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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
6
W P Shambart of Champaign Illinois has purchased the Edinburg Tad Courier and will take over as editor. The sale transfers ownership and leadership of the local newspaper to Shambart.
A large boating party of about seventy people were taken to Perrysville Tuesday evening by the Tecumseh. The group enjoyed a pleasant moonlit ride on the river and returned safely.
The Tacomseh a douse deck river boat owned by Lafayette par ties and powered by a twenty four horsepower gasoline engine carried excursionists to Cayuga Sunday The Hunter Colts played an exciting game with Cayuga nine. The boat left the Washington street landing around 10 am and reached Cayuga by 11 30 am up the Vermillion river swollen by rains. They returned home about 9 30 pm. The trip was enjoyed by all.
Civil Engineer Hill completed the profile and maps two years ago and works daily with the company. H P Lane of Franklin Ohio, an expert electrical engineer, assists. Promoter B H Rannells of Dayton has been on site two weeks. A recurvey from Danville Illinois to Lafayette will begin next Monday with minor changes. the line will be relocated to the former survey and work will start soon. Right of way is being secured and prospects for the line look better.
A commercial club committee spent Friday in Wabash township securing the right of way for the proposed line between this point and Kingman. They were largely successful and expressed gratitude for results.
At a city school board meeting last Friday morning the 1905 06 staff was selected. Sylvester H. Hall will serve as Superintendent and Hugh School Co F Curtis Riley heads Science. English, Latin, History and other departments follow with named teachers for grammar and primary divisions. Kindergarten also outfitted with Besa Dunlap and Lulu B Schwin.
Courtney W Dice was chosen by the city council to replace retiring H C Yount on the school board. The council's unanimous vote stood with no other candidates offered, despite a prior promise to a Republican member. Newtown plans Fourth of July celebrations with special announcements elsewhere.
Seven year old George Keller, son of John Keller, fell under the second wagon of a twenty mule team crossing the river. He suffered severe foot injuries that may require amputation after jumping on and off the wagons with other youths.
All persons interested in Cooper cemetery are invited to come on June 23 1905 to mow grass weed and clean the graveyard. J D Byree president.
A science explanation notes that popcorn pops due to moisture in starch cells turning to steam under pressure, enlarging the kernel. Dry older corn soaked then dried poorly, while extending drying yields larger light flakes with no toughness.
Louis XVI introduced the potato and now President Louhet plans to test the Chinese pet sui in the Elysee garden. The vegetable resembles cabbage in appearance and has a hazelnut flavor. News notes report 300 Hereford breeders in Kansas City during the royal show and strong poultry prices. Maine faces a heavy potato crop with no rot while rot blight and frost hurt crops in some regions of Wisconsin and Michigan.
The passage describes Savonarola’s ritual burning of vanities in Florence on Shrove Tuesday 1497. It notes a seven stage pyramid of the seven deadly sins, burnings of costumes hair rouge cards dice and art, with children singing hymns, and mentions behavior of Japanese and Roman women in contrasting fatal acts.
A Cleveland Leader quotation depicts a wife asking if her husband is a criminal lawyer and confessing fear. She laments his constant association with "awful men" he defends and worries the profession may corrode him.
A collection of quips and jokes from Life Washington Star and Life magazines. It contrasts seasickness cures with farming advice and features witty lines about money schemes and literary writing. The piece ends with a student's pun on the phrase bitter end.
The Leader runs a new advertisement this week as readers discuss echoed comments about a wife and mother in law. The dialogue notes silent scorn rather than open conflict, reflecting domestic tensions highlighted by the periodical.
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