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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1913
Page
6
As the New Year dawns, many seek to greet friends far away with cards. The piece suggests making personalized New Year's calendars rather than buying expensive cards, offering simple designs to create charming, original tokens.
Creative step by step guide explains simple calendar crafts using carbon transfer and water colors. Snow scene shading suggests brown gray tones with blue white blossoms and a dark green stem. Sun dial design pairs marble white pedestal bronze angle ivy green. flexible colors suit taste.
A gentleman announces a pledge to refrain from working during 1913 and extends the vow to subsequent years 1914 1915 and beyond signaling a humorous or reflective New Year resolution amid local affairs.
A dramatic lyric by Edmund Clarence Stedman reflects on loss and longing as the speaker greets the New Year. He laments vanishing riches and loved ones, then rewrites hope in the coming year with renewed faith, patience, and charity.
Governor Marshall appoints Adolph Seidensticker of Indianapolis to the state board of pardons to succeed Thomas A. Daily. Seidensticker, a Democrat and former Indiana House member, takes effect January 1. The board also includes A. D. Thomas of Crawfordsville and Harry B. Darling of Laporte.
Police recovered the skeleton of a man, believed to be Henry M. Dayton, from the Dayton house cellar after the widow produced a purported confession by Joseph F. Snyder, a former boarder. Snyder fled after a quarrel, and investigators and a coroner located the body following the confession notice. A separate item notes the Indiana corn growers meeting set for January 15 with Dr Cyril Hopkins and Prof O J Kern among speakers.
In Columbus on December 24 widow Hazel Fox seeks William Mays a 25 year old last heard from six months ago in Taylorsville. He gave Jeffersonville as his home and reportedly planned marriage but disappeared. A friend said he planned to kill himself at Union Church though no body was found.
In Rochester on December 24 three men were hurt escaping a poker game raid. Dick Steen led the entry breaking a door as ten players panicked and fled through a third floor window to an air shaft and roof twenty feet below. Steen offered overcoats cigars and a take-off box to police. no arrests were reported.
Coroner Far Reed and police seek motive after Mrs Lucy Sweck killed herself by swallowing carbolic acid at her home. She left a two year old son who is critically ill after an apparent attempt to poison the child. The child remains hospitalized at St Elizabeth.
In Muncie on December 24 owners of moving picture shows from several Indiana cities attended the Eighth district meeting. Two unions were formed the Muncie union No 3 and the Anderson union No 4. T C Lary was chosen president of the Muncie unit and John Rosenberry heads the Anderson unit. A banquet followed the meeting.
Kenneth Shipley and Frank May, both twenty and from Chicago, were arrested by Chief Meinke after confessing to stealing a horse and buggy at Angola and another outfit at Columbia City. They used the stolen rigs to buy clothes in Laporte and planned further crimes, each carrying revolvers and an electric searchlight. They have been missing from home for months.
After a thirty hour jury deliberation in Indianapolis the court found Albert Rogers guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the murder of his wife last August. The sentence ranges from two to twenty one years in prison.
Michigan City on December 24 Seabury Rogers eighteen son of Dr J B Rogers was found dead in bed The doctor and other family members were treated with anti-toxin It is believed the anti-toxin affected the young man s heart He was a member of the high school class of 1913 and prominent in high school athletics.
Transcripts filed with the county clerk in the murder case of Heney Romine and J Rufus Clarke of North Vernon. They are charged with killing John and Charles McQuaid of Jennings county on October 17. Defendants held in county jail until trial.
Mrs Susan Brill fifty wife of John Brill a prominent Shelbyville businessman dropped dead at home shortly after returning from St Joseph cathedral services. She had not been ill and heart disease is believed the cause. Two sons and eight daughters survive.
In Covington Harry Crane remains jailed after an unsuccessful attempt on Sheriff Robert Kerr of Fountain County. City Marshal DeHaven has taken over escorting the prisoner to Michigan City penal institution.
A brief quote expresses cautious optimism for the coming year. The author notes uncertainty yet confidence, urging a search for kindness and goodness on every path and proceeding with glad hope and expectation.
Mrs Walter Reed and her two children Herman and Charles aged eleven and nine narrowly escaped death from fumes from a hot water heater in Newcastle. They were rendered unconscious but were revived in time by the timely arrival of the husband and father.
Mrs Blanche Havercamp aged 21 killed herself at home by drinking carbolic acid. She left no note. An infant son’s recent death is thought to have unsettled her mind. Two other children survive.
Indianapolis December 24. Forty nine counties completed transfers of money owed to the state in December settlements. Total collections reached 1 333 575.04 dollars. In 1911 only 35 counties had settled by this date per the auditor of state's office.
John Shaw seventeen, who confessed to a dozen thefts, will be allowed to return to the Indiana Reformatory School for Boys in Plainfield. Probation Officer Joe H. Kraft will purchase his ticket and place him on the train. Shaw was arrested on larceny charges and admitted to about six more unreported thefts. He was paroled from the reform school three months ago.
The Farm and Fireside recommends urgent culling of advanced cholera cases with an axe and burning carcasses. Mild infections should be moved to remote quarters for treatment. Prevention includes carbolic acid and gasoline sprays, thorough cleaning, hot whitewash, clean litter, strict water sanitation, no other drinks for weeks, disinfecting runs, and feeding cracked dry grains to reduce cholera.
The Orpington, originating in England, is praised for egg production and a broad deep body. In the United States it has grown in popularity over about fifteen years, with three main varieties Buff White and Black recognized for the breed's ideal form and color points.
This excerpt urges scattering ashes under roos to aid absorbency and cites 24 ounce eggs per dozen as desirable. It promotes a lively rat terrier for chicken farming, hot lye cleaning for poultry houses, and warns decaying matter as germ sources. It also questions egg foods, stresses breeding worthy roosters, nonrelated breeders, and emphasizes market-based egg sales.
The Land Show in Chicago featured western Canadian farming might with grain and grass exhibits. Wheat and oats yields were promoted, bread made from Canadian flour distributed daily, and British Columbia apples honored for world prizes. A polished display, including a champion steer Glencarnock Victor from Manitoba, underscored Canada’s farm resources and beef potential to American visitors.
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