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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1899
Page
2
A promotional blurb extols Dr Miles Nervine and companion products as remedies for nervous disorders and insomnia. It recounts alleged patient improvement after six bottles and offers free trial packages via mail request to Miles Medical Co.
Indiana insurers must file semi annual statements for tax assessment, AG Taylor advised Auditor Hark. Advertisements tout Electric Bitters as a nerve tonic and blood purifier, Grain-O coffee substitute, and Beattie wines offered at discounted March prices. Wheat crop prospects worsen with forecasts of a half crop and spring plowing ahead. A humorous note recounts misadventures with swallowed objects and a lively stage show by the Elks and K P’s at the opera house.
A Victorian advertisement touts a powder by D Cook claimed to cure cholera and keep poultry healthy. The text promotes various preparations including soups and tonics for chickens and other fowl.
About half the residents of Mill Creek township attended the trial of Chas Patterson et al vs Daniel Hatts et al. The judge dismissed the suit at plaintiffs costs after plaintiffs testified there was no just cause for action. Hatts offered no witnesses and relied on the opposing testimony. The case challenged a land sale by Daniel Hutts as administrator Vincenot Patterson sold land to Clifford Hutts.
The case of Philip Griffiths of this city against the Big 4 Railroad Company over killed horses and wrecked buggy after a July incident at Bull Crossing was settled yesterday morning by compromise. Attorneys set a value, then split the difference, granting Griffiths 150 dollars. witnesses had been summoned for Crawfordsville and Montgomery county venues. Livengood & Livengood represented the plaintiff in both suits.
An article extols newspaper advertising as the vital link between Covington merchants and buyers. It contrasts thriving stores that keep stocks before the public with dull trades that neglect ads. It cites Dr Kugg’s New Discovery as household medicine and promotes free trials at Lee Allen’s drug store.
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