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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
6
Sunday feature invites readers to bring their buggy to Prather carriage works for upholstery services. The ad highlights craftsmanship and invites inquiries for repairs and custom upholstering.
Miss Casey daughter of Patrick Casey near the city is seriously ill with little hope of recovery. Treasurer Irvin and Auditor Gray traveled to Indianapolis Thursday noon for a partial settlement with the State Treasurer. John Foster an elderly Shawnee township resident died Tuesday morning aged 81. Funeral at Beulah church Thursday afternoon. He and his parents Jacob and Mary Foster moved to the county in October 1826 near Rob Roy. Plymouth May Festival program received Monday for Rev J H Palmer at the palace church the festival was May 19 20 and 22 and the program indicates financial success. Palmer showed mastery in organizing the event.
A deputy fish commissioner visited Shawnee area on Wednesday and found two seines in possession. The owners paid about $35 each in fines, one device being partly rotten and unused since the fish law was enacted. The incident sparked the owners' protests over the penalties.
A London Tatler writer visits Edinburgh and notes the absence of kilts among locals. He mocks visitors who assume Scots talk in a brogue and recalls a Perthshire girl who rarely speaks while stalking stags.
The Laporte county council appropriated $9,000 to support officials in developing the Ganness case. The move secures continued investigations at the death farm and aids the coroner’s plans for chemical analysis of some bodies.
Addison C. Harris portrays Vice President Fairbanks as a pure upright statesman with deep public vision. The piece notes his public trust devotion, practical sense, and similar temperament to McKinley, while detailing his career from AP representative to lawyer in Indianapolis and his readiness for a McKinley type presidency.
Harris portrays Charles W. Fairbanks as a cordial, humane vice presidential hopeful with strong religious grounding. The piece emphasizes his protective tariff stance, sound monetary policy, and a cautious foreign policy, noting his broad appeal within the Republican Party and willingness to work with others.
An orator iuicago discusses man making, science, and religion shaping the threefold nature physical intellectual and spiritual. He cites France education policy and warns that without God in schools youths face crime and despair. The message urges teaching existence of God immortality and moral duty. DeWitt's Little Early Risers pills are advertised.
Mrs Ina M Zinn reports full settlement under policy No 7485. The National Life Association of Des Moines through district manager Chas E Cooper and local agent W B Reeves delivered $3000 to the widow of Dr Jacob K Zinn in Covington Indiana, May 18 1908.
An offer promises relief from backache and rheumatic pains with a 20 day trial for a dollar. Claims include benefits for kidneys bladder and blood, suitable for all ages, with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Sold by Hedges Drug Co.
An advertisement touts Bees Lexative Cough Syrup as a guaranteed remedy for coughs and bronchial troubles and promotes a Kingman coal lease boom with 1600 acres under control and $5000 planned for prospecting. Also advertised are Woodford's Sanitary Lotion for quick itch relief and Hyomei for cattarrhal troubles sold by Hedges Drug Company and M Vandorn.
Real estate transfers in Fountain County over the past week include Beamer family to Phebe Fleming for 8 of 213 2146 add At tica priced at 200. Coats families exchange interests across Van Buren township with multiple parcels totaling around 1 acre to 102 acres and prices ranging from 69 70 to 872 00. Also noting a patent remedy advertisement for ManZna Pile in a collapsible tube priced at 50 cents sold by Hedges Drug Co.
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