a dainty girl asks what happened, and the man proclaims he was “putting out the light of your life.”
A Yonkers States item records a witty remark by a young woman about heartbeats. She notes a man’s heart beating about 92,100 times daily, joking that a suitor falling short would be a cold proposition.
Quote describes Dr Thumper as a private physician who served a rich man for years. The remark notes he is not especially fine, but he is a "rat tling good game of cards" according to the Birmingham Age Herald.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes a young writer believes literature offers wealth through magazines. He cites 24,000 American periodicals and claims earning a dollar from each could make him a millionaire.
The St. Louis Republic quotes a man confessing repeated failed proposals to Mabel and a woman’s indifference. A confidant notes the suitor has been “slumping” each attempt and suggests he is courting the wrong girl.
The London Standard quotes Captain Amundsen describing the Nechilli people found during the Northwest Passage voyage on the Gjoa. He calls them a primitive tribe ignorant of iron and fire, astonished by ships and wood, and thinking the Gjoa descended from the moon.
A Richmond household employs a quirky servant Lily who reports a postal card from an unknown Reed. The mistress scorns a message on a postal card as impertinent, prompting Lily to defend the mother in a humorous exchange cited from the Philadelphia Ledger.
The source lists world population around 1.6 billion with Asia over 850 million Africa 127 million North America 120 million South America 45 million Australia 5 million Europe 380 million and polar regions 300 thousand. It notes limited data hinders growth estimates but predicts the birth rate will rise with scientific progress.
A Baltimore American quip notes neighbor Jinks fears microbes and avoids anything with germs of thought. The tongue in cheek remark plays on his extreme caution and reluctance to engage with ideas deemed contagious.
A brief humorous exchange notes Miles and Giles debating peculiar habits. The line jokes that a wife uses a hammer to drive a tack rather than a hairbrush, illustrating a quirky household quip in a Chicago News feature.
In a Pick-Me-Up style vignette, a wife laments neglect by Mr Brown while recounting a single outing connected to a gas explosion. The dialogue contrasts the couple’s strained relationship with a tense incident as the only clear public moment.
A remark contrasts New York selling its trash to a Buffalo contractor with the idea of using it on a stage, as reported by the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A brief quotation exchange cites a Buffalo Express line on frugality and money not returning, attributed as a witty remark about a wife and finances.
A judge quips that a suitor’s praise moves from abstract to concrete as a woman secures a title guarantee man to handle a builder. The maxim about self knowledge follows, noting that those who know themselves least exalt themselves most.
The article describes crafting a half sheet memo pad using a silk covered eight and a half by six inch cardboard base. It covers the cover, ribbon ties, initialization on the exterior, and diagrams showing assembly and tearing off sheets.
Parasols this year suit the small hat perched rakishly atop the head and larger shades for fuller sun protection. The steep parasol size matches the hat while big parasols shade more, with black and white stripes pairing with many outfits. The Japan like blunt tip sunshade, square handle, and edge rose appeal, ideal for seaside use and protecting hatless heads.
A Philadelphia Telegraph piece notes that efforts to keep hair blonde and fluffy damage texture. It claims natural darkening occurs with age, coloring dries scalp, and hats heat the scalp. It criticizes heavy hair switches and heat styling as common for women, leading to dry brittle hair or haylike strands.
The article describes new rib bons featuring rich colors and large bold patterns. It highlights big motifs like poppies orchids and roses with velour ribbons showing dark floral effects and moire brocaded ribbons with floral backgrounds for millinery use.
The piece notes many wear high and tight stocks made of lace, net, silk and satin with trimness not found in flat collars. They seem popular while cool days persist but mid summer likely to yield flat open collars.
Summer wraps feature sleeves cut in one with the body and usually collarless. Their charm relies on the beauty of the material. New brocaded worsteds and cottons are used for these wraps.
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