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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1912
Page
16
Pennsylvania Republican leader William Flinn drives a party clash over a colonel’s dispute with party officials. The article outlines Flinn’s push to support the colonel against intra party opponents and the political implications in state politics.
At College Park Md on June 12 Lt Leighton W Hazelhurst and Al Welsh a Wright School instructor died in a Wright biplane test. The craft rose thirty feet then plunged after a possible snapped supporting wire. Hazelhurst a Georgia native and new aviation pupil. Welsh a famed Wright instructor from New York.
Roosevelt declares the fight is about the democracy and rights of citizens to nominate their own public servants. He accuses the national committee of bias toward Taft and Indiana contest rulings and argues the committee’s actions may be repudiated by the convention if kept.
General H M Trimble commander in chief of the G A R and Newton J McGuire chief of the Sons of Veterans tour Springfield to open the state encampment on Monday June 17 with a public reception and addresses by officers including Commander J R Johnson of Ohio and General J Warren Keifer of this city.
Representative Robert C. Wickliffe of Louisiana was killed instantly on the tracks of the Southern railway at Washington. The event is reported among terse telegrams from a sweeping news roundup.
A Clover Leaf train wreck near Frankfort Indiana killed an unidentified man and two boys and seriously injured a third youth. Victims include David Johnson Providence R J Wilbur Milrose seventeen Roy Burell Charleston Ir and John Wiley Delphos O. The six victims were reportedly riding in a car ahead of an iron pipe load when a curved track car derailed causing eleven cars to pile up.
W W Drinkard an Illinois Central train dispatch er was shot and killed in a Lake street drug store in Fulton Kentucky after he attacked Ed Moss with a knife. Moss was slashed three times and is dangerously wounded. Moss drew his pistol and fired under Drinkard s up raised arm.
Observations from weather bureaus at 8 p.m. yesterday indicate likely showers with weather trends showing clear to cloudy conditions. The report notes a mix of rain and clear intervals across regions.
Two Croatians from Elkhart quarreled over a woman, leading to a fatal stabbing outside Paul Schoop’s saloon at 424 Wells Street Chicago. The victim, about 25, died en route to Passavant Hospital. Police seek Frank Plats of Elkhart as a possible suspect. In a separate note, Mrs. Miriam Taft Crosier of Marshfield learns her Oswego New York origins and extended kin after a long absence.
In Toledo Ohio a 200 pound dessert created for a DAR banquet used 1386 eggs 46 pounds sugar 15 pounds butter 20 quarts milk 60 pounds flour vanilla and 30 pounds icing. The slice parade highlighted the impressive bake as the event's centerpiece.
John W. Smythe of Valparaiso Indiana was arrested on his honeymoon for having two undivorced wives. He refused to acknowledge a third until his children called him Paps, revealing a tangled family situation.
The Wabash Railway advances an Improvement Program with extensive double track block signaling. Batteries power the signals, rails are bonded, and a 2000 foot overlap ensures trains do not clear signals. Signals at danger require a full stop on double track and flagman guidance on single track for safety.
By order of the Fountain Circuit Court and subject to its approval the Administrator of the estate of Hannibal C Yount will conduct a public sale at ten o clock A M The notice implies execution of probate proceeding and disposal of estate assets under court supervision.
The estate of Hannibel C. Yount to be sold at private sale from day to day at The Fountain Trust Company office on Washington Street Covington Fountain County Indiana. Assets include Fountain Trust Company stock First National Bank stock Melott Bank stock Central Casualty stock Mellott Building and Loan stock 174 volumes Indiana Supreme Court reports 46 volumes Indiana Appellate Court Reports library of digests textbooks and novels plus extensive literary works and assorted office furniture. Cash on delivery and continuing sales terms. Administrative notice issued by The Fountain Trust Company administrator and attorney O O Lewis for Adair.
The article surveys the United States rise from 1860 to 1910, noting shares of world production and resources. It highlights a jump in savings deposits from 693,000 in 1860 to 9,142,000 in 1910, with deposits increasing from 149 million to 4.07 billion dollars, illustrating economic expansion and its impact on workers.
A plan to equip rear marchers with a red reflector on their belt has been adopted at Aldershot after reports of injuries when a taxicab struck a Hampshire regiment unit. The device aims to warn motorists of marching columns at night.
Technical schools for training hotel keepers exist in Switzerland and two major institutions have been established in France. Courses cover singing languages business and social correspondence and country climates in addition to hotel operations such as service ventilation accounting kitchen management and purchasing supplies.
In the Fontainebleau region of Île de France vipers remain abundant with nearly 8,000 killed in the year. A single gamekeeper reported 1,818 victims earning $125, while the department paid $550 overall, about seven cents per viper head.
Outside Basel in Basel Campagne any resident may practice dentistry without the preliminary exams required elsewhere. Of thirty six active dentists in the area only one holds a federal diploma. others include a former chimney sweep, a butcher, and several tradesmen who failed in business.
A vintage ad touts a complexion salve Bueler Arnica Salve that promises to soothe eczema salt rheum chapped hands chilblains burns and bruises. It claims remarkable face beautifying effects and lists 250 price at Irvin & Willard's with related notes on Mound City Horse Shoe Paints and Rainier's Pharmacy.
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