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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
7
An old advertisement promotes Dinner’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and urinary issues. It claims benefits for back pain, liver and bladder problems, and frequent urination. A free sample bottle and an explanatory book are offered by mail from Dr. Kilmer & Co. Binghamton New York.
Liquid Cream Balm prepared for atomizers contains all medicinal properties of the Cream Balm. It is popular in many localities and prescribed by physicians. The spray tube is included. available at druggists or by mail from Ely Brothers New York.
In the Philadelphia Press story Stayleight asserts authority with the line Just say the word. A sudden promptness from a woman elicits notice as the dramatic moment unfolds and hints at power dynamics in the scene.
Excerpts mix witty quips from newspapers with Lewis and Clark journal style. The dialogue cites sarcasm about chores and a widow's misinterpreted rapping, then describes a rain shower and a Christmas dinner aboard the expedition. Readable fragments mention gifts like fleece hosiery, a Indian basket, and elk and fish for dinner.
In parts of Oxfordshire a maid may ask the hired man for a bit of ivy to trim the house. If he refuses she would steal his breeches and nail them to the gate or highway to bar him from mistletoe privileges.
A colossal bronze deity sits on a lotus throne on a terrace near a temple two miles from Kamakura and about twenty miles from Yokohama. Dating to the reign of Emperor Shomu, it stands sixty three and a half feet tall with a sixteen by nine and a half foot face, three foot nine inch eyes, five and a half foot eyebrows, eight and a half foot ears, a twenty foot deep chest, and a five foot middle finger. The lotus throne leaves measure ten by six feet each.
John R. Hardesty Sheriff of Fountain County advertises a sheriff s sale to satisfy a decree in favor of Valentine E. Livengood against Edgar F. Shoaf Lulu E. Shoaf and others. Real estate described totals ninety one and one sixth acres in section 24 township 18 north range 7 west with rents and profits for up to seven years, between 10 am and 4 pm at the courthouse door in Covington. If rents fail, entire fee simple may be sold to discharge the decree plus costs and interest. February 16 190, w4.
Petitioners in Mill Creek Township seek a county board order to improve a 1.75 mile highway from the Kingman free gravel road to a macadamized road. The filing names landowners including Gordon Flesher Norrie Norris Ratcliff Bonebrake and Bonebrake. Hearing slated for March 6 1906 before the Board and Auditor James T Bell with Olliver P Lewis as attorney.
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