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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1898
Page
4
The Republican announces comprehensive job printing services with modern style and guaranteed quality. Special facilities are offered for blank books and magazine binding with responsible rates and rapid turnaround for all orders addressed to the office.
The Covington Friend mockery aimed at Sheriff Scherer is noted as a copied squib from Crawfordsville star. Wages in lumber rise with Dingley tariff as sawing season nears, with employment prospects bright. Texas Democrats adopt a rule restricting primaries to Chicago platform supporters from 1896, driving many Democrats toward the Republicans.
The survey records nearly one hundred new firms across Alabama North Carolina and Virginia with eight in Alabama and North Carolina, nine in Georgia and Texas, and six each in Kentucky Louisiana Missouri South Carolina and Maryland. Furniture factories pottery works mills clothing plants pump and rubber works tobacco and shoe factories car wheel plants and other manufacturing. The report links growth to rising support for protective policy in the South which had been unpopular.
Rising Populists oppose Butler efforts to fuse factions and recall or suspend leaders without cause. They replace fusionists on the National Committee and push appeals to the national body, arguing the party preserves its own form against Democratic and fusion pressures.
The fusion proposal endorsed by Butler Jones and Yowne draws Populists nationwide who view it as aiding self-serving leaders and Democrat collaboration. The text notes a surge of industry growth spurred by cotton seed, once waste in the South, now a source of vast revenue via paper, fertilizers, cattle feed, soap, lard oil, and other products.
Ilan Frederick B Gordon of Columbus Ga in a Manufacturers Record letter argues Georgia must abandon dead issues and political favoritism. He says Southern speakers should teach sound economic principles to advance the New South and reduce demagoguery.
A Pall Mall Gazette writer notes rising unpopularity of free trade in England citing protectionist nations capturing world markets. He mentions Britain’s loss of sales to the United States since Dinwite law and Lord Salisbury’s critique of coercive tariffs to enforce free trade.
The Ponntath county Democratic paper rebuts Covington Friend on a weeks-old Yount meeting claim. It accuses the Republican piece of irregular reporting and notes Populist workers deserving fair coverage. The piece criticizes editor McNeill Gewerth and urges stricter news coverage.
Department of Agriculture statistics showcase notable gains for farmers with large increases in cereal crop income. The report notes approximately 130 million more dollars earned by U S farmers for cereals than in 1906 and about 50 million additional dollars beyond prior results.
The year 1897 saw the largest hay crop in years, higher wool and cottonless gains, and a sharp rise in farm animal values. Horses gained over 25 million dollars, mules over 6 million, milch cows 65 million, cattle 11 million, sheep 25 million, hogs over 8 million, totaling about 240 million dollars in stock value. Every state reported improvements in livestock and farm products, with Kansas and Nebraska showing substantial increases.
An advertisement touts Carter's Cough Cure as a remedy for coughs colds asthma bronchitis and grippe. It claims many scoffers have been converted and urges readers to buy at 25 cents from Lee Allen.
Market reports from Chicago dated March 11 describe thinning cranaries in Northwestern points, large daily arrivals, and mixed views on seed wheat demand. May prices hover around 1.05 with potential for higher July, while corn attracts attention due to a large long interest and expected liquidation. Oats stay firm and provisions remain dull and steady.
An oversight led to missing allowed names on the seventh page in the printed list. The record shows several individuals including WR Smith, COP Heglor, JA Purr, ACC Hilton, Matthew Boyd, and KR McNe li associated with various roles in the firm and local duties.
Rob Roy High School near the Big Shawnee stream closed for the year after three years under H R Conover. Pupils surprised the professor with a farewell dinner then performed songs recitations and speeches praising the school and its leadership.
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