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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1901
Page
1
Citizens and visitors are noted in a series of brief items from Covington to Danville and Veedersburg. Movements include editors, sales, business trips to Crawfordsville, Indianapolis, and Chicago, and social events such as balls and concerts. Local residents, teachers, and couples are mentioned, with mentions of court, school hose purchase, hotel moves, and a tiger attack witnessed in Indianapolis.
Jim Clevers voices concern as state lawmakers consider adopting a primary system. He warns of potential political shifts and unintended consequences for party dynamics and electoral outcomes.
Jim Clevers writes a humorous local column critiquing a looming primary law and railroad issues. He riffs on pavement, street surveys, and topography near Covington, describing his mock field work with snow, ice, and a plow. He teases editors and asks to credit him as Prof. gence.
Le Roy Allen offers a two tier refund policy for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar and a 25 cent bottle. If the 60 cent cough remedy fails to cure cough or cold, a full refund is issued. the 25 cent bottle is refundable if not satisfactory. Signed and dated February 15 6m.
A spread of small town items notes a new telegraph line north of Newtown and a busy phone network with playful anecdotes. It also covers local business news including grocerymen resisting city trade, speeches by C. B. Landis in Detroit, and biographical notes on John F. Judy, his substantial county deals, newspaper purchase, and a broad digest of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure promotion.
A mixed catalog of curious items spans petrified cemetery remains, a 1430 era oak chair in England now sought by Independence Hall, a churchyard tale of a raveling thread, and a Berlin child exchange plan promising broader life and wit. Also reports a death in a bicycle finish, a Yorkshire lotion ad, and a court billing dispute over a doctor’s $125 claim.
The item notes Jack Crayton formerly of Hillsboro and now in Potomac Ills is accused of editing a new prohibition publication there. The piece urges caution about slander and urges support for home industries and local commerce. It quotes opinions on voting, local defense, and citizen duties to local labor and businesses.
A vintage ad urges people with kidney disease to try Foley's Kidney Cure. It promises gradual vitality loss reversal and includes a testimonial by Geo. Cook and a subscription prompt for the paper.
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