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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1904
Page
4
Elmer E Coats of Vap Bouren township announces his candidacy for county treasurer as a Republican nominee subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention.
Editor announces the writer as a Republican candidate for the City Marshal nomination awaiting convention decision.
A candidate for City Marshall states run subject to the decision of the Republican party before the city primary convention in Washington. VICF
The speaker requests to announce their name as a candidate at the Citizens Convention. They sign off with a brief closing.
Twenty city democrats met in City Attorney Livengood's office to decide candidate slates for mayor and clerk and other posts. They endorsed William H. Miles for mayor Arthur DeHaven for marshal N G Harlow for treasurer T H McGeorge Jr for clerk Dr Ed Martin and George Robb for first ward council, David Hunter and Wm Hunt for second ward, Will Hegg and Roland Yerkes for third ward.
Fragmentary line reads Dont Be Deceived Satya your eyes It is Dan. No clear event, date, or source context available.
The article describes a successful dairy instruction course for women aged twenty to sixty, focusing on cream ripening, butter scoring, and Babcock testing with lectures by professors. A second ten week session is planned for March 15 1904 with hands on lab work, fees totaling about $10, and limited enrollment.
Look out for the flat headed borer in young trees with eggs laid mainly in April and May. Cornell University seeks a 250000 state appropriation for new agricultural buildings. The American nurserymen’s convention meets in Buffalo June 10 and the apple shippers’ convention at Niagara Falls August 5. A Canadian dairyman cites four letters as the source of milk handling troubles. Girt Sang and ailkworms are cited as garden pests.
Joseph Taylor a Richland township farmer was adjudged insane this week and held at the county jail for safekeeping before transfer to the asylum. Sheriff Reeves drove Taylor to Indianapolis earlier this week amid memories of a past breakdown over a note to Henry Lamp king the cigar maker who posed as an officer.
The County Council will hold a special meeting on Monday March 7 1904 to appropriate funds for a grade across the river bottoms at Riverside. If approved a similar amount should be set for the grade at Perrysville. The estimated cost to complete the work is about 10000 dollars.
A historical note argues salt pork as a traditional remedy for consumption and credits Scott's Emulsion as a modern fat supplement for the ill. It claims fat aids recovery and that cod liver oil with phosphites enhances healing, with Scott's Emulsion aiding digestion.
The Frisco System offers low fares on February 16 and March 1 and 15 to Oklahoma Indian Territories and Texas. Fares from St Louis to Oklahoma and Indian Territories are $8.50 and to Texas $10. From Kansas City and Memphis fares are $6.50 and $8.00. Four daily trains run from St Louis and Kansas City Union Stations to the Southwest with stopover options.
The Fountain Circuit Court orders a commissioner to sell by public auction in Newtown Indiana the east side of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 5 township 20 north range 7 west. The bid must be at least two thirds of appraised value and paid with at least half cash. The sale includes a 16.51 acre tract and is secured by a mortgage with a six percent interest rate. Attorneys are Joan B. Warten and Robert N. Voliva.
Minnie and Genevieve Oliphant, daughters of Peter Oliphant, left for Liverpool on the Celtic to hold evangelistic events across UK Ireland and Scotland. They will perform in Belfast and may visit Sweden Norway and other regions before attending the World Convention of School Workers in Jerusalem and touring Asia Australia and the Pacific. They plan to reunite with relatives in Manila Hong Kong and California on their return. Arch E. Ray visited the city as the Democratic county central committee chair candidate.
Miss E B Smith of Monroe Indiana was 32 miles from home during the past week when she was accompanied by Mrs Will Conner. The fragment notes travel distance and a local companion.
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