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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
4
Contracts mentioned with per inch rates from eight to ten cents and notes on law enforcement, reciprocity with Canada, and Taft approval. The passage blends business terms with civic statements and seasonal references without a clear narrative or identifiable event.
A professed Christian veers off course, drawing scrutiny as another man’s role fades from public view. The text questions accountability, noting both individuals share responsibility despite differing visibility.
The quote argues that a person can be a good citizen without being a professing Christian, noting perfection is impossible and questioning why one should condemn someone who earnestly tries to live rightly.
The item argues insurgent activity within the Republican Party foreshadows a Democratic victory. It cites Covington in Fountain County, Indiana as illustrative and critiques what insurgents have achieved.
Democrats now claim the 20 percent wool tariff they voted in Schedule K was for revenue rather than protection. They argue a one-tie wool tariff would yield income while the 1908 platform favored free wool.
President Taft expresses sincere thanks to Democrats for aiding the reciprocity bill. He states the measure, though a Republican doctrine, was passed as a nonpartisan policy and will benefit the entire public.
The Republican party voices support for any capable gubernatorial nominee, arguing Governor Marshall's term will leave the state deeply in debt and its charitable and benevolent institutions underfunded. They urge Republicans to win to avoid such conditions.
The passage notes nationwide disagreement on the Reciprocity measure’s effects and predicts farmers may lose the farm vote for Republicans in 1912. It argues Democrats supported the measure to avoid responsibility for its passage and suggests the coming Canadian parliamentary debate will shape political fortunes.
In Indiana the Democratic party bears full responsibility for all temperance or whiskey laws. If citizens are dissatisfied or homes and youth remain unprotected, the fault lies with the Democrats who repealed the county option law and replaced it with the Proctor law.
The county option kept dry areas dry until a wet election by the Wets. Proctor law made all territory automatically wet after two years unless Drys halted an election. The passage blames voters for electing Tom Marshall and a Democratic legislature.
In 1911 the Democratic Board of County Commissioners borrowed 9000 to cover current running expenses, with loans taken in April and May. Yet the County Auditor and Board claim funds are ample and debt-free, while valuations, budget, and taxes rise, prompting questions about reconciliation of official statements with the facts.
Letter argues merchants offer cash discounts instead of Trading Stamps to avoid funding stamp firms. It asserts stamps raise advertising costs and export money, harming local merchants and Covington’s trade. Cites Sears Roebuck and Larkin Soap as contrasting schemes and urges residents to stop patronizing stamps.
A cautionary note warns against ointments for catarrh containing mercury that can damage smell and the body. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Care by F. J. Cheney Co. Toledo Ohio as mercury free, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces. The ad urges buyers to seek the genuine product and mentions availability by druggists at 75 cents.
A soaring eagle watches a hare from a rock and is wounded by an arrow. The archer hides and fires, and the eagle realizes the shaft came from its own feathers. The stunned bird laments the irony of its own wings delivering the death.
A seventeenth century ode by John Taylor recounts Nicholas Wood a Kentish yeoman famed for extreme appetite. He reportedly consumed a whole sheep at one meal and implausibly more, with witnesses detailing his prodigious feats and the generous banquet set before him.
A Washington Post tale recalls an inventor who nearly failed with a saloon venture until he cut an old rubber doormat into oyster shapes and fried them, serving rubber oysters on April Fools Day. One bar patron’s bite sparked laughter, word spread, and the idea saved him from bankruptcy as townspeople and newspapers covered the joke.
Harvard psychologist William James once illustrated motherhood with a pie question. A teacher asks a boy to share a pie among seven people and five children. The boy replies a sixth for himself, saying he knows fractions and about mother too, noting his mother would not want any pie on Mother’s Day.
A quippy exchange recaps advice to always seek ascent and higher aims, with a youth retort about running an elevator. The line parodies moralist sentiment, suggesting irony in chasing success. The excerpt captures a playful urban humor moment from Walt Mason in Emporia.
The regular monthly examination for teachers' licenses will take place in the new school building tomorrow. It is the last chance to obtain a license before schools begin, with August deemed too late. Schools are slated to open soon.
Notice states that sealed proposals will be received by D P Frazier Township Trustee of Cain Township Fountain County Indiana at his Hillboro office up to 9 oclock a.m. The notice designates the time and location for bid submissions in the township.
Trustees invite bids for heating plant plumbing concrete floors fresh air rooms well and storm doors and a well for the Hillsboro School Building as designed by Leise and Ludwick. Plans are on file in Hillsboro and Danville offices. work must finish by September 15, 1911. Bids require a 10 percent certified check to D. P. Frazier, Trustee, with right to reject any bid.
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