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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1905
Page
9
A Breeder’s Gazette analysis notes feeders faced losses as fat cattle flooded markets in early 1902 and again in 1903. High corn prices, market bolstering hopes, and holding cattle for better pricing caused misreads and uneven marketing, with profits eroding as supply outpaced demand.
Breeder's Gazette reports a speculative sale where a boar is valued at 324 620 based on share prices and future earnings. Buyers fund a four payment plan with notes tied to breeding earnings, plus service fees of 190 per breed and pig-back credits, while risk rests on breeding success and boar longevity.
Ohio writer Louisa Miller recounts addressing New Jersey Horticulturists and Pennsylvania agriculture officials about nature study. She argues to integrate insects forests soils and experiments into public schools, citing farmer resistance and the need for trained teachers.
A repurposed box rabbit trap from American Agriculturist uses a rectangular box with a longer and wider platform. It employs light bait and wire to trigger a fall, with two small upright pieces supporting the mechanism.
Merryman Bros J.8 Fowler successor to Reed and Randolph advertise direct Baltimore oysters with rare bargains on all sizes. A winter dip followed with temperatures falling below zero by Wednesday morning as Tuesday brought mild winds and better weather.
A list offers full blooded Wyandotte cockerls at $1 each from Jamurs M. Coffing R. FLD No 1 Silverwood. Also auction advertising Loeb stores sale of winter goods. Notices call Tezon Nerv for farm sales commission free. Neff Co butcher shop invites trade. Found gold band ring claim owner must prove property. Ramsey Somerville block fire damages total loss around 15000 partly insured. John D Case 63 dies after being hit by a train at Wabash crossing East Main St while en route to hospital. Ephraim Crigger to remain Republican in 1905. John D Trott praised after resigning Shawnee township trusteeship.
I E Schoonover visits Attica. T M Rinn and wife in Danville. Spring Hill whiskey marketed as pure bottled in bond at The National and Frank Skinner's. Bob Osborn from Blue Pencil trades with Herzog. Capt Billings visits from Veedersburg. J Loeb's Stores showcase scarves and caps. Linden fire destroys Walter Riley home. J W Furnish advertises 258 acre Covington area farm for sale or rent.
A column from the era notes Loeb’s Stores offering ladies wear and reductions including silk mufflers. Colfax faces smallpox, a physician under arrest or removal. Circuit court opens Monday for five weeks. Market updates, gas and coal news, and local notices follow, including an oyster supper at Bluff Schoolhouse District No 3 on January 27 1905.
The office confirms it prints public sale bills and has the cuts needed to make the bill attractive. They state readiness to place the bill and proceed.
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