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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
6
The Covington Gun Club staged its first registered shoot on Tuesday April 14 drawing a large crowd on ideal grounds. Lee Barkley led professionals with 178 and Dr Hicks led amateurs with 91 as 6 pros missed only 77 of 1200 targets. Local marksmen and visitors praised the event promising a larger two day summer hammer.
Scores soared as Barkley drilled 178 straight and 197 of 200 birds while Cadwallader of Decatur and Dr. Hicks excelled among amateurs. Veteran John Deitrich at 72 displayed solid form in a 184 total as the event highlighted Covington as an ideal trap shooting venue with strong management and a bright summer outlook.
Easter services are announced with a 10 o clock Bible School program of song and recitation funded for Foreign Missions. At 11 the pastor speaks on The Uplifting Power of the Resurrection followed by choir numbers. Evening concert at 7 30 features a sermon on Forgetting Death. Obvious invitations and painter advertising conclude the piece.
Daniel Glascock of Veedersburg died Friday at age 82 after a three week illness with grip. He was a longtime Cain township resident, born Feb 7 1826, and survived by three children and two brothers. Funeral held Sunday, his wife Elzada Campbell Glascock having died in 1907. He and family lived on the farm where he grew up near Veedersburg. Additional notes mention local ads and visits from neighbors lingering in the column.
Acy Oblinger of Crossport appears among Wednesday callers. Local ads tout white shirts from 98c, lace curtains, and ManZan Pile Remedy at 50c. John Mathews and Ethel Wyant of Clinton wed in county clerk’s office. Arbor days proclaimed for April 24 and October 23. Federal Petit Jury panel named from local residents for Indianapolis May 5.
S A Inlow and Mayor Reed visited Tuesday with local officials. Laura McClure of New Town caller in, while O P Lewis improves enough to wear a shoe. Archibald Nickum, about 60, dies near Perrysville. funeral Saturday at Perrysville cemetery. August Lind, Danville police, shot while shadowing suspects and dies at St Elizabeth. DeWitts Little Early Risers sold locally.
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