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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1919
Page
1
The city council accepted Fine Bones bid for reinforced concrete pavement on Fifth Street after comparing four sections. Total bid 41 1 1 below estimate, amid protests by property owners over high material and labor costs.
Rev George W Woolsey drove a bride and groom from Covington across the Indiana Illinois line in a Ford touring car during a rainstorm to wed. Archie E Brewer 24 and Hat tie B Hull 16 used an Indiana license, eloping after first visiting 518 Robinson St. The couple, a Covington farmer and veteran, plan to make their home in Covington.
Former Fountain county circuit judge Isaac E. Schoonover has shown a slight improvement after two weeks as a hospital patient at St. Elizabeths in Danville. Doctors believe recovery is assured and anticipate his return home within a week. Ed Francis and family will move into the Ryan home next week.
I. T. Sellars, owner and manager of the Lyric, reports top quality films like Eyes of the World and The Heart of Humanity shown recently. He urges support for high class pictures, notes weekly $5 giveaway on Tuesdays, and promises a fine coming program amid hot weather and fans at the theater.
A Sunday blaze destroyed about eight acres of meadow on the Dunlap farm west of town and damaged twenty shocks of wheat. A cigarette discarded by an employee is suspected as the start. Separate fires on Wednesday involved the Sproson Wilson and Sentman farms, with barns endangered, four loads of bundles burned, and one horse badly burned. total losses around $500.
Miss Lura Spinning of Gray's department store is taking her vacation this week.
Albert T. Hughes prominent Vermillion county farmer died at Lakeview hospital at 7:40 AM Monday from general sepsis caused by gangrenous appendix. Born November 12, 1870, in Vermillion county, he lived near Gessie all his life. Funeral held at Hopewell church with interment at Hopewell cemetery.
Col Sam Sincere a Danville Illinois hotel man drove with his family and brother in law from Chicago to Covington. On the return he took the wrong road wandered about ten miles into Warren County and Baltimore Hill before being guided back to Danville by farmers. The mishap is joked about by his friends who know the countryside well.
Sunday afternoon Covington plans a matchup at Decatur Illinois against Georgetown with six Covington players Martin Murrin Cates Hershbeel Holder and Merryman in the lineup.
Ernest Browning, a Danville resident, was arrested in Covington after Lee Cotton drove Miss Louisa Stetser to town for a cinema outing. Browning allegedly produced a $10 bill from his sock during questioning, with the purse containing $10.25 missing. Browning remained jailed as the case proceeded.
Leslie Douglas, member of the 128th engineers and a Covington resident, arrived home Wednesday evening from the service. He received his discharge at Camp Sherman after eighteen months in the army including a year in France building roads and bridges for American troops. He is glad to be back home.
A group of Miss Louise Ryan and Miss Bernadine Smith friends held a farewell picnic at the Country Club north of town Tuesday. Ryan plans to move to Indianapolis with her parents this week while Smith will go to Oklahoma City to attend school this winter. The pair will be greatly missed in Covington. James Zanes and family visited Covington Tuesday.
The writer describes a western journey through rough mountain roads in Virginia and West Virginia and detours in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They recount near-mits, a rocky ditch, a ferry crossing, and memories of Gettysburg. They praise Covington and the Mound, share hopes for sending snapshots to Los Angeles and Father, and thank their cousins for kindness.
Evansville purchased a $50,000 pipe organ that played a central role in the Centenary Celebration. The instrument weighs about eight tons and covers roughly 900 square feet. It was sold for $30,000 and was to be shipped to Evansville last week. Audiences praised its powerful contribution to the musical program.
Mrs Hubert Rodgers of Detroit Michigan visits her parents Mr and Mrs John Menefee. Her sister Mabel and Edith who had been visiting her accompany her here.
Four occupants escape death after a high speed crash on the Dixie highway four miles west of Foster. The Maxwell car veered into a fence and damaged the north truss of a bridge, with one girl badly injured. They were transported to a Danville garage for care. Carelessness and fast driving cited as causes.
A strong afternoon storm caused major losses north of Attica and light damage in Attica. A barn on Ed Hughes farm burned after a lightning strike, with 25 tons of hay and gear destroyed and two cows and four calves saved by Mrs. Miles. Gus Swanson farm straw stack also struck. Mrs Sable house in Attica took a chimney hit with plaster damage, while Will Thompson family remained unharmed at supper.
The ladies of St Joseph Catholic Church invite everyone to an ice cream social on the parsonage lawn Wednesday evening August 6th. All are welcome to attend.
The Covington fair will run September 2 to 5 this year. An automobile will be awarded as in past years, drawing a crowd to the event.
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