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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
7
Names of residents and visitors frequent Covington and nearby towns are listed with their movements. Items include shopping at J Loeb and J L Peters stores, monument purchases, and visits between Perrysville Attica Williamsport and Danville. A Sunday baseball score favors Danville six to four.
Wm. B. Dennis was in Danville on Wednesday David Plant and wife visited Frankfort last week Alex Hetfield came from Killstoro Wednesday. Ruth Miles and Krllie Dunlap shopped in Danville Tuesday Grey worsted suits at J. Loeb's Stores. Mrs Alma Board went to Oxford on Saturday for commencement week The Leader offers the largest line of wash goods in the city.
Local items report price cut on carnations at Welchers Fruit Farm and multiple social updates. Residents mentioned include Mrs. John Sears ill, visits by Dr. Hicks and relatives in Indianapolis, Horace Payton in Newtown, Frank Wolfe in town from Michigan City, and Danville’s Charles Gardner visiting. Also noted are bug gun for sale, a clothing ad from J Loeb stores, and Uncle Sam at Jefferson Barracks. Portrayal of lightning damage to Newtown ME church, K of P memorials, and a shift in local business personnel at Inter-State Sand and Gravel with Loy Grissom moving to Terre Haute and Frank Timmons replacing him.
Covington Indiana hosts the first great combination horse sale at Sam Simms livery barn on Saturday June 16. Parties may consign horses wagons buggies and farm equipment with a $200 commission per head for sellers. Buyers from across the country are expected. For details contact Sam Simms or auctioneer T W Cosat of Danville Illinois.
Local promotion offers $50 in gold and another $30 in gold to be drawn. Shoppers who spend 10 cents receive a numbered ticket for the drawing. Tickets issued freely. Ends soon, promoter identified as Charles Crane.
A Houston Post reporter recalls a trip to Eagletown near the Arkansas line where tribal courts conducted sentence day for misdemeanors. Indians punished convicts with lashes at an oak tree as spectators jeered, while the discipline carried no capital punishment since congressional limits.
The passage notes cocus wood as the hardest known wood used for flutes and clarinets, producing a rich and powerful tone. It also mentions desert iron wood, whose heart is so hard it can blunt ax edges and resist cutting by a tempered saw.
A quoted cynic says the average person would feel the loss of a finger more than the destruction of China by a natural catastrophe. The remark frames a critique of misplaced priorities and human selfishness across nations.
A. C. Fears presents a practical eye test that costs nothing, inviting readers to participate and observe results. The notice emphasizes accessibility and self test benefits without equipment or fees.
Real estate transfers in Fountain County list names buyers and sellers, parcels, townships and prices. Transactions include Morris Herzog to T A Clifton for lot 218 Covington, and Frank Lindley to Henry F Depke for 105 acres Van Buren township, with several other lot and acreage transfers in Covington Attica and Sterling towns.
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