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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
4
A Baltimore Sun poem-like reflection urges greeting life with a smile and song. It envisions sunny skies, hopeful hearts, and dancing through trials, suggesting kindness, faith, and positivity will reward the traveler with brighter odds and a song.
The Aar river dam at Muhleberg will form a lake spanning over eighty square miles near Berne and attract tourists. Eight 1000 horsepower turbines will power a district, with a tunnel to drain the lake quickly if needed, and potential future canal plans could allow river traffic to Berne.
In Philadelphia a court used a legal fiction to end ground rents by twenty-one years of nonpayment. The Beck estate near Water Spruce and Pine streets was the case, as the three Penn sons were summoned but did not respond. The jury ruled the Penns in default and awarded verdict to the Beck estate.
An old man asks for directions to Mr James Ordway’s residence. The girl advises that if he keeps going his current way, it will be a long journey, but turning back toward the second house would shorten the walk to reach Ordway’s home.
James Slim returns his fruit and vegetable store to his old stand on South Third street. Robert Bodine moves to the city from the farm, occupying the Martin property on Fifth street. Will Schma and wife spent Thanksgiving in Danville with H. J. Board and wife and attended the opera. A new reservoir provides water in the eastern part of town, with more work needed to finalize supply order. Mr. and Mrs. Graham hosted dinner southeast of the city with guests from Hammond and nearby families.
A father consoles his son who says the others mock him for being heavy. He predicts the current high food costs will soon change, suggesting optimistic relief on prices may come with time.
Viola Schultz as commissioner schedules private sale of Lot 174 in Newtown Fountain County Indiana on December 21 1920 at 9 am at the law office of Robert N Voliva in Newtown with bids to be cash in hand and sale continuing daily until sold. The sale is at not less than the full appraised value and bidders may be rejected. Attorneys Robert N Voliva and John B Martin. 11-19-31
A soaked traveler recalls driving through heavy rain when a cat darted from a ditch. The driver swerved, skidded into a ditch, and reached aid after wandering through mud to fix a broken wheel. The incident prompts a vow never to take sudden turns on slippery roads again.
The era of automobile travel brings over 9,000,000 vehicles this year and about twenty million horses and mules once used for motive power. The bulk of traffic concentrates on main lines, with roughly 90 percent of travel on a small share of total road mileage.
Silk shirts and collars from M. Shesley’s Store in Jersey Howell and David Little of the Danville Soldier’s Home visit Covington with friends. Auburn car crank missing between Conover’s and Wabash Chapel. Sherman Yerkes asked to report. Mrs. Julia Vickery, wife of Silas Vickery, was taken by Board ambulance to Lake View hospital. she is in advanced tuberculosis. Arthur and Carl Furnish and families of Muncie and Marion Edwards of Eaton were Thanksgiving guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. Shesley. they returned home Saturday.
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