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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
22
Washington dispatch says President McKinley will depart Chicago on the 19th for a southerly route to Indianapolis and likely to Terre Haute and other Indiana stops on the way. The plan, adopted at the White House, aims for a mid afternoon arrival in Indianapolis.
Judge Custer rules in Grant county case that inmates of the soldiers home may vote in the next general election. He overruled the demurrer and held the defendants' answer good, pending possible appeal to the supreme court.
The state statistician's office reports poll returns to the clerk of the board of election commissioners applying a multiple of 4 funds to estimate Indiana's population at 2,069,oe. The Benton Review notes a wild anecdote about a young lady who swallowed a needle and a man who later had it removed from his arm, with doctors puzzled by the case.
A special Covington excursion train carried forty six Republicans from the county seat on Saturday evening. Notable attendees included Chas Spinning Harry Randolph James T Belt James W Brissey Elmer Eliwell Grant Gossett and C D Case of the Republican Ledger.
The adjutant general's office released a complete casualty statement for May 1 to Sept. 30, 1898. Killed 23 officers and 257 enlisted men. Died of wounds 4 officers and 61 enlisted men. Died of disease 80 officers and 2,485 enlisted men. Aggregate 2,910 deaths from a force of 274,717, a 1.059 percent rate.
Advertisement offers a free trial bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption, coughs, and colds at Lee Allen’s drug store. It asserts universal use by physicians and guarantees cure with regular sizes priced at 50 and 100 cents. The offer urges sufferers to cut out the coupon and present it for a free sample.
D M Geeting superintendent of public instruction plans a statewide Arbor Day celebration on October 21 with public schools. The governor supports a broad observance, urging tree planting and beautifying school premises. The day is expected to be a holiday in schools and trees to be planted widely.
Convectors of Internal Revenue urged by Commissioner Scott to examine druggists stocks in the district. He cites reports of medicines made by manufacturing chemists resembling proprietary drugs and several compounds un stamped or un compounded though patented or with trademarks. The audit is to be thorough and exact to protect Schedule B provisions on medicinal articles.
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