Local News Snippets From Covington and Nearby
The column lists visits and travels of residents, shop ads, and small notices. Mrs J Loeb and Mrs Sangster were in Indianapolis. Stephen Burch from Danville visited his aunt. Miss Phronie Bender spent a week in Terre Haute. Census work ends this week. closing-out sale ads urge bargains. real estate and barn for sale with brief details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Burch
Danville
Mrs Jones
Phronie Bender
Terre Haute
Local notices and ads salvage from Kokomo area paper
Items report hats and wallpaper prices at VanDorn's drug store with notes on Mrs J W Price and others. Car trips to Kokomo include W W Layton and Clyde family. Mrs Wesley Sprankle's hospital release. Mrs Catharine Bowers eighty sixth birthday. Also Senour's floor paint ads. health officers remove kissing ban. Charles Watkins and Homer McCarty visit. Salt sold by barrel at C F Lowe and Son. Ex Sheriff Robert J Miller in city. C E I bridge work at Clinton with pier damage and $2500 estimate. Yerkes Garage ad promotes standard machines and sales.
Local notes and visits from Pendleton area
Reports list Mrs J W Price and John Hopkins with wives from Fountain, business in Danville, Mrs Lindey and Myrtle visiting, Miss Hertha Owen from Danville visiting Ruby Hall, E F McCabe of Williamsport in court, Amil Franklin to Peoria for painting jobs, Judge Mulford handling Wt Young case, Profs C W Dotson and E C Dotson visiting, Belle Johnson visiting Danville, Indianapolis Sun agent in town, Mrs A Warner of Veedersburg visiting, rain halting Attica corn meeting, Prof J W Gillespie to supervise Pine Village schools, Pine Village News note, Dr J T Henderson property for sale near M E church with contact in Pendleton Oregon.
Local Officials and Guests Visit Across Towns
Sheriff Robert Kerr from Indianapolis handles county business as Elmer Wilkey visits Danville for Reverend Watkins of Crawfordsville. Crawfordsville preacher gabs to good crowds at Christian church. Veedersburg visitors Nellie Grigson and Lydia Leach call on Trixy and Hazel Barden. Mrs. William Macdigan and daughter of Veedersburg stay with Alphonse Lemp family. Covington area listings show several small bargain dwellings for sale with partial cash options. Madge Cadwallader travels to Danville to visit relatives. Uncle Samp Reed plans to update the bank frontage. Local youths visit Veedersburg and return. Buff Plymouth Rock eggs offered by Stillman Goff in Covington. C Weichel and wife leave Covington for Danville and Pacific Coast for health reasons.
Social and business notices from Danville region
James Ireland of Danville guest of the Willand family last week and Hon RN Voliva of Newtown in town to transact legal business. Miss Lena Prather visited Danville home folks. Mrs Charles Crane called on Steely McMahon and wife at Pine Village. Milk cow sale advertised. Baptist church ice cream social planned in Harlow room Saturday evening. M Shesley promotes new spring styles at low prices. Spelling Skale and Barn Social set for May 17 at Henry Peters on Third Street with 10c refreshments to benefit Baptist church. Van Dorn drugstore offers paints wallpaper and supplies at low prices. James Bright spent Sunday at home. enjoying life in Indianapolis. Miss Adda Clifton visited West Lebanon relatives. Judge Harness of Kokomo in town for a few minutes. O M Gardner and Sam Edwards travel to Minneapolis Red River Valley for investment ideas for ten days. Burglary reported with Kellum’s restaurant and C F Lowe’s store entered. minimal cash loss. Tom Bodine elevator also broken into. home talent suspected. Wells Prather, son of Taylor, visiting here. traveling salesman for a Los Angeles wholesale house, en route to Chicago then California.
Hats and business notes in Danville and Veedersburg
Mrs J W Price and Dr J R Sicks visited Danville Wednesday to transact business. Ed Patton and Grant Gossett of Veedersburg were in town Wednesday handling affairs and greeting friends. An ad for T H McGeorge Jr Co highlights the New John Deere Cultivator as a top market choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Sicks
Danville
Ed Patton
Veedersburg
Grant Gossett
T. H. McGeorge Jr Company
Entertainer A Lincoln Kirk at Covington Presbyterian Church
Do not miss the entertainment at the Covington Presbyterian Church on Monday May 23 presented by A Lincoln Kirk. The versatile performer has delighted audiences from Maine to Colorado and earned praise from discriminating crowds in twenty seven states. Local youths bring him to the town with high expectations of a pleasant evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
A. Lincoln Kirk
Maine
Colorado
Covington
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Covington and Her
C. F. Lowe & Sons
J. Loeb
Mrs. Sangster
Indianapolis
L D. Patton
van Dorn’s
David Plant and Son
Mr. and M. Herzog
James Hastings
New Castle
Mound City
Rainier
David Burton
Levi Lever
Attica
Vitk
ROYAL
J. W. Price
VanDorn's
W. W. Layton
Kokomo
Clyde
Wesley Sprankle
Catharine Bowers
Millcreek Township
Senour
van Dorn
Charles Watkins
Homer McCarty
Williamsport
Clark Dennis
Charlie Lowe
C. F. Lowe & Son
Robert J. Miller
Jackson
City
Bob
Clinton
Yerkes
John Hopkins
Fountain
C. F. Lowe
M. Mayer
Hertha Owen
Danville Ill
Ruby Hall
E. F. McCabe
Amil Franklin
Peoria
Ill
C. W. Dotson
E. C. Dotson
Belle Johnson
The
Indianapolis Sun
A. Warner
J. W. Gillespie
Kingman
Pearson
Pine Village
Gillapsie
J. T. Henderson
M. E. Church
T. M. Henderson
Pendleton
Oregon
Robert Kerr
Elmer Wilkey
Watkins
Crawfordsville
Christian Church
Nellie Grigson
Lydia Leach
Trixy
Hazel Barden
William Macdigan
Alphonse Lemp
Atty. L. P. Little
Madge Cadwallader
Samp. Reed
Stillman Goff
R. R. No
Ind
C. Weichel
Pacific Coast
Mr. Welchel
Bles
Burton
Ameri
W. B. Coleman
James Ireland
Willand Family
RN. Voliva
Newtown
Lena Prather
Charles Crane
Steely McMahon and
McMahon
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Harlow Room
M. Shesley
Spellin’Skale
Henry Peters
New Barn
Third Street
Baptist Church
van Dorn’s Drug Store
James Bright
Adda Clifton
S. G. Pomeroy
West Lebanon
Harness
O. M. Gardner
Sam Edwards
Hillsboro
Minneapolis
Red River Valley
N. D
Kellum
C. F. Lowe’s
Tom Bodine
Wells
Taylor Prather
Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago
Johnn
Martha
California
M. Schesley
Serge
Pump
Oxfords
South Side Square
Covington, Indiana
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