15 Mar 1907
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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1907
Page
1
Melancholy hours give way to sunlit days as Covington residents share comings and goings. Items mention Purity Bacon at Reed’s, spring goods from J Loeb’s Stores, maple syrup prospects, market prices, travel to Hot Springs and Cuba, a pending Fourth of July, and local church events. A mix of personal news, ads, and small notices captures life in the county.
Attica has secured a mattress factory that will start up at once employing about a dozen men. Towns around Fullatan county plan summer blowouts and a Fourth of July show to draw thousands of visitors. Billy Ryan bought the J K Martin property. Martin family to move to Terre Haute. The county treasurer salary bill raises Fountain County to 2200 and Warren’s to 1100.
New spring hosiery and the largest stock of linoleum at J Loeb stores. John Kearns visited from Danville on business Monday. A $25 reward offered for items found in our lard, though pure hog fat is claimed. Reed's meat market and Coleman Reeves & Coleman advertise standard oil cloth at 13c and 1i. Covington Supply Company promotes Easter goods and displays. Seymour Graham moves to a farm south of town and will call bids for a new dwelling. Spence Smith and Spence feature a money saving big ad. Fourth street paving bricks have arrived and are being unloaded. Harding, the contractor, expects paving to start soon as the street is leveled.
Approximately twelve hundred bills were introduced in the Indiana legislature. Critics argue many measures were killed unfairly and warn voters they were deceived. The piece urges a campaign to recruit candidates for the next general assembly.
John Casey and others camp at Redwood on the Wabash fishing and duck boating. They plan to stay all week and have brought mallards greens and several large fish. Shorty Vanhook cooks. County house has 37 inmates 26 men 11 women with eight deaths in a year. Aunt Eliza aged 94 remains active. J W McDaniel left Steam Corner to Arcadia Oklahoma to join a hardware firm after a successful school term and dinner attendance exceeded 200.
Fragmentary note discusses towns on the Indiana Illinois state line and the blind tiger law provisions. It cites the word Af and Af as related terms, indicating a legal context without clear details or names.
The article explains the origin of St Patrick's Day being celebrated on March 17. It notes debates over Patrick's death date and birth dates between Ireland's regions, and says the Pope resolved the dispute by combining numbers to set March 17 as the observance.
Lord's Day services listed with Bible school at 9 30 a m Junior C E at 3 p m Senior C E at 6 15 p m Preaching on the second and fourth Lord's days each month at 10 45 a m and 7 30 p m Chorus practice Tuesday 7 15 p m Mid week prayer Thursday 7 15 p m All invited P W Wa thall Pastor
The L. S. youth group met with Miss Mary Bright last Saturday with full attendance and a pleasant gathering. Dainty refreshments were served. New officers were elected and prizes awarded. The club made a substantial donation to Aunt Fanny Pybern.
Local blacksmiths reached an agreement to raise the price of four new horseshoes to 1.50 dollars to cover higher costs of materials. The adjustment reflects recent increases in raw material expenses affecting the tradesmen.
Covington Supply Company invites the public to visit its store for an excellent display of Easter goods. The firm promises a fine assortment and urged shoppers to call and inspect the offerings.
Election next June will choose a county superintendent of schools though candidates move slowly to announce. Ora Hunter, recently injured in the Danville C and B I round house, traveled by train to Foster to visit his father in law James Zanes. Hunter attended a Foster shooting match, using crutches to shoot, breaking 6 of 12 pigeons while Dan Ricketts hit 23 of 25. Charley Printy, famed as a crack shot, missed badly, firing 8 of 235, illustrating a poor indicator of Charney’s skill.
The Wabash College Glee Club will perform Friday evening March 15 at 8 o'clock in the Presbyterian church. Now in its twelfth annual tour the group has delighted Northern Indiana audiences with its varied program and new features.
In The Mayor's Court Roger McMahon about 12 years old was arraigned for assaulting another boy. The evidence was not sufficient to find guilt and he was discharged with a reprimand. The case stems from a quarrel between the youths. Public Sale listing advertises 100 head of horses and mules to be sold March 20 1907 at Covington Indiana with settlement cash or bankable paper P J McMahon note. Fresh Baltimore oysters at Mercyton Bry's.
A retail notice from J Loeb's Stores urges customers who owe Republicans any account to settle in the coming months. The message promotes ready payment during the dull season, inviting all to come in and pay now rather than wait to be asked, highlighting best goods and lowest prices.
For Sale announces Plymouth Rock roosters at Sleach and urges immediate purchase by Ricuh Nebeker. Chattel loan ads note small sums by L P Little Covington Ind. Madison Dagger of Newtown reaches 97, possibly county's oldest graduate, with clear mind but failing eyesight. Freddie Nolen Snyder of New Richmond and Eva Pearl Kenney of Covington wed at a hotel in Oaklawn where he formerly worked as a fireman.
The Indiana legislature passed a law making it a misdemeanor to deceive buyers in horse trading. It targets concealing diseases such as heaves, glanders, and other defects with penalties up to 500 dollars and up to six months in jail or workhouse.
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