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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
5
Merryman Bros offer 10 lbs of Lord Sale for 90c while local trade notes report Reed Zeigler of Attica transacting business. Town updates include visits from Harry Burnside Omar, Napper Bilsland’s Iown trip, and M Schesley’s new store styles. Several residents travel to Cincinnati for Taft events and Niagara Falls excursions via the Wabash. local markets note top cattle and hog prices.
Miss Hortense Martin of Attica visited with Miss Mary Coffing over Sunday. Mrs I Snoddy recovers from illness. Mrs Mayer Jr and children visit Evansville. Spence Smith and Spence pledge full value. W W Layton’s new residence progresses rapidly. Mr and Mrs Williams of Yed do visit Miss Anna Nebeker. Mrs Alice Bowser of Flora guests of daughter Mrs Frank Fiora. M Shesley’s New Store advertises advance styles. Elizabeth Mecomas visited in Danville with sister Mrs Fred Summer. Connecticut cash capital listed at $1,000,000. Attorney Root N Voliva from Newtown reports quiet in Richland. August term of Commissioner’s Court opens next Monday. Miss Helen Martin of Attica visits Ruth Adamson. Covington beats Georgetown 4 to 0 at fair grounds. T M Coffing planning new showrooms for showcase goods. For rent a cottage on Seventh Street via Mark Rogers. Mrs Gertrude Ludlow improving after hospital operation. Miss Phronie Bender attends Summers School for Teachers at Bloomington. Hedges Drug Co offers 50c Miona stomach tablets with money-back guarantee.
In Hoopeston Illinois the Victoria hotel owner was arrested and fined 21.80 for selling a soft drink labeled non beer later tagged 23. The Cayuga Herald notes brewers produced the beverage as a non alcoholic non beer product in the Holy City.
Elizabeth Sullivan has been appointed executrix of the estate of her late husband John W. Sullivan. An inventory of property was taken recently and the grocery stock will likely spoil as the estate is closed.
Richland residents and visitors appear in a roundup of social notes. Stephen Minor and wife head to Aurora Missouri, Frank McCoughtry of Attica greets locals, and May Dunkerly and J C Maxwell visit Mrs A R Heath’s family. Homestead, business updates and medical notes mix with arrests and court actions as John Blue is fined for assault.
Board and wife visited Attica Monday for a brief stay. Mrs. Deila Lewis of Chicago guests of Miss Hattie Grant. Dr. Colvin of Attica called on old friends. Mrs. Payton Lewis of Chicago visits, returns home. Music by Mrs. William Walker planned August 12 at M E church. Fountain county teachers institute set for Aug 17-21 in Covington.
Various county items list payments for soldiers burial aids, salaries for sheriffs, treasury staff, and county farm workers. Bridges and roads receive repairs or construction funding, with multiple contractors named. Several entries show supplies, postage, insurance, legal notices, and engraving, reflecting a Detailed County Expenditures ledger.
The Trustee of VanBuren Township Fountain County Indiana invites the Advisory Board to review proposed expenditures and tax levies for 1909 at the annual meeting. Items include Township Local Tuition Special School Road Library and Poor expenditures with specific tax rates and totals. Total expenditures reach 170.2872 with a 143 cent per dollar levy. taxables listed as 1,190,820 and 266 polls.
Court records list numerous payments to jurors clerks and court staff including Livengood Gose Sedwin Lang Harber Hawkins and Bell for petit jury service meals and day rates. Several entries cover jurors days worked and various officers fees with totals adding to stacks of dollars and cents.
Sidney E. Walker and his wife of Indianapolis are visiting relatives and friends here for several wrecks. Sid is just out of the city hospital from a successful operation for apprendicits and while very thin in flesh, 18 now rapidly improving. His many friends here hope for his speady restoration to perfect health.
The fragment mentions Hyomei as a remedy for catarrh in a humorous old style. It hints at a product or method but lacks clear facts, names, dates, or events to form a fuller report.
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