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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1897
Page
6
A jumble of notices from Crawfordsville area papers lists SPENCE & PLANT as agents for Standard Patterns with free fashion sheets. It mentions hats at low prices, local social gossip, and various events from Lafayette, Danville, Covington, and Newport. Names include Major F C Randell, E R E Kimbrough, Miss Clara Higgins, Miss Sadie Bryant.
W H Palmer of Waterloo Iowa describes a history of nervous prostration from bronchial stricture and chronic cough. After failed other medicines a physician advised Dr Miles Restorative Nervine which reportedly brightened his days lengthened his life and saved him from the horrors of nervous prostration. Dr Miles Remedies sold with guarantee and a free book on Heart and Nerves. A cough does not always indicate danger.
The Leader proclaims aggressive factory-to-customer discounts with cash offers. W. L. Douglass Shoes drop from 3.00 to 2.00, 4.00 to 2.50, and 5.00 to 3.00, while Yountsville blankets and flannels claim prices below factory levels.
A long local notice urges readers to sell Wool at the highest cash market, claiming Western Indiana’s best Wool market. The piece then shifts to a jumble of regional items—murder rumors about a Laborts employee, a Crawfordsville wedding disturbance, and a farmer John Howery alleged murdered after a train incident.
The advertisement claims Carter's Cough Core sold for a quarter each and quickly attracted buyers. It lists uses for coughs colds croap whooping cough asthma bronchitis and incipient consumption with Lee Allen as the seller.
Covington hosts Sun Bros. big show in its fifth season with European Menagerie Roman Hippodrome Arabian Caravan and Trans Pacific Wild Beast Exhibit. A grand street parade at 12 a.m. Thursday May 13 features two performances for 23 cents admission to both show and trained animal exhibition. Seats for 3000 with no extra charge. Special travel rates offered.
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