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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
8
A. H. Edwards describes Japanese pilgrimages up Mount Fujiyama during six summer weeks. Climbers wear white, carry white staffs bearing temple crests, and chant at the summit led by a bell adorned guide. The peak rises 12 365 feet, seen from thirteen provinces and a hundred miles at sea.
The account traces December 1783 balloon ascent from the Tuileries with Charles and Robert, the Marquis de Villeroy’s shock and faith, and early dirigible tests by Giffard and others. It credits later explosive motors and advances in automobiles as the turning point enabling sustained flight.
The piece cites Disraeli’s pride in small aristocratic features as badges of class and contrasts with the rise of the athletic and artistic hand. It also notes Cleveland readers observing many gray haired young Wall Street workers, wondering if long hours abroad hastened aging.
In Palestine legends blend with Bible tales. A creature council assigns foods and homes to animals. the serpent seeks human flesh, an appeal leads to a year’s delay. The mosquito’s tongue is snatched by the swallow, forcing the court to declare frogs the serpent’s prey and leaving swallows with forked tails.
Advertising copy touts acetylene gas from calcium carbide as a clean cool safe lighting method. It claims 24 candle power for 10 hours from 5 cubic feet at 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 cents per pound of carbide and water. The message invites inquiries to calculate costs for lighting rooms or stores from Jones at 12 Adament Chicago IL.
Peter Sloman laments Mary's refusal while cousin Kate says Mary explained she would not accept no as an answer. The exchange highlights conflicting interpretations of Mary's stance.
The quotation remarks on Rome’s decline linked to gluttony and excess. A satirical reflection notes how moral decay grows as wealth drives indulgence and cruelty, citing ancient Greece philosopher Demosthenes as a source of warning.
Certified copy from the Fountain Circuit Court directs the sale of the Nebeker versus Dotson et al. case. The amount due is 1815.99 with interest and costs, to be offered to the highest bidder at public sale by order of the clerk.
On Saturday July 11 between 10 a m and 4 p m at the courthouse door Covington Fountain County Indiana rents and profits for a term not exceeding seven years for the described real estate will be sold. If funds fail to cover the decree including costs the fee simple of the property may be exposed to sale. Sheriff John R Hardesty and attorney H C Yount filed June 12 1908 4w
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed and qualified by the Circuit Court of Fountain County Indiana as Administrator of the estate of John M. Galloway, late of Fountain County, deceased. The estate is supposed to be solvent. The Fountain Trust Company Administrator Leas Nekeger, Attorney. June 12, 1908.
W R Massey trustee of Millcreek township Fountain County Indiana invites sealed bids to build a steam heating plant for the Yedco schoolhouse. Bids due at 2 pm at Kingman office. bond double the contract. three year plant guarantee. trustee may reject any bids. plans on file. Dated June 5 1908.
Samuel J. Ludlow Trustee of Van Buren Township in Fonacain county Indiana will receive sealed bids for a steam heating plant in the Sterling schoolhouse until 2 pm bids opened at his office and contract awarded to the lowest responsible bidder Bond double the contract sum with surety for faithful performance and plant satisfaction for three years Trustee reserves right to reject any bids Dated June 8 1906 4w
In Fountain County Indiana Ida M Zinn is named administratrix of the estate of Dr Jacob K Zinn deceased. The estate is declared solvent and O B Rateliff is attorney for the administrator with filing dated May 15 1939.
Fountain County Board of Commissioners announces sale by auction to the highest bidder at 2 p m on Wednesday July 8 1908 at the Auditor's office Wallace Combination Bridge formerly across Millcreek in Jackson township iron and woodwork to be sold separately and bids may be rejected.
In Fountain Circuit Court April term 190s Charles W. Martin sues Ruby Martin for divorce. Plaintiff's attorney H C Yount notifies Ruby Martin that she must appear September 7 190s or answer by demurrer at Covington Court House in the next term. Clerk Anson G Madden presiding seals.
A public sale of the south one third of Lot 152 in Covington Indiana Fountain County will occur to satisfy a decree of 115 dollars and 85 cents plus interest and costs. The defendants are Ellen Seaman John A Harden Jonathan A Rodgers and Walter H Aiman with William W Layton as administrator of Jeremiah Hershberger estate. Sale is without valuation relief. May 29 1908. Livengood Bryant attorneys.
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