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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1910
Page
8
Rates listed for display advertising including one year contracts at eight cents per inch, six months to under a year at nine cents per inch, contracts under six months at sixteen cents per inch, and metal base electros at six cents per inch. Local rate applies to single insertion five cents per line, with five cents per line for each additional insertion.
Richland township physician J.4 Evans M.D announces his bid for Counts Auditor subject to the Republican veteran convent. He pledges to run according to the party will and in due time. The letter is signed Very truly yours J.4 Evans M.D.
Announcements from Mr Bdtter and Leroy Sanders declare candidacies for Clerk of Fountain Circuit Court. Both seek party nomination via respective Republican and Democratic conventions, with Burr Bryant listed as a signer or related figure. The notices note prior terms and campaign efforts in the county.
The Republican State Committee and County Committee call all Fountain county Republicans and affiliates to meetings on Saturday March 26 1910 at 3 pm in each township to elect delegates and alternates to the State convention in Indianapolis on April 5 1910. Delegates are allotted one per 200 votes with additional fractions. locations include Wallace school house Mill Creek Yedda hall Cates school house Coal Creek Veedersburg Coliseum Hillsboro opera house Court house Attica City Hall Roberts school house and more. ARDREWW MARSHALL is Chairman and T. A. Clifton is Secretary.
With taxes showing a rise of one eleventh over last year, residents doubt the democratic Auditor and Board of County Commissioners can persuade the public that the current regime is economically sound. Assessors valuations have not increased.
Two pays will hardly settle differences at the democratic state convention. We suggest they make it three as Governor Marshall will have more time to duck.
The state Democratic party plans a two day convention on April 26 and 27 to organize the convention, adopt a platform, and nominate a ticket. The note appears in The Friend edited by Pukey.
Governor Marshall favors the Democratic State convention naming the candidate for United States Senator. He argues the party supports direct election by the people, but the Constitution forbids a direct vote. The dope sheet suggests the governor fears an Assembly chosen by the people.
A quarrel with Covington and Attica press over the fair’s finances is recapped. The Covington Fair Association reportedly cleared over 1400 last year but added funds to debt rather than dividends. The Attica Press cites internal committee missteps and aims to adjust governance to protect fair interests for this year’s September 20 to 23 event.
Dye and Kincade of 221 and 222 East Main street Danville NJ close out a 20000 stock of monumental works. Sale runs through May 30 with special Saturday bargains. Call to secure items. Clothes by Lamm and Co measured at J Loeb stores with advent of March 41.
The Newtown Boy, once owned by Lew Kerr and Kerr & Death amid litigation, is sold to Hon. Andrew Marehall of Veedersburg. Marehall will auction the famed stallion to the highest bidder at 3 p.m. on Saturday April 9, 1910. The horse, sire to many top county horses, has a 2:10 record and remains a valuable yearling prospect.
Mrs Wm Cox visited Danville friends on Sunday. Mr and Mrs John Sears are both improving. Advance Spring Styles to be found only at Michesley s. Elmer Wilkey improved enough to go downtown Thursday morning after a long siege. Men s and boys new suits in stock at J Loeb s Stores. Read W B Coleman s ad about corsets at reasonable prices. Don t forget the Bazaar and chicken supper March 26 in the Farnsworth room. Christian church ladies horse sale Thursday about 100 head horses and mules and a car load of cows sold at good prices. Digestive health notes endorse Foley s Urine Laxative sold by M C VanDorn. Young gravel pit being prepared for filling contracts with improved machinery and large output expected. Latest styles at M Schesley s. Judge Vinton tried civil suit Elbert McKee v William Slusser. verdict McKee 16 7 50 for concrete work. Sheriff Kerr left for Michigan City with James Ratcliff to begin sentence of one to fourteen years. Ratcliff vows to be good. Henry Davidson Hillsboro, Steely McMahon Pine Village, Roy Rogers City received Royal Arch degree in Masonry by Covington Chapter. others present from Hillsboro and nearby towns.
Edward Daniels of Tipton Indiana visited the city Tuesday to promote his candidacy for the republican nomination as national representative from Indiana Ninth Congressional district. He is a young attorney from Tipton.
Citizens of the city and all interested are urged to meet in the court room on Wednesday evening March 30 at 7:30 for completing the organization to perpetuate Memorial Day. It is hoped everybody will attend.
M Board received from a Bavana Ohio firm a new black rubber tired hearse in the latest design. It was first used Monday at the burial of Mrs. Sampson Reed. The model is refined and semimetric, enhancing Mr. Board's up-to-date undertaking business.
Indianapolis dispatch notes Thomas Taggart declining to confirm candidacy for U.S. senator in 1911 while privately signaling availability. Governor Marshall presses an open convention plan sparking party divisions with Stokes Jackson predicting a split, Lamb backing open ballot and Slack aligned with Marshall to oppose Taggart.
A column featuring Uncle Eben's saying about learning by experience. It contrasts common sense with waiting to learn, noting the value of planting corn. Also reports a hound from the Essex Harriers lost an eye and received a glass eye.
Havana cigars quoted at five dollars each were recently shown at a London tobacco exposition.
A New York gossip item notes that married couples behave as if admitting the other is right is forbidden, treating it as a social law. The quip satirizes domestic dynamics and the stubbornness that accompanies longterm partnerships.
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