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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1898
Page
5
A period advertisement extols One Minute Cough Cure as the fastest relief for whooping cough croup and bronchial troubles. A mix of names, places, and travel notes fill the page, including mentions of Attica Indianapolis Danville and Crawfordsville with social updates and local notices about residents and events.
Will Tilotesa is seriously ill with neuralgia of the stomach. Edith Love leaves for Kokomo then Muncie for a few days rest after teaching a popular physical culture class. Mr and Mrs Wilber Kerr and Samuel Kerr depart for Tampa to spend winter with Ed Milligan and wife joining at Terre Haute. H C Yount of Covington visits Mellott for the annual event and to see his parents.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Grain-O as a coffee substitute described as delicious and nourishing for both children and adults. It claims Grain-O aids digestion, strengthens nerves, is not a stimulant, and costs about the same as coffee. Also promotes Universal Headache Remedy and a 10 cent cure, sold by Lee Aller.
Gates announces the Fifth Annual Tour to Mexico with a special train of sleepers diners and observation cars leaving Saturday for 30 days and 4373 miles visiting Memphis New Orleans San Antonio El Paso Denver Kansas City and Chicago. Agent C C Jenkins Toledo Ohio provides itineraries and details.
Mrs Henry Bruns of Grand Junction Iowa credits Dr Miles Restorative Nervine with curing years of sleeplessness nervousness headaches and neuralgia after local doctors failed. The advertisement claims a refund if the bottle does not help and offers free literature from Dr Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
A dramatic tale centers on Mamie who quits factory life for a job at De Silk Bros. She rises from helping customers to fitting and dressing Miss Varbleecky, securing a commission and a future with Algy as their plans unfold.
Description of a striking Australian landscape near Cooktown known as the Black Mountain, described as the Black Mountain of the whites and Joos roomiba of the blacks. The feature is a vast granite mass rising from barren slopes, deemed perilous and overpowering with dramatic, deathly imagery.
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