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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1906
Page
2
Local ads and brief items cover farm gates for sale and carpet deals at M Board, real estate prompts from Kingman Realty Co, shoe sales at J Loeb stores, and rug design offers. Several residents travel for business, church notices promise sermons, and a large weekrain boosts crop prospects across the county.
The first Goff generation reunion was held at Covington fair grounds on Saturday August 4 with about 85 attendees from 24 families. Elder Epaham Shutes aged 79 was the oldest, dinner for 85 was served, and praise goes to the ladies who prepared it. The next gathering is planned for the third Saturday in August 1907 at the same grounds, with Jerry Goff as president and Louis Boughner as secretary.
The Crawfordsville Fair moves up a week to August 28 29 30 and 31 1906 with bigger exhibits races purses and premiums. Organizers promise more amusements better music and improved grounds including a miniature railroad and moral shows. George W Steele notes the fair aims to offer progressive ideas and a welcoming atmosphere with no gambling or overcharging. Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar is endorsed as a popular cough syrup sold by Geo D Cook.
The Holiness group held a Bible meeting at William Ennis Tuesday night. Rain blessed Sunday and Monday evenings. Bert Foreman cleaned the school house this week. Fountain folks visited Covington Saturday. Joseph Cox and Harvey Lathrop hunted Tuesday afternoon, likely deer. Ferguson transacted business in Covington Wednesday. Many attended church on the arch Sunday. William Watts will teach in the large room this year and is well liked by his pupils. Attica drew crowds Wednesday for the horse show. George Helms hauled oats Wednesday forenoon.
A compact historical note traces early submarine development from Van Drebbel’s 1644 London craft to Bushnell’s 1775 vessel and Fulton’s eight‑man design, then blends an 1860s sale pitch for Woodford’s Sanitary Lotion and regional real estate ads offering cheap transport via Blackland in the Red River Valley and Kirgman Realty Co rates.
Public sale set for August 16 1906 at Kingman Indiana office from 10am to 2pm. Items include a Frick 16 horsepower traction engine and a 75 yard per day stone crusher from Bunnell with screens and elevator. Engine min bid 600, crusher min bid 300. Purchaser to pay at least half in cash and sign note for balance due within a year with 6 percent interest. Trustee W R Masey of Millcreek township. Includes ad for De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills and Winona Lake tourist rates via Wabash rail line with round trip and season tickets.
One fare plus two dollars to New York and return via Big Four L S and M S and N Y and G R Rys. Travel through the Mohawk Valley and Hudson River into Manhattan hotel area. Sale dates August 2 and 29, 1980 with liberal return limit. Apply to Big Four agent or H J Rhein Cincinnati Ohio for details.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed and qualified by the circuit court of Fountain County Indiana as administrator of the estate of William A. McClure late of Fountain County deceased. Said estate is supposed to be solvent. James I McClure Administrator. dated 06 37.
Samuel Rice trustee issues proposed expenditures and tax levies for Richland Township for 1907 at the advisory board meeting in Newtown Indiana. Totals include township 2100 dollars and 15 cents per hundred. local tuition 3000 dollars and 20 cents plus 25 cent per poll. special school 10150 dollars and 60 cents plus 75 cents per poll. roads 2400 dollars and 15 cents per hundred plus 10 cents per hundred for additional roads. poor 390 dollars and 2 cents per hundred. Overall 19910 dollars expenditures and 122 cents per hundred tax. taxable township 1547905 and 292 polls. August 4, 1906.
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