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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1913
Page
4
Rates listed for different contract durations and ad lengths. References to metabase electros at 6 cents per inch and local rate of 8 cents per line for a single insertion, 5 cents per line for additional insertions. Mentions second class matter status at Covington Ind post office.
Thomas Haupt and George L Royse of Perrysville visited Troy Encampment No. 85 Monday night. A lost red female foxhound named Ribbin with four white feet is missing and information leading to its finding should be reported to C A Cheney for a reward. Owen Butcher and others traveled to Veedersburg for a high school debate between Veedersburg and Kingman. Residence for sale on Crocket street four or seven rooms. cash or time. O S Douglass and Frank Huigel and wife of Winfield Kansas attended the funeral of Mrs Christiana Keller. Mr and Mrs T E Rainier were called to Lafayette by telephone regarding the critical illness of Rainier's mother in hospital there. Her death is anticipated.
Mrs Win Walker, a graduate of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music, teaches piano theory and harmony. The spring term has just opened at the incorporated Society of Musicians and Trinity College, London.
The new school building will be turned over to the board the last of the week. The grades will occupy the same about the first of May and get adjusted before the end of the school year.
Nebelfer purchases a new Overland car, tired of walking to the farm. The April term of the circuit court opens Monday and will be the last before a three week longer summer vacation under a new law. There will be three terms of court with four extra vacation weeks this year. A Presbyterian Sunday school play at the high school, The Dust of the Earth, is praised as a success with clever points and well performed roles. A good crowd attended and a neat sum was realized.
Rev. Owen Wright, Methodist pastor and noted speaker, spoke in Hillsboro under the Men's Movement program and has been asked to preach the Hillsboro High School graduation baccalaureate sermon. The committee should consider him for the decoration speech as well.
A Van Wert Ohio resident, M. H. McCoy, testifies that Dr Kihner’s Swamp-Root cured years of kidney and liver trouble, nervous prostration, and general ill health after other doctors failed. He declares the remedy the greatest in the world and confirms the affidavit of his statement before Notary A. C. Gilpin on July 18, 1909.
Covington Indiana firm D. J. Young & Co asks customers to place orders soon to ensure timely delivery of silos. The Christian Endeavor hosts a free social at the Presbyterian church Monday at 7:30 pm, inviting all. A reception for the new school opening follows with an arranged program. Hazel Martin visits home during spring vacation before returning to Oxford Ohio to finish the school year.
Dr A L Spinning opened a brief First Aid course for Boy Scouts and named two weekly sessions. The class meets Mondays at 7 30 PM and the Scouts are preparing for outdoor work.
The M. F. church outlines next Sunday's schedule with morning sermon on The Christian's Calling. In the evening Rev. D. C. Co. Burn of Zanesville Ohio will preach, with the Men's Chorus singing as usual. All welcome.
During her final illness she welcomed prayer from visiting ministers and prayed God would take her to her heavenly home. She died April 16 1913 aged 86 years 6 months 19 days. She leaves daughter Mrs Josephine Welch two sons Frank Hugel of Kansas and John Keller of Covington nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Those living out of town at services were Frank Hugel Winfield Kansas Mrs Geo Carey and daughter Monmouth NL and Mrs Chas McCabe Crawfordsville.
Analysis of water from a city hydrant after floods shows no odor or color, clear turbidity and sediment. Free ammonia .0220, albuminoid ammonia .0100, nitrates .0900, nitrites .0001, chlorine 2.4, hardness 280. Colon bacilli none. City supply deemed good by H G Barnard chemist Ind State Bd of Health.
Announcement urges buyers to act now with cement priced as low as any in the country. Claims two leading brands are available at exceptional value and urges immediate purchase before further increases.
Experienced fruit growers welcome a likely big crop this year as favorable weather boosts prospects. Insects pose the only threat, and widespread spraying could yield as much and as high quality as two years ago according to the Tribune.
Ice made from distilled water offered by Henry Peters. Pure product advertised with contact phone 128 for orders.
Bean Phobus, a steam shovel operator at stripping in the Big Four pits across the river, suffered a serious accident Tuesday afternoon when his heavy heel was ground in by running machinery. His wound required dressing and will keep him from work for a long time. The shoe heel wedged in the gear, delaying liberation until careful extraction.
A Riverside style letter promotes Dr Kilmer Co Swamp Root from Binghamton New York. The ad invites readers to request a sample bottle and a booklet on kidneys and bladder by writing to Kilmer Co. It notes bottles priced fifty cents and one dollar at drag stores and urges mentioning Covington Weekly Republican.
Strawberry plants from the best varieties for sale. Plants ready for setting. Leave orders at Merrymas Bros. meat market. Read all the ads. It pays.
Johanna Christiana Laessker born Sept 27 1826 in Saxony. She emigrated to America on April 19 1852, settled in Chicago where she married Jacob Huegel and had five children. Widowed in 1860 she later married Stephen Keller and had a son John. She moved to Covington about 1854 and remained active in Lutheran and German United Brethren churches.
Miss Kate Mason and Prof. Carl Wright of Kingman visited old friends and classmates. The river is receding as workmen rebuild the approach to the east bridge, while residents clean yards and gardens after the weather. The high school play The Deacon's Second Wife will run Saturday evening at the opera house. Carl Carpenter reports telephone lines nearly restored after the storm and Ben Davidson remains in town for the census.
The report lists residents shifting locations and travel plans. Curtis Hicks sits on the west side and Wm Hay with family relocate to Gessie. Mrs Weatdah returns to South Haven after a burial. Danville and Decatur trips noted for visits. schools set to close next week as young masters await release.
The Fountain County Council will hold a special session at the County Auditor's office in Covington Indiana beginning at 10 o'clock. The notice calls residents to attend and participate in the meeting.
Government official William B. Gray issues a public notice dated April 28 1913 outlining the May 5 1913 meeting to appropriate funds and arrange for cattle related expenditures and flood damaged bridges and trades and any other necessary business. Fountain Counts.
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