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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
5
The Wabash announces a popular excursion to Detroit on the 19th. The train departs Covington at 5 p.m. on Saturday evening the 18th.
J. D. Bybee advertises cheap Texas Panhandle land with divisions to fit buyers. The seller promises sunny conditions, health, and prosperity, inviting all interested to communicate for a home site. This is a local land sale notice from a bygone issue.
Jas Iles of Perrysville acquires nearly 400 acres near Winnemac in Pulaski county plus a Perrysville business block and a residence in exchange for the McNeill Drug block. Total value listed at 31000 with deed to Hoke and wife. Iles plans to hire a tenant and overseer for the new farm. sale advertised by W B Coleman's.
The notice lists round trips next Sunday from here to Indianapolis and Champaign with prices 1.25 and 0.90 respectively. Train times are 8:14 a.m. and 9:47 a.m. A good time to go.
A merry group including Will Thompson and wife Ora Eltis and wife Jack Franklin and wife Will Adkins and wife camped by Jim and Frank Lewis at the Big Spring a mile below town. On Sunday they spread plenty of eatables and enjoyed the gathering. Coal listed as soft coal for threshing by P. J. McMahon.
Jessie Wilhite aged twenty three was drowned in a pond from an old gravel pit about three and a half miles southwest of Mellott while swimming with a brother and another young man. He sank after cramps and was recovered about a half hour later but life was extinct. He leaves a brother and five sisters. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning. W. B. Livengood. Pay Bryant. Livengood and Bryant, Attorneys at Law, Covington Indiana.
Rebecca Malone and Frank and Mazine Malone quitclaimed all real estate in Eugene township except two Cayuga residences to Milton W. Coffin receiver for the bank. Four hundred acres of farm land and two Eugene lots will be sold to satisfy creditors. Proceeds aim to repay debts and refund any excess to the Malones. The notice urges town cooperation and commerce to boost prosperity, with an aside about M Schesey's new store offering daily advances.
Ed Spencer was down Monday and Ab Miller visited Foster Monday. Tuesday was psy day on the Big Four. John Fields at Covington Saturday. Frenk and Charlie Reech spent Sunday at Foster. Dan Ricketts and a friend at Danville Sunday. Millard Berxett cut oats Tuesday and Wednesday. Millard Beckett and wife in Covington Saturday. Aunt Ellen Gaskin visited neighbors last week. Agent Daller and wife at Burlington Iowa Sunday. Strawser threshed wheat Tuesday morning. Zines began wheat Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Frank Lyons and daughter visited Covington Tuesday. Hyram and wife entertained relatives Sunday night. Most corn to receive last plowing this week. Clyde Cunningham to have a fine residence before frost. Mesdames Beckett and Stevens at Danville Tuesday. Cy Henderson with sister Mrs. Wm Hughes Sunday. Tom Bodine to handle Mound Prairie wheat at Foster this year. Mrs. Moody and Myrtle Clem visited Mrs. Romine Monday. Storm Tuesday knocked the elevator smoke stack down. Babe Ricketts in Danville now with a swell rig.
The Ramona Tribe No 188 Imp C O R M prepares for the Wabash Powwow to be held in late August with sufficient funds, prominent speakers, bands, and Indians from many reservations expected to attend in western Indiana. J Loeb's Stores offers carpet deals this month with prices reduced from fifty to seventy cents per yard.
Uncle Jake Ricketts reports feeling fine and plans to meet old friends at Covington County Fair this fall, signaling a community event and reunion.
Social notes from East Liberty show visits among the Allen Lawson McIntosh Robbins and Kiger families. Protracted meeting scheduled for the first Saturday night in August invites all. Bro Foster of Indianapolis preached services to a good attendance.
The Sunday schedule lists Bible School at 10 a.m. led by C. C. Coleman a morning sermon at 11 a.m. Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m and an evening sermon at 7 30 p m Prayer meetings occur Thursdays at 7 45 p m The minister D H Palmer invites the public to attend all services at 309 Jefferson Street.
Sunday School at 10 a.m. worship at 11 a.m. Epworth League 6 30 p.m. Prayer meeting Thursdays at 7 30 p.m. Official Board meets first Monday monthly. Ladies Aid meets third Thursday. W F M S meets first Thursday. Bend church Ladies Aid meets second. Fourth Quarterly Meeting for the conference year to be held Saturday and Sunday July 18 and 19. Preaching at Bend Sunday 2 30 p.m. by Rev M A McKenzie District Superintendent Frank K Dougherty Pastor.
Pleasant little pills marketed as DeWitt's Little Early Risers are described as easy to take and sold by The Hedgea Drag Co. The advertisement emphasizes convenience and quick relief in a period-typical product promo.
George Switzer reports a night raid in the McKendree neighborhood where Levi Underwood loses 100 young chickens and Everett Underwood nearly as many, Henry Inert 50 to 60, totaling about 250. The theft follows a nearby crime where Oscar Smith and Joe Stark lost a hundred hens. no suspects or disposal method identified.
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