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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1922
Page
7
A burr dwelling Miss Chestnut resents a chilly world outside her warm home. Jack Frost arrives yearly to prepare for Father Winter, but she blames him for her broken house and dismisses the visit as the sun returns, leaving her to reconsider the outside world.
Helen Ferguson, a versatile actress born in Decatur Illinois, writes and paints alongside acting and has climbed to the peak of her career in a late popular production. She began picture work in Chicago about six years ago.
The manager of a summer hotel refuses loud ads and instead jokily proclaims that the only radio is an echo in his place. He says he has spread the word among potential patrons and now there is not a vacant room in the house.
The text traces the figure of Saint Winifred known as Gwenfrewi in Welsh tradition, recounting legends of beheading, the spring at her martyrdom, and medicinal well stones. It discusses name variants, popularity in Britain, and related charms including beryl talismans said to influence amiability, love, and legal fortune. Friday is cited as a lucky day and numbers as lucky.
The piece argues that good manners require prompt responses to invitations debts and letters. It criticizes indifference and procrastination as signs of poor breeding and cites examples of excuses for delaying replies. It highlights a busy young woman who changes habit by answering promptly to avoid overdue correspondence.
A poetic notice describes festive autumn scenes with harvests and bright foliage. The tone evokes seasonal cheer as nature adorns mountains and trees in resplendent colors signaling celebratory days ahead. The piece is attributed to McClare Newspaper Syndicate.
The article explains wood alcohol differs from beverage alcohol in its metabolism. It remains in the body longer and forms formic acid and formaldehyde, attacking the brain and organs. Even small doses, like two teaspoonfuls, can cause blindness or death.
Stains may be removed from copper or brass ash trays by applying a little denatured alcohol with a brush.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript quotes a reader describing someone who finishes others sentences and listens quickly, illustrating social tension over conversational habits.
A collection of brief items includes a cheeky remark on absent mindedness from Swift via a Boston Transcript note, a Wichita survey showing women in Wichita Kansas buy eight to ten hats yearly, and ads for Cuticura skin care and Red Cross Ball Blue bluing.
An old advertisement touts Nujol as a natural lubricant for constipation. It argues pills and salts cause permanent injury, promotes Nujol as non medicated, gentle, non groiping, resembling nature's own lubrication, and claims physician prescription and hospital use.
A York Beach party of bathers on a rainy morning walked from cottages to the beach with open umbrellas. Vacationists watched the procession as the bathers prepared for the dip, noting the irony of carrying umbrellas to remain dry while about to be drenched.
A Washington Star quip notes a young woman obsessed with a garden and pickles. The anecdote, attributed to an unnamed observer, parodies the idea of seeking pickle seeds in a seed shop. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is humorously asked to take note.
The Boston Transcript quotes a patient named Boggs asking for medical help. The doctor replies he cannot do anything for that condition, highlighting a grim exchange about incurable illness.
Judge questions if the rumor about a Wombat owning a decanter once owned by General Lafayette contains any factual basis. The brief exchanges hint at a curiosity about provenance but no confirmation.
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