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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1898
Page
7
A flood of patent medicine and household remedy notices flood the page. Advertisements tout Hall's Catarrh Cure DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve Carter's Cough Cure Grain-O and Carter's Cascara Cordial with testimonials from Toledo and Harrisburg highlighting cures and health claims.
The Sunset Limited will depart St Louis via Iron Mountain and Southern Pacific. Westbound runs Tue and Sat. eastbound Tue and Fri. Trains include parlor car with bath and barber, compartment car with ladies observation, sleepers, dining, vestibuled cars. Tickets via Clover Leaf route. Also notices tours and a vegetable tonic advertisement with vague claims.
Numerous visits and returns mark a busy period with Miss Grace Dunlap in Danville, many Crawfordsville and Attica residents stopping in, and lengthy lists of callers and guests across Waynetown, Kingman, Frankfort, and nearby towns. The Ledger notes health concerns and travel, including a diphtheria illness recovery, a rib fracture, and a nervous prostration affecting attorney Littl.
Charley and George Long of Lacon visit father Henry Logg in the city. Nina Hickman, once sick with typhoid, is convalescing. Dr Smith returns for a short visit and promotes lantern entertainments and medicines. Reed Hetfield returns to Chicago after holidays with relatives. George McVermond, once in business, visits the Republican with praise for his success. J N Steely and Maude of Indianapolis visit Mort for Ke Poianee. Stevy reports twenty two years at Sinker Davis Co Indianapolis with strong orders. Pres Bently responds to work and some orders are refused due to Genny.
Last Wednesday the crowded court held a sensational adultery matter titled The Stutler Blue Affair. Charles Blue absent earlier returned home as Peter Stutter related, while Mrs Blue, stepmother of Charles, Viv Blue, and others, faced adultery charges. Prosecutors pursued warrants, then dismissed with both sides allegedly guilty. later separate charges against Peter were heard before the Mayor, who dismissed after defense arguments. Spectators left unsettled as irregularities prompted the dismissal.
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