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Newspaper

Covington Republican

Location

Covington, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1913

Page

3

Coming of Motor Car Prompts Call for Better Roads

Harry L. Archey of the Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association says autos show roads health and city communication gains. The 1913 exhibit runs March 24 to 29 at the State Fair Coliseum and Annex with aims to outshine New York and Chicago displays.

Harry L. Archey Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association State Fair Grounds Coliseum Archey Indianapolis New York Chicago

Marmon executive leads Indianapolis Auto Show effort

Herbert H. Rice Marmon Company sales manager and vice president of the Indianapolis Auto Trade Association oversees the annual show at the Fair grounds Coliseum and Annex. The event opens Monday March 24 and runs through Saturday March 29.

Automobile Trade Association Herbert H. Rice Marmon Company Rice Indianapolis Auto Trade Association Indianapolis Fairgrounds Coliseum and Coliseum Annex

Indianapolis Auto Show Aims To Break Attendance Records

John Orman predicts the 1913 Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association show will attract a 60 000 square foot display area at State Fair grounds Coliseum and Annex with better weather rail and road access. Out-of-town visitors expected to rise as exposure grows and Indiana’s auto industry gains national notice.

Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association John Orman State Fair Grounds Coliseum Colliseum Orman Indiana Indianapolis Cara

Indianapolis Auto Show to be Held at State Fair Coliseum

The Indianapolis Auto Show will be housed in the Coliseum described as one of the state’s finest recent buildings, built at a cost of 200000 dollars. The show uses the Coliseum for cars and motorcycles with seats for spectators, and trucks will occupy the Annex adding 22000 square feet of space.

Coliseum

Cars Have Disappeared From The Field

A list of familiar cars has vanished from the field with many names appearing in the readable fragment including Anns Alpena Babcock Brush Ibin Dalton De Tamble Dispatch Elmore Frontenac Grant Henry Illinois Jonz Leader Marquette Parry Otto Penn Petrel Reading Ritter Reader Rogers Sebring Shelby Stafford Thomas Stuyvesant W 8 Suburban Union and Virginis.

Ifield Anns Alpena Babcock Brush Ibin Dalton de Tamble Dispatch Elmore Frontenac Grant Henry Ilnois Jonz Leader Marquette Parry Otto Penn Petrel Reading Ritter Reader Rogers Sebring Shelby Stafford Thomas Stuyvesant W. 8 Suburban Union Virginis

Manatee Description From Harper's Explains Its Habits

A Harper's summary describes the manatee as a herbivorous marine mammal of Florida Mexico and the West Indies. It notes a whalelike body eight to twelve feet long with a horizontal tail fore flippers and three nails on each. a flexible upper lip and twenty pairs of ridged teeth. It is nonaggressive and feeds on water plants.

America Florida Mexico Central America West Indies Harper's

Bribery Paradox in Historic Election Strategy

In pre secret ballot days a former Lord Dundonald lost a contest to an opponent paying voters £5 each. He then bribed loyalists with a £10 promise after vowing to win without bribery, winning by a large margin. He argued his earlier payments honored the voters for rejecting the rival bribe.

Lord Dundonald Pearson’s Weekly

Thermometer Not a Sure Indicator of Gulf Stream

Investigators note that a thermometer does not reliably indicate the Gulf Stream and the strongest current may not align with highest temperatures. Warmer water signals tropical origin, not always a current, with peak warmth off Cape Hatteras from gentle winds outside the West Indies. The Gulf Stream lies between this warm water and the 100 fathom line.

Cape Hatteras West Indies Gulf Stream

Head of Big Trust Attacks Speculation at Boston Dinner

A prominent trust leader told a Boston dinner he is against speculation, criticizing making wealth from stock fluctuations rather than honest work for the common good. He calls speculative investments risky and uncertain and notes a wise stock knows its own par.

Boston Exchange

Wise Provision quoted by Wise Provision.

Briggins claims the smartest youngster in the world, while Growcher quips that every parent believes their child is brilliant and that nature wisely ensures a moment of such self assurance in every life.

Briggins Mr. Growcher Washington Star

When I last saw him Jabbe was green with envy

A Richmond style quip set notes a humorous exchange about color metaphors and optimism. The dialogue references envy jealousy fear and rage as vivid traits. It contrasts an optimistic view of marriage with a parent’s playful definition of an optimist.

Jabbe Baltimore

Unusual 15 Month Lippincott Offer Limited Time

The J G Lippincott Company of Philadelphia offers readers a 15 month Lippincott's Magazine subscription plus a year of Covington Republican for 3.00, with 15 novels 105 short stories 45 articles poems and Walnuts and Wine. full promotion for prompt remittance to Washington Square Philadelphia Pa.

J. G. Lippincott Company Philadelphia Lippincott’s Covington Republican America J. B Lippincott Company Washington Square

Real estate transfers in Fountain county in past week

Transactions filed for record list owners and properties in Fountain county. Names include T M Meeker, Clark D Jones, J W Gookins, Delbert R Thornton, Edna Crow, Ollie E Lucas, L O Gebbart, Ira Farr, and Wm Nuss among others with parcels in Attica Hillsboro Kingman Richland and Millcreek townships. Notable sums include 10560 for Shawnee acres, 11200 for 80 acres, and 10000 for 109 and 169 acre parcels.

Fountain County O. S. Douglass T. M. Meeker A. F .Field Shawnee

Dr Kings New Discovery Cures Coughs and Colds

A testimonial ad from Floydale Texas promotes Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds throat and lung ailments. It promises money back if it fails to cure and notes a reader who claims to have gained 14 pounds after using the medicine.

Dr. King J. R. Welle Floydale Texas

Printing Equipment and Type Foundry Seeks Clients

Proprietors Penn Type Foundry offers brass rules, leads, slugs, borders, and galleys for printers. They advertise labor saving strips, brass circles, leaders, and quoines at low cost. Catalogs available on request. second-hand presses and cutters offered in bargains. Philadelphia based.

L. S

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Frank L. Moore Mr. Moore Herbert Hatton Rice Smash Records Toroamy Tommy Philadelphia Record Wm Drake Clark D Jones F. G Kingman Leeman E. Wilkine Gadd Kingman J. G. Jordan Wm. Drake Jas. A. Gross J. W Gookins van Buren H. M. Kellogg Oscar Haas Newtown J. R. Hicks Daisy Hicks Covington J.J. Fogarts Annie Bernhardt Attica Emma O. Johnson Delbert R. Thornton Irac Attica Alfred Carlson Edna Crow Geo. M. Williams J. H. Newlin Ollie E. Lucas Hillsboro J. W. Hayes L. O Gebbart C. E. Huff Ira Farr Richland Tp H. D. Purviance E.H Carqueville R. P Mary Elizabeth E. Babb Millcreek W Nuss A. C Schermerhorn Schermerhorn Wm. Nuss S E. Doster Nina K. Doster E. M. Peterson Prospect C. F. Hesler A. J. Hesler Cain KE. L. Reid Jeasle Reed S&c F A. Finch Mary E. Wilkinson Fletcher Perseu Sonal What Is Castoria Centaur Company Murray Street Crrv Philadelphia Printers’ Supply Co Proprietors Penn Type Foundry B. T. Babbitt B.T. Babbitt New York City
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