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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1901
Page
3
Brief architectural news notes capture sharp quips about design trends, material choices, and urban interventions. The items highlight new buildings, siting tweaks, and stylistic tensions with a concise, wry voice.
A bustling page of social notices and ads from Covington and nearby towns reports visitors from Danville and Indianapolis, new shop offerings, wallpaper and lace curtains, clothing and shoes sales, and local business notes. It mentions real estate moves, post visits, and forthcoming sales plus a fiction of local commerce and personal updates.
A large crowd attended Covington’s season opener at the Presbyterian church on Monday evening. The saxophone solo by Leslie Spence and recitations by Mr. LaHote drew strong applause, as did Miss Bruce’s songs. The band generously donated proceeds to the church.
Last Saturday evening a disturbance erupted on the public square as Amel Franklin attacked Jake Watson with a knife after a quarrel. The scuffle drew in a clerk and the marshal, with Walt Mezinnes jailed after a drunken outburst and Pat McMahon enforcing order. The incident ended without a fatal blow, while a local ad promotes Bailey's Laxative Tablets as a health aid.
Mrs. John Ridge of Danville was cloroformed and robbed by burglars Monday night. They took a pocketbook small change and left six dollars missing from trouser pockets. Police have no clues as to the perpetrators while Mr Ridgely of Standard Oil had seventy five dollars in the house. Veedersburg High School plans commencement tonight at Kerr Purnell’s opera house feature seven graduates and an expanded program.
The county reports reveal total relief spending for the year with Troy Township leading in expenditures though counterbalanced by the number of aided cases. Details include 40 inmates at the county asylum costing 3552.42, per capita 83.76, and across townships aid totaling 3008.85, with various district figures and a note that reform laws shifted relief funding to township accounts.
The Republican recalls the arrival of a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Stacey Heys and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Fred Layton. Ed Vanieer visits Indianapolis to see his sister Mrs. Sid Walker and meets Fred Lang, who served in the Cuban war. Lang, recently released from service, now works for Ambrose Moore.
Sunday night during a heavy wind storm Ebe Laird of Cain town suffered a loss when a feed rack covered with straw blew over onto three cows, smothering them. The cattle were reported as fine stock and the event left Laird and the community feeling the weight of fate.
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