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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1898
Page
7
Through tickets to Alaska offered by Deares agent Clover Leaf Route with routes via San Francisco or Portland at low rates. Full particulars available upon application to C. Jenkins General Passenger Agent Toledo Ohio.
Dining car service now operating on the Wabash will add a supper car to train No. 4ac Cedar Rapids at 7 26 p m beginning September 1. The car will serve Montpelier en route, with arrival time at Montpelier listed as pm.
An early 20th century notice offers a free booklet titled Be fore Baby is Born detailing how to ease childbirth fears and prepare for motherhood. It is paired with practical guidance on gravel road maintenance including laborer duties, regular patrols after rain, drainage, and weed and hedge upkeep.
A. Dana’s Civil War memoirs appear in McClure’s April issue with Lincoln and cabinet portraits. The magazine also offers four new short stories, Anthony Hope’s Rupert of Hentzau installment, and Hamlin Garland’s Wall Street romance retold from new material. Grain-O drink advertisement and No-To-Bac tobacco cure appear amid the content.
Indiana items report Boone county Democratic convent ion set for April 9 and politics in Delaware county with regulars and bolters at odds. Elkhart council backs McKinley Spanish policy while Tenth district chairmen fix May 1 congressional convention date. Durrett of Rockville recovers from a bullet injury and may join Indianapolis team this season. New Richmond incorporates a company with 34000 capital to start a canning factory. Breant wagon works in Jay county suffers major loss. Railroads in Jackson and Lawrence counties incur heavy decd losses. Attiva builds a new water works plant costing 150. New item notes Singham Young in Warren county preserves a haystack memento.
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promising a cure for a cold in one day. It claims druggists will refund the money if the treatment fails. Contains typical early 20th century phrasing and price codings.
A vintage ad urges mothers to keep Carter's Herbal Ointment on hand for boys prone to sprains burns and bruises. It claims it treats all skin diseases with instant relief and notes one application often suffices with a 25 cent price from Lee Allen.
A new Indiana statute fines noncompliance at one to 225 dollars and may add ten days in county jail or workhouse for denying poll takers information on voters in a district. The measure targets boarding houses and hotel keepers. Hustling meals disrupt traveler's digestion while Carter's Cascara Pills are promoted as a cure for indigestion.
Travel bargains to Seattle Portland Tacoma Spokane Helena Butte Garrison and other Pacific Northwest and California points at very low through Clover Leaf route fares. Choose route beyond St Louis with through tourist and palace sleepers at small extra cost. Contact nearest agent or C C Jenkins Toledo Ohio.
Travel notes highlight a Clover Leaf route through Kas, Neb, Mo, N Mex, Utah, Tex, Tenn, Ind, Ok, Ore, Ark, Ala, Miss with stop overs and a Toledo agent. Carter’s Cascaro Cordial advertised for dyspepsia and constipation at 25c to 50c. Cascarets promote clean blood for skin beauty with ten cent to twenty five cent prices and druggist guarantees.
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