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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
1
A crowded column lists visits and business in Covington and Danville with countless mentions of individuals such as J.L. Allen Jr. and H.C. Yount, plus remarks on wall paper at Allen’s and Lee Allen’s. It notes shopping at Loeb’s stores, Mr. and Mrs. Crawturn of Brazil, and other local movements, visits, and sales.
A plea describes a plan for a line from Chicago Heights Illinois southeast to near the Indiana line then south through Newton Benton Warren Fountain Parke and Vigo counties to Terre Haute Indiana. Elections are ordered in Fountain and Parke townships to vote subsidies for construction and to boost local tax revenue once the line opens. The argument argues Covington gains direct Chicago access, boosting local factories and mineral development, with expected tax repayment within seven years and long term profit.
Special from Cayuga describes William Dale Jr shooting Marshall Johnson in a domestic dispute. Johnson seriously wounded but expected to recover. Dale charged and jailed at Newport. Also notes a cooking school, shoplifting arrests of Mr and Mrs Bassett, and a fatal shooting in Capvill with John Pritchard held in jail. Leader seeks 100000 pounds of wool for cash.
J M Rhodes and Son in Fountain County builds buggies and carriages with durable tires and dust proof thimble skein. The firm ensures full history back to crude material, offers a guarantee with every vehicle and includes Millard Rhodes as partner.
A Lisbon Indiana man describes wading icy water to repair a telegraph line and contracting a severe illness. Doctors in Oakland Omaha and Sioux City said he had consumption but after six bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery he was cured. L Allen sells the remedy.
Jacob Ely a 47 year old farm hand on Greeley Templeton’s farm near Oxford died after a wagon pulled by mules ran away and crashed into rocks. Ely was thrown and died seconds later. his widow and six Chicago-based children survive. He was the son of the late Henry Ely, a Tippecanoe County pioneer.
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