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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
6
A Baltimore meat concern claims a new method in curing meats by using a gas heated smoke house to smoke hams and frankfurters. Uruguay appoints a woman to its diplomatic service and now provides for the instruction of women telegraphers for goverment service.
Garrett P. Serviss explains in the Spokane Spokesman-Review how the spectrum and diffraction reveal the composition of sun and stars. Eyelashes act as primitive spectroscopes, prisms and facets separate light into colors, and diamond refractive power aids gem cutting and brilliance.
In a curious quip from the Courier-Journal, a man pledges dire consequences if rejected, declaring he will pine away and die. The response notes the ظman’s delusions as the object of ridicule while pointing to his unexpected weight gain.
A reflective note likens life to a garden where ideas plant and grow. It urges mindful care of one’s thoughts as seeds shaping future outcomes.
Senator Robert Owen of Oklahoma, one-eighth Cherokee, faced a hostile opposing lawyer in a trial. Owen demanded court protection but stood his ground. After a sharp retort the senior attorney took a blow from a pile driver, ending the insult. The next day bystanders nicknamed Owen temperamental yet capable.
Representative Henry D. Flood supports Stephen Noah for the postmaster role at the Spottsylvania crossroads store in Virginia. He notes past floodwide backing and adds I take pleasure in supporting Mr Noah as Floods supported him years ago.
Samuel A Thompson, secretary of the rivers and harbors congress, told the Fruit and Produce Exchange a test predicting a baby’s future calling. The child grabbed a Bible a coin and cloth and tried to take more, prompting the father to exclaim Mein Gott he will be a railroad man.
A congressional quip follows Representative Dixon recounting a constituent who gave him ten dollars. Dixon praises the compliment about his father, while Senator Kern jokes that for ten dollars a grandfather should have been included, provoking light mockery of ancestry.
At a New York theatrical supper Nat Goodwin advised young actresses to moderate Easter hat spending. He recalled his wife displaying a $95 hat in a bandbox and quipped that it struck him below the toney belt, illustrating the era’s fashion splurge.
Theodore Roosevelt notes in Scribner's Magazine that true man eaters in Africa are lions and crocodiles. He cites East Africa incidents including railway disruptions by man eaters, a superintendent carried from a private car, Masai village ravages, and repeated attacks on travelers and camps. He adds occasional leopard and hyena cases, but stresses lions and crocodiles as the genuine threats.
In August 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte was moved from the Bellerophon to the Northumberland amid protests in England. Charles Lamb praised him as a fine fellow and suggested generous treatment, while the government argued keeping him within reach posed danger to public order.
A cowherd led five cows on a hill between camps to relay Servian troop positions. He grouped the cattle two, one, then three, sending live signals to Bulgarian observers. The ingenuity revealed a crude early warning method during the engagement.
A Strand Magazine idea imagines water as an inch thick sheet capable of stopping high velocity bombs. The concept likens the water’s resistance to steel armor on modern battleships, suggesting a nearly impenetrable protective barrier.
In a Kansas City Journal clip a policeman is stationed by a park bench to deter loitering. The remark notes the bench is freshly painted and the officer’s presence aims to keep order while the public tests the new paint.
A fragment notes a man’s bitterness toward his former fiancée after she returns the engagement ring. The box is labeled Glass-With Cure, a curious detail cited by Lippincott's as the source of his anger.
Kate plans to marry Mr Pinks to reform him as the Boston Transcript notes his major vice is being a miser. The item frames marriage as a reform attempt and hints at social mores of the period.
The Westminster Gazette discusses varied theories on the etymology of Mephistopheles. It cites Goethe, Zelter, and Schopenhauer, noting proposals from hybrid Greco Hebrew forms to Greek roots and medieval usage linking names to the Old Testament figures Pephiboschetu and Architophel.
A Washington versus Cincinnati game era tale recounts Wilmot hitting an infield fly that rose to the bleachers, letting a runner score from second as the ball dropped inside the infielders triangle. Buck Ewing McPhee and Smith waited for its descent as Wilmot completed a unique walk off home run.
An advice note from the New York Telegram urges residents to hang pictures immediately upon moving to a new home to avoid breakage and damage while unpacking. It cautions that placing frames quickly on walls reduces the risk of shattered glass and scratches during the process.
The article notes checkers or drafts as a very old game to some and comparatively modern to others. It mentions several varieties including Chinese English Polish Spanish Italian and Turkish. It also notes presence among interior New Zealand native tribes, whence its origins remain unknown.
A playful exchange from the St. Paul Pioneer Press where a boy explains learning that the world is round and turns on hinges like a globe in the library and questions the belief asked of a small boy.
Mrs. Wombat voices strong indignation after a burglary at her home in Pittsburgh. The next night the burglars returned and brought back her silver plated ware, adding a shocking twist to the crime.
The saying links pressure to lassitude while presenting happiness as invigorating like sea air, framing mood as a response to circumstance rather than simple reward.
The Washington Capitol domed gallery features eight grand paintings, but five display technical or factual errors. Notable issues include Washington resigning to Congress, Pocahontas’s uncle Pocahancock depicted with six toes, a three flag landing scene, Washington at Cornwallis surrender, and a misdated July 4 1776 Declaration of Independence title.
The London Chronicle notes Andrew Boorde's Compendious Regiment or Dietary of Helth from 1542 urging indoor fires to burn evil vapours and to keep windows closed at night. He prescribes scarlet nightcaps and thick cotton quilts over feather beds to protect health.
Two guests missed the first courses at a suburban dinner arranged in their honor. Bags were searched, distant homes called, and nerve energy spent over a trunk key. A locksmith arrived, opened the trunk in under a minute, and quipped the lid wasn’t locked.
A Purdue graduate milkman answers a question about cow feed with a flourish. He asserts cows are sustained entirely by vegetables, rich in chlorophy and virtuous qualities, prompting the professor to request a pint and the milkman to respond with a brisk "Git up."
The passage notes the term speaker arose from the need for a spokesman with a ready tongue and courage to argue with the king. The first to hold the title was Sir Thomas Hungerford in 1376, marking the origin of the role in the British House of Commons.
The article lists many kinds of fairies and similar beings. It distinguishes between an elf, troll, pixy, and adds beings like kelpie gnome brownie kobold nis and urisk, a hairy Scotch spirit, as examples of mythical entities.
The passage argues that no two circumstances are identical and change is constant, comparing human conditions to ocean waves to illustrate unpredictability and ongoing variation. It emphasizes that expecting perfect sameness ignores the nature of change.
A reflective line by H. A. Porter contrasts guidance with instinct, noting how action follows paths carved by footsteps rather than explicit directions. The motto hints at leadership through example and accumulated experience.
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