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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
2
A long list of visitors and locals from Perrysville and nearby towns including Covington, Danville, Newport, and West Lebanon travel for visits, shopping, and circus outings. Memorial services and Decoration Day ceremonies are noted with speeches by Rev. Charles Dudley and Rev. Voyles, honoring soldiers and community ties.
Coal Creek residents host visitors and family gatherings. Scarlet fever case reported for Mrs. Randolph Richardson. Churches announce service changes and upcoming Decoration Day observances with flowers, prayers, and a carpet prize drawing on June 12.
Carwile No. 9 Miss Ida Graham left last week for an indefinite stay at Decatur. A. W. Graham and wilt spent Sunday with Jim Yerkes and family. Mrs. Will Richardson and children of Cates spent Saturday at Jesse Bodine's. Stuart Carwile and wife of Coopes Ford were visiting relatives. A.C. Wurtzbaugh of Veedersburg was calling in this vicinity last Thursday. A Memorial day exercise attendance noted at Covington. Join Roads and wife of Cooper's lord visited Mary Roads. L. W. Bodine and wife were guests of James Barkley and wife at Old Kentuck. Miss Ruth Yocom returned home after visiting Pine Village. Mrs. Milo Goodner improving with her mother with her. B. L. Graham shipped a stock load to Indianapolis. Mrs. Della Tinsley of Kansas City visiting relatives spent the day in Cliffsboro. K. J. Yocom and family spent Sunday with John Yocom and Vera. Mrs. Jesse Buling's sister-in-law Mrs. Clarry Dice buried at Mount Hope Cemetery after long illness.
A visitor at Hayseed on the Mud chats with the district's oldest caddie about the town. The caddie responds that, after many years, he knows all the inns and their ins and outs.
Antiseptic powder Alfen's Foot Mase, 20 cents, shaken into shoes to rest feet and ease marching. Over 100000 packages distributed to German and Allied troops. Free sample offer. Address Alen Olme sted Li Row Y.
Old Kentuck residents share visits and dinners including Eva Norris Aadater and Abe at the apharpeths Tae Sa. Funeral of Mrs Frank Doce attended Monday afternoon. Neighborhood figures, school and church dinners noted with families such as Davidson, Thomas, Weber, Janeway and Roberts among others. County commencement held at Attica May 27 referenced.
Osborn Prairie notes report Elmer Lease's son taken to Danville for leg setting by a surgeon. Charlie Sentman continues with an alfalfa tour despite a wrecked auto, with Frank Youngblued and Elder Dunley leading a memorial service for the Odd Fellows. Also mentions Hessian fly threat to wheat and a party for James Simmerman. Infantile paralysis linked to domestic animals by a German physician.
An old advertisement claims catarrh stems from general weakness and suggests Scott's Emulsion as a medicinal food and building tonic to enrich the blood, free of alcohol or harmful drugs, from Scott & Bowne of Bloomfield New Jersey.
A Perrysville correspondent recalls a child’s rose memory jar in a nostalgic tale. The author describes a home garden, perfumed rooms, and beloved heirlooms tied to a family past, ending with the vow to keep the rose jar as a link to happy memories.
An old advertising note touts Withinterest Mothers Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children to relieve feverishness, headaches, stomach upset, worms, and regulate bowels. It claims colds clear in 24 hours and cites decades of use by mothers. The sample version is offered by A. S. Olmsted of Leroy New York.
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