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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1897
Page
8
A cascade of small town items reports illnesses and incidents across Indiana towns. Boswell faces whooping cough, while Winthrop handles mail for Kickapoo residents. Local revivals, saloon troubles, accidents, and legal matters fill the page with community updates.
Wm. White of Steuben township Warren county had a lap robe stolen in Marshfield. John Clem and companions were suspected, the robe found, and after a chase four men were arrested. Neel escaped, the case dropped for lack of accessories. In Danville George Boyd fired on Will Sparks and Jack Chesley at Chesley Bros. boiler shops injuring Sparks and Chesley. Boyd jailed on $5,000 bond awaiting Monday preliminary hearing. An ad notes Brant's Cough Balsam and a recruitment notice for Indiana travelers with salary offers.
A sheriff sale is ordered in Fountain County Indiana by the Circuit Court for the property described as lot sixty three in Dale Waterman’s addition to Silverwood. The sale proceeds will cover the judgment interest and costs, with rents and profits for up to seven years to be applied, at the courthouse door in Covington between the stated hours.
The Only True Southern Route train through car service departs Chicago daily at 10 50 am heading via St Louis to Little Rock Malvern Hot Springs Austin San Antonio Laredo with a connection to the City of Mexico. Through sleepers reach 1 Paso Los Angeles and San Francisco on the Chicago line. Contact Wabash or connecting lines for details and timetables.
California booster touts climate cheap land and sunlit skies and promotes the Santa Route with daily Pullman sleepers from Chicago and Kansas City to the West Coast. It mentions an illustrated book "To California and Back" and invites requests to Geo C Chambers, Santa Fe Route, Peoria. The notice also records Wabash train service changes effective Sunday Nov 6 1808 between Peru and Montpelier and connections to St Louis and Detroit.
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