A Clifton Sidelined by Summer Illness This Week
A. Clifton has been on the sick list this week due to a summer illness. No further details are provided.
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T. A. Clifton
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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1921
Page
5
Local notes from Covington and nearby towns
Local items report Vernon Babb visiting Melott. commissioners court to meet next Monday. updates on coal ads, hunting season, and travel notes. Residents include Mr and Mrs S V Wells in Indianapolis for G A R encampment. M Herzog back from Goshen. many court and civic references. weather, fires, and church notices appear among community news.
Long necked sea lizard of ancient oceans described
Detroit News recounts plesiosaurus dolichodeirus a long necked marine reptile from ancient seas. It had a duck like head, snake neck, four flippers, and a 60 foot body with a single tooth over a foot long. Its powerful jaws could snap through trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit News
Child of Professor’s Daughter Vanishes Then Reappears
Barbara, four, daughter of a professor, went missing in Indianapolis. Her father searched by car and streets, then found her walking toward the woods, clutching a small basket and asking where her mother and father were.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara
Chad
Prin
Indianapolis News
Not Exactly Reassuring Dialogue in Odd Dispatch
A garbled excerpt shows characters debating a medical procedure with distorted speech and scrambled phrases. Names and clear context are obscured, leaving a fragmented glimpse of a scene with an amused doctor and puzzled patient.
Merry Quips A Steady Aim
A humorous vignette notes Miss Catt aims to steady her husband with a playful target joke as Miss Nipp quips about making a target of him.
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Miss Catt
Mfe
Fair Resemblance inDialogue Exchange Over Celery
A light exchange features a boy named Walter and a shopper asking for celery with a quip about rhubarb as a humorous substitute. The brief scene highlights grocery humor and period speech.
Harness Shop Search Turns to Corsets in Louisville
A brief colloquial exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal notes the pursuit of a harness shop being redirected to corset shopping, reflecting local retail vocabulary and humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cimon
Louisville Courier-journal
News Sense. This paper says ic rain today.
The fragment hints at weather notes and a quip about newspaper choices. No clear names, dates, or events are readable to identify a specific report.
When a Man's Married Jokes on Domestic Life
Comic exchange about marriage with quips on men being incomplete before wedlock and the humorous notion that marriage finishes them. Source caption indicates light social humor from a period-era chatter.
Ink Cloud Exposes Hidden Details in Ocean Lore
A brief note describes a squid releasing a cloud of ink as a defensive display. The passage mentions odd markings called bevels on a plin, hinting at underwater signaling or navigation lore.
Gainful Occupations Mentioned in CE See
The exchange asks about current tabulations focusing on gainful occupations. The note then asks where poets should be listed, indicating a cataloging intention with regard to literary figures.
Quote on a Young Man as Ideal Son-in-Law
A snippet voices a wary view of the young man in question describing him as the kind of person fit for a son-in-law. The remark hints at social expectations and marital prospects in the culture of the period.
Not From His Viewpoint
In a fragmentary notice a local text cites a town's reputed beauty and a character voice exclaiming admiration. The snippet hints at a quotation reflecting social attitudes without clear context or attribution.
Job Loyalty Keeps Earnings Easy
A dialogue notes that steady work yields simple money as one person remarks on another sticking to his job. The exchange underscores regular pay as a straightforward path to income.
Motorist T Encounters Friend Last Week
A motorist named T ran into a friend last week and caused injuries. The incident is under review by authorities and no charges have been released at this time.
Positively Swell Lily Jimapseans New House is Pretty
Lily Jimapsean remarks on a new house described as very pretty with an artistic staccato tone. Anish comments accompany the statement in a playful mood.
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Lily
Unclear OCR Summary of a Historical Item
Fragmentary text describes a dialogic scene with names and actions but lacks clear events or identifiers. The few readable phrases hint at interpersonal tension and a request or plan, but concrete facts or outcomes are not established.
The Shock in Richmond Times Dispatch Section
The excerpt shows a dramatic moment as a daughter negotiates social activities with her mother. Dialogue hints at plans for a jazz dance and a prayer meeting, ending with the mother swooning in shock. The scene suggests a family dispute over propriety in public life.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Fragmented OCR Note Prompts Language Gaps
Reading of a damaged page shows garbled text about children and numbers with unclear meaning. The readable fragments hint at a discussion or oblique reference but lack concrete names dates places or events to identify.
Fragmented OCR Item from Local Page
Readable portions mention a person and an event with unclear details. No clear date, place, or organization is extractable. The text appears garbled and cannot confirm names or outcomes.
Unreadable prompt fragment on cause and effect
The text appears corrupted with garbled phrases and lacks discernible entities or a coherent event to summarize. No clear person, organization, or location is identifiable for a factual card.
Tet Wermin Overdressed Sparks Courier Journal Comment
A Louisville Courier Journal line notes Tet Wermin overdressed and remarks on her rarity as part of a light society quip. The item reflects playful cultural gossip from the period.
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Louisville Courier Journal
Apt Definition in a Neighborhood Tale
In a simple exchange a boy explains his neighbor’s mother is petty yet nice. He notes she pets her son and uses pet names, prompting his mother to question how kindness can mix with pettiness.
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Jack
Big Sister
Quite the Opposite Frost Piece Draws Sparse Audience
The reviewer notes a new piece titled frost last night which failed to engage the crowd as the audience dwindled to a thin turnout amid a quiet performance setting.
Long Distance Investment and Canal Stock Arrest
In a terse exchange the focus centers on an arrest for selling canal stock. The dialogue hints at miscommunication and distant investment schemes, with a bizarre aside about Mars. Details remain unclear, but the core event involves an arrest connected to canal stock trading and distant email offerings.
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Mars
Relativity Topic Sparks A Family Joke in Town
A conversation on Professor Einstein and relativity turns humorous as one man jokes his mother-in-law has long faced a kind of relativity conflict. The exchange shows light local wit about science arriving in the country.
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Professor Einstein
Poorly Equipped Remarks Spark Neighborly Curiosity
In a New York Sun excerpt, Muggins notes newcomers lack basic tools and items like a lawn mower, hose, stepladder, saw, fishing rod, ice cream freezer, and new books. He recalls attempting to borrow them the day after they moved in, prompting discussion on neighborly relationships.
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Muggins
New York Sun
Twobble accepts Grip ping apology in quirky exchange
In the Birmingham Age Herald a humorous exchange shows Mr. Twobble accepting Grip ping's apology. He notes he could not resist the spirit of contrition and quotes the ironic metaphor about a package of love and a corkscrew to move forward.
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Mr. Twobble
Birmingham Age- Herald
Climate Humidity Referenced In Baffling Quote
A humorous exchange recalls a man’s joke about his wife’s anger. Mr Meekton quips that the fear is not her temper but the humidity driving the mood. The light remark reflects weather talk shaping conversation.
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Mr. Meekton
Prospects Strike Gas At Perrysville
Gas flow began Friday afternoon at the Al White farm in Perrysville after a dynamite blast to jar loose the casing on a 500 foot drill. The six inch pipe roared a quarter mile away as workers cap and pressure gauge are planned to assess the gas volume and potential oil prospects.
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al White
Perrysville
White Farm
Danville
Indiana
Cape
Funeral for Charles W. Todd Held in Los Angeles
The funeral of Charles W. Todd, who died in Los Angeles, California last week, was held at Beulah Cemetery with services at 2 30 in the afternoon. The procession and attendees were noted at his residence in Attics.
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Charis W. Toad
Los Ansles
California
Armtronge Calvert
Stephen Randolph and Wife Visit Cavington for Week
Stephen Randolph and his wife visited Cavington for a week, marking a highlight in their travels. Local residents reported a warm reception and noted the couple explored area landmarks and enjoyed hospitality from the town.
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Stephen Randolph
Newtown
Cavington
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