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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1912
Page
3
A compilation of brief items covers livestock, food, industry, and social shifts. Topics include U S cattle numbers, eggs consumption in New York, copper production growth, food refrigeration studies, and urban booster efforts in Los Angeles and Honolulu.
The greatest cultural transfer in history proceeds nine months in, with three months to go. Art treasures valued over £15,000,000 are packed in secure vaults and transported by large motor vans to Southampton docks. Guards accompany the crates to London to New York voyage, with watchmen aboard the vessel for security.
A new Wabash time card took effect Monday with shifts on eastbound trains No. 34 No. 2 and No. 28 and westbound No. 3 and No. 9. Morning Towpath service adjusts Attica Covington Attica arrivals and departures with new schedules for both morning and afternoon runs.
A two part recipe describes a rich shortcake base split and baked, then cooled. The filling boils oysters in their liquor, thickens with a butter flour roux, and finishes with cream or milk before combining with the oysters and serving immediately.
Directions describe a cake batter using eggs milk cocoa sugar soda butter flour vanilla and bake. Frosting uses egg whites sugar and water boiled and cooled then beaten with vanilla until spreadable.
A baked cheese omelet method describes lining a dish with quarter inch cheese strips and breadcrumbs, layering with thinner cheese and more crumbs, adding four eggs with intact yolks, seasonings, grated cheese, and butter, then baking until firm but not hard and serving hot.
Slice enough raw ham and broil on a gridiron or pan. Peel and halve bananas, season with salt and paprika, dip in egg, coat with bread crumbs, and fry in bacon fat. Place a half banana on each ham slice, garnish with parsley, and serve hot.
Slow simmer three pounds lamb flank for one hour. Add three to four onions and rice with sage and summer savory for forty five minutes. Stir in a cream of tartar dumpling mix with three eggs and boil twelve minutes.
Instructions describe shaping meat scraps with mashed potato into puffs or croquettes. Mix cold meat slices with pepper salt and chopped pickles, mash with egg, roll in flour, place seasoned meat on one half and fold, then fry or bake until light brown.
An American in a German resort explains the term smoking as a dinner coat. He notes German usage differs from American phrasing and cites the bobsleigh club at Oberhof with the Duke of Coburg-Gotha as patron.
A Paris burglar reportedly used butter as proof of guilt. He ate food, left bite marks on butter showing fingerprints and teeth impressions, then bit another pat to confirm his identity, leading to arrest and conviction as reported by the London Express.
The report recalls earlier Bulgarian threats to Constantinople, notably 813 siege by Krum. The siege began ceremoniously but failed as Byzantium negotiated peace. Krum was nearly killed during talks, enraging him to devastate suburbs and capture many. He later died of apoplexy on return.
William A Brady laments the lack of training paths for young writers and producers in American theater. He notes no production schools, few aspiring actors, and a bleak outlook despite a need for fresh blood in writing, producing, and acting roles.
At a Notts county council meeting Mr W Holkin urged deleting verses from school hymns. He challenged lines about social hierarchy and bowing to betters, drawing strong pushback from Mr Hoskin who called the claims outdated and the verses inappropriate.
Paris intends to spend 85 million dollars to tear down walls fill moats and open the land for broad avenues and sales sites. The resale of land is projected at 65 million with taxes covering the remaining 20 million to fund redevelopment.
Paris Temps notes a new novel The Man Who Stole Gioconda by Sabriele d Annunzio. It speculates whether the author may provide a clue to the Mona Lisa heist or if detectives will still seek the missing painting.
Transactions filed for record include Forest Livengood to Rebecca A Welch for 119.50 acres in Troy township at 9000 dollars and back to Welch, J P Cooper to Phoebe Neal for lot 96 Wine Brosadd Hills boro at 2060 dollars, George Foxworthy to Jewell Tinsley for 45 acres in Cain at 5000 dollars, and other transfers in Covington, Yeddo and Shawnee township with amounts listed.
Tickets on sale daily from Sept 25 to Oct 10 for the Tourist Car Service from St. Louis to California Colorado Oregon and other western states and Canadian points. Ask for particulars from the Wahash agent. G C Knickerbocker D P A Danville TH J D McNamara CPA St Louis Mo.
London Hospital notes a botanical word adapted by the American medical press to describe illicit practice. The word dichotomy is used to denote the division of a surgeon or specialist fee with the referring practitioner who sends a patient.
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