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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1905
Page
5
Miscellaneous notices from Danville show residents on business visits and social calls. Marx Herzog and Frank L Torrs among guests. Mre AS Myers and S.V. Wells also visit. Danville figures discuss profits and investments with old adages. Joel Leeb’s Stores promote discounts on dress shirts. Community members, including Judge Rabb, Daniel Simmer, and F M Dice, are noted in court and social contexts.
New table linens are lower than they have been for several years with a fresh assortment arriving at J Loeb’s Stores offering affordable options for homes and hotels.
The piece traces the word idiot from Greek roots meaning private person to a term of derision for unskilled or mentally challenged individuals. It notes shifts from public vs private life to social degradation and references later perceptions and abuses toward the imbecile in historical contexts.
A fragmentary moral text urges truthfulness temperance and kindness in children. It warns against greed and pride and emphasizes honest living and wholesome amusements as guiding virtues.
A troubled fragment describes a parent or guardian reacting to a crying baby and a child named Porunay being questioned about harming themselves with a sharp implement. The text is garbled but implies an examination and inquiry into possible self harm.
The piece riffs on Lincoln’s retort amid a noisy political age, recalling a scene in a Western town with a clerk and a sales exchange. It critiques public noise and cites a London Times remark about three individuals driving chatter, questioning silence in public discourse.
The text contrasts upper, middle, and lower classes in Binghind with different drinking and eating behaviors. It suggests the upper class avoids drinking to curb lower class behavior, while the lower class supports legislation to curb upper class drinking.
Gyer PFitzen the clothier offers a silk umbrella with every twenty dollar overcoat. Mrs Gyer Thars nothing. Bloom the florist promotes giving away the earth with each plant sold. Chicago News notes these promotional pitches.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Ledger notes a dialogue about eloping with humor and suggestion that the plan would be cheaper, with implied parental approval. The exchange highlights a social tone of witty consent and financial practicality.
The county reports several marriage licenses since the last notice with Charles G. Penn to Margaret A. East, Wesley A. King to Anna E. Ross, Henry F. Bowers to Minta B. Graham, John L. McClusky to Daisy Bethel, and Lewis Ghearly to Nettie Pearl. Clarance Bryant, son of the county clerk, visited the town and left for the west to work as agent and operator on the Missouri Pacific.
Sunday activities include Bible school at 4500, Rend church services at 2 30, Young Peoples meeting at 3, and Junior Cadets Volunteers and Juniors with strong attendance from last week. Epworth League at 6 includes Miss Cadwallader leading a healing nation subject. Dr John H Cissel of LaPorte dies after heart trouble. longtime Methodist preacher and conference leader remembered as a spiritual father and great orator in Covington and Northwest Indiana.
Investment note urges buying Indiana Oregon shares at two cents on the dollar, claiming great mining kings profited by proactive purchase rather than waiting for dividends.
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