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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1901
Page
5
A long list of social notices from Tuscola area including visits by Mrs. Sam Brown Danville residents like Frank Blose and Miss Grave Hetfield, local church events, and a local chickenhawk hunt near Meitzer with 86 birds killed.
Nes Luke Nebeker circulated a paper soliciting cash for the two late orphan girls of Henry Hall. She raised 2060 dollars and forwarded it to them, earning high commendation. Black Peiues will be at my home 115 miles east of Coyington. Prince, called Ramses here, is jet black weight 1730 ibs and sired by Honest Tom. SPROSON WILSON offers a Covington Ind house and lot for 290 dollars.
An 19th century advertisement extols Maydole’s hammer as superior and Benson’s Plasters as the trusted remedy for rheumatic pain cough cold and other external ailments. It claims Benson’s contains all valuable medicinal potencies and urges purchase through druggists with mail order at 250 per dozen.
President Garfield lay recovering in Long Branch as governors proclaimed a day of fasting and prayer. Bells rang and carriages arrived as Mrs Garfield joined worshipers in prayer, moved by a soprano’s musical prayers.
Charcoal in water helps preserve cut flowers. Dig wide deep tree holes with rich soil. Most forest tree seeds tolerate dryness poorly before planting. Sow pansy seeds in fall for best bloom. Sweet William is biennial but self-seeds. hollyhocks behave as perennials. Digitalis flowers in July with blue spikes. Fall sowing strengthens plants, roots deeper, blooms longer. Grapes are an inexpensive, easy to manage fruit with early bearing and wholesome flavor.
A burglar aiming to rob a man named Maryville enters the wrong house and discovers the editor of The Screaming Eagle in bed. The intruder is mocked as the editor laughs at him, and the burglar pays six months’ subscription to settle the matter, declaring satire intolerable.
Henry Watterson discusses personality as a distinct, mature trait not easily hidden. He asserts success comes from aptitude aligned with concentrated purpose, seizing opportunity, and the unity of action and speech. Self confidence, steadfast courage, and absolute probity complete the formula.
The young woman with the notebook asks how the arena’s star trainer Milo attributes her power. Castella credits inheritance from her mother, noting her father was a regular bear tamed daily, highlighting a strong minded lineage in the Chicago Tribune account.
A visitor asks a boy if he wishes to be a girl. The boy replies only at Christmas, citing stockings as the appeal. The exchange appears in the Chicago Post.
The article explains that Islamic law limits animal images in many Persian rugs, while Shiah Moslems and other groups show animal motifs. It notes that prayer rugs ensure cleanliness for worship, and describes Sivas and Yuruk weaving, rug sizes, and the value of Persian floral designs. It mentions unpaid or low-wage weavers and the Mecca earth imprint on early prayer rugs.
A fragment from a historic page shows a misheard cigar claim and a suitor asking a father for his daughter's hand. The old man responds with terse wit as the suitor earns a wife by prevailing. Other brief lines reference a charming woman and a proverb about patience.
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