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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1915
Page
4
The New York Sun reports President Wilson saying Put up or shut up as the 1913 fiscal year begins. Americans meet federal taxation with the largest sum ever required, signaling a major test for the new administration.
Diary entry notes a dull day with farm chores and church news. The writer mentions a feverish relative, a wanderer evangelist, and a humorous exchange about a hotel visit. Voting shifts and a local bridge project are described with rural character and comic spellings.
A horse at Charley Routzihn's place south of town chased a hog in the barn lot. In playful pursuit the horse fell on the hog, landed on its head, and broke its neck, dying almost instantly. The animal was valued at about $50.
Attica residents Lee Whithall and Fred S. Purnell traveled to Covington on Monday while John F. Klage and Miss Marvel Osborn were in Danville and Danville guests Saturday. Wabash township’s Stuart Carwile and former Hillsboro surveyor Bruce Short also appeared in Covington Monday along with Kingman’s Wm. Briggs. Substantial county seat activity includes timer Strader with daughter Helen and juror role, plus visits by Mr and Mrs Burress and relatives from Elwood.
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