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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1910
Page
2
Notice announces bids for three months supplies for the county asylum inmates including meat groceries dry goods and house furnishings. Estimates filed for inspection with the Auditor office bids due by noon with right to reject all bids. W B Gray Auditor.
Notice by the Board of School Trustees of Covington Indiana invites bids by 4 p.m. for the building construction of a brick school with stone trim, concrete footings, and a basement. Plans available in Covington or Todltanapolis offices. bidders must submit a 2 percent certified check and a written contract with bond. Completion targeted by September 1, 1910.
Justice David J. Brewer, long serving on the United States Supreme Court, has died. The veteran jurist, renowned for his conservative tenure and influence on constitutional law, passed away at his home. Details of funeral arrangements are expected to be announced by the court.
Supreme Court Justice David Josiah Brewer died at his Washington home after a brief decline from apoplexy. Appointed by President Harrison in 1889, he served more than twenty years and was known for strong constitutional views and forceful, incisive speech. He came from the prominent Field family active in church, state, and law.
Public auction in Cates Indiana on April 8 and 9 1910 begins at 1 PM and runs to 4 PM then 7 to 8 PM Friday and 10 AM to sale close Saturday The sale includes the late W A Summers General Merchandise Store goods such as drugs groceries and fixtures Cash on hand for amounts $5 or less Credit of nine months on sums over five dollars with note and security Notes bear 6 percent interest from date of maturity No removal before sale conditions observed Francis M Redenbaugh Administrator Auctioneer A Madden Attorney for Administrator.
Colonel Roosevelt met a group of Egyptian newspaper men in Cairo for a heart to heart session. He urged journalists to foster religious toleration while an Arab sheik pressed for public debate on interfaith harmony. Roosevelt concluded the gathering with a firm, approving address.
A fire at a coach house converted into a dance hall in Oekoerito Austria killed almost 400 people. The disaster stunned the village and left many missing. In other notes Pittsburg capitalists back a Geneva West Virginia tin plate plant to compete with United States Steel. H D McDonald of Chicago killed his bride during a Fairfield Iowa visit and then shot himself. The motive remains unclear.
Braze Coffing and wife stayed with daughter Mrs. Zeb Booe on their return to Covington. Mrs. Anna St Clair and Miss Lela were in Danville. Joe Glascock and daughter Enid traveled to Danville then Hoopeston. Tom French and Man Keller in Covington. Others visited Danville, Indianapolis, or Covington for work, exams, or events including a Billy Sunday excursion and a Junior Endeavor rubber coala gathering.
A public sale will be held at my barn in Covington on Saturday April 2 at 1 30 p m to auction the entire livery stock Including horses ten head buggies harnesses robes and related gear Nearly new sets and various wagons described Terms cash under five dollars and six month credit on larger sums with note and security Auctioneers A G Madden and Jacob Yerkes supervise sale of stock and gear including rubber blankets and smaller items All property remains onsite until removal and notes bear 8 percent interest if unpaid
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