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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1901
Page
1
A crowded column lists residents and guests visiting Covington or area towns from Danville to Veedersburg including Mr. and Mrs. Reed Culver, Miss Loyola McComas, Miss Lena Walton, and Mrs. J. Sears. It notes business trips, property deals, sewing machine ads, ambulance and salve mentions, and a wedding of Rocky Mountain Tea ad reader Artie Ellia and Hillsboro comments.
Jim Clevers proposes improvements to current methods, highlighting practical tweaks and projected benefits for efficiency and outcomes. He outlines key areas for refinement and urges adoption by the relevant teams and stakeholders.
A humorous Covington column compares Venice with its canals to Covington’s damp streets. It suggests creating a local Venice by using water transport, discusses Consistency as a theme, and praises local ambition, business rivals, and a scheme to form a stock company led by residents.
Indiana senator Fairbanks is described as the leading 1904 presidential possibility with strongest support from the McKinley administration and Washington circles. Col. Ransdell notes talk of Fairbanks as McKinley’s preferred successor, with Beveridge Spooner and Roosevelt also named. The piece credits Fairbanks’ rise from possibility to probability and notes regional advantage for a midwestern candidate.
A compact survey of narrative craft explores truthful storytelling alongside editorial culling. The collection juxtaposes original prose with refined revisions, highlighting how authors reshape tales to sharpen meaning while preserving core ideas.
In Norwalk Connecticut Mrs Eliza J Brown aged eighty astonishes physicians by growing natural teeth while her decades old false teeth in the upper jaw disappear The gossipy item notes her as a remarkable case with natural teeth reappearing after many years.
In Freeport Pennsylvania the bank cashier C M Ludwick admits stealing $250000 from funds and aids his son Charles in taking responsibility. After a books audit revealed involvement, the elder Ludwick feigned innocence to shield his son before confessing to the bank president.
A Quaker merchant in Marion Indiana runs a store on unusual rules he bans tobacco and liquor excludes delivery posts cost prices with small margins and no insurance. After a recent near total fire he opened a soup house for the poor offering meals at cost with profanity barred inside and out.
A Kingman youth named Alward caused a stir by claiming exposure to smallpox after meeting John R Teegarden who had been traveling through Oklahoma and Texas. A rapid medical check by Dr Rowland found no illness, easing fears and leading Alward to return home with the all clear. County officials shared the relief at the outcome.
The article lists numerous proposed electric and steam rail lines in western Indiana and eastern Aineis. It outlines routes including Fort Wayne to Attica, Crawfordsville to Terre Haute, and expansions by the Chicago Covington & Southern and Wabash lines. The piece argues these connections would create major railroad facilities for the northwest if many lines are built.
A Perrysville Record item notes many birds like jays and sparrows perched on wires west and north of town. A private detective says the birds were picking taffy off the wires after a chat with girls at Gessia and Covington.
The Attica Press repeats Veedersburg News claims of high paper circulation in Fountain and Warren counties while Covington lacks a paper though it publishes many weekly papers. The critique notes Printer Ink and Geo P. Rowell's influence and urges readers to place ads with the Republican.
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