Local News Highlights from Covington Area Visitors and Plans
Salt by the barrel at C F Lowe Sons Glen Henry of Crawfordsville spent in the city. Fred Hardin has been spending the week at home and works in Elkhart. A Lemp offers monuments and a square deal. Miss Cora Hudson and sister from Newtown took teacher exams. Rainier’s paint and VanDon’s Drug Store promote paints. George Whearly and wife visited from Northwest Warren county while his mother lies ill.
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Fred Hardin
Fred
Elkhart
George Whearly
Warren County
George
Local Notes From Wayne and Surrounding Towns
A collection of brief items records visits and travels of residents in Wayne Danville Indianapolis and Antica amid local happenings. Entries note doctor visits teacher exams births real estate for sale paint sales and a farmer harvesting twenty acres of wheat with yields averaging 32 bushels per machine measure.
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Charles Walters
Hank Johnson Remembered By Covington Friends
Hank Johnson a longtime Covington resident now living in Danville Illinois is remembered fondly by his many old Covington friends. He is described as a jolly good fellow who has prospered since relocating to Danville.
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Hank Johnson
Danville
Ill
Covington
Hank
Fresh Salts and Local Visits Highlight Danville News
A car load of fresh saltate arrives with F Lowe and Sons. Gordon Ost and Knapper Bils land see sights in Danville Monday. Local church Ladies Aid hosts an exchange Saturday. Edith Drulinger returns from Valparaiso. Visitors from Lafayette Bloomington Williamsport Blue Rapids Veedersburg and Beaverdam stop by. Local officials and residents socialize with former school staff and Post Master Ed Patton noted.
Local residents return from visits and travels
Miss Ruby Phebus came home from Noblesville after two months with her sister Mrs Ferguson. Mrs Charles Abdil and her son of Chicago IL returned Saturday after a week with her parents. Mr and Mrs W B Foster also noted in the household report.
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Ruby Phebus
Noblesville
Mrs. Ferguson
Charles Abdil and Son
Chicago
Iic
W. B. Foster
Fort Wayne Couple Guests of Fort Wayne Hosts
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Hart of Fort Wayne are spending the week in this city as guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Richeson. Mr. Hart is a brother of Mrs. Richeson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Irvin Hart
Fort Wayne
City
E. W. Richeson
Mr. Hart
Mrs. Richeson
El Campo cyclone views show Covington colony damage
Eyewitness accounts from El Campo Texas depict cyclone scenes similar to the 1886 Attica storm. The city remains in bad shape though no lives were lost. Hot winds report crop destruction across North Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Bell
Elcampo
Texas
Covington
Attica
Local Notes Round Up Ills and Visits Across Town
Stanly Lusader ill with malaria fever. S. B. Walker busy in Tadianapolis last Friday. Dr. F R. McLean and family from Danville Illinois spent Sunday visiting relatives. Miss Nellie Gregson of Weed ersburg visiting this week with Miss Hazel Harden. Rainier's Paint ad promises best value. Townfolk attended Wild West show in Danville and Crawfordsville. Canning factory to start first run this week. tomato prospects poor. Newtown Fair August 15 and 19 with Purdue Station lectures. George Glover of Vedersburg in town. Morris Heison companion. Trustee Daly Frazier from Hillsboro aiding Commissioners. praised as doing well. Edward Purple’s son in Knightstown Home visited family. looks well. John Bever and family moved to Bayard, Iowa last February return to Indiana. Polly rents farm near Hillsdale, Vermillion county. Iowa praised, Indiana preferred by Polk. George Quigle gravely ill. Dr. Bounwell operated. condition worsening.
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John P. Bever
Bayard
Iowa
Indiana
Polly
Hillsdale
Vermillion County
Polk
Halsboro
Soldiers Picnic At Soldier's Home Lafayette Aug 12
August 12 is set for a veterans rally at Soldier's Home Lafayette with attendees from Mexican Civil and Spanish American war veterans. W S Haggard commander will give the welcome address and other prominent state figures will attend.
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Soldier's Home
Lafayette
W. S. Haggard
Commandment of the
Lectures at Attica Chautauqua by Rev Jacot Meeker
Mrs J B Martin and her mother return from Chicago where they visited Prof Mills and wife. Rev Jacot B Meeker of Compton Hill church St Louis will be a leading lecturer at the Attica Chautauqua with subject Tend to Ver Kunitten on Wednesday August 15. Larkin club fame figure asked Sullivan church ladies for donation to build their church but he declined. A Elmore rebuilds his West Washington street building after cheap corrugated iron roofing from Sears Roebuck Co proves defective and costly to replace.
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J. B. Martin
Jacot B. Meeker
Compton Hill Congregational Church
St. Louis Missouri
Mr. Larkin
Larkin Club
Sullivan Church
Larkin
Home Merchant
A. Elmore
West
Washington Street
Mr. Elmore
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Chicago
Cemetery Weeding Meet for Cooper Cemetery
All interested parties are asked to meet at Cooper cemetery on Saturday August 7 to clear weeds by order of the cemetery committee led by Stephen Abernaty.
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Cooper
Dr Shoop's Restorative for Weak Nerves
When the Somach Heart or Kidney nerves become weak these organs fail. Do not drug the stomach or stimulate the heart or kidneys. Use Dr Shoop's Restorative prescribed by druggists. Built up inside nerves with tablets or liquid. results said to come quickly. Sold by all dealers.
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Dr. Shoop
Expenditures and Tax Levies Proposed by Wabash Trustee
The Trustee of Fountain county proposes yearly expenditures and tax levies by the Advisory Board at its annual meeting to be held at the schoolhouse of School District OU. on.
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Wabash Township
Fountain County
Township Budget Estimates and Tax Rates Filed 1909
Commencing at 9 o clock a.m. the following estimates and amounts for said Fear: Township expenditures 1500.00 and Township tax 9 cents per hundred Local Tuition expenditures 3000.00 and tax 10 cents per hundred Special School Tax expenditures 3000.00 and tax 30 cents per hundred Road Tax expenditures 1628.33 and tax 25 cents per hundred Additional Road Tax expenditures 900.00 and 10 cents per hundred Poor expenditures for preceding year 325.25 and tax 5 cents per hundred dollars Total expenditures 10359.58 and tax 95 cents per hundred Net Taxable Property of Town 652215 Number of Polls 176 Signed C M Coggins Dated August 4 1909 ws Trustee.
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. F. Lowe & Sons
Glen Henry
Crawfordsville
A. Lerrp
Guy Linton
Newtown
Charles Quinn
Fred Lawton
James Richey
John Peters
Dr. Martin
Rainier's
Mrs
Charles Claxton and Son
Miden, la
Mrs. Brown
Missis Cora Hudson
VanDon’s Drug Store
Lou Dunlap
T. A. Cirten
Indianapolis
Rainier
Albert Burnsides and Son
A. Lemp
Mrs. Andrus
Danville, Ills
T. H. McGeorge
Little Son
C.F. Lowe & Son
Saalee
Wm. A. Brown
R. D
Oliver Blakely
M. Board and Wife
New York
Eastern Points
Mary Lunney
van Dorns Drug Store
Hortense Martin
Mary Costing
Geniieve Kulmer
Leota Bilsland
Stanly Lewsader
Andrus
W. F. Stillwell
M. E
George Battice
Rowland
Dr. Rowland
Sam Brown
Mariette
Bethany Park
Ora LaTourette
Blaker
F. Lowe & Sons
Gordon Ost
Knapper Bilsland
Ladies Aid Society of
M. E. Church
Edith Drulinger
Valparaiso
Willie Miller
John A. Duncan
VanDorn’s Drug Store
Prof. Waldrip
Richmond
Mark Savage
Little Daughter
Bloomington, NL
Belle Kindelspire
Williamsport
Roswell Henson
Blue Rapids
Kans
John Martin
Ed Patton
Veedersburg
Uncle Sam
E. S. Alexander
Gladys Banks
Bevidere, Ills
Allen Yerkes
Stanly Lusader
S. B. Walker
Tadianapolis
F R. McLean
Nellie Gregson
Weed‘ersburg
Hazel Harden
Purdue
George Glover
Vedersbureg
Morris Heizon
Daly Frazier
Hillsboro
Edward Purple
Knightstown
George Quigle
Bounwell
Newtown Enterprise
J. Loeb’s Stores
Newtown Fair
Purdue Experiment Station
Stephen Abernaty
Rink Opera
Raymond
Missouri
Rainier’s
C. M. Coggins
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