Uncle Lick Thompson Dying in Terre Haute Indiana
The noted Republican Uncle Lick Thompson of Terre Haute is slowly dying at his home. The report notes his advanced age and ongoing exhalation as he remains under care.
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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1900
Page
5
The noted Republican Uncle Lick Thompson of Terre Haute is slowly dying at his home. The report notes his advanced age and ongoing exhalation as he remains under care.
Covington citizens urged to attend a council meeting on February 1 1900 at 7 p m in the city hall. The gathering, called by the Warren and Vermillion Counties Fair Association and Fountain interest, will decide whether Covington hosts an Agricultural Fair this season. W H Miles notices this call to public input from local residents and friends of Crumpton.
County clerk H G Schlosser reports new marriage licenses issued since last report. Names include Christopher Adams and Mary Hickman Charles E Cheuvrout and Sarah C Myers Smith KK Hoagland and Gertrude Minnick George W Keller and Julia E Clodtelder.
Indianapolis lawyer and Ninth Indiana congressman Charles B. Landis told Journal reporters he is not and will not be a candidate for governor. He reaffirmed his aim to be renominated for Congress at Noblesville and plans to join the Indiana delegation in Washington before traveling to New York for Ben Hur.
Mellott residents mobilized to oppose a bottled snakes license application. A 335-name remonstrance, compiled in 24 hours, prompted the Richland township commissioners to refuse the license. The episode raises questions about newspaper publication practices and public notice.
The notice lists names Mrs. Kate Brink Mrs. Laura Brown Daisy Earnhart Mrs. Russell Jenkins Janes Jones Darwin Jordan Mrs. E G LaBaw Richard Miller for advertised letters. Recipients are asked to say advertised when calling.
Notice that W F Dochterman offers his entire grocery stock at prices from cost downward with plans to start a new business by the 20th of the month. Prices will be slaughtered to move the stock and encourage early purchases.
Ex Secretary Hoke Smith denounces Gobel and confederates for Kentucky turmoil. He accuses them of stealing the nomination and election through packed returning boards and a Democratic legislature, warning that crime and anarchy stain Kentucky’s name.
William Benedict of Steuben Township owns a rare copy of the Ulster County Gazette Kingston NY dated January 5 1700 edited by Samuel Freeze Son No 88 Vol 3 four pages little larger than a page with old type includes death of Washington and a public auction notice for a enslaved woman the item is a century old curiosity and highly prized by the owner.
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