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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
5
In Covington Indiana on March 8 1906 a public dance is announced with events featuring new White Goods at J Loebs Stores and a White Sale running March 3 to 17. Local residents including Miss Ruth Miles and Miss Lottie Crane visit Danville and Williamsport while Merryman Bros advertises Baltimore oysters daily.
Sunday School and preaching will be held at the Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. There are no services scheduled for the evening.
State Superintendent Cotton reports on consolidation progress. Forty-three counties favor closing small schools and forming consolidated ones. nine oppose. thirty say not enough time has passed for a verdict. Sixty nine hundred ninety nine schools closed. 280 consolidated. Eight thousand three hundred twelve children transported at cost 82.85 per day, about 1.68 per wagon. Smaller schools disappear. only 49 with five or fewer pupils. 1,932 with fewer than twenty.
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