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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
5
The column lists numerous local items including Covington and Veedersburg sports results with a 5 to 4 score, mayoral travel, real estate trades, and community notices. It mentions families visiting Evansville, a Presbyterian pastor extension, a Tennessee musical student, and a Fourth of July celebration at Wingate fair grounds with an enthusiastic program.
Local note mentions Mrs Frank Anderson and son visiting from Grape Creek IL with aunt Mrs W N Harter. T I Rainier away. Lowell assists in Oxiahowa store. Mrs Challen Spinning hosts with Laura. Anagrams planned and sixty invitations issued. Corn crop praised for good start amid warm, moist weather. Carey Young Co offers building materials. Rev Henson called to preach Mrs Emaline McMannonys funeral. visits old Republican friends.
A car load of boys attended the Veedersburg horse show held yesterday. Local residents including Lannie Cox from Fountain visited for the convention news. Several townspeople mention purchases at M. Mayers Hardware and personal updates in the community.
The notice promotes a large selection of men and young men’s clothing at the lowest prices, claiming top quality goods and the best assortment.
Dr Myers departed Tuesday to Madilavia on medical advice to seek rest at the springs. He has been gravely ill for two weeks and is surrounded by friends hoping for a rapid recovery. Dr Spinning advised the retreat to aid his health.
A fragment notes calls to engage with Ready to Wear and Piece Geeds. It hints at a request or appeal directed toward these items, but details remain unclear in the readable text.
The store promotes a full range of washdress fabrics described as new and desirable with prices stated as the lowest. The message emphasizes a broad assortment and invites customers to call.
Attendees from here gathered at Veedersburg for a horse show on Thursday and Covington sends a steady crowd to Veedersburg. A large audience enjoyed the aviation meet at Attica on Wednesday with good entertainment and pleasant time. Also advertised is Dr James Face Bleach for freckles and blemishes priced 50 and 75 cents per bottle sold by Mrs Ora LaTourette milliner.
Mrs. T A Clifton went to Williamsport Friday remaining over Sunday to visit with relatives and her girlhood friends. She had a most enjoyable time.
Will Smith and family of West Lafayette visit relatives in the city this week. Will and Francis work in insurance while staying with friends. Mark Rogers and Roy Rogers families drove to Terre Haute Sunday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGurk.
Billy Young of Attica leaves for Baltimore on time Sunday morning despite regrets to travel alone. George Law, a local commissioner, reports raising twenty four pound beans on his northeast city farm. A nearby resident hires Jos Bartley to haul railroad ties using a log wagon. The Christian Presbyterian church plans a world tour social this Friday with country costumes and themed refreshments.
The property offers 117 acres near a railroad town with 60 acres cultivated and the rest rough. It has a fair house and barn, good water, priced at 75 dollars per acre. Seller will take half in good rental property. Covington preferred. W R Massey and Sons offices in Linsley Block.
The article traces the term tip to modern times from vails meaning profits or gratuities. It cites Johnsons dictionary 1755 defining valls as money given to servants and notes Shakespeare Swift and Pericles usage. Jonas Hanway campaigned against vailsgiving urging no gratuities beyond agreed prices, but the practice persisted in society.
A description explains how ants rely on five distinct noses in their antennae to identify nestmates, distinguish species and colonies, follow scent trails, detect larvae and pupae, and sense enemies. It notes young ants lack full smell and may not recognize mixed colonies until about three days old. The sense of smell is compared to human sight in importance.
A writer argues Hindoo servants show remarkable stoicism under abuse and frame daily life around religious doctrine and reincarnation. He claims mastery stems from past lives when the servant was the master, and notes the servant accepts mistreatment with equal composure as praise.
Sir Edward Hartland founder of the Belfast shipbuilders Harland and Wolff surveyed workers from his residence Ormiston using a telescope. Workers felt constantly watched. A riveter accused of causing a rivet to drop was said to have been sacked after Hartland caught him by telescope.
A man in a yellow coat asks if a glass eye hurts when something gets in it. The other man responds with a cold glare, implying it would not be likely to injure a glass eye.
A brief, clipped observation from a Baltimore American page noting Misa Pry as an inquisitive girl. The mock dialogue hints at engagement expectations and social flirtation without detailing events or outcomes.
In a short satire the Brock Exchange is labeled intemperate as money tightens and certificates frequently lose value, prompting sharp commentary on market volatility.
Quote notes that social polish comes from accepting instruction on many topics one already knows. It suggests conformity through learning to fit in society, with emphasis on courtesy and shared norms. The remark frames polite behavior as a process of guided education.
The seller offers a fully equipped Model 40 Oakland with starter for 1420 dollars. Other models available in proportion. Purchaser receives the sub agent's commission. Shows anywhere in the territory by calling or writing from Williamsport Indiana J. E. Bricks.
Mrs. Smith Hoagland and her child escaped serious injury when a runaway team and heavy wagon sped toward their buggy west of Stone Bluff last Thursday afternoon. The buggy was wrecked as the horses struck it, and the woman and child leaped free. A separate line notes a wanted ad for a small tract of land near Covington with address care of the Republican.
Our stock is most complete of anything used this season. Call ad see at.
Mr W Snoddy of Coal Creek visited Monday and runs the county's only water powered flooring and grist mill which sits under a domed concrete structure. He is described as a gentleman and capable businessman.
Describes 100 acres 10 miles from Covington with a six room house cellar outbuildings poor barn 20 acres of fine creek bottom 40 acres upland cleared and in cultivation balance rough living water price 50 per acre office in Tinsley Block.
Judge Milford traveled from Atrica on Monday morning to oversee local interests. The July term of Commissioners' court is set to convene next Monday. James' French Liquid Powder and face bleach are sold by Mrs. Ora LaTourette a Urbana II milliner. Charles Galabar, a nephew of Mrs. D I Hedges from Urbana II visits over Sunday. Dr Hedges and his wife hosted Reverends' Davis and Wadkins of the Christian church. Mrs Lucian Wheatly of Chicago has been visiting the area for ten days with her mother Mrs Myers and relatives.
S. G. Pomeroy editor of the West Lebanon Gazette and his wife visited Covington Saturday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Smith and returned home by the evening train.
Frank Shell, former Mill Creek township trustee now living in Coldwell Idaho, visited his old home at Yeddo and met many friends in Covington this week. Sewell Nebeker and family stayed with Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Nebeker, with Sewell attending a Chicago convention last week and returning Friday evening.
Mr and Mrs John Schuman and their children from St Joseph IA visited Mrs Schuman s brother Henry Zimmerman and family over Sunday using George Schuman s auto.
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