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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
2
The document records that the Covington Post Office receives second class mail status under the editorial oversight of The Republican, T. A. Clifton. It notes the newspaper’s editor and standard mail designation.
The community reflects on 1919 with mourning and hope as a fire at Guy Sprankle's home causes minor damage. Floy Diffenderfer and family visit relatives north of town while Samuel Diffenderfer lists a public sale January 19 and plans to move to Covington. Mrs. Ruby Phebus is ill in town, and visitors from Lafayette bring household goods plans for relocation.
The 1920 opening notes the newspaper's 45 years of record keeping and shared memories. It honors returning soldiers, old school days, weddings, births, and community ties while drawing hope for progress this year. Sam Boord and wife from Omaha visit family over Christmas.
Digestive aid tablets claim to tone the stomach and regulate liver and bowels restoring health. Advertises gentle action and offers quick relief for dullness and constipation with a promise of pleasing results.
New York doctor asserts many seemingly healthy men suffer from progressive tobacco related ailments. He warns nicotine poisons nerves and organs and promotes Nicotol tablets as a quick cure with a money back guarantee from druggists.
Mrs Mate Burton of Indianapolis is visiting friends here. Geo Shafer and daughter Winona visited Remington for a week. Geo Bushman of Terre Haute with brother Chas and sister Mrs Hannon visited last week. P N Cox of Flint came to see daughter Mrs Homer VanDorn. Frances Kyle wed Chester Walker on Dec 12 and will live in Lafayette. Several families shared Christmas and weekend visits, with many relatives noted from Kingman Warren County Kickapoo Rossville Covington and other towns. Frank Beymer was in Covington on business.
Mrs. Clay Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a splendid medicine for children with croupy symptoms and for adults with coughs. She reports relief after a few doses and a quick recovery after a few days of use.
A notice urges veterans unfit for immediate work to inform the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in Washington. The bureau provides disability compensation and free medical care until restoration to fitness. It notes a 1918 summer sweep of military examinations.
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