Local notices scattered amid partial entries
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered lines mentioning addresses dates and payments. No clear event or names emerge beyond inattentive fragments suggesting legal or public notices.
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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1899
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered lines mentioning addresses dates and payments. No clear event or names emerge beyond inattentive fragments suggesting legal or public notices.
An item detailing train excursion rates and one fare trips advertised by multiple rail lines including The Watbush Route and Clover Leaf connections. Mentions June dates, destinations such as Buffalo Detroit Columbus and Indianapolis, with notes on individual station fares and sale details.
An old advertisement promotes Dr. Davis Kidney Tablets as a cure for Brights disease rheumatism and related kidney and bladder issues. It claims the tablets resemble a kidney shape and come with a free booklet, sold by druggists or via mail from Frankfort Indiana.
An elderly Omaha reader praises Dr Kay's Renovator fo r digestive and sleep issues and requests free medical advice and samples. The item also advertises Dr Kay's Lung Balm and Home Treatment booklet, locations, and a Wabash Line excursion sale to Hot Springs with dates and prices. It mentions DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for wound healing.
County items note school term dates and a postponed baseball game between Wabash and Crawford. a G A R encampment display at Terre Haute. new town enterprises and several homes under construction. Mrs. Andrew Lutz dies after long illness. funeral held at Riverside. Saturday Press debuts under Ray and Gumert. Local trades include O L Pernell becoming Wilson store proprietor. J Fink buying Vernell’s harness shop. A change to Uneeda as town name proposed due to Portland rock issues. Fractured artery sighting for J Hall and other minor notes.
Miss Ella Shaffer returns to Attica. Hugh Shaffer buys a new 9 model bicycle. Mr and Mrs Edward Miller visit with James Foreman and family. Joel Watts transact business in Covington. Bert Foreman makes a dying trip to Rossville. George Baum and family visit here. Lee Mottitt of Bear Newtown visits John Hawkins. Reed and wife visit daughter Mrs James Marlatt of Veederspurg. Alice Swires returns home from four weeks with Mrs Henry Moritt. Veter Burk and Weber Kinney transact business in Covington and Hedrick respectively. Families host weekend gatherings. Groddards’ little girl bitten by a rat and in pain.
Thomas Fitzgerald visits Tippecanoe County this week while Rev Eytec of Crawfordsville leads services at the Presbyterian Church. Democrats plan to attend Bryan’s day in Danville. Dresser gains an extra mail run and a social dance is set at Wao. Cronkite’s Go night and repainted family residence noted. Elmer Tomlinson trips to Covington. Benton Reynolds family and Earl Jordan poisoned after eating peanuts at West Lebanon with serious illness and suspected strychnine. J C Bridge of Lancaster says One Minute Cough Cure is best for coughs.
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