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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
8
Meith and assistants replace transformers for updated power system aiming for brighter lights and 100 volt lamps. notes on usage and costs. Also includes farm wagon sale, letters unclaimed, social club recap, court actions, local notices, and assorted community items with names and places from Covington Indiana region.
The widow of a Sixth United States Cavalry trooper was granted a pension after the coroner ruled his death on May 7, 1888, was caused by choking on his wife’s feather watch chain during a struggle. She testified of threats and a chaotic pursuit before a fatal fall, and the pension amounts to eight dollars and two cents monthly. The case drew attention for its dramatic and unusual origin.
A new distilling method shown at the Paris exhibition uses a microbe to convert starch first into sugar and then into alcohol. The process runs in a closed rate with sterilized materials to prevent contamination, employing microbes bred in the lab, originally found in Chinese yeast and now brought to Europe.
Frank Eme, former lightweight champion who defeated George Lavigne and later lost to Terry McGovern, announces retirement from boxing and plans to study architecture at Columbia College. He aims to take a preliminary architecture course and then continue.
Pan American exposition plans aim to surpass Paris with top athletes. A U championships may be held over two days featuring college baseball and football, interstate tennis, Gaelic games, water sports, shooting, lacrosse, cycling, gymnastics, cricket, bowling, croquet and racket. James E. Sullivan to manage. Also a feature on Joe McGinnity working in his foundry, health and plans for next season uncertain.
A European cable report from April last year said Falcon Island vanished after a 14 year life. Consul general of France in the Tonga group reports Commandant Ravenhill of the cruiser Porpoise has returned with news of the island's re emergence, its highest point about 16 feet above sea level. The island formed by a volcanic eruption in 1885.
The Providence Journal notes the once magnificent steamer Providence, flagship of Fisk's fleet, has been stripped of ornaments and left to rot at Lonsdale wharf as rats infest and the vessel deteriorates. The aging queen of the sound loses splendor and purpose.
Alusive praises the Senate debaters Chandler of New Hampshire and Spooner of Wisconsin as the keenest and most fearless duelists. Chandler exceeds in finding enemy vulnerabilities while Spooner excels in dramatic debate moments. In the House, Cannon of Illinois and Moody of Massachusetts are named top debaters.
Passengers traveling the new Siberian rail line will have home like comforts on board. Trains will offer libraries, barber shops, hot and cold water, physicians at no charge, and multilingual workers who may accept tips. The seven day journey from St. Petersburg to Irkutsk will be available to those who can pay.
An eminent citizen confronts a gas company over a $75 bill for 50,000 feet of gas, insisting the meter malfunctions. The president and secretary explain the prudence of a long month and leakage when the house was empty. The man pays, then a woman arrives seeking relief over a $1.75 shoe bill.
Chauncy K. Vickery of Covington Troy township Fountain County Indiana applies to the Commissioners Court for a license to sell vinous malt and intoxicating liquors in less than a quart on premises described as the first room on the ground floor of a two story building on Liberty Street between Third and Fourth in Covington Indiana. The filing notes the applicant is over 20 years old and requests on premise consumption.
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