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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
2
Chattanooga Tenn residents recall Union Army era sites as they prepare for the 47th G A R encampment in September. Articles highlight headquarters hospitals and morgues, with several buildings still standing though weathered, including a mission house at Byrd's mill erected in 1808 by Gideon Blackburn, a Pennsylvania missionary.
The Crutchfield hotel later Read House served as a wartime hospital and Union command center after Chickamauga. Gen Garfield and Gen McPherson are linked to nearby homes, with notable sites including the Loveman and Nottingham residences and Brabson Farm on the Tennessee river.
Aug 18 28 1913 session hosted at Covington Ind High School with speakers Prof W S Currell of Lexington Va Mary F Wilson Shelbyville Supt Lee Driver Winchester and Dr Alfred Henry Indianapolis listed as contributors and speakers.
The Teachers Wage Law adds 2 percent to the general average wages for attending the County Institute. All teachers enrolled at the time may receive the 2 percent increase if they send a one dollar enrolling fee to the County Superintendent.
Monday forenoon announcements list musical and literary works by Currell Wilson and others. Afternoon sessions include Merchant of Venice and Macbeth readings, opening exercises, rest periods, a talk on child life, and a 1:80 musics note. Books displayed include A Blessing and a Bane.
Senator Robert Owen of Oklahoma recounts a courtroom clash where a young Owen defies an abusive opposing counsel. A pile driver collision ends a heated remark, then a bystander notes Owen’s temper. Henry D. Flood backs a Spottsylvania postmaster hopeful named Stephen Noah with a nod to ancestral support.
The piece recalls Samuel A. Thompson describing an old test for a baby's future calling with a Bible money cloth and other items. A father declares the child will be a railroad man as he grabs everything. It also notes Representative Dixon recounting how a man praised his father and grandfather for ten dollars.
A historic list records the August 1913 commissioners allowances including audits, per diems, and billings for tasks from jail jailer to road repair. Several names appear such as Geo P Schwinn, M F Livengood, J G Short, Wilmer Foster, C Doane, and J W Philpott with varied payments for services and supplies to the county.
Notice is hereby given that Lena Sewell has been appointed and qualified by the Circuit Court of Fountain County Indiana as Administratrix with will annexed of the estate of Homer Sewell, deceased. The estate is believed solvent. T2513 Sw.
Nat Goodwin advises a group of young actresses to avoid overspending on Easter hats in New York. He recalls a humorous anecdote about his wife presenting a large hat for $95 and jokes about it being a dream.
A US expert will select lands for drilling on several Philippine islands including Cebu Leyte and Tayabas as part of a program to develop oil resources. In Tokyo Imperial University a religious census shows over 4000 students atheist or agnostic only eight Shinto Buddhists and sixty Christians.
Trustee Henry Lawson will auction the frame District 5 school building at 2 p m on the school lot of W R Ratcliff in Fountain County Indiana. Minimum bid is two thirds of appraised value and cash only. The trustee may reject all bids.
At six o clock p m the frame school building in said Township District 13 on the land of Samuel B Day known as the Day schoolhouse shall be sold to the highest bidder for cash not less than two thirds of the appraised value. The Trustee Henry Lawson reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
In Fountain County Indiana a nonresident defendants notice announces the August term 1913 action by Ele Stansbury to quiet title to real estate. The defendants listed must appear September 0 1913 to answer or demur under penalties of default. Clerk Leroy Sanders signs the seal. Stansbury Billings attorneys for plaintiff.
Treasurer's proposed 1913 budgets for Van Buren Township Fountain County Indiana include local tuition and special school expenditures with taxes per hundred dollars and per poll. The advisory board meets September 2 1913 at the Trustee's office in Veedersburg to review totals and levy 145 cents per hundred dollars on a tax base of 1 220 165 and 246 polls.
A fashion note describes a linen frock for a sixteen year old girl using colored linen with a 36 inch wide fabric requirement of four and a half yards. It also covers jewelry trends including jet and gun metal mourning watches, platinum rings with diamonds rubies or sapphires, and a gold wristwatch with a thin engraved band.
The article notes linen and cotton fabrics are preferred year round for sanitary reasons as mothers wash dresses frequently. It highlights ramie linens, durable ginghams, ratines and eponges for simple frocks, with eponges offering softness and wrinkle resistance though less crisp than linen. It also discusses dress sizes from six to eighteen and the appeal of straw bonnets with ribbon trims and rosebuds, describing current hat styles as universally attractive for children.
The style notes describe close fitting hairstyles and veils of net and spotted tulle. Skirts are draped with long narrow trains, and new flareings are in Nine and show delicate patterns and lacework.
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