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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1905
Page
8
A Gem column encourages boys to learn a trade early, arguing that skilled trades offer steady employment and higher pay while unskilled labor yields low wages. It warns that superficial knowledge fails and that after twenty few will teach for advancement.
A public puzzle explains a mental math trick: think of a number, double it, add a chosen amount, halve the sum, then subtract the original number to reveal a remainder equal to half the added amount. The method requires the initial number be even to avoid fractions.
A ring is formed by phayers joining hands. One player outside drops a handkerchief and walks the ring touching each player with the handkerchief reciting a rhymed verse. When he says It was you he drops the handkerchief and another player chases him around the ring until touched, then the first player reenters and the second becomes the dropper.
A large circle is used with a two foot diameter ring either drawn or laid with string. Children roll a ball toward the center and a score is kept for successful aims. The activity trains accuracy judgment, courtesy, and rhythm, with variants for standing throws into the ring or a basket.
A slim Austrian girl named Utha Merican arrived in a new country with her parents about six weeks ago. She started school days after arrival and within eleven months speaks English well and reads a newspaper with aid from a dictionary.
A set of wordplay jokes and riddles about punctuation and sounds. It features puns comparing a fire to a colon and a dictionary to a ballroom, plus a one syllable word that gains meaning by adding another syllable.
A playful poem where vowels and consonants clash in schoolyard chaos. The vowels quarrel with the consonants until Beene or Beene, E, C, J, and P broker peace, then all the letters kiss and agree they need each other.
Robert King, a Veedersburg worker with farming sense, stored four loads of manure at 25 cents each for next summer’s garden. He left at noon Monday and returned at 5 p.m. to find the entire lot hauled away without permission. He offers to accept half back from the thief and make peace.
Mark W Savage former local agent in this city has been named General Freight Agent of the Big Four railway at Peoria. A 27 year old veteran of the Spanish American War he began as a messenger boy and rose through relief agent and telegraph operator roles. He earlier served with the Southern railway in Washington and later held freight agent posts at Veedersburg before moving to Bloomington.
Mrs. Margaret Newell Rogers wife of the late Thomas Rogers died at 4 30 a m Monday at the home of her daughter Mrs W H Comly in Hastings aged 90 years She was mother to Mark M Rogers of this city and her remains were brought here Wednesday noon Funeral services and burial were at Mark M Rogers home at 3 p m Thursday conducted by Rev Pal mer with interment at Mt Hope cemetery Born in Washington county Pa she married Thomas Rogers in 1843 and came to the state years ago Surviving children are Mark M Rogers Mrs Anna Comly of Hastings Neb and Miss Dane Rogers of Salt Lake City The family and friends extend sympathy.
Just received samples of wall paper for five oh five. Drop me a card and I will call at house and show them. Jon E. Martin. Jerry Hershberger has been ill with the grippe the past week.
Neff and Co announce new butchers and ask for a share of trade while stating farm calls will be made by Herzog and Kerr. They buy outright with no commission. The item also notes social visits by Mrs. Fletcher Martin and Mr. Death among local subscribers, plus a masquerade ball planned by J L Allen Hose Company on February 14 at Cardiff's hall. Local residents Edwin Robb and Mont Briggs are mentioned as visiting relatives.
Col Coats of Veedersburg, a prominent Van Buren township Republican, visited the city Friday to attend to business interests. William E Kern of Elkhart, en route to Texas, stopped for several days with his uncle Peter Harmon and may settle in Texas.
Charley Lyons recovers from a near fatal pneumonia scare and is seen in town Monday for the first time since his illness.
A card addressed to W. W. Dye & Co. Danville Illinois offers a representative to provide the lowest price for quality work. Lewis Nebenek spent Sunday at home and is promoting the tie contract business this winter with saw mills for cutting railroad ties along the Big Four at multiple locations.
Superintendent H. S. Kaufman attended events in Indianapolis last Friday as educators across the state stay aligned with the ongoing legislature. An advertising note by J. L Peters urges readers to try the line of shoes claimed to satisfy ordinary portals, while acknowledging critics.
See J. H. Fowler for bargains. Robes end blankets at cost at J. H. Fowler's. An ad in the Republican always brings good results. Highest market price paid for hides at Merryman Bros. James L. Allen Jr. witnessed the polo game at Danville Monday night. A few silk mufflers and hand kerchiefs at a reduction at J. Loeb's Stores. Mrs. O S Jones has been very ill the past two weeks. She is now reported better.
Advertises pack of twenty borax and a Gibson picture deal for male team buyers. Promotes outings flannel ettes wool and cotton blankets and bed comforters available at J Loeb's Stores with calls to action.
Attorneys C. V. McAdams and H. D. Billings from Walliamsport were present at the court opening last Monday. The ad for J. Loeb's promises to save you money on suits or overcoats.
O B Ratcliff visited Indianapolis on Friday and discussed taking sides. Charley McKinney of East Richland appeared Monday as a juror in court. Lambertville Snag Proof boots offered at J Loeb stores for ditching. The Coyington Coach Horse Co held a Saturday round up and plans a stronger year based on last season’s results.
Ice merchants harvested a bountiful crop this season as ideal conditions filled almost every nook with eight and ten inch ice.
Joseph Johnson and Miss Clara grieve the passing of J Roach Johnson in the city. George Johnson has been appointed administrator and O P Lewis serves as attorney for the estate.
A plush lap robe black on one side and yellow and red on the other is lost between the Leader and fair grounds on Fourth Street. Whoever finds it may leave it at Crane's barber shop to claim a reward left by Allen Noble.
A collection of small items from The Republican including store ads for J Loeb's and Merryman Bros, interior changes at a meat market, social visits by Mr and Mrs S V Wells and Frank Ellenburg, a free eye examination offer by Dr Faith, and notes on Mose Clawson a prosperous farmer from Richland township.
Indiana legislators, meeting in the Old State House lobby, debated the date and passed a bill making February 2 ground hog day amid laughter. P. L. D. Mitchel introduced the measure, which the house and senate quickly approved and the governor signed that evening.
Local ads report bargains at Loeb's Stores Merryman Bros and Layton Bils land offers for sale or rent a 253 acre farm near Covington The Big Four opens a Range Road telegraph office An epidemic lagrippe spreads in Covington plus various personal notes and a Carnegie library dedication.
M. M. Morgan and family will relocate to Frankfort where he has bought a fruit farm. The move is welcomed, and Covington will miss the Morgan family as they embark on this new venture in one of the state’s finest towns.
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