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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
8
The To and Fro Movements of Our Citizens
A brief item tracks the comings and goings of local residents as the community adjusts to annual travel and work patterns. It notes notable visits, arrivals, and departures affecting daily life and social routines.
Local notices and shopping prompts from The Leader
Danville visitors and city arrivals fill the week with retail chatter. Allen Shaff and Cheney's advertise cigars silverware silk handkerchiefs and jewelry while The Leader promotes holiday prints and wedding stationery.
County board to map free gravel roads for welfare
The court notes officer George's inquiry into county needs and urges the board of commissioners to rectify the long neglected absence of a record locating free gravel roads. Meanwhile Al Anguish on parole pays a ten dollar fine after a drunken stumble. Sheriff Miller delays return to reformatory due to Christmas. District updates include parole cases and travel for Lon Brown, Frank Raridan, and Will Hegg to Michigan City. George Foster aged 87 to 88 begins a county farm meal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Board of Commissioners
al Anguish
Jeffersonville
Miles
Miller
Reformatory
Lon Brown
Frank Raridan
Michigan City
Sheriff Miller
Will Hegg
A Century of Quotation Dreams for The Next Hundred Years
A column of playful questions ponders future society with witty challenges about women, politics, fashion, science, and daily life. It imagines evolving roles, tech oddities, and social norms, inviting readers to speculate on how people will act a century hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayers
Banner Salve Promoted By Noted Skin Specialist
An advertisement proclaims Banner Salve as the best in the world, derived from a prescription by a renowned skin specialist. It claims to heal piles ulcers burns scalds rolling sores and all skin diseases with Geo. D. Cook cited as the promoter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. D. Cook
Breaking Horses at McMahon Livery in Williamsport
J M Castor offers thorough colt and horse breaking services at P. J. McMahon's livery and feed barn. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Call at The Republican office to exchange a misdelivered robe from late Oct or early Nov.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. McMahhon
J. M. Castor
Williamsport
F. Jupy
Wabash
Arkansas
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Barncalaxs
A Baby's Narrow Escape and Health Advertisements
A mother stops a loaded revolver from harming her baby in a near tragedy. The rest of the page includes testimonials for Foley's Kidney Cure Grain-O coffee substitute Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with endorsements from physicians and wholesalers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Tharness
Wills Creek Coal Co
Buffalo
Ohio
Foley
Geo. D. Cook
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Prop
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
West & Truax
Walding Kinnan & Marvin
Bright Eyes and Cupid Arrows in Old Ad Wording
A vintage ad copy claims bright eyes age youth as Rocky Mountain Tea promises to give bright eyes. The language blends cosmetic allure with medicinal drugstore rhetoric, typical of era druggists promoting tonics and beauty aids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
Rocky Mountain Tea
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Mofflers
J. H. Lewis
Danville
Allen Shaff
Cheney’s
Cheney's
Elmer Elwell
Yeddo
Seed of
Cheney
Frank Bilsland
Purdue
Laura McClure
Newtown
Ebony
Geo. Sheets
J.B. Leighty
Mellett
Marshall DeHaven
Lee Franklin
Sam Martin
Paris
Perryaville
J. W. Bonebrake
J.C. Gooding
Silverwoodly
Stella Goddard
Presnis
Rossville
C. W. Franklin
Louise McCabe
Greencastle
C. A. Cheney
Hadley
Hubert Bannon
Kingman
Hopsy Martin
Ill
Ezra Kellogg
Stone Bluff
Mrs. A. KE. Harris
Joe Goudy
C.ie
W. G. Boyd
Jonathan Kellogg
A. E. Harris
Mirr
Anna Blue
THE
Republican
Mias Helen Walker
Eizabeth Starkey
Mins Maude Spining
DePaw University
Oliver Banks
Greenfeld
Foster
al Banks
Misa Bertha Bergdah
Lebanon
Judge Tipton and
Williamaport Sentinel
Attica Ledger
M. Boord
Euchre Club
J.R. Dunilap
N. G. Harlow
Peare Boord
Weil Enterprise
Lt. Patton
F. W. Boyd
Chicago
Arthur M. Sullivan
A. F. Glascock
Veedersburg
Miss Lottie Crane
W. B. Coleman
Elmer Arter
City
J. A. Duncan
Leader
W. H. Cox
Geo. Hitchens
B.B. Young
Carrie Young
A. F. Miller
Ruby Stout
Carson Lemon
Ethel Hart
St. Mary's School
Terre Haute
Eleanor Rinn
Vernie Glascock
C. N. Board
Ann Arbor
Mich
Louise M.cabe
Pie Morgan
Ruth DeHaven
Harlow Rice
Hess Henselman
J. H. Henselman
Gav
Th. Cook
Frank Harris
Daughter
Gessie
W. R. Stout
Spining & Alexander
Spinning
Alexander
C.E. Starr & Co
Gertrude
A. FE. Harris
Geo. Rowland
United States
Cincinnati Enquirer
Dr. Rowland
Thomas Ratcliff
George Stafford
Mort Steeley
Daniel Hutts
Chas. W. Spining
Chas. Hunt
Fred Ferguson
Tweedly
Dan Huns
John Tate
Perrysville
J.W. D. Hil, Jr
Denville
Jeffersonville Reformatory
Doc Tittle
Doc
Hlinois
George Foster
Boston
North Pole
Mrs. Grundy
North America
Buchanan, Mich
Genesee Pure Food Co
LeRoy
Fannie Williams
C. J. Bishop
Angnew, Mich
Dr. King
Soldiby LeRoy Alien
Rairoad
Loeb’s
Northeast Corner Square, Covington, and
Rogers
Hardware Mayer’s ‘Store
Mayer Hardware Store
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