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Newspaper

Covington Republican

Location

Covington, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1915

Page

6

Rose Frock Displayed In Gown Feature

A rose colored embroidered chiffon gown with a full skirt and garlands of roses. bodice features a tiny peplum and chiffon arm straps adorned with rose garlands.

Wedding of Alpert A Norris and Moss Decemma Spencer

Nellie Mary Sybie Eva Norris and Lynn Norris attended the wedding of their cousin Alpert A Norris of Danville to Moss Decemma Spencer of West Virginia last Thursday evening in Danville.

Nellie Mary Sybie Eva Norris Lynn Norris Alpert A. Norris Danville Moss Decemma Spencer West Virgina

P D Q Bed Bug Killer Hoax Ad From Old Paper

Fragmentary ad touts a supposed bed bug killer named P D Q and related products. The text shows garbled pricing notes and mentions a company in Terre Haute selling the remedy upon receipt of money.

Earth Got Allpany

Spring is the Bride of the Earth Poem Fragment

A poetic fragment celebrates spring as the earths bride while autumn and summer offer fulfillment and mirth. It contrasts forests and meadows with blooming blossoms and singing birds, noting springs charm and gentle renewal amid seasonal cycles.

Culinary Tips and Recipes From An Early 20th Century Menu

Instructions for fruit cocktail with sugared grapes and a garnish, followed by larded beef tenderloin with bananas, and a pomade sauce. The text details skinning grapes, removing seeds, mixing juice, chilling, and serving. larding pork with lardons, searing, cooking with bananas, and a sauce built from pork fat, vegetables, vinegar, stock, dried currants, and orange juice.

Marble Cake Instructions From A Historic Recipe

A vintage recipe describes sifting 1 cup sugar 1 1 2 cups sifted flour 1 level teaspoon soda and 2 teaspoons cream of tartar into a bowl. Beat whites with melted butter and milk then fold in and flavor before mixing with the dry ingredients to make a chocolate marble cake.

J. J. Franklin

Elegant Black Gown and Bonnet Style Notes

Fashion piece describes a dignified black gown with lace taffeta, poke bonnet with lisenet braid, chantilly lace, and garden roses. Includes hat details with black straw bonnet, pale pink georgette, velvet ribbon, and roses. Also contains a blocked, corrupted dessert recipe fragment with custard, cake, and meringue steps.

Indiana Enacts Tuberculosis Statute Reported by Health Board

The Indiana State Board of Health outlines a new tuberculosis law requiring physicians and public health officers to report cases. Health officials will investigate prevalence and distribution to curb spread, while landlords and tenants must ensure disinfection of vacated consumptive properties before new occupancy.

Indiana Tuberculosis Department Indiana State Board of Health Fountain County State Board of Health State Health Board

Rheumatism Attack Relief with Scott's Emulsion

The ad claims impurities in the blood cause rheumatism and urges improving general health along with purifying blood. It presents cod liver oil in Scott's Emulsion as nature's blood maker and a strength builder, noting many users find relief and warns against alcoholic substitutes.

Scott

Shier Named City School Superintendent and Church Pastor

Henry F. Shier of West Lebanon is elected for next year as city school superintendent and re elected to lead the Presbyterian church. The piece praises his energy and capability to handle two demanding roles, arguing he is up to the task.

Iker Henry F. Shier West Lebanon Presbyterian Church Shier

Deafness Cure Through Constitutional Remedies Promoted

An advertisement claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and argues only constitutional remedies can restore hearing. It promotes Tals Catarrh Cure, offering one hundred dollars for any case it cannot cure, and lists PL Cheney Co of Toledo as the seller, with Jake Hasl's Family Pills for constipation also advertised.

Cheney &Oo Toledo Dragodsts Jake Hasl

Linen shower honors Miss Maude Quinn at Marlatt home

Mrs James Marlatt hosted a linen shower for the bride to be Miss Maude Quinn last Wednesday. The Marlatt residence featured pink and white rose decor and refreshments carried the color scheme, as young Master James Marlatt arrived bearing gifts in a pink and white decorated wagon.

James Marlatt Maude Quinn Marlatt

Mrs WoC Walker and son John plan six week western trip

Mrs Walker and her son John of Danville Winds leave Wednesday for six weeks traveling through western states. They will visit the San Francisco and San Diego expositions and other points along the coast. Mrs Walker, formerly Miss Rusha Hermling of Falton township, is now the lady county office of Danville.

Woc Walker John Danville Ern San Francisco San Diego Walker Rusha Hermling Falton Township Troant Otiee

Notes of a country shower misnaming honoree

In Miss Lara Ward's notes honoring Miss Maude Ocinn a misprint lists Robert E Davis of Hillsboro as the prospective stood. The actual name is Mr AN Yeager of California.

Lara Ward

Mrs Lang Dead from Soldier's Home near Lafayette

Mrs Sarah Lang daughter of Cleve land and Elizabeth Smith born February 5 1840 in the Salem neighborhood died June 13 1915 at the Indiana State Soldiers Home near Lafayette aged 75. She married George Bonebrake in 1860 and had son John. She later married David Lang in 1872 and had Mary Charles Maud and Jessie with Mary dying at six and Maud at eighteen. Her sons John Charles and Jessie survive.

Sarah Smith Cleveland Elizabeth Smith Salem Indiana State Soldiers Home Lafayette Creorce Bonebrake John Bonebrake David Lang Tothem Mary Charles Maud Jessie John

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