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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
7
Local column notes editor Geo M Williams visiting Attica, residents returning from Texas and Ohio, and numerous personal movements. Mentions Lew Wood resigning from Hillsboro town board, various visits, travel to Hot Springs, and community happenings around Covington and Danville.
M E Clodfelter longtime Crawfordsville attorney and former Democratic nominee for Congress announces his bid for the ninth district seat. He joins E K Ballard and Clyde H Jones as Democratic contenders, citing broad district canvass experience from his prior campaign.
Lannis Cox visited from Fountain on Thursday and Ed Hughes of Attica checked in to monitor matters in the city. Elmer Wilkey spent Wednesday in Indianapolis on business interests. John Philip McMahon heads to Chicago for rupture surgery. County commissioners met in special session to address bridge issues. M. Board and wife spent the week in Chicago at the National Furniture Dealers Association. M. L Wilson of Attica attended court. Mrs. B. S. Orr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orr, is convalescing after appendicitis surgery in Indianapolis. The Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church planned an exchange at Nebeker's grocery on Saturday January 18 and will meet the 38th every month until further notice. The week of prayer closed with union services and strong church cooperation.
Auditor Will B. Gray has suffered ptomaine poisoning since the democratic banquet in Attica two weeks ago. The article mockingly notes his presumed political ailment and past inoculation against the Republican virus. A Jan 28 dance lesson offer at Armory Hall advertises low prices, ladies free, inquiries to J C Marlatt. James Hinds of Crawfordsville dies at Culver hospital after brief illness, a former Veedersburg resident known across the county.
The Republican state central committee organized on Thursday by acclamation electing Jas P Goodrich as chairman and Carl P Rid dick as secretary. The note contrasts with the Democratic side which chose Stokes Jackson as chairman.
Mrs. Maud Blythe, daughter of Attorney O S Jones, recently presented her husband with a fine nine pound boy. All interested parties are doing well at present except the foxy grandpa who says he has not been healthy since the event.
Clyde H Jones of Crawfordville announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Ninth district. He was the Democratic candidate for Congress in 1904 and is described as a young man, able and clean in both politics and personal life.
In Barnsley England on Saturday evening sixteen children died and about forty were injured as a stampede to reach seats for a public hall entertainment caused a gallery crush. Attendants tried moving children to the body of the hall triggering a deadly rush. Authorities describe the chaotic scene as scores trampled.
Terre Haute Indiana January 15 Bondsmen claim James Risher missing Otter Creek township trustee is $2000 short. His wife turned over five acres and a good house from their home to the bondsmen. Risher has not been heard from since he left a month ago. He could have drawn $5090 the day he left if he had tried to loot township funds. Extravagant spending is believed to have caused the shortage.
In Terre Haute Indiana on January 11 a train struck and killed the widow aged seventy at the Evansville and Terre Haute crossing. A loyal dog stood by her side and actively blocked others from approaching the body until force removed the animal from the scene.
The passage describes central Australia with Lake Amadeus as a dry salt plain, Ayers Rock rising from the desert, and extinct rivers that once shaped the land. It notes large extinct marsupial relatives, water gaps for fish, frogs storing rain, and aboriginal practices such as water from tree roots, totem reverence, and cross-group marriage rules.
G H R Dobbs recalls a scientist struggling to fill a bottle with water revealing that cleverness does not guarantee practical common sense. The anecdote supports the view that brains alone do not ensure grasp of everyday tasks.
Currants are highly nutritious due to high digestible grape sugar content. Their tartaric acid contributes to a piquant flavor, and potash is present as cream of tartar, likely offering dietetic value.
Board of Commissioners of Fountain County Indiana invites sealed proposals for concrete abutments for Zackmire Bridge Jackson Township Grade Approach to Wabash River Bridge Covington Shopp Grade Shawnee Township and an Automatic Sewer Riverside Grade Plans and specifications are on file in Covington Indiana Bids must be bonds payable to the State of Indiana with a sum not less than the proposal Board may reject any or all bids January 16 1933
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