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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1912
Page
3
A chorus praising a fictional mother suffragette who defies authorities by burning a baron's castle tearing Westminster Abbey and windows, pulling King George's whiskers, wrecking a railway engine, dynamiting bridges and hunger striking for women’s votes, with bold claim of glory in the cause.
A Pittsburgh Press quips on a writer’s plan to compile all personal knowledge into a new book. The tongue in cheek exchange notes concerns that the result might resemble a leaflet more than a substantial volume.
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports a debate over building plans for a state capitol. The chairman notes eight senate chamber doors while the architect says that suffices for ingress and egress. He suggests doubling doors since every senator wants appointable doorkeepers.
A playful exchange points to lofty thoughts above common mortals as Miss Flyppe questions Mr Flyre about committing ideas to paper. The Chicago Tribune quotes the dialogue with light irony about imagination and flight.
A Boston Transcript quote mocks eugenist notions by joking that the groom should be the best man at a wedding, illustrating a satirical take on social ideas in a concise dialogue snippet.
The brief item notes Mrs Young and Mrs Tubbs in a humorous exchange about marriage with a mandolin metaphor.
Practical advice for summer walkers on avoiding blisters and sore heels. It advises soap plasters for minor heel pain, washing and vaseline for ruptured blisters, keeping stockings off sore areas to prevent infection, and using well fitting boots and thick socks. It also suggests rubbing feet with methylated spirit before long tramps and wearing made to measure boots with stout soles.
A New York Times tale recounts a top floor girl misplacing a five dollar bill amid a flurry of letters to Howard Strong. He returns the money, sparking a mistaken loan inference and a rift. Later the second envelope reveals Ellen Fariss’s involvement, ending with the narrator settling the last five dollars and ending the relationship.
A New York Sun writer describes Tahitian natives using a slipknotted fiber rope and knife to gently tickle a shark from a canoe. The shark is lured toward capture then towed ashore where it is measured at 16 feet long.
In upper New York City streets cook shops of the French kind open offering hot roasted meats. Shops feature revolving jacks with long steel skewers and a blue and white tiled grill burning all day. Patrons may buy slices for 15 cents and have meats roasted for five cents per pound.
Ex President Porfirio Diaz gained notice after Puebla where Liberal forces blocked French advance. The battle's stand, though defeated, made May fifth a national holiday in Mexico. Diaz quipped that nations honor defeats as monuments.
United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit sets standards for firing an employee for misconduct. A master may terminate for conduct showing disloyalty even if not known at discharge time. Facts show misconduct at a New York auto show and other dissipation but jury must decide if discharge was warranted.
The 1079 charter granted to London by William I preserves early pledges to law and inheritance. It notes the portreeve’s role, identifies the evolution to provost and mayor, and records Henry Fitz-Alwyn as the first mayor in 1189, with the lordship prefix arriving in 1354 under Edward III.
A brief dialogue hints at a watchmaker recommended by a narrator, describing the craftsman as a regular sycophant and raising questions about loyalty and professional judgment within a small business circle. The exchange implies distrust and competitive tension in a local trades scene.
London Simple Life exhibition speaker Dr Josiah Oldfield forecasts living to a century and staying young into old age through mental and physical discipline and careful living. He urges big thoughts, noble ideals, wholesome foods, daily bathing, and changing underclothes every 24 hours to stave off middle age.
Irish born traders from Roscommon form Carroll Riley Shylock clan in America twenty years ago. They own blocks of Atlanta and other southern cities with luxurious nomadic camps, sustaining hygiene laws and tight intra clan marriages while avoiding permanent homes. Their holdings reach thousands and Atlanta property exceeds 100000 dollars.
An Historical Medical Museum connected with the forthcoming International Medical congress opens in London. It features exhibits from Hippocrates to Avicenna, displays of ancient medical shops, hospital scenes, and folk medical practices, aiming to form the nucleus of a permanent museum.
A Paris scientist named Dr. Xavier reports that pins hairpins and needles vanish by turning into ferrous oxide and blowing away as dust. A common pin takes 18 months to disappear while a polished steel needle lasts about 2.5 years.
A brief quotation notes that the speaker, while alive, did not claim superiority over others due to living in New York, ending with a reflective line about being dead and unable to be judged. The Detroit Free Press source frames the exchange as a witty, self-deprecating remark on status and geography.
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