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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1922
Page
5
Local note list covers theater ads in Covington and nearby towns. Various social items include guests, family visits, and road work progress. Community events mention Old Settlers at Yeddo, a lecture by Dr Arnett in Lafayette, and a trip for a Bar Association meeting.
Mrs Elwin Winks and children stay with grandmother Mrs Ellen Black and aunt Miss Leola Black. Kenneth Carpenter tours the southwest then heads to Indianapolis and Ohio to visit his mother. Belle Wood of Lafayette, formerly Newtown, visits, a former local teacher. The Gambril family from Whiting visit relatives near Silverwood. Hoopeson resident Mannen Arter returns home after visits, and Mr and Mrs James Suly plan an eastern car trip to Niagara Falls. Nearby residents Ida Courant and W B Coleman visit Covington relatives. Mabel Ogel visits cousin Mrs Dede Washburn in Lafayette before returning home.
A London Daily Mail correspondent notes national art stores are not insured against fire or theft. Premiums on artworks in the National Gallery British Museum Victoria and Albert Museum would be enormous, so galleries remain uninsured. Officials say high security and fire prevention systems mitigate risk.
A child misleads a visiting minister about family size, saying seven siblings to hide a mother's poverty of having only one child. The mother, surprised by the answer, later questions the child. The anecdote, from Everybody's Magazine, illustrates delicate social pretenses.
An elderly Australian adventurer, ninety four, famed for turning bagpipes to use in danger. After Eureka stockade capture he joined Victoria police and helped seize bushranger Jewboy. He later led an expedition to seek Leichardt traces and famously calmed 200 hostile natives with the pipes as the party retreated.
George C Chappell, author of The Cruise of the Kawn, rises in prominence on the strength of his spoof South Sea Island epic. He lectures on what he forgot to include and wears a polo helmet he calls the original Marco Polo helmet from the first chukka.
A Birmingham Age-Herald joked about a driving arrest where the suspect claimed the name Paul Revere while allegedly speeding and reckless driving. The officer suspects a false alias as no such name appears in the city directory.
A girl in the telephone office warns the chief clerk that new rules are needed or she will resign. The clerk shrugs, saying you cannot work with electricity without being shocked.
In Indiana a city known for political scraps reveals a budding nine year old politician. His father reads aloud reelection of the superintendent of schools Mrs. Tsuperintendent, sparking the boy to ask which ticket they ran on.
J B notes the amateur gardener's worry about pulling up surprising volunteers that appeared without being planted. The Boston Transcript quotes the caution that misidentifying plants can lead to hesitation in removing unexpected growth.
A New York Sun quip recalls an old timer claiming drought hardships in the early 1970s with hyperbolic corn yields, saying his crop once produced 18 acres per bushel. The remark frames drought fears through a colorful rustic anecdote.
Regular service at Coal Creek led by Rev Carter last Wednesday after Young People meeting. Families and neighbors visited and hosted dinners in Kingman Manford Monroe Davis and wife Edith Lindley and Janette and Genaveve Datis dined with the Davises. Legion and Auxiliary plan an ice cream supper August 5 with a quilt drawing. Ladies host ice cream social August 11 with a no admission program. Fishermen Geo Watt and Frank Bowman report 25 and 15 pound catfish. Community updates include travels, visitors, and ongoing moving pictures drawing crowds.
Mrs. Mahsin Burrs of Savanna Missouri recounts using Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy to cure flux and dysentery years apart. She says a few doses relieved a second bout and she has recommended it to many others as a quick and positive bowel cure.
John McCurry and wife of Danville and Mrs Betson of Atlanta were visiting friends here Wednesday. Mrs Clara Sapp has returned home from a few weeks with the Frank Marlatt family. John DuPriec and family of Gessie spent Sunday with Leslie Dunlaps. Geo Watt was a business caller in Darville this week.
Mr Vaughan, a farmer, explains how pedigreed seed corn he stored in a gunny sack hung from a roof was destroyed by rats. He found five dead rats the next morning and attributes the loss to the rodents. RAT-SNAP is advertised in three sizes 35¢ 65¢ and $1.25 by Mayer Hardware Co Covington Adv.
A public sale will be held at the seller's residence at the corner of Union and Fourth streets Covington on Saturday August 5 1922 at 1 30 p m. The lot includes chaise household and kitchen furniture all practically new and in good condition. Terms announced at sale. Hiram Keller Col A G Madden Auctioneer.
E ARTER Miss Madge Cadwalader of Danville was weekend guest of Miss Ruby Bright in this city. Miss Josephine Taylor of Hillsboro spent weekend with Miss Elizabeth Latourette. Mr and Mrs Roy Casey hosted guests from Chicago over the weekend. ETHEL CLAYTON quoted on The Price of possession. Frank Bilsland of Chicago motored to Covington Sunday to vacation with his brother Mrs Belle Bilsland.
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