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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1901
Page
2
A bustling roundup of social calls, court visits, and business moves across Attica Veedersburg Danville and Crawfordsville. Residents like Guy Waldrip Jesse Randall and Fred Harden are noted with local real estate shifts, court meals, and dance nights.
Jim Clevers proposes a week long to extend his role as editor at a local paper. He seeks community involvement and sets a plan to oversee coverage, layout decisions, and editorial direction during the period.
A satirical dialogue portrays a veteran Democrat proposing a quick Cuba settlement by handing Congress to the party as an international soup house. The speaker mocks reform talk, rails against factories and prosperity, and endorses Roback's Bitters while scoffing at stable government.
A note from Jim Clevers discusses a half interest offer and a comment on not wanting to be president. The text includes an elderly Hartford man recalling recovery from a leg injury after using Electric Bitters and Bucklen's American Salve. It promotes these remedies for blood disorders and skin conditions with a 50 cent guarantee.
The Indiana Senate member confirms he will not push the education bill amid Gov. Durbin’s veto. He argues city or town debt limits would be breached to let school corporations incur up to 4 percent of the taxables, while Durbin calls the plan dangerous and unnecessary. The governor also says the bill should have started in the house.
Two prisoners Paul Wyman and Jacob Engler attempted to force open a jail door as the jailor's wife and her daughter held the door. A blow struck the woman. A boy suffered a leg wound from a rod during play. A separate accident left Vernie Skeen with a deep forehead gash. Mrs Elmore Barca sustained severe burns from a hot stove. An advertisement promotes One Minute Cough Cure by J P Buckner.
G W Reilly and Sheriff James Sloan have come back from Chester penitentiary where Sloan removed William and John M Jones. Reilly spoke with Gates who will be released on parole next month. Gates says he has learned a hard lesson and will avoid liquor in the future.
The District Gas Syndicate has gained control of most natural gas lines in the state and aims to control trolley routes. It holds an option on the towpath right of way from Peru to Lafayette while Fort Wayne and Southwestern solidifies a Fort Wayne to Huntington franchise. Deitrich interests vow to fight, with James Murdock in Huntington claiming $20 million backing and plans to extend toward coal districts, arguing for fair treatment rather than subsidies.
The bill sets closed seasons for quails grouse and prairie chickens from January 1 to November 10 and for squirrels from January 1 to June 1 and October 1 to November 10. It limits quail daily kills to 24, bans sale, restricts deer quail pheasant and turkey transport, and imposes a 25 dollar license for state officials hunting without a license.
A long forecast warns of a broad storm period from early March with possible hurricanes, tornadoes, snow and heavy rain across the Midwest and Northeast. It notes a great storm window from the 1st to 25th and urges watchfulness for seismic disturbances if warm spells occur. Also reports Mrs. L Denison recovery in Bay City and local plans to form Covington baseball team with a new park and amphitheatre.
Health note urges those with kidney disease to seek Foley's Kidney Cure without delay. The ad claims guaranteed results and cites Geo. 9. Cook as the source.
The March number highlights a Edward Vill and portraits of the future sovereign from youth by George W. Smalley of the London Times. It also includes Theodore Roosevelt on reform through social work and Ida Tarbell’s The Disbanding of the Union Army with other stories and Mars notes.
A signed notice pledges refunds on Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds. It also offers a 25 cent bottle with a similar satisfaction guarantee. Le Roy Alien signs this pledge dated February 15, 6m.
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