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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
6
The text offers step by step advice for washing a counterpane, including soaking, washing with soap, rinsing twice, and sun drying. It notes avoiding haste, using blue-tinted rinse water, and suggests stain treatments with petroleum products for wood finishes and furniture. Cleaning methods emphasize patience and repeated applications as needed.
Ancient silk items like crumpled hairpieces and stockings are repurposed as dust cloths and floor coverings. Describes converting worn stockings into mats and using silk waist and hat remnants to polish furniture without scratching or shedding.
An inventor introduces an ash sifter to reduce dust during ash removal. The device sits in a square frame inside a box or barrel with a circular wire sieve on a shaft. A crank rotates the sieve while the upper casing is removed for loading and then replaced to separate cinders from ashes, with a hood preventing dust.
A home polish using equal parts linseed oil and vinegar avoids slipperiness caused by beeswax and turpentine. Apply a small amount to a flannel cloth, rub onto linoleum, and finish with a clean dry cloth.
Cleaning advice suggests removing stains from furniture tops with emery powder and a felted flat iron, then polishing with pumice stone. It also outlines preserving celery for a week by wrapping in brown paper and a towel and storing in a dark cool place, with a final crisping soak before serving.
Clothespins boiled briefly and dried, reusable monthly to stay flexible and durable. Clotheslines last longer if treated similarly. For white silk, add methylated spirits to the final rinse to brighten and ease ironing. Finger bowls used to dampen fingertips, then dab lips and napkins.
The piece surveys fake antlers and horn grafting seen by amateur collectors, cites cases of interlocked antlers and misrepresented Ovis poli imports, and recounts related hoaxes from New York to Chicago with a note on modern Greek learning and Sicilian archaeology discoveries.
Receipts from Henry Ramser and County Auditor Bell support a detailed ledger of general and township funds. Expenditures list salaries, services, and bridge work for Clifton and Grahambridge, plus institute and school payments to numerous teachers. The document notes totals, balances, and numerous voucher details for month-end accounting.
Summary of township finances shows Road Fund receipts from Henry Ramser and county auditors, with total receipts around 20 for the fund and expenditures listing numerous gravel, lumber, and labor items across districts. A separate Dog Fund records dog tax receipts and dog-related expenditures including livestock and sheep loss claims. Balance figures indicate overdrawn road funds and separate state fund tallies.
The report shows receipts and expenditures for township funds, state tuition revenue, road funds, dog tax, and an advisory board note. It lists payments to officials, supplies, coal, insurance, printing, and road work with numerous names and dates, including Clinton D Smith as trustee and Geo D Cook as notary.
Elmer D. Bunt as receiver for Fountain Circuit Court will privately sell the Covington Canning Company property in Fountain County Indiana. Real estate includes 3 acres plus factory buildings and all machinery and supplies with details like boilers engines and canning equipment. sale ends February 5 1906 with terms of half cash at sale and half by December 1 1996 secured by mortgage or personal security. bids to be received at H C Younts law office Covington Indiana.
In the Fountain Circuit Court during Sovember term 1905 Albert Rabb as Administrator filed final settlement for the estate of Levi Rabb deceased. The court will examine the account January 21, 1906 and all heirs creditors or legatees must appear to show cause why the account should not be approved and heirs must prove heirship.
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