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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1912
Page
6
A guide suggesting simple daily activities as substitutes for gym workouts. It promotes bending actions during routine tasks such as washing hands, reaching for clothing, dressing, hairbrushing, and brisk market trips. The piece argues these motions build flexibility and tone without formal exercise, if done with intention and mindful counting of benefits.
The housekeeper saves leftovers in various dishes and uses paper covers to protect contents. Filter paper is best, fold a square twice the top size, clip corners, press edges onto the dish, and reuse the cap on smooth edged containers.
The guide explains rinsing dried fruit, soaking twelve to fourteen hours, and cooking it in a syrup without letting it boil once added. It covers serving options hot or cold, and using soaked fruit to make jam by combining sugar and fruit with extra water. One pound dried fruit yields four pounds jam.
How to care for overshoes advises avoiding last season stock as heat speeds deterioration. Cracked rubber soon holes. repair with surgeon's adhesive plaster plus a piece of rubber or thick felt in the heel. Old rubbers receive patent leather shoe polish to look like new.
Instructions suggest rubbing scratches with a slice of lemon then washing with soap and water to remove all traces of match scratches. The technique focuses on using citrus acid to lift residues followed by cleaning.
When rubbers pinch and shoes hurt Allen's Foot Base powder relieves friction. Shake into shoes for breaking in new footwear. 25 cents. Sample free. Address A. S. Olmsted LeRoy N Y. Do not accept substitutes.
Pearson’s Weekly reports a nine month long operation transporting Pierpont Morgan art treasures from London to New York. Valued over £15 million, the shipments pace by road to Southampton docks in armored, safety vault packing. Guards accompany the motor vans and watchmen guard crates at sea to prevent theft.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for consumptive coughs, croup, and lung troubles. Mrs A F Mertz of Glen Ellyn Iowa endorses its effectiveness after six weeks of other treatment failed. The ad promises fast symptom relief and offers a money back guarantee priced at 50 cents and one dollar.
An American living at a German resort explains the term smoking as the dinner coat and notes the German usage for specific clubs. The piece highlights language differences with playful examples like Bobhaus and the bobsleigh club at Oberhof.
Notts county council discussed school hymns with Mr W Hoskin proposing removal of verses. He criticized The rich man in his castle and the line May we to our betters bow as outdated. remarks noted by press, London Telegraph reports.
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J Cheney & Co in Toledo, swears to a pact paying $100 for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice, sworn December 6, 1886, promotes internal use and blood mucous action and invites testimonials.
William A Brady warns that American theater hinges on young men in college studying playwriting and production. He laments lack of training schools for production and acting, noting few entrants and a bleak outlook for the profession.
A hogs feed need more than a ring to root. Feeding alfalfa hay with corn lowers fattening costs by about half. Save old sows to rear early spring litters. Breeding swine should gain bone and muscle rather than fat to prevent rapid herd degeneration.
A New York Sun article explains that top quality footballs use calf or cow hide with sheepskin cheap alternatives, and rubber bladders. It details factory work by women pasting linings, men turning leather right side out, and seams stitched outside for paved play. It notes ball weights, durability, and a Saint Hugh anecdote from 1520.
Widespread neglect of winter feeding stunts colt growth. Adequate, nitrogen rich feeds including oats bran oilmeal and clover hay build bone and muscle. Do not rely on straw alone. liberal feeding boosts value at three years old by up to 875 to 100 dollars and improves market demand for well cared for colts. W. H. Tomhave Minnesota Agricultural College Extension Division.
The article explains curb disease from stress on the hind leg ligament near the hock, caused by heavy loads or kicks. It details swelling, heat, and lameness, plus home remedies using acetate of lead, tincture of amica, and blistering with mercury and lard, recommending caution in nonlame, long standing cases.
The Indiana experiment station reports a winter ration for fattening cattle of two and a half pounds of cottonseed meal per 1000 pounds of hive weight plus corn silage and ample dry roughage such as clover alfalfa hay corn stover or oat straw. Steers on this diet achieved the best gains finish and economy.
Murphy, an assistant cook, forgot to wash the boiler after breakfast. Tea leaves floated on the soup at dinner. He warned the messes that if tea leaves were found in the soup they would know it was mint. The London Globe reports.
A fragmentary dialogue riffs on painting storms at sea. A narrator cites artists who paint storms, while a Marine Painter-Impossible quips that he has seen one, hinting at a unique or rare storm depiction.
A Cinquiese Proverb notes that a covetous man gains no friends. The saying emphasizes thrift and generosity as social bindings, warning that greed erodes relationships and trust.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer notes actuarial figures: of 1000 men at age 20, 300 reach 65, while 200 of the 500 alive at 65 will be in want. It argues that thrift, avoidance of waste, continual study, and prudent spending can reduce the risk of poverty in old age.
Captain Amundsen’s 1903 to 1907 voyage aboard the Gjoa brought reports of the Nechilli a primitive Arctic tribe thought to dwell on the moonlike ice. The tribe lacked iron fire and used horn spears and stone age tools, astonished by ships and the moon’s wood.
A Philadelphia Ledger quote depicts a Richmond mistress scolding for a postal card message. Lily the servant responds with wit claiming the sender is either stupid or impertinent. The exchange ends with a sharp reminder that criticizing a mother is improper.
The article states world population around 1.6 billion with Asia over 850 million Africa 127 million North America 120 million South America 45 million Australasia 5 million Europe 380 million and polar regions 300 thousand. It notes no reliable growth estimates due to sparse statistics but predicts accelerated growth with scientific progress.
A Baltimore American quip notes neighbor Jinks fears microbes and avoids anything he believes may spread germs of thought. The cartoonish exchange highlights cautious behavior and social humor about contamination and safety norms.
Dialogue joke shows Giles describing his wife as a queer woman who drives a tack with a hammer rather than a hair brush. Miles affirms, highlighting the odd household image in a Chicago News item.
A Buffalo Express quotation notes a speaker asking if his wife makes money stretch. The reply suggests skepticism with a line about money never returning, reflecting a sharp quote on frugality and suspicion.
A playful courtroom remark contrasts abstract and concrete love, noting a woman who moved from a title guarantee man to a builder. The judge adds a maxim about self knowledge and honesty as a closing thought.
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