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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
1
A column notes varied local commerce and daily life with ads for Loeb's stores and The Leader, mentions residents traveling to Indianapolis and Chicago, upcoming court sessions, renovations, and plans for new houses while highlighting local vendors and goods through a stream of brief notices and notices of sales.
A discussion predicts that an extensive electricity network will link the smallest communities with major cities as soon as lines are operated, bringing rapid communication and power access nationwide.
Two petitions were presented to Crawfordsville City Council seeking city franchise rights for electric railways. Crawfordsville Transmission Company plans a line from Crawfordsville to Kingman then Veedersburg to Covington, while Charles M. McCabe seeks a Fountain County network linking Attica Veedersburg Newtown Mellott Hillsboro and other towns. The county granted McCabe a Fountain County franchise. both proposals will be studied by the Railroads and Telephones Committee.
Mr. Prather operates a brick and tile mill one mile northeast of the courthouse on a 40 acre plot. Since 1894 he expanded from hand moulding to mechanized production with new boilers and a separate moulding machine for brick and tile. The plant, with capacity for 50 000 brick and 10 000 tile, supports 3 to 10 workers daily and uses local clay from Graham’s Creek. The venture aims to supply city and country demand and encourage local economic growth.
The piece extols Covington as a top grain market and credits Schulenberg Bros and Alfred L. Schulenberg for eight years of elevator operation. It highlights a 15000 bushel small grain and 4000 bushel large grain capacity, two driveways with five dumps, rapid unloading, safety, and a claim of paying top prices. It also notes farm implement sales and a new line of buggies, surreys, and wagons with ready prices.
Fx county commissioner H F Randolph buys a fine bunch of twenty two cattle three years old in April in Chicago and plans to feed them for the September market. He says the lot is extra fine and bought at a bargain and expected to fetch top price. He runs a stock farm for cattle and hogs. Also notice women wool dress goods at Loeb’s.
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