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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
5
Mrs. Dick Sheaks visits Danville while Roy Sanders and others spend weekends in nearby towns. The issue notes holiday shopping, church services, weather, and a Thanksgiving wedding, with ads for rubber footwear, cloaks, and jewelry. An anagram club forms as local life unfolds through December preliminaries.
After sixty years of urging Canadian and American churches to study foreign missions and give more funds the Laymen's Missionary movement releases a statement. It says the primary need is more religion obtained through prayer not education or money, and calls mission boards to present this need to churches. Signers include Samuel B. Capen Eben E Olcott N Farrar Davidson Frank A Horne J Edgar Leaucraft Alfred E Marling William Jay Schieffelin L H Severance William C Storer Joshua Levering Balti more S W Woodward John R Pepper.
Kansas City man loses seven thousand dollars after a court ruled a contract sentence without a comma changed meaning. The dispute centered on whether grain in cars on a side track within one hundred feet of the elevator constituted the loss. The court held the cars must be within 106 feet of the elevator, while the defendant argued any distance on the side track within the lift's reach qualified.
A large body of well located cut-over land near a railroad and town in northern Louisiana is offered at $10 an acre. Terms: $4 cash, balance in 1 2 and 8 years with 6 percent interest. Taxes low. Massey & Son promote high return with no immediate improvements.
In Honolulu a Puerto Rican mother Juan Cavalho was shot by her brother-in-law Ricas during a domestic dispute. The newborn baby Cavalho, delivered two days ago, was found to have a .38 caliber bullet in his body and underwent surgery two hours after birth. Doctors say mother and child are not in immediate danger and Ricas faces attempted murder charges that could become first degree murder if the baby dies.
Six thousand dollars in twenty dollar gold pieces, the late gypsy king’s fortune, was stolen from William Stanley, a horse trader. Police nationwide have been wired descriptions of a German named Oscar, alleged to have vanished with the gold. Stanley said Oscar, employed by him, was sent to the cellar to fetch the canvas bag where the money was kept.
In Stockton California B Harrington a farm hand reportedly slept through abnormal travel down the river two miles and was found asleep further downstream. His clothing lay on the bank and officials feared drowning. He awoke but recalled nothing of the incident. Read all the ads. Itipays.
Word was received Friday of the serious illness of Mrs. Cyrus Crane of Everton. Mrs. Crane is a sister of Mrs. Braze Coffing and was raised near Brown's Chapel, northeast of the city. She was also a sister of the late James Ireland.
Mrs E W Strecker was summoned to Cleveland Ohio Friday morning by the death of her aged mother who lived with a daughter Mrs Hasket in that city. Mrs Stephan about eighty years old was buried at Newark Ohio the old home Sunday afternoon.
Complete Edison moving picture machine and all accessories offered for sale. Machine is new and priced at a great bargain. Address provided on request.
Clay Mitchell and his wife from West Lebanon were in the city on Wednesday. Morning, noon and night Chase and Sanborn’s coffee maintains high quality. Available only at Paul C. Boord’s.
See our special assortment of Ladies Waists in the newest styles. Special values at only 98c. Note the ad of Robison, dentist, in this issue. In his price quoted you will find he makes all best crowns at $5.00. Read his ad.
A strong gust shattered the large plate glass in the front door of J Loeb's clothing room. The door slammed shut with force, causing the break.
Mrs Jerry McMahon was hospitalized in Danville on Wednesday with kidney trouble and other complications. Doctors found an operation necessary to address her condition.
Advertisement for Mother Gray's Sweet Powders claiming fast relief for delicate feverish children. Promises stomach cleansing, liver action, relief for complaining kids and worms. Sample free at Allen & Dimated LeRoy NY. price 25 cents.
The note suggests using the Republican publication as the source for local news content. It emphasizes the newspaper as a vehicle for regional updates, events, and community information.
Miss Lota Bilsland hosted a luncheon for friends with a line of genuine American cut glass priced for shoppers. Buckner Hastings and Mrs. Sam Brown with Marguerette left for Washington to join her husband for the winter. Rebecca Frazier and Mildred Greenwood visited Aunt Hetfield who remains ill. John Trott visited from Williamsport. Chase & Sanborn’s coffee praised for rich blend now sold by Paul C. Board. William Ryan in New York for a horse sale on Bodine’s estate. horse sold for a high price. Ryan to return home early next week.
Very little hope is entertained for the recovery of James Moffett five year old son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Moffett of near Wallace gored by a vicious goat at the family home two weeks ago. A second operation on the brain was performed at the home Thursday night and physicians say his condition is very serious.
An old advertisement touts Mother Gray's Aromatic Leaf as a pleasant herb remedy for back pain urinary bladder or kidney trouble claiming to regulate the system. It invites readers to buy at draggists or by mail for 50 cents with a free sample from Mother Gray Co Laley New York.
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