Unfortunate Affair in Covington Provides Hazing Warning
A mob of 16 to 19 year olds tried to hold up Ginger Martin for 30 cents on chivaree night. Martin stabbed Lee Richardson in the left lung during the scuffle. Richardson began recovering, and Martin was jailed on a 500 bond. Several boys faced assault and battery charges as legal action looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginger Martin
Lee Richardson
John LaTourette
Ruel Jackson
Orvill Harden
Jackson
Harden
Martin
Jones
Marshall Jackson
Ginger
Richardson
Young Richardson
Dr. Hicks
Covington
Lateer
Esquire
Leson
Buy em Waterbury's clock tower clocking plan
A dated note references a courthouse clock tower project with the line Buy em Waterbury's. The remark is cited from last week's News via Brother Berry, with commentary deemed unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Brother Berry
Em Waterbury
Marriage Licenses Issued by Clerk Bryant
The clerk reports newly issued licenses including Harry C. McKansie with Fanny M. Myers and Alonzo Stephens with Ida Wake land since the last update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk Bryant
Harry C. McKansie
Fanny M. Myers
Alonzo Stephens
Ida Wakeland
Fulton Alumni Banquet Held by Trustee Cates
Fulton township alumni gathered at Trustee David Cates's home for their annual banquet last evening. The program received high praise and a splendid banquet was served. The Republican party wished the association many more such happy occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton Township
David Cates
Underskirts in Stock Priced at 75 Cents to 150
A local advertiser announces a line of white underskirts priced from 75 cents to 150 each. Spence Smith Spence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spence, Smith & Spence
New Civil Cases Filed In The Court
James A. Bonebaake sues Jerry T. Holahan for debt. Merchants Heat and Light Co sues Fred S. Purnell for debt. Public Ditch of Troy Township petitions against Paris H. Lawrence. Benjamin Brown sues Louisa Costing et al for specific performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants Heat and Light Co
Fred S. Purnell
Troy Township
Paris H. Lawrence
Benjamin Brown
Louisa Costing
Obituary of Covington Resident Samuel Backus
Samuel Backus aged 74, longtime Covington resident, died Saturday at his North Second Street home. He leaves many local relatives. Funeral services led by Rev. Father Smith were held Monday at St. Joseph's Church with burial in Prescott Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Backus
Covington
North Second Street
Father Smith
St. Joseph’s Church
Prescott Grove
Hat Prices Cut In Half At Leader Millinery
In the Leader millinery department an advertisement proclaims hats cost exactly half their price, inviting shoppers to take advantage of the sale.
City Teachers Selected for Coming School Year
The City school Board named Superintendent H.S Kaufman and a staff including Toe, Homer Hillard, Anna C. Jones, Alma B Boor, and others for English science Latin history mathematics art to be supplied. Agnes Meehan leads Eight St building with Ruth Miles, Dessie Robb, Katie McMahon, Lula Schwin, Bess Dunlap, Blanche Smith as grade teachers. Pearl Board to head 5th St building. School opens Sept 10 1906. The report notes nepotism concerns and urges charter safeguards for Covington schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City School Board
H.S Kaufman
Homer Hillard
Anna C. Jones
Almab Boor
Agnes Meehan
Ruth Miles
Dessie Robb
Katie McMahon
Lula Schwin
Bess
Sweetly Slept Unconscious After Disappearance
Three year old Eulala Allen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Allen, went missing on East Liberty Street Monday evening. The child was later found under a bed, asleep and unharmed, ending a long search that had spread worry through the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eulala Allen
East Liberty Street
Harry Allen
Dickinson
Eulala
Baseball Team From Japan to Play Covington at Fairgrounds
Green's Jop team schedules a Saturday afternoon clash with Covington at the fairgrounds. The squad is composed entirely of players freshly arrived from Japan and led by an American trainer and coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Covington
Fairgrounds
Japan
Byron Frazier suffers arm and shoulder injury in Cain township
Byron Frazier, a well known Cain township resident, was standing on a gate post at his farm last Thursday looking for his sheep when he fell, breaking his left arm and dislocating his left shoulder at the ball and socket joint.
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Byron Frazier
Cain Township
Compare Hart Schafner and Marks Clothes and Shoes
Compare Hart Schafner and Marks Clothes Walk Over Shoes for men Dorothy Dodd Shoes for Ladies Monarch and Cluett Shirts with others. They cost no more than other makes. Sold by local retailers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart, Schafner
Mark
Dorothy Dodd
Monarch
Cluett
State v Coffing trespass verdict and fine
The case of the state against Abner Coffing for trespass ended in a Circus Court verdict of guilty. The jury assessed a fifty dollar fine plus costs after a trial ending Friday night. The matter originated in the Circuit Court on appeal from a Justice of the Peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abner Coffing
George Galloway
Circuit
Justice of the Peace
Fountain Circuit Court Vacation Ends In September
The Fountain Circuit Court will close for ten weeks this week, resuming in mid September. Judge Milford will visit friends, attorneys will take summer leisure, and court staff will have fishing season, while the newspaper staff may work nights to keep up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain Circuit Court
Milford
Effigy hangs of two youths in Wabash township
Two well known young men in Wabash township were hung in effigy in front of their former sweethearts. A third similar act is anticipated as a warning, with a dangling figure expected on a telephone pole at dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Township
Basket Meeting at Grange Church July 1
Arrangements for an old fashioned basket meeting at the Grange church four miles southwest of Covington on Sunday July 1. Speakers and singing will enliven the day as worshippers draw near to Mount Zion and seek refreshment in the Spirit. A Ellmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Church
Covington
Mount Zion
Ellmore
Methodist Church Services and Events
Bible School Sunday morning at 9 30 all invited. Preaching at 10 40 The Building of the Temple Special music Sam Board and Mr and Mrs O V Livengood also. Epworth League Sunday eve 6 40 Miss Mable Prather to report. Sunday evening 7 40 The Attraction of Sacrifice Special music Mrs Romine sings. Hat sale in millinery department half price from Saturday at The Leader.
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Bible School
Sam Board
O. V. Livengood
Epworth League
Mable Prather
Romine
Interesting Relic Exhibited by County Clerk Bryant
County Clerk Bryant displays a walnut joist butt from Rob ert Hetfield’s log house east of Aylesworth. The site hosted Fountain county’s first court on September 11, 1826 with Judges Porter Nebeker and Hinton on the bench. The trespass case Luther Tillotson vs William Kent and Wm. B. Lamb sought 52000 in damages and closed two years later at a new city courthouse.
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Bryant
Robert Hetfield
Aylesworth
Fountain County
Porter
First Judicial Circuit
Indiana
Nebeker
Hinton
Luther Tillotson
William Kent
Wm. B. Lamb
Pearl fisher Jim Slym aims at button factory venture
Jim Slym of this city, once noted for a second hand shop, now a genuine pearl fisherman, shows a collection of shells valued around 300 dollars he will market soon. He has captured pearls by his own fishing, including a rare large lus ter, a curiosity though not highly marketable. The local shell trade grows with valuable specimens found. carnations drop to 25 cents a dozen at Welchels' Fruit Farm.
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James Slym
McCoy Found Guilty in Embezzlement Case
Thomas J. McCoy, age fifty, is convicted of embezzlement in Monticello Indiana. Alfred McCoy, his father, is acquitted. The verdict leads to a 1 to 3 year sentence in Michigan City. defense motions for new trial were filed and later withdrawn.
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Monticello
Ind
McCoy
Thomas J. McCoy
Alfred McCoy
Farber
Michigan City
Change of Firm in Danville Hardware Trade
E M Cuesar of Danville has purchased Fowler and Reed stock of hardware and implements. The deal closed on Wednesday and Cuesar is now in charge. The new firm promotes a great reduction sale, advertised elsewhere in this issue, with details on page eight.
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E. M. Cuesar
Danville
Fowler & Reed
Presbyterian Church to Hold Morning Sermon and Special Services
The pastor will preach next Sunday at 10 45 in the morning with the subject Is it nothing to you all ye that pass by There will be no evening services The pastor expects Rev W D Water of Attica to preach on Thursday and Friday nights next week June 28 29 These services prepare for Quarterly Communion July 1 The public is cordially invited
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W. D. Water of
Attica
Christaan Church Holds Sunday Services In Full
Christaan Church announces Sunday activities including Bible School at 9:30 a.m. preaching at 10:45 a.m. Junior C. E. at 2:30 p.m. preaching at 7:30 p.m. Senior C. E. special Idaho work at 6:30 p.m. led by A. G. Harvey. All invited to attend and bring a friend.
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1St Christian Church
C. E
Idaho
G. Harvey
Will Leaves Attica Man About 5000 From Grandfather
Nat Hull of Attica stands to inherit roughly $5,000 under the will of his grandfather Samuel Davis who died near Dayton Indiana June 9. The will probated at Lafayette last week leaves the estate to three grandchildren in equal shares. The estate includes a farm of a little over 100 acres near Dayton Ohio and some personal property. Hull was in the city Monday attending to business as if no unusual event had occurred.
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Nat Hull
Attica
Samuel Davis
Dayton
Ind
Lafayette
Mr. Davis
Ohio
Nat
Mr. Hull
Fulton Wabash Joint Commencement in West Liberty
The June 15 1906 ceremony in a decorated West Liberty church marked the Fulton and Wabash townships commencement. Stilwell Orchestra opened, Rev C A Brown delivered the address, Miss Marie Bryant sang, and Supt J M Wilkey presented diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Fulton
Wabash Townships
Stilwell Orchestra
Covington
Indiana
Sergi
C. A. Brown
Brown
Marie Bryant
Second Annual Horse Show at Stone Bluff
Stone Bluff hosts its second annual horse show on Saturday June 30 featuring stallions draft horses coach and general purpose light harness mules and sweepstakes classes. Premiums are offered for best gentleman driver best lady driver best parade turn-out most comical rig and a greased pole climb prize for under 15 and for the prettiest baby one year old or younger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone Bluff
Farm Loans Save Money by Seeing L. P. Little
Covington Indiana farmer seeking loans is advised to visit L. P. Little on the south side square for affordable financing options. The notice urges readers to compare terms and save on interest by consulting the local office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Little
South Side
Suare
Covington, Ind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fulton Alumni
James A. Bonebaake
Jerry T. Holahan
M. Boord
Methodist Church Services
Leader
Jim Slym
Pearl Fisher
Welchels
Tom M’coy
Rensselaer
Presbyterian Church Services
Christaan Church
J. M Wilkey
Wilkey
Stilwell
Bertha Towey
Charles Naylor
Terre Haute Orchestra
Wilber F. Stilwell
Lins Nie Lucas
Thomas Lusadder
Florence Lusadder
Fulton and
Wabash
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