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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1906
Page
2
Miss Margaret Bailey of Middletown New York rode a trapeze during a balloon ascent. When the craft climbed toward 3600 feet she activated a parachute and descended safely to a cornfield. The crowd cheered as she landed and was carried home in a carriage. Her mother greeted her startled but unharmed.
An elderly man in Gillingham severed his own throat last February. A local rumor-hushed mystery followed until official ruling declared death a self-inflicted act. A nearby young married woman, moved by the affair, bore a child that died shortly after birth bearing a deep red throat-mark.
Queen the largest elephant of a western circus halted a Belfast Maryland train for about thirty minutes striking at the engine crew with water from her trunk. A man named Charles Williamson on the platform was knocked unconscious after being struck as the elephant sprayed water and prevented workers from approaching the car.
Five men blew open the Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic railway passenger station in Salisbury Maryland with nitroglycerin but found no cash. One burglar was wounded by a piece of iron from the safe and carried two miles to a farmhouse unconscious. He later said his name was James Avery of Baltimore. He claimed a train hit him, but the iron piece fit the safe door, and he was held on burglary charges. In Chicago a six day married woman Ruth Kerner seeks divorce from Albert Denier after he kicked her from bed and humbly aired her woes before Judge Kavanagh. Mrs. Denier, sixteen, said they wed February twenty first and were happy only six days.
Miss Minnie Gray, a New Britain telephone girl, grabbed two fighting dogs by their throats and choked them into submission after a dog attacked her collie. She was bitten on the wrist but the wound was not serious as bystanders watched.
Absence of the watchman during a strike at the Sheffield Scientific School dormitory allowed students to hoist a cigar store wooden Indian from a niche on the second story into position. The statue will likely stay there until bedcarriers resume work.
In the Fountain Circuit Court September Term 1906 Dianny Arter et al vs William Howe et al. Plaintiffs file complaint to quiet title on real estate in Fountain County Indiana and declare unknown residences of many defendants. The court orders defendants to appear September 3, 1906 at Covington Court House to answer or demur. Clerk Fry Bryant notes and seal.
Notice to defendants in Fountain Circuit Court September Term 195 Charles Radehaugh et al to quiet title to real estate in Fountain County Indiana. Defendants Elizabeth Duncan William Duncan Marian Dye Cyrus Dye Simpson Murray and numerous unknown heirs and spouses declared to be named defendants. Unknown residences and heirs listed after due inquiry. Court order declares all named defendants titled to the property and proceeding to quiet title.
Notice is given that Fountain County Indiana will receive sealed bids for construction of a viaduct and related earthwork crossing the CC and St. SG railway. Bids due at noon at the Auditor's office, with bid security equal to double the bid amount. The county may split contracts or reject all bids. James T. Bell, Auditor, July 10, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of Fountain County Indiana will on a future date consider a matter at a public meeting. The notice outlines the meeting time location and the issues to be addressed by the governing body.
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