07 Jul 1899
Page 5
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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1899
Page
5
Saturday and midweek visits bring many residents to Covington city including H P Layton Robt Bodine Pem Welch and J L Allen. Notables such as Dan Stattery Rev A R Heath and County Assessor W A Wright are noted, with many trips to Indianapolis Chicago Veedersburg Waynetown and Danville and updates on illnesses and recoveries. Local social rounds and stores advertise Douglas shoes at Loeb's.
An advertisement touts a hundred dollar reward for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements of F J Cheney Co and local druggists, notes the cure acts on blood and mucous surfaces, and lists price and free testimonials. Local editor remarks about regional papers and editors in brief, informal notes.
The Normal closed its spring and summer term June 30 with only bookkeepers at work. Gertrude Richardson finished the bookkeeping tablet. Edith McClellan will teach in Warren county. Florence Hall left bookkeeping due to illness. Chas Watts and Mr. Cox of Fountain were seen together. many recently married names appear on the roll. Allie Ward could not complete the teachers’ course. a farmer notes Foley’s Kidney Cure saved his life after kidney disease.
A garbled page fragment recounts Newtown items and a world travel piece. It mentions Elijah Westfall and a local loss to a committee. It shifts to a description of royal security in czarist travels with sentinels and evacuated stations. It also references the See and Showan in Japan and a Chicago man returning from the Philippines with a relic.
The Medical Record lauds De Shutter's 1898 operation removing a woman's stomach for stomach cancer. The patient, age 55, recovered and lived fourteen months before dying of a second cancer. Report notes death not due to nutrition and that stomach removal is not fatal.
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