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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1902
Page
3
A Civil War battlefield chronicle recounts intense fighting near Spottsylvania with corps detachments, captures, and heavy casualties. Personal vignettes describe mud, shell bursts, and a wounded brigade commander as General Grant’s forces press a multi corps attack across 14 hours of combat.
An 19th century advertisement extols Benson's Porous Plaster as a universal relief for rheumatic and neuralgic pains, headaches, colds, coughs, kidney and liver ailments, and muscular strains. It claims superiority over old-style plasters and promises delivery with prepayment options through Seabury & Johnson, with a nationwide price of 25 cents.
Last Sunday at 5 30 PM Charles Gillman and Miss Jessie Miller of near State Line quietly married. Gillman teaches in the public schools and is well known in the township. The ceremony was at the bride’s home by Squire Black. After blessings guests shared a meal. They plan to live with Mrs. Miller and Gillman will keep teaching and farming.
James Jackson, about fifty, was fatally wounded when a board caught by a mill saw drove into his abdomen while he and his fourteen year old son John worked cutting scrips. He died before aid arrived. Funeral held Sunday at Centennial cemetery. Mrs. Jackson is sister to Mrs. Esquire Martin.
Travel notices detail a series of excursions and conventions in 1902 hosted by groups including International Christian Endeavor Union in Richmond Indiana Knights of Pythios in San Francisco Grand Lodge of Elks in Salt Lake City Travelers Protective Association in Put-in-Bay and Young Peoples Christian Union in Tacoma plus an annual Niagara Falls trip. Get information of Agents Clover Leaf Route.
Albert Schulenberg and Thomas Bodine lead Covington grain buyers in paying top prices for the new crop. Wheat is reported as fine, grading No 2, with yields from 25 to 47 bushels per acre and an average well above normal. The crop promises great benefit to farmers amid past grain shortages.
A brief Home Remedy note describes Rocky Mountain Tea as a cure for hollow places and faded cheeks, claiming it smooths lime-like blemishes. The ad lists Lehoy Allen as the seller at 33 cents.
A State Medical Institute in Fort Wayne Indiana offers free trial home treatment packages for men with nervous weakness due to youthful folly or premature decline. No restrictions, letters to Room H Elektron Building, requesting a sample will be promptly sent in a plain sealed package. Readers urged to write without delay.
Iowa Central Railway offers special low round trip fares from all points to Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Salt Lake City, Ogden, Hot Springs, Deadwood, Lead and Anster in the Black Hills. Dates vary from June 22 to Sept 10 with final ticket return by Oct 31 1902. Inquiries to A. B. Cutts G P T A Minneapolis.
The advertisement touts Cabstoria Beara and signature CopTein of LILA as the kind you have always bought for Foley’s Kidney Cure. It claims a cure when other remedies have failed, attributed to Geo. D. Cook.
An 1900 era advertisement urges treating rheumatism by aiding kidney function. Foley's Kidney Cure is praised by R. T. Hopkins of Volar Wis after three years of failed doctoring. Ely's Liquid Cream Balm is recommended for nasal catarrh with a 75 cent price and mail order option from Fly Bros. New Orleans reports positive customer results for Ely Bros. products.
R A Gray of Oakville Indiana writes that a decade of kidney disease left him bedridden with fever and pain until Foley's Kidney Cure was prescribed. He credits the remedy with delivering him from suffering and calls it a godsend. The statement is attributed to Geo L Cook.
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