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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
6
Water plants more in sun than shade due to evaporation. Midday watering can burn foliage. avoid excessive heat and moisture. Consider air and water temperature. use water near plant temperature, water thoroughly, and ensure drainage with bottom holes in containers.
Window gardening advice for city homes stresses choosing plants that tolerate low light and heat. It recommends frequent spraying, dampening the soil, and protecting floors, plus selecting vigorous species like calla cyclamen oxalis geraniums heliotropes fuchsia and freesia. Hanging baskets with vines enhance the room or porch.
The article describes soil and moisture needs for geraniums and shrubs, noting moderate manure and careful watering. It explains light, soil richness, and surface manuring, and states some plants fail in consecutive years in the same spot, urging crop rotation and avoiding repeated planting of the same variety within three years.
A screen of climbing nasturtium or sweet peas hides unsightly waste. Plant now for blossoms soon. choose mixed seed for color variety. Use chicken wire on a fence, fastening to ground stakes at both ends for support.
Phloxes are easy to grow and suit amateur gardeners. A wide range of varieties covers nearly every shade except yellow. Plants prefer a sunny spot, grow rapidly, and bloom briefly unless given ample moisture and partial shade to extend flowering.
Slugs and other pests should be watched especially in the evening when they feed. Put pests in a pail of salt and water to kill them quickly. If green or brown aphids appear spray with fine cap water and kerosene or insecticide. Syringe plants with clear water the next day and repeat as needed until aphids are gone.
In dark rooms such plants as the palma pandanus the screw pine and New England flax do well. Of the palms the fan and date varieties require feast care. The rubber plant is excellent. It is injured by dust and o tould be washed frequently.
The undersigned appointed and qualified by the Fountain County Circuit Court as Administrator of the estate of Martin H. Clark, deceased. The estate is believed solvent. The Fountain Trust Company serves as Administrator with H. C. Yount, Attorney. Tl4 11-3w.
Official notice from Fountain County Board of Commissioners to the sheriff commanding publication of a poll opening at each voting precinct in Wabash township, Fountain County Indiana. Details on date and procedures to be announced.
The notice calls a special election in Wabash Township Fountain County Indiana to determine by ballot whether intoxicating liquors shall be prohibited as a beverage. The document, dated July 11 1911, bears the signature of William B Gray Auditor Fountain County Indiana and appoints the voting precincts for the election.
A notice from Fountain County Indiana outlines an election on liquor sale prohibition within township limits. It cites a Board of Commissioners order and an auditor’s directive, dated July 11 1911, signed by Sheriff Robert H Kerr.
A compact quote-lean item notes a provocative belief that grimness signals virtue and piety fixes identity, with a sharp warning to distrust those who do not laugh. It resembles a New York Press sentiment about appearances and moral rigidity.
Rear Admiral Hugo Osterhaus commands the largest battleship fleet under the U S flag at Cape Cod. Twenty one battleships form the main fleet with armored cruisers under Rear Admiral Sidney A Staunton. The Atlantic torpedo fleet adds destroyers and submarines for over fifty fighting craft. Courses include night battles and shore landings. Osterhaus, Annapolis graduate 1870, retirement slated 1913.
Judge Elbridge Hanecy of Chicago represents William Lorimer before the senate committee probing alleged fraud in the Illinois senator election. A Republican with a long Chicago career, he has served on the Cook County bench, led arbitration boards in labor disputes, and was a Wisconsin native who moved to Chicago in 1869. He was admitted to the bar in 1874 and is sixty one years old.
Washington Times reports a cabinet officer recalling Leslie M. Shaw once secretary of the treasury. He was noted as frugal with apples on trips and preferred rooms over dining out, a habit observed by colleagues in the Roosevelt administration.
Public health guidance stresses infantile paralysis as a contagious germ disease spread through nasal discharge. Advice covers proper handkerchief disposal, thorough sterilization of nasal passages, hydrogen peroxide mouth and nose washes, avoiding street filth, not kissing, and keeping children clean year round.
The piece argues against excessive toys for newborns and urges gifts with lasting value. It promotes books, quality silverware, and artful pictures as treasures that mature with the child, creating lasting pleasure beyond infancy. It notes the joy of building a future library and meaningful heirlooms over fleeting playthings.
A New York East Side movement teaches boys domestic tasks such as baby care cooking dressmaking laundry and home hygiene to support mothers. Settlement workers predict nationwide adoption, arguing training in domestic economy will prepare sons to assist during wives absence and economic hardship.
A short admonition on choosing friends for a boy, urging parents to treat friends with respect and monitor home influence. It warns outside prestige masks character and encourages inviting friends home to observe associations, guiding refinement and conduct.
Mothers, don’t keep your tired moments for the evening. Rest in the afternoon if needed for you have important work later. Be ready to play games, sing, dance. Many perfect dancers have been made at home through proper clubs with drama society choir band lending library and ladies’ night.
The text describes tiny socks for a baby, noting their fine, intricate lacework and suggesting they would be attractive and usable if made from soft cotton in a crochet stitch. A skilled crocheter could reproduce them without a pattern.
The article notes fashionable ladies adopting divided skirts for swimming and sport, praising the modest, fuller cut created by deep plaits. Mohair serge silk and satin are used in bathing costumes, often trimmed with contrasting bands, with princess suits, girdles for high waist effects, and matching accessories like jerseys silk handkerchiefs and ornamental sandals.
Umbrellas and parasols now carry luck symbols from ivory animals to elephants, monkeys and cats. Black handles in enamel, wood, vulcanite, or ebony are popular, with parasols offering screwable handles for travel. The trend notes demand for mission candles and mushroom tops alongside portable, compact designs.
An advertisement touts Swamp Root as a cure for kidney disease and related symptoms. It promises curing inability to hold urine, frequent urination, and nocturnal awakenings, claiming rapid health restoration and offers free samples by mail from Dr. Kilmer & Co.
An advertisement touts Jericho Leaves as a remarkable natural laxative cured constipation. It claims the shrub from the Holy Land provides gentle cleansing without drugs, offers a palatable, breadlike product, and ships by mail from Buffalo New York with a 25 cent price and money back guarantee.
A London county council education committee report details a nearly 13 year old Peckham schoolboy who has learned only two or three letters in his life, cannot write or calculate, and is to be expelled from school. The note also cites a medical press use of the term dichotomy in illicit business and features two brief epigrams from London Hospital and St Augustine on friendship and suspicion.
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