Comings and Goings in Covington and Vicinity
Local notes report New Year visits from Cliff Bivens and others, births at Elmer Bowers and family, and health updates including Alma Worth and Charley Lyons. Measles appear mild in Hillsboro. several relatives attend Townsley funeral. Ed Diffenderfer visits from Texas. Oysters advertised. horse lost near Hillsboro. will of John Oyler probated. visits from Edna Webb and Mrs Browne. Pearl Field and Peers noted. and various travel and health items across the county.
Merryman's Oysters and Local Visitors Report
Trustee Keeling from Hillsboro visits Merryman's while J L Allen Jr. spends a week at French Lick. Attica, Indianapolis, and Danville locals drop by on business or visits. The piece notes advertising merit, subscriber activity, and a township audit showing a net deficit of 4866.16 for Troy township.
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J.L. Allen Jr
French Lick
Troy Township
Smith
Expert on Banking Proposes Credit Currency Remedy
Congressman Charles N Fowler, chair of the House Banking Committee, urges national banks to issue credit currency equal to their capital to counter financial ills. He cites past use of clearing house certificates and cashiers checks as a model and criticizes current bond secured currency and treasury manipulations. Fowler, from New Jersey, is in his seventh term and a lawyer by trade. The piece also notes John Sharp Williams recounting a Mississippi gubernatorial anecdote about Prohibition, and reports on Sweden's new king Gustave V, sworn in with motto With the People For the Fatherland, noting his birth in 1858 and succession after Oscar I.
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Charles N. Fowler
Pouse Committee On Banking and Currency
Treasury
Fowler
New Jersey
House of Representatives
Illinois
John Sharp Williams
Capitol
Mississippi
Jeff Truly
South
Williams
Brother
Sweden
Oscar I
Oscar Gustave Adulphe
Gustave V
Gustave
Drottningholm
Duke of
Werm
Vague Biographical Fragment on Gustav V of Sweden
Fragmentary biographical notes trace Gustav V's education at Upsala from 1877 to 1878 and a European tour in 1879. It also mentions his army service starting in 1875, promotions to general lieutenant in 1879 and full general by 1906, plus a stint as vice king of Norway between 1884 and 1891 and a marriage at age 20 to Victoria of Baden.
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Tave V. OY
Lige Seem Victoria of
of Badeq
Bible Exposition Turns Comic In Narrow Parish Tale
The Rev. Jasper Pinckney of Punxsutawney parish boasted he could expound any Bible text at sight. Deacon Johnson taunted him with Psalm 57, but Pinckney improvised and explained the busy life of King David with a humorous misquote about awake harps and pearly trees. A separate Puck quip features an actor interjecting epigrams on stage.
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Jasper Napoleon Pinckney
Punxsutawney Parish
Epaminondas Johnson
Br’er Pinckney
Hruddern
David
Mawnin
Peazel Tree
Harper’s Weekly
Prolonged Duties and Seated Plans in Two Notices
Two short items note delays and social requests. In the county scene a sheriff is winding up a watch factory’s affairs with a week’s absence forecast. In a social exchange Miss Vera Stout is pressed to attend theater with Mr Magley, seeking secured seats.
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Harper's Weekly
Rising broker bids claim on love in witty exchange
A dialogue quotes a rising broker telling a wise businesswoman she owes him a debt of love. She retorts that under the circumstances he is a preferred creditor, framing the flirtation in business terms. The exchange mirrors finance language applied to romance.
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Baltimore American
Kiss Language Sparks Witty Parlor Exchange
In a parlor scene the young man claims a kiss is love’s language while the fair maid retorts for him to speak. The exchange, reported by Chicago News, captures a playful clash of romance and speech in a domestic setting.
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Fair Maid
Chicago News
Blatter and Knocker Exchange Harsh Exchanges
A fragment shows Sepp Blatter dialogue with an old woman and Knocker, featuring insults and banter about spelling a scoundrel and sharing a cigar. The noisy exchange captures a cartoonish street mood with clipped remarks and misheard phrases.
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Sepp
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Cliff Bivens
Otho Hershberger
Elmer Bowers
Fletcher Boyd
Fred Hedges
Lou Dunlap
Indianapolis
Burton
Alma Worth
Charley Lyons
Hillsboro
William Foster
Ed Diffenderfer
Elcampo
Tex
Covington
Texas
J. E. Townsley
Vincennes
W. L. Townsley
Hoopeston
J. A. Menefee
James L. Townsley
Merryman’s
Bert J. Elmore
Sabinas
James Moore
John Oyler
Richland Township
Berton Oyler
John Frazier
Abas
Rynearson
Edna Webb
Keever
Columbus
Ohio
Rowland
Mc Mabon
Trustee Keeling
George W. Peck
Attica
Bob Baker
Belle Kendlespire
Williamsport
Charley Marlatt
Orange County
Perg’’ Smith
Danville
Johu Martin
Charley Quinn
The
Covington Light and Water Co
Charley
Adda Clifton
Indianapoli Conservatory of Music
Sarah Hershbarger
J. M. Conover
Mr. Conover
Houston
G. W. Williams
Col. Madden Ware
State Board of Agriculture
Frank Elenberger
Republican
Noah M. Teegarden
van Buren Township
Teegarden
Veedersburg
Puck
Yoo Drorvs
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Promaes Diecion Tent
Ben Horpbie Nc
Enes At
Fac Simile Signature of
New York
Bears
Castoria
the Grocery
the Fountain Trust Company
East Washington Street
Covington, Ind
G. _W. Martin
Liberty and
4Th Sts
Conservatory. Music
Edward M. Cawley
Meridian
Middle West
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