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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1905
Page
4
A South Bend Times summary notes a speech urging accountability for national missteps and calling on young men to seize chances to improve minds and morals. The speaker warned that a price must be paid for wrong doing and stressed the demand for strong, honest leaders in public life.
Governor Hanly’s hometown speech offers blunt lines on virtue and governance. He states he values a boy’s smile over votes, condemns graft, and urges moral fibre and strict law enforcement. He notes a rising public conscience and hope for improvement.
The Reflector issued a creditable Easter edition under Superintendent Whittaker. The two colored paper featured numerous solid articles highlighting the influence of such periodicals in its sphere.
The St Louis Southern Railway completed a double tracked high level bridge over the Mississippi at Thebes costing 3,500,000 and three years of labor. The bridge features fixed through and cantilever spans and opens for traffic last Monday.
During the recent contest over the clerkship of the State Board of printing the editor of this paper was a prominent candidate. Two or three of Fountain county's office prominent politicians engaged in hard knocking, knowing the result could not come to Fountain county if not to them. They enjoyed it yet harmed no one, exposing their pusillanimous makeup.
Various society items and notices including J P Henson’ s Sunny Side Dairy debut May first in Covington, a Waynetown horse show June 1, an onion bed of J A Sanders in Fountain county, a sea voyage second excursion to Indianapolis, Eva Nebeker finishing the Indiana Medical College year, and a moral reflection on poverty tied to integrity and reputation.
The editor expresses sincere gratitude to newspaper friends and fellow craftsmen and many state friends for kind expressions and well wishes from the recent clerkship contest. It notes such kindness offsets petty jealousy and shows how small are those driven by envy.
James Slim advertises storage services at the Trader's Exchange with care during the summer and reasonable rates. The item also notes visits by Mies Ethel Morrow of Paxton Illinois to Jacob Wirths and family, and Mrs E W Richeson and children visiting Ronoke and returning.
Chicago dispatch notes Alton B Parker resembles Grover Cleveland in not realizing his death. It remarks that about 40 million citizens share this view and includes a separate item about Walter Martin of Crawfordsville, a young man nearing twenty weighing 490 pounds and rapidly gaining weight, now ill and wearing custom clothing and shoes.
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