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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1920
Page
3
Indiana state superintendent L N Hines urged at the Indiana Schoolman's club that teachers receive at least a fifty percent salary increase. He also pressed for a grade school inspection department, compulsory school physicians in every township, and greater financial support for state universities and colleges.
The Mellott column reports on R. E. Short in Indianapolis, Eugene Christman visiting from Kokomo, and Rev. Martin’s resignation to become a missionary. Bert Owler will take over a lunch and eat stand at John W. Kaler's place. A land sale near Mellott details 23 acres per heir and a 120 acre farm, with division among six heirs and sale appointed by Commissioner Dennis Broderick at $250 per acre.
Notice promotes a free 1920 vest pocket memorandum with election histories by D Swift & Co Washington DC. It claims population by state from 1890 1900 1910 and 1919 agricultural outputs. Also mentions a 1920 wall calendar available for stamps and a local visit by Dr Frank Luke of Petersburg visiting his mother Mrs Meranda Luke and noting his wife Sadie Bryant in poor health.
A Kentucky druggist explains that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best cough medicine based on his customers praise and his own family use. J. B. Jones of Cubrun endorses seven years of use as the best he has known. Read the ads in this issue.
Ami Weber, telegraph operator for the Wabash at Buck Creek, died Saturday in St. Elizabeth's hospital Lafayette after illness that began Sunday and pneumonia. His brothers John and Paul Weber of Attica were with him. he was 6:30 a.m. burial at Attica after funeral services Tuesday. He was a cousin of T. C. Weber and spent last summer in the township.
J W Billy Fesler announces candidacy for Republican nomination for governor. A Hoosier with long political service from Marion County defense work to Indiana university trusteeship outlines a future policy while pledging an energetic canvass.
Public sale set for Tuesday February 10 1920 at 10 am on the old Paugh farm eight miles southeast of Covington six miles southwest of Veedersburg and a half mile north of the Old Cade Mill. Livestock includes horses cows hogs and chickens with milk tests and cod sales. Machinery and harness plus an incubator and various tools complete the catalog with sale terms offering seven months credit on larger sums and cash discounts.
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