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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1898
Page
5
An advertisement extols Carter's Cascara pills as the best pill for pills and as a favorite family medicine. It also promotes Carter's Cough Cure as a cough remedy favored by many physicians. Prices are 25 cents for the cascara pills and two cents for the cough remedy. Lee Allen sells both.
A promotional notice promises two large colored pictures free with a subscription. It advertises humorous images by American artists and a choice of two more pictures in gold frames, with postage paid and packing stamps accepted.
County News reports Lee Barkley quit school last Friday and the Plank road school’s final exercises were held. James and John Carnagy returned home indefinitely. Several local items mention farming, moving plans, and miscellaneous community notes including stray dogs and new barns planned for spring.
Frank J. Cheney senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. offers one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn before Notary A. W. Gleason in Toledo Ohio. Cure claimed to act internally and on mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. sold by druggists.
Hoosier items report various regional notes from Indiana communities. Scattered items include county politics, Congressman Landis renomination outlook, Tippecanoe Republicans nominating Will Wood and Alva O. Reser, and local races in New Albany. Smallpox scare subsides in Evansville while diphtheria cases appear in Delaware and Grant counties.
Court records a partition action where William Phebps Elizabeth Van dorm Serena Keenan Martha Tunen Hulda Tunen Wilard Tunen Elbert Tunen umer Tunen George D Tunen Dort May Tunen are named as defendants not residents of Indiana. Defendants are summoned to appear in Covington court on the fourth day of May 1808 to answer or demur. the decree confirms process and sets hearing for the case at the Covington courthouse.
Public notice of a land sale to satisfy a decree and costs in Fountain County Indiana. The notice includes parcel description in section 25, township 9 north, range 4 west, with a sale to be held at Covington Court House. It also references a chancery complaint against John Miller and Elizabeth Miller and other heirs of John Miller, with a summons to appear April 6 1908 and a date for final hearing.
An old advertisement touts carriages and a free sample offer from Tavern. Grain-O is advertised as a nourishing coffee substitute that aids digestion and nerves, not a stimulant, suitable for children and adults, with a price around 1 to 25 cents.
An obituary mentions a wife candidate for joint representative of Clarke Floyd and Washington counties. Zim E Dougan, once known for pitching, runs as a republican candidate for clerk of Hendricks county. The rest contains ad copy for cures and beauty products with garbled text and misprints.
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