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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1897
Page
7
Indiana news digest reports the Commercial club of a city hosted a dinner for ex President Harrison with 100 guests. Toasts featured Harrison on No Mean City and other speakers including Si Sherin R S Taylor John L Griffith James Whitcomb Riley and Angus Allmond.
Fire at Shoals Indiana damages Johnsons grocery store post office and several businesses and residences including a drugstore poultry house sawmill and three Mercer buildings. Odd Fellows building spared with total losses exceeding 10100.
The Warren Review, published at Williamsport, was sold Monday by Thos Clifton for 3500 and immediate possession was given. Clifton founded the paper and built it to a profitable footing. His future plans are undetermined, but The Republican hopes for prosperity. Letcher is described as a practical newspaper man.
Community items recount fence work by Wm Cheezum and Jack Keller, Mrs. Wm Sanders health, grass seeding by G W Boughner, and Cy Henderson living with sister Ann Hughes.,Foster merchants bustle with trade in Riley’sburg, Dan Gowdy birthday, exam recipients Lews Boughner Millard Beckett Robert Smith Jessie Romine, and celebrations for Lucinda Fulton and Mrs McClelland aged 80.
San Francisco dispatch reports E. J. Baldwin granted Hibernia bank a mortgage of $85,000 covering the Baldwin hotel property and multiple California and Los Angeles assets with 6 1/2 percent interest due in one year. An assignment of rents secures interest on several loans, bringing his bank mortgage total to about $1,670,000. Baldwin says the loan funds payment of obligations and denies bankruptcy rumors, adding net unencumbered property could support further borrowing if needed.
Charles Boyer, returning from his farm by Independence on the way to a circus, reports seeing a large bald eagle that swooped down and carried off a young lamb. He watched the bird rise and drift away toward the Pine Creek bluffs, the lamb’s bleating fading as the eagle vanished.
Emma Lucas of Sterling visited Miss Coffeen with Beatrice Mitcher and Ethel Trimble of West Lebanon. Vert Villars entered school from Warren county. Louis Boughner Millard Beckett and Vert Villars passed common school graduation exams. Visitors included Will Dochterman Gertrude Hail Daisy Tipton Fletcher Boyd Clark Prather Victor Dunn. The Athletic Association expects County Field Day support from Attica Hillsboro Yeddo Wallace and Kingman. China themed exercises featured a debate on Li Chang Hung versus Confucius with Lov Deflayen Livingston Nellie Gardner Howard Myer.
When your watch or clock goes wrong or jewelry needs repair contact W F Evans at the Temperance Billiard parlor west side of town square for guaranteed satisfaction Bucklen 8 salve cures cuts bruises sores ulcers tetter chapped hands and skin eruptions including piles money back if not satisfied sold by Lee Allen med 9 Oh lyr
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