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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1913
Page
6
An anti septic powder promotes relief for pinching shoes and breaking in new footwear. It claims to shake into shoes, offers a sample for free, and is sold everywhere for 25 cents. Address A. S. Olmsted of LeRoy, New York. Do not accept substitutes.
The article suggests turning daily tasks into simple exercises to slim and tone the body. It recommends washing hands in the bath tub bottom, reaching for hats without kneeling, avoiding sitting to dress and brushing hair with a controlled wrist, and walking briskly to market. It promotes mindfully treating chores as beneficial movements.
A housekeeper shares a simple method to cover leftovers stored in cups tumblers and tins. Use cheap filter paper cut to twice the top size, clip corners fold edges over the rim and press to seal. The cap can be removed and reused on smooth edged containers.
Instructions outline soaking dried fruit for about fourteen hours then preparing a simple syrup with white sugar. Add soaked fruit to the boiling syrup carefully, simmer fifteen minutes without reboiling, and serve hot or cold. For jam, use one pound sugar per pound soaked fruit, add extra water, and expect four pounds of jam per pound of fruit.
Advice warns buyers to avoid overshoes leftover from last season as heat accelerates deterioration. Cracked rubber can develop holes, while repairs with adhesive plaster and patching help. A coating of patent leather polish can renew worn rubbers and protect heels with rubber or felt inserts.
Instructions claim rubbed scratches with lemon then washed with soap and water remove all traces. Read the Republican ads.
The transfer of Pierpont Morgan's art from London to New York is over halfway complete, with nine months elapsed and three remaining. Valued above £15,000,000, packing occurs in safety vaults and crates travel by road to Southampton docks in large motor vans under armed guard, then are guarded at sea to prevent theft.
A testimonial from Mrs. A F Mertz of Glen Ellyn Iowa praises Dr King’s New Discovery for stopping a stubborn cough after six weeks of medical care failed. The ad claims relief for coughs colds throat and lung troubles with a money back guarantee and prices at 50 cents and 1.00. The note is recommended by Irvin’s drug store and dated as an advertisement.
An American reflects on German usage of "smoking" to mean a dinner coat and contrasts it with American norms. He notes the term "Bobhaus" for a bobsleigh club clubhouse, highlighting language quirks in Oberhof where the Duke of Coburg-Gotha is patron.
Notts County Council discussed hymn use in schools after W Holkin proposed removing verses. He objected to lines about rich and poor and bowing to betters. Hoskin argued God did nothing to ordain estate and the hymns reflect outdated views.
A Toledo based Hall's Catarrh Cure advert promises one hundred dollars for each unresolved catarrh case and explains internal use affecting blood and mucous surfaces. The passage also includes a skeptical quote by William A. Brady about the future of American theater, citing insufficient training for producers and actors.
A discussion on pig feeding advises adding alfalfa hay with corn to reduce fattening costs by about half. It stresses saving old sows for spring litters and giving breeding stock bone and muscle development over rapid fat production to prevent herd degeneration.
W H Tomhave from Minnesota Agricultural College stresses boosting winter feed for growing colts. He warns neglect causes stunted growth and poorer yearlings, urges nitrogenous feed like oats bran oilmeat and clover hay, and cautions against overreliance on straw or corn for youngsters. Strong feeding raises later market value by 75 to 100 dollars per three year old.
A veterinary note explains curb disease from stress on the hind hock ligament and from kicks or whiffletree impact. Symptoms include swelling heat and lameness, or swelling without lameness. Home remedies involve lead acetate and tincture of ammonia, followed by mercury blisteres if needed, with cautions for nonlame long standing cases.
The Indiana experiment station reports that two and a half pounds of cottonseed meal per 1000 pounds of live weight plus the corn silage an animal will eat yields the best results. Adding small amounts of dry roughage such as clover alfalfa hay corn stover or oat straw improves intake. Steers fed this mix show best gains with high finish and economy.
The article explains football materials and methods, noting pigskin is a misconception. It describes leather selection, female linings work, stitching, turning, and rubber bladders, plus a tougher pavement ball and origins of the term kicking the pigskin. It cites weights and expected life, and mentions Saint Hugh as a cautionary tale.
A London Globe anecdote recalls Murphy the assistant cook aboard a trapper ship bound for India who forgot to wash the boiler after breakfast. Tea leaves appeared in the soup at dinner and he deflected blame by joking that if anyone found tea leaves in the soup it would prove it was mint.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a Marine Painter claiming painting a stern is impossible while another artist notes having seen such a stern. The exchange hints at differing viewpoints on artistic limits and perception at sea.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial argues that only a portion of men survive to 65, and warns that many become poor after retirement. It cites actuaries and economists on mortality and poverty, then prescribes thrift, avoidance of waste, steady study, and earnings discipline as keys to avoiding want in old age.
Captain Amundsen recounted discovering the Nechilli during the Gjoa’s Northwest Passage voyage from 1903 to 1907. The primitive tribe, ignorant of iron, used reindeer horn spears and fire by rubbing wood, believing their tribe unique and the moonful of wood.
A Richmond household notes a curious servant named Lily who reports only a postal card from the postman. The mistress mocks the sender as impertinent, while Lily defends the message as respectful, highlighting class tension and sharp wit.
The article lists Earth’s population around 1.6 billion with Asia over half, Africa 127 million, North America 120 million, South America 45 million, Australia 5 million, Europe 380 million, and polar regions 300 thousand. It notes uncertainty in future growth due to limited statistics but expects growth to accelerate with science.
A humorous Baltimore American line notes neighbor Jinks avoids any book or article he suspects contains germs of thought. The exchange plays on extreme caution toward microbes and ideas alike.
A humorous quip from Chicago News about a wife who uses a hammer to drive a tack rather than a hair brush. The exchange highlights a quirky domestic habit with a playful tone.
A humorous Buffalo Express quip contrasts a husband’s claim that his wife stretches funds with the eyebrow raising remark that none of the money has ever returned, reflecting lighthearted financial banter.
A courtroom quip notes a woman’s love affairs moving from abstract to concrete as she leaves a title guarantee man for a builder. The judge adds a line about self knowledge and effort.
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