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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1912
Page
6
A small fog cabin on the National Conservation Exposition grounds near Knoxville honors Admiral David Farragut born there. The Union hero’s early life and 1860s service are noted as part of the fall display, drawing attention from Northern visitors.
The National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville runs September to November with invites to Union veterans and G A R encampment visitors. It showcases Southern progress, conservation of resources, and a strong New South spirit through government, state, and commercial displays.
Large theme exposition in Knoxville highlights federal and state displays. Departments cover minerals waters education health and agriculture with leaders Miss Julia C. Lathrop and Dr Harvey W. Wiley guiding child welfare and health efforts as the U. S. government backs the project while visitors from Chattanooga and beyond are urged to attend during September encampments.
Railroads across the South have issued very low fares for the Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Chattanooga this September and for the National Conservation Exposition in Knoxville Tennessee from September 1 to November 1. The plan includes liberal stopover privileges and multiple side trips.
The South urges the North to visit Knoxville during September and October for the National Conservation Exposition held near Chattanooga. It promises Southern hospitality and aims to show northern visitors the region's advances and future prospects. The event follows the Grand Army of the Republic encampment first held south of the Mason Dixon line.
Three large concert bands will perform daily during the September week at the Indiana state fair. The Joh C Weber band of Cincinnati, the Indianapolis Military Band directed by H W Klausmann, and the Indianapolis Newsboys Band led by J B Vandaworker will headline daily coliseum and grandstand concerts with soloists and a silver jubilee celebration for the Military Band. The Weber band adds soprano Wilmaine Hammann and the Newsboys Band numbers over fifty members for its 13th year.
The Indiana state fair administration will be run by seventeen officials who form the State Board of Agriculture during the expo week of September 8. President Clem Graves of Bunker Hill and secretary treasurer Charles Downing head the general setup. Department managers include L C Bosa Tivlians Poltis Gradstand Charles WIlliamon Lafayette for speed and other divisions with Arthur James for art horticulture and agriculture.
The Youth's Companion recounts Ranger Pulaski saving 35 of 40 men during a wildfire in a Coeur d Alene forest reserve. He sheltered them in a mine shaft, used a blanket to shield them, faced flames with bare hands, and held his crew together despite losses.
James Watkins, jailed in Searchlight for stealing lace curtains, escaped to care for his pet cats forty miles away. A sheriff found him the next day, milk for the cats in a cabin. The case may be dismissed due to the jailer's sympathy for the miner's devotion to his pets.
The U S consul at Prague Bohmia reports to manufacturers that there are not enough flies to exterminate. He notes screen doors are unknown and city buildings are brick or concrete with granite decks and pavements. No wood sidewalks or open drains exist and streets are cleaned daily.
A Chinese bank note over 500 years old reached the subtreasury in New York after a local Chinese importing firm offered it for deposit and exchange. The Minh dynasty note dates to the reign of Emperor Tai-Tsee (1368–1399) and carries a face value of one kwan, worth under 12 cents today.
A New York farmer and wife housed a belated traveler who paid with a trunk. The trunk contents revealed a large Rock Python, found by a lone woman and later sent to the Bronx, shocking all. The traveler had no funds or agricultural skills, and the stay ended after days.
The Postal union at Berne reports global post card usage. Germany leads with 1.5 billion annually, Japan 0.894 billion, Britain 0.845 billion. Austria 0.432, Russia 0.290, Italy 0.137, Hungary 0.113, France 0.030 billion due to high postage.
In 1911 the Suez Canal saw 4,969 vessels totaling 18,324,794 tons pass through, up from 4,533 ships and 16,581,898 tons in 1910. Average net tonnage climbs to about 3,690 tons. British ships make up 62.2 percent by vessels and 64 percent by tonnage, while German shares are 13.4 percent and 15.2 percent.
In London the shortest courtship on record followed a January 17 proposal and a January 18 wedding. After asking for a license at Doctors' Commons they found a curate and married by two o'clock the same day.
Nathan Rehrin, an official stenographer at the New York Supreme Court, claimed the world shorthand title after competing in a recent contest. He took five minutes to dictate at 2.81 words per minute with only 17 errors, besting about 20 stenographers.
The United States submarine F-1 set a new depth record during a six hour submerged cruise in San Francisco Bay this fall. It reached 283 feet and held that depth for ten minutes at six knots before rising to 19 feet and moving at eight knots. The prior record stood at 256 feet.
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