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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1912
Page
4
The notice lists ad rates by contract length with cents per inch: one year at 6 cents, six months to under a year at 9 cents, under six months at 10 cents, Metalbase electros at 6 cents per inch. Local rate: one insertion 6 cents per line, two or more insertions 5 cents per line each.
A Democratic candidate won Coles County Illinois coroner election breaking fifty year Republican control, prompting a question who declared it not a democratic year and signaling a political shift in local office holding.
United forces of Southern Europe unite among small states to expel the Turk as civilization advances across the continent. The brief reflects a prevailing view of a coordinated campaign against a perceived foe, emphasizing progress and collective action.
The canal will be completed by July 1 next year and its opening will mark a new epoch in commercial cities and celebrate a major modern engineering triumph.
A political note claims no Republican was elected in the Ninth Congressional district and none in Fountain county. It asserts Democrats will fail only if Republicans unite, implying a GOP coalition would block Democratic wins.
The article notes active saloon and wets activity in Fountain County during the recent campaign. It predicts a new election in spring and says the county will be in evidence as voters meet on equal ground. It speculates the next legislature will not alter the current law.
Markets show a steep fall in sheep hog and cattle prices which will soon influence meat costs and living necessities. The high cost of living weighed in the last campaign and wholesale trade associations help keep prices high, suggesting potential upheaval ahead.
The speaker defends progressive Republicanism, claims support for La Follette's reform within the party, and rejects Roosevelt and Beveridge, urging primary elections, direct popular votes, tariff reform, single terms, federal control of trusts, and people’s rule as central to the platform. The message argues honesty with the party over democratic defeat and stresses the party’s primacy over individual leaders.
Official returns show Wilson with 6,274,393 votes, Roosevelt 4,186,766, and Taft 3,547,729. Wilson leads Roosevelt by 2,137,627 and Taft by 2,726,664. Taft received no votes in South Dakota and about 3,000 in California due to lacking an electoral ticket.
A description explains the eye’s blind spot where the optic nerve enters the retina. It instructs tests by forming fists, extending arms, closing the left eye, and focusing with the right eye on the left thumb to reveal the blind spot as the right thumb disappears from view.
In a brief exchange, Burroughs and Mr. Merchant debate an appointment, ending with light humor as the new office boy confirms the meeting, noting Burroughs laughed as he left.
An examining physician in the life insurance field cites kidney trouble as a common cause of insurance rejections. He praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a highly effective herbal remedy, with cures claimed and widely sold in two bottle sizes. A free sample offer is available from Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York, noting the Covington Weekly Republican.
A traveler chronicles tipping during a night at the mansion house. Bellhops, a barber, and service staff receive nickels and dimes amid hustled tables and washing, with the traveler tallying one dollar sixty cents in tips before departure.
A market swindle unfolds in Mrs Philli more's travel story retold by Youth's Companion. An elderly Jewess attempts deception in Jeshika market, claiming extra weight in leaf sugar. Milak exposes the weight hidden at the bottom, revealing the sly ploy and returning the bag.
A man from Ohio leaped at a train, tore off his shirt to flag it clear, preventing a wreck. He notes H T Alston of Raleigh once saved a wreck with Electric Bitters, which he credits for restoring his stomach head back and liver. Four bottles cured his ailments. Price 50 cents at druggists.
The article details a method used in parts of India to capture wild bears. Four or five men armed with spears and long bamboo poles assisted by powerful dogs corner the bear. They pin the animal with polea ends in the bear’s hair and fix it while spearmen deliver repeated thrusts to secure the catch.
A French forest inspector reports that quail and partridges deserted aerodomes but later sent feathered scouts to inspect aircraft. The birds concluded the machines posed no threat and returned to the Le Mans and Rheims preserves, restoring game stocks to former levels.
A reader asked how to dress for mourning for a mother-in-law. The editor notes the answer depends on the individual and contrasts joking depictions with real life affection, stressing that mourning etiquette varies by person.
A superstition ties the death watch insect’s spring mating call to a predicted death within the year. Believers overlook strict interpretation and link any death in or near the same room or even far away to the omen, preserving the belief that the insect’s sound foretells fatal events.
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