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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1912
Page
7
The London Chronicle recounts the leprechaun, Ireland’s little old brogue maker who vanishes when watched. A wary peasant once tricked the creature into revealing treasure, but the wealth vanished with the field’s ragwort garters.
Narper's Magazine describes the Sprudel as the oldest Carlsbad fountain and a mighty, steaming column six to thirteen feet high. White uniformed spring girls set drinking cups, catching virgin volcanic water that geologists call pristine. The piece evokes pagan and primeval energy and the workers as woodland creatures serving ancient forces.
A historical note traces the phrase eat crow to a tale of a soldier caught with an officer’s tame crow. The officer orders the private to eat the bird and holds a gun to his head until the private forces the officer to join in the meal. The next day a court martial questions the incident.
The text traces sausage origins from 897 with Homer era Greek links to a primitive mixture in stomachs of roots. It notes hashed pork sausages appearing in the tenth century and, around 1500, Frankfort and Strassburg varieties gaining fame after cinnamon and saffron were introduced into Germany.
A traveler asks for the town’s best hotel after watching his train depart. A station helper, waiting for a train the other way, offers to guide him but warns that the traveler may think him a liar after seeing it. The Chicago Record-Herald reports the exchange.
The reply notes most rain comes straight down while some rain comes sideways, indicating a mix of vertical and lateral rainfall patterns. It uses a simple observation about precipitation direction.
A brief quarrel exchange notes that prior to marriage one party claims only one truth was spoken by the other, who admits saying he was unworthy, as cited in Boston Transcript commentary.
A compact line about enduring fame arising from work for the common good rather than self promotion. The quotation emphasizes labor as the path to lasting honor and happiness for humanity.
A father arrives home to find his son William in bed after a street swearing incident. The mother reveals the boy swore in public and the father begins to discipline but trips on the stairs, and the mother intervenes, saying the boy has had enough for one lesson.
A set of sardonic lines on urban fear and social change. Characters voice worry about city water and fashionable neighborhoods while joking about oversharing and odd personal habits. The tone blends irony with suburban disquiet.
An old friend compliments Josh after seeing him with a pitch fork and straw hat, but the farmer reveals Josh was merely en route to a costume ball. The exchange highlights a misperception about appearances versus reality.
Mrs. Whoefer confronts Mrs. Wipkins after a month apart. Mrs. Wipkins jokes she could not write because she would have had to crop the baby, highlighting playful domestic banter about motherhood and interruptions.
The Optimist says the bread cast upon waters returns as nourishment, while the Pessimist argues it would come back damp and moldy. The exchange frames contrasting attitudes toward risk and reward.
In a satirical voice Puck mocks two colonial Matrons mothers of fifteen and seventeen who deride modern women’s clubs while Prudence, mother of three, plans a family lecture at a Dorcas society in the south.
A fragmented regional venting piece describes a speaker telling George Washington style figures that if men do not support their families they deserve hardship. The tone mixes dialect and social complaint about labor and duty. The passage preserves voice and rural perspective without explicit events or dates.
A magazine piece advises on etiquette for engaged couples stressing consideration for family and friends after the wedding. It urges engaged women to restrain public displays, show respect to relatives, and keep hands still and poised to conserve nerve energy and portray grace.
A Kansas university commission reports the western Kansas horse plague was a noninfectious poison tied to moldy forage and climatic conditions. It killed about 25 000 horses and mules, with no contagious transmission or cure, and recurrence tied to future weather patterns.
A 19th or early 20th century etiquette note advises women should avoid bowing to unfamiliar men, the older woman having initiative in future recognitions, and a tacit signal of disinterest if a greeting is not returned. Men should rise for introductions and remove hats in public. women should note courtesy even in cold weather.
James Lafferty near Newark Delaware reports a hen became foster mother to eleven piglets. The hen laid eggs in the pig pen then paused after the piglets arrived. She roosted in the pen and fed the eggs to the youngsters. The pigs now run to her when she clucks and the mother pig accepts the unusual nanny.
In Walla Walla Washington a fox terrier named Chipper interrupted court by catching a mouse. The incident involved Leste G Kirkman and his dog during a court session.
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