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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1910
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Lane's Family Medic as a tonic laxative tea to clear the head ease back pain and restore strength. It claims to aid the stomach and bowels with a 25 cent price at druggists and dealers.
Frank J. Cheney of F J Cheney & Co sworn in Toledo Ohio offers one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The firm claims to act on blood and mucous surfaces and to provide testimonials. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Notice warns bids for a brick public school building in Covington Indiana will be opened at 4 p.m. at the secretary’s office. Plans by Foltz and Parker require a one story ten-room brick structure with basement and stone trim. Bids must include two percent certified check and be filed by deadline. contract and bond required. completion by September 1 1910.
Francis M. Redenbaugh as administrator offers the General Merchandise Store of the late W A Summers at public auction in Catee Indiana on April 8 and 9 1910. Sale begins 1 pm Friday with multiple sessions. goods include drugs dry goods groceries and fixtures. Payments cash for items up to 5 and notes with security for larger sums. notes bear 6 percent interest if unpaid. Auctioneer A G Madden and attorney B Rateliff noted.
A British regiment faced pet limits on troop ships. Tommy Atkins tried to bring a dog aboard Malta bound. The quartermaster forbade the dog but allowed a Maltese bird of paradise after a cheeky exchange with the sergeant.
A single Sheffield firm employs six workers with a combined 359 years at the company, averaging nearly 60 years each. Ages include two at 76, two at 75, one at 70 and one at 73. Three are cutters and three grinders, with three generations of the same firm represented among beach workers.
A fragment recalls a mother’s exclamation at a noisy scene as two children imitate piano keys with a white child on white keys and another on black, highlighting playful yet troubling racial undertones in a domestic setting.
Experts tested a manganese steel bank safe with 15 nitroglycerine charges. The final blast tipped the safe and peeled the door’s outer layer, but the inner door remained largely intact. Current methods seem ineffective against this design, suggesting continued burglar-proof status for now.
In a sharp exchange printed by the Cleveland Leader a man concedes and a woman asserts that a bromide about women having the last word is false and foolish. The banter ends with mutual acknowledgement.
Advertised premiums grant a five cent bear plush with each dollar of merchandise purchased, a straightforward offer at J Loeb’s Stores. The deal emphasizes value without uncertain or fictitious terms, presenting a simple incentive for shoppers.
Week ending April 6 1910 names J R Andis Fountain Samuel Inton A J Martin Voorhee Millikin Lon Traner. Advertised FP Boyd P M For Sale A five passenger auto good as new Will trade for stock Also a good pair of well broke 4 year old mules to sell RFE D 7 Robert Gobin.
Transactions filed for record by O S Douglass abstractor show deeds from A S Berlin to Nora F Berlin for 189 Veedersburg. Demira Simmons to John S Philpott for 10 acres in Jackson. Jacob R Keller to Noah R Myers for 50 acres in Jackson. John H Redden to E V Keller for lots 21-22 Stringtown. C Z McKenzie to Chas M Spencer for lots in Fountainville. John B Day Admiro Maria Day to 23 lots in Fountainville. Sarah E Peterson to Wm Fox for lot 2146 Attice addition. B F Crane to John F Spicer for 120 acres in Cain. Wm H Nolen to Samuel H Keller for 71 acres in Jackson. Cora E Ellis to Thos E Stucker for 26 acres in Van Buren. Letitia S Akers to Chas T Ward for 1 acre in Mill Creek. Leonard Wolfe et al to Giacomo Berto for several lots in Stringtown. Mary Tooker to John Tamlyn for 108 acres in Mill Creek.
Condensed statement of the Fountain Trust Company Covington Indiana as of March 31 1910. Resources include Loans and Discounts Bounds and Stocks Building Furniture and Fixtures plus cash on hand and amounts due from departments banks and trustees totaling 96621 48 dollars. Liabilities show capital stock surplus interest and other earnings along with demand and time deposits trust deposits and premium reserve on bonds totaling 96621 48 dollars. Statement sworn to by secretary J M Wilkey before Notary Hannibal C Yount on April 2 1910.
A short dramatic exchange shows Violet asking if prayers are answered and Mother responding with surprise. Violet questions punishment, suggesting praying for obedience would be easier, highlighting a domestic tension over discipline and faith.
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