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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
3
The frock uses futurist silk in moss green tones for the coatee and skirt with a white epanse tunic. White crochet bill buttons trim the coat and skirt, while machine embroidery drapes over the shoulders. Buttoned walking boots accompany the ensemble.
An article speculates on post reign professions for queens including nursing teaching and the arts. It mentions England’s queen potential dairy work and manuals for children, dowager Mary as Shakespeare lecturer, Elizabeth of Belgium with a Leipzig medical degree, and several queens noted for caregiving and dramatic writing.
The article notes a vivid display of color in parasols for 1913 with bold original shapes. Tassels of faded silk adorn handles as Paris declares this style grand chic. Paris also mandates gloves after last winter's lapse, favoring natural color and long suede mousquetaire gloves with abbreviated sleeves.
A woven cord Cape Cod grass rug offers durable water resistant flooring for lawns and verandas. The fiber comes in soft colors creating a parquet like effect and protects guests from dampness without moisture damage. Also available are French porch fiber rugs in oval octagonal or elliptical shapes with openwork scallop borders in various sizes.
The article notes a rising trend in sleeping outdoors and describes a knit cloth cap with a head and cheek covering plus a neck cape. It features colored silk binding and a silk tie under the chin to secure warmth and comfort.
A leghorn hat features a bowl shaped crown fully covered in Darrow plaited pink frills. Two large pink roses adorn each side of the wide brim, creating a decorative and feminine summer fashion piece.
The piece recalls France during the siege of Paris when zinc globes carried letters were dropped into the Seine. German forces halted this postal trick by blocking the river with a net. A fisherman later found 300 letters dated December 1870, which were delivered to recipients years later by the postal authorities.
A list of real estate deeds filed for record in Fountain County listing transfers by O S Douglass and agents. From Attica Rice Station Veedersburg Veedersburg Veedersburg areas show prices from 30 to 4500 dollars. Names include Henry High Ele Stansbury Geo Hancock Wm Lawson John Livengood AB Grimes D M Wilkinson and Geo W Deer.
The notice urges timely submission of news for publication as Wednesdays and Thursdays are busy and press runs on Thursday afternoon. Submissions made on Wednesday afternoon or Thursday may not be printed.
A new Wabash time card takes effect Monday detailing east bound and west bound adjustments. Eastbound trains Nos 84 2 and 28 shift earlier by minutes with No 84 from 7:52 to 7:48 am No 2 from 1:40 to 12:24 am No 28 from 6:20 to 6:02 am Westbound Nos 2 and 9 move earlier to 1:42 am and 7:48 am. Towpath morning service from Attica to Covington runs 8:00 am 8:56 am and 10:50 am with return 11:40 am. afternoon trips depart Attica 4:05 pm reach Covington 4:45 pm depart 4:50 pm return 5:45 pm Advertise your wants in the Republican for results.
Royal Academy visitors witnessed a bold scene as a young woman atop a ladder smoked during paint touch ups. Attendant and council urged her to stop, citing insurance and rules, and she faced ejection if she persisted. Artists resumed work with wary glances toward the risk spot.
Two wealthy Americans, W. K. Vanderbilt and Frank Jay Gould, invest in France. Vanderbilt sinks an artesian well at Poissy while Gould buys estates at Maisons-Lafitte, spending two million on farms and a grand Roman fishpond with a vast water sheet, three conservatories, and luxury garden features for family use.
A visitor notes this Berlin club trains members in every duel form and ceremony from rapier use to pistol killing, with masked opponents protected by pads against asphalt bullets. The class covers all duel phases except insults and moving picture duels for cinema crews.
A Chicago News note discusses Sir James Murray's pursuit of evidence for the dictionary terms tool and touch and the Franklin attribution that man is a toolmaking animal. It notes no earlier use of in touch with before 1884, when a notable figure popularized the phrase.
Mrs. D L Kenney credits Dr Hobsons Eczema Ointment with curing a tetter that troubled her over fifty years. The ad claims the ointment removes burning itching and smarting skin disease and directs readers to Pfeiffer Chemical Co for purchase.
A farm residence owned by Cyrus Evans near Hedrick and occupied by John Clark burned Sunday at about one o clock due to a defective flue in the loft. The upper part was engulfed before discovery but neighbors helped save most on the first floor belongings. Mrs Clark and family escaped with nothing from the upper rooms.
Trustee Henry Lawson invites bids for multiple classes of goods to be delivered to Kingman Indiana. Bids must cover all checked items, include form 10 affidavits, and be secured by bond for one year. Submissions due by 2 pm, July 31, 1913, at the trustee’s office in Fountain County.
Classified notice to bidders from the trustee of Fulton Township Fountain County Indiana announces bids accepted at the trustee's office in Cates until 8 o'clock p m on a date not fully legible. The fragment indicates a formal bidding deadline and official body inviting bids.
The notice requires bidders to describe articles clearly and cover all items in a class. Bids may cover multiple classes, transport prepaid, and damaged goods fixed at bidder cost. Bonds secure contracts, valid one year, with Form No. 10 affidavit. Dated July 14 1913 Joe Starkey Trustee Fulton Township Fountain Ind 7-25-13.
By virtue of an order of the Fountain Circuit Court in Vacation the undersigned administratrix of the estate of Will P Reed deceased will on auction private sale personal property as directed by the court.
Beginning ten oclock a m and day by day thereafter until sold offer for sale at private sale at the late residence of the decedent five miles southeast of Covington and three miles west of Veedersburg Indiana. Personal property includes Mare Bird horse Dan Bailey Sam Dave cows Cherry Nigger calves cider mill barrels corn wheat potatoes and farm implements with one year credit and 6 percent interest plus attorney fees or cash option.
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