Local News Roundup From Covington And Nearby
Frank Hull did business in Danville Monday. Charley Lowe shipped a carload of stock Tuesday night. Linoleums cheap at M. Boards. Henry Zimmerman did business in St. Joe Illinois Saturday. Will Adkins returned Saturday from Villa Grove. A fine rain fell Wednesday. Watermelons plentiful but prices high. O. M. Costing and wife attended Angeline Dicken's funeral Monday. Summer discount sale continues thirty days with 20 to 50 percent off low shoes by J L Peters. Charles Ferguson of Fountain was in the city Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Peters
Fountain County Teachers Institute Meets Here Next Week
The Fountain County Teachers Institute will convene here in the coming week with the program detailed elsewhere in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain County Teachers’ Institute
Private sale of household furniture and furnishings
Due to limited storage space, a private sale will be held at the home on tth street offering various household articles. J P Buckner and Rev Samuel A Stephan of Plain City Ohio are guests of Rev Strecker and family at the M E parsonage. Many citizens have fallen ill in the past week possibly from low well water and hot dry weather conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.P. Buckner
Samuel A. Stephan
Plain City
Ohio
Er. W. Strecker and
M. E. Parsonage
Eczema Cure Ends Fifty-Year Sufferer’s Itch
Mrs. D. L. Kenney credits Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment with curing a tetter that troubled her for over fifty years. The ad urges purchase from druggists or by mail from Pfeiffer Chemical Co., St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svc. Pfeiffer Chemical CO
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Miss Esther Wray Visits Miss Helen Myers in Crawfordsville
Miss Esther Wray of Crawfordsville is the guest of Miss Helen Myers this week, staying for a social visit with local friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Wray
Crawfordsville
Helen Myers
Local notes from Fithian and nearby towns
Seeour Rugs M Board Ollie Harden opens barber shop in Fithian Ill Russell Redden of Veedersburg visits Jim Slims auto wagon Myron York and wife from Indianapolis spend time with city relatives Editor Wade Stone Bluff News visits Mrs Will H Thompson Cincinnati Mrs J W Price Champaign visits on property matters Thirty head of Shropshire ewes James W W Graham Covington J N Stephens visit Newtown Homer Waterman and wife visit for illness Tri Kappas entertained Loyola McComas at Washington Street William Fox returns from Attica and resumes work at Allen harness shop.
Social Notes From The City And Nearby Guests
Monitor Silk Hosiery is mentioned with Lee M. Scesley the Hatter in the north side square. Mrs Otho Hershberger and daughter of St Wayne visit Mr and Mrs George Crane and relatives in the city. Mrs Belle Bilsland returns from Chicago after visiting son Frank and family. Mrs Fred Jorick of Clarindo Iowa arrives for a several week visit with her mother and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee M. Scesley
North Side Square
Otho Hershberger
St. Wayne
George Crane
City
Fred Jorick
Clarindo
Iowa
Belle Bilsland
Local residents report coal orders and visits in Crawfordsville
I am prepared to take your orders for hard coal as well as soft in any quantities desired. Phone your orders. Frank Hull and Mrs. Mont Board arrived home Saturday night from Boston where she spent the past month visiting. Chas. Stalker and wife with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lockabill of Crawfordsville motored to the county farm Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Al. Stalker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Stalker
Lawrence Lockabill
Crawfordsville
al. Stalker
Boyd couple to visit Mammoth Cave from Louisville
F. W. Boyd and wife traveled to Indianapolis Sunday where J. C. Cook of the Leeds Cement works in Louisville met them in a big car and escorted them to his Louisville home. From there the trio plan a delightful trip to Mammoth cave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Boyd
Indianapolis
J. C. Cook
Leeds Cement Works
Louisville Ky
Louisville
Mammoth Cave
Most Widely Advertised Goods Claim Merit
Acquaintance influences business trust and buying choices. People rely on familiar brands and goods that have proven merit. The text argues that widely advertised items reflect quality and standard they have withstood use.
Martin household goods arrive. family to occupy George Martin property
J. N. Martin's goods arrived from Greencastle on Tuesday and Julian with his wife will soon reside in the George Martin property. John Clagg, long afflicted with rheumatism all summer, came to the city last week and has suffered terribly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Martin
Greencastle
Julian
Wife
George Martin
John Clagg
John
Old settlers day at Yeddo draws a big crowd
Mrs P W Ost and Walter Waterman return from a trip due to their mother's illness. A fine rain falls as Old setters' day at Yeddo sees a large turnout. Masters Enos and Harrison Nebeker from Indianapolis visit grandmother Mrs Mary A Nebeker this week. Danville and Covington arrange a home game on Sunday with both teams strong contenders in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Ost
Walter Waterman
Mrs. Waterman
Yeddo
Masters Enos
Harrison Nebeker
Indianapolis
Mary A. Nebeker
Sewell Nebeker
Danville
Covington
SAYS CHURCH LACKS RELIGION
After sixty years of urging churches in Canada and the United States to study foreign missions and give more, the Laymen's Missionary movement says the primary need is more religion through prayer. The statement notes foreign fields offer vast opportunity and cites home interest, but insists churches cannot solve the problem alone. The executive committee asks mission boards to present prayer as the supreme need to congregations, with signers including Capen Olcott Davidson Horne Leacraft Marling Schieffelin Severance Storer Levering Woodward Pepper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canada
United States
Samuels B. Capen
American Board
Eben E. Olcott
N. Farrar Davidson
Toronto
The
Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Frank A. Horne
J. Edgar Leaucraft
Alfred E. Marling
William Jay Schieffelin
L. H. Severance
Cleveland
William C. Storer
Philadelphia
Joshua Levering
Baltimore
S. W. Woodward
Washington
John R. Pepper
Memphis
Omission of comma costs Kansas City man seven thousand dollars
A Kansas City man, J Sidney Smith, loses 7000 dollars after a court rules a contract sentence lacks clarity about a comma. The case hinged on whether grain in cars on side track within one hundred feet of the elevator meant within 100 feet or merely with the track within 100 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J. Sidney Smith
Smith
Baby Born With Bullet Wounds In Utero In Honolulu
Porto Rican mother Mrs Juan Cavalho was shot by her brother in law Ricas during a domestic dispute. The unborn baby was found with a .38 bullet in the side at birth and underwent successful surgery two hours after birth. If the child dies, the incident could be charged as murder in the first degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Cavalho
Juan Cavalho
Ricas
Land offering in Missouri shows high yield per acre
The notice advertises land for sale in the show me state by W. R. Massey & Son. It promises land capable of 30 bushels of wheat and 70 bushels of corn per acre at prices from 30 to 60 dollars per acre and rents ranging from 5 to 87 dollars per acre.
Loss of Gypsy King Fortune in Gold Stolen
In Providence Rhode Island six thousand dollars in twenty dollar gold pieces, the late gypsy king's fortune, disappeared from the son William Stanley a horse trader. Police across New England and New York were alerted with a description of a German known as Oscar linked to the theft and disappearance. Stanley said Oscar was sent to the cellar to retrieve the fortune stored in a large canvas bag before the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
R. I
King
William Stanley
New England
New York
Oscar
Stanley
Kickapoo Worm Killer Ad Promises Health for Children
An old advertisement urges mothers to treat children with Kickapoo Worm Killer claiming to kill worms and improve appetite, stomach, liver and bowels. It promises relief from feverish, restless, irritable symptoms and a return to happiness and health. Sold by druggists or mail order for 25 cents from Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. Philadelphia and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Sleepwalker swims two miles downstream in river
Stockton, California, a farm hand B Harrington reportedly slept through a two mile swim down the river. Clothing was found on the bank and he was believed drowned, but later found asleep two miles farther. He could not recall the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockton
Cal
B. Harrington
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Mirroream
Frank Hull
Charley Lowe
M. Board’s
Henry Zimmerman
St. Joe
Iil
Will Adkins
Villa Grove, Il
M. Scesley
Hatter
North Side Sqr
O. M. Costing
Angeline Dicken
Charles Ferguson
Fountain
Hortense Martin
Mary Coffing
Mesdames
Helen Vyse
Lee Faust
Miss Maud Quinn
the Republican
Seeour Rugs
M. Board
Ollie Harden
Fithian, Ill
Russell Redden
Veedersburg
Jim Slim
Myron York and Wife
Wade
Stone Bluff
Will H. Thompson
Robert Moreman
Cincinnati
J. W. Price
Champaign
Shropshire
James W. W. Graham
J. N. Stephens
Newtown
Homer Waterman
Mellett
Mr. Waterman
Loyola McComas
Washington Street
Wm. Fox
Attica
Allen Harness Shop
Chicago
Frank
Ghildren
Fletcher
Tsastoria
Holland
D. J. Young & Co
Covington, Ind
Fire
W. R. Massey & Son
Republican
Enterprise Flour
William Dennis
L.p.little
Ind
Illinois
Champaign County
University of Illinois
Cheney
Ross B
Fred C. Busey
Busey’s Bank
J. W. Burt
J. B. Quirk
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