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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1911
Page
5
Interest surges in a March 8 voting contest offering $10 in gold to the top vote-getter. The Republican promises fair treatment, announces judges next week, and urges readers to trade for coupons from local merchants to boost votes and prizes including a $400 Oakland piano. Nominations and coupons fill pages with names from Newtown to Silver Wood.
W Bends of Coal City Als reports twelve years of liver and kidney trouble cured by De King's New Life Pills. He praises them as the best pills for constipation malaria headache dyspepsia and debility and says they are sold by all dealers.
Veedersburg Grease Works offers removal of dead stock including horses cows hogs and sheep. Notify Pearlman of Veedersburg and the company will call promptly to remove them and pay all telephone charges.
Maple syrup supplies at Majer's Hardware Store and Charles Quinn of Newtown visiting friends here last week. W A Wright returns from Panama with a thorough big ditch exam. Veteran fiddler Dan Fox of Cain township visits, father of Mrs. D T Hedges. Rug discount ad at J Loeb's Stores ends February 17. Covington hosts county teachers annual association with Miss Mattie Heigle as president. Hillsboro banks to consolidate into a $25,000 capital state bank. Stacy Hegg ill, prognosis poor. Arrowsmith guests of Charley Chaney, chance in Arizona mines. Sub contest offers $10 to top voter on March 5. coupon merchants list elsewhere. Mrs. Samuel Ramsey, 37, dies near Perrysville. funeral Thursday at Allerton cemetery. M Board in charge. Varied opinions on commission government. compare with initiative and referendum law in sister state. Nell Kinmer and Clair Hamilton visit Covington. Mrs. David Webb hosts at Woman's club banquet. Goldie Little leaves to teach near Hillsboro. Margarette Rinn visits from Indianapolis. John Martin travels to Blue Rapids to visit daughter. Roswell Henson ill. T E Rainier travels to Oklahoma. James Kerr covers for him at store.
Having quit farming and given possession of the barn on land Ist we will dispose of everything at public sale at Mc Mahon's feed yard in Covington on Sat February 18, 1911. This will be one of the largest farm sales this year in this vicinity and all farming gear will be sold. 25 head of horses, 8 cows, hogs, poultry, farming implements, wagons, harness and 20 tons of bran and middlings.
A vintage ad proclaims Bali's Catarrh Care and Hall's Catarrh Cure as universal remedies. It asserts a constitutional treatment, promises to cure catarrh in all stages, and offers $100 for any case that fails. It also advertises testimonials and Toledo address for F. J. Chenes & Co. and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mrs Lula Schwin takes Hillsboro school post vacated by Miss Cadwallader. Mrs Mary Townsley returns from Brazil to oversee interests. Churches hold special meetings. Passion Play impresses crowds at Theatorium. Mrs J Loeb improves in New York. may return by March. T H McGeorge Jr attends state Implement Dealers meeting in Indianapolis. Editor S G Pomeroy and wife visit from West Lebanon Gazette. Debates over birthday surprise social at S Mack Irvin home. Deputy Auditor Nap Cardiff faces throat issue. operation possible. High school seniors plan Esmeralda play for late March. Samuel Bonebrake, pro bate court observer, praised as temperance Republican. Braze Coffing returns from Roachdale stock closing. Mayor Reed attends court. Attica may vote dry March 1. Edgar Webb of Attica Ledger reports Western Texas climate. Todd Yount and Ada L Katch wed. to live in Attica. Mrs Nelson Nebexer visits Danville. Mrs Grace Adkins hosts Denver visitor Mrs Gillette formerly Miss Boyd.
Johnny McDonald lies at home ill amid weekly complaints and fears of typhoid. For sale item note incubator. Panama Canal life referenced. Electric Bitters touted as cure for malaria and related troubles with testimonial from Wm A Fretwell of Lucama North Carolina. Product claims include digestion liver kidney health and typhoid prevention. 603 ad afi dealers.
Mr and Mrs N W Ridge have finished selling their stock and moved to Danville Illinois. They were longtime Covington residents with Mrs Ridge from the Mayer dwelling for twenty two years. Uncle Jimmy Layton, over 80, is very ill at his north city home.
The ad promotes Scott's Emulsion as the original standard for thirty five years, dismissing imitators as inferior. It compares its thickness to heavy cream and warns against thinning with water, urging readers to request papers for a savings bank and a child’s sketchbook, with Scott & Bowne at 409 Pearl St New York.
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