Covington Fair Opens Sept with $1200 Purses and 12 Races
Preparations for Covington-Fair are complete as the Fifty-Third Annual Fair runs Tuesday September 16 to Friday September 19. The speed department features $1200 in purses across twelve races including two $100 purses for Tri County. Prominent horses from surrounding states, free-for-all pace, and large premium totals draw exhibitors and visitors to Fountain County. Admission is 25 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.
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Covington
Fountain County
Real Hero of the Sea Patrolman Midgett Saves Ten
The North Carolina lifeguard Patrolman Midgett risked his life in a storm to save ten men from a wreck three miles offshore. Despite no lifeboat or gear he made seven perilous swims, pulling each survivor to shore before collapsing in exhaustion. He accepted the treasury medal with humble words.
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Midgett
North Carolina
Secretary of the Treasury
Newspaper Editorial Urges Timely Submissions
A notice warns contributors to submit news before midweek as press runs Thursday afternoon. It stresses that Wednesdays and Thursdays are busy and late entries may miss publication, urging timely writing and editing to ensure print.
New Wabash Time Card Changes for Morning and Evening Runs
A new time card takes effect on the Wabash line affecting multiple east and west bound trains with revised departure and arrival windows. The Towpath morning schedule shows Attica to Covington timing from 8:56 arrival to 11:40 final, with afternoon service departing Attica at 4:05 and returning via Covington to Attica by 5:45.
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Covington
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Cleveland & Buffalo Transit Coo
T. F. Newman
H. R. Rogers
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Ohio
Wordplay Candy Quiz Clues and Answers
A playful riddle list matching candies to puns and hints with answers: Peppermint, Buttercups, Lemon drops, Butterscotch, Gumdrop, Jordan almonds, Hourhound, Popcorn, Fudge, Wintergreen, Straws. Each line links sweets to witty descriptions or homonyms for quick guessing.
How Romp Paid For His Meat
A tale of Romp the dog who earned meat by paying with slippers. After his master left, Romp failed to fetch slippers but later delivered them one by one to the butcher to settle the meat price, proving clever payment in kind.
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Romp
Echoes in Pisa Cathedral and a Finnish cave
The piece notes a famed echo in Pisa Cathedral where two notes echo softly and three notes fill the walls with a divine organ like sound. It also mentions a Finnish cavern that emits terrifying reverberations when voices are tested to full lungs.
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Pisa
Finland
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