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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1901
Page
8
A broad county overview highlights diverse events and local movements drawing attention from residents of multiple towns. Community organizations and volunteers share updates on social activities, civic efforts, and upcoming gatherings across several locales, reflecting a lively regional scene.
Mrs. Gus Clem travels to Danville while Oliver Banks at Soldier's Home remains unimproved. J Keller builds a large cow barn, C F Lowe saws frame material for a new dwelling for a hired man. Holycross moves into a new home for parents. A Halloween mask party honors Lewis Boughner with 75 attendees and 12 couples masked. News on roads, ads for Jell-O dessert, and various local visits, deaths, and quarrels fill the page.
Winter tourists may use round trip rates to California and Pacific coast points through the Iowa Central Route. A four day California trip from St. Paul Mason City Marshalltown Oskaloosa Wiedrick Peoria and intermediate points via Iowa Central and Southern Route is highlighted. The Pullman Tour car service is inaugurated for the season, offering traveler comfort. For details and pamphlets contact Iowa Central agents or Geo. S. Batty at Marshalltown.
An old advertisement touts Ayer's Pills as liver pills claimed to cure constipation headaches dyspepsia and related symptoms. The 28c price and druggist attribution appear in the promotional copy.
A New York Sun report describes Mr Morton Peto hosting the costliest banquet at Delmonico's old Fourth Street restaurant. About 200 guests paid $25,000 for lavish wines, elaborate courses, and extravagant decor including a cedar yacht model in a water basin per plate priced at 400.
A period style guide advises prompt attention to plants for success. It notes a white pine can reach twenty five feet in twenty years and describes the Greenland birch as the smallest tree. Western Washington firs reach 150 to 300 feet, while palm care suggests weekly lukewarm milk water and soaking pots for two hours.
In the reign of Charles II, gallant gentlemen honored ladies by toasting them while destroying a piece of their clothing. Sir Charles Sedley once toasted a lady and had his necktie burned, prompting him to retaliate by ordering a dentist to pull a troublesome tooth as his tribute to a fair one. The custom left everyone else mourning a molar.
In a staged scene from the Ohio State Journal, a sentry challenges a visitor with a deadly wooden gun and demands a countersign. Tommie admits forgetfulness, Willie grows annoyed, and the exchange ends with a whispered recitation behind the rocking chair.
Receptacles for food should be germ free and insect free. Glass pottery and metal wares are preferable to wood and should have no joints or grooves that harbor food particles. Thoroughly wash them, seal with boiling water, wipe dry, and let cool. Drying in sun improves parity when possible.
A Boston Herald exchange shows Hopetal and an editor arguing a year after a refused drawing. The artist counters that the editor should recognize quality by now, while the editor hints at business tasks and a parlor setting as a proper place for discussions.
A vigorous medicine named Peruna is advertised as a tonic for the mucous membranes and capillary circulation. It claims to strike at the root of catarrhal affections and to restore energy. Testimonials from Paul Landrum and A M Skerd praise Peruna and Manalin for heart and stomach ailments, with an offer for free advice from Dr. Hartman of Columbus, Ohio.
Elmer Kelly of Carbon Dale Warren County failed to appear in court after being held on a 31 000 bond for forgery. He allegedly forged a 365 dollar check at Citizens National Bank Attica, surrendering all but 3 65 after confrontation. Also a wartime recruitment notice appears for 21 35 year olds.
Sunday afternoon about 2 30 Bellis Keller livery stable in Waynetown was burned destroying three rubber tired buggies a nit of feed and one horse. The building belonged to William Franfts and was insured Bellis Keller had no insurance. Officials suspect incendiary origin and note a previous similar fire in Waynetown within three weeks targeting fine barns.
On the first and third Tuesdays monthly, the Iowa Central Railway sells home seekers excursion tickets to Iowa and neighboring states for one fare plus two dollars round trip, with final return in twenty-one days. The line promises access to rich farming belts in the West and South, with agents supplying full details upon request and at Marshalltown, Geo Latty G.P. & T. A.
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