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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1905
Page
10
A long, garbled list praises turnips, onions, cabbage, spinach, and other vegetables for their supposed health benefits. It extols food medicines and home remedies for digestion, blood purification, nerve fatigue, and skin beautification, with directions for preparing tonics, salts, and even a coffee-based silk cleaner and a scented drawing-room shelf project.
The article questions roosting as a cause of crooked breast bones in young poultry and cites an experiment showing bone meal feeding prevents this, while roosts do not. It also suggests tree choices for rural homes such as beech and tulip trees, plus care on water quality for sheep, and notes about horses, silage costs, and orchard rotation practices.
Instructions describe cleaning glass with water, alcohol rinse, blue powder dusting, and light polishing with cloth. It suggests using old velveteen as a substitute for chamois and plate cleaning, plus making a rubber gum paste from India rubber and gum mastic for applying the glass.
St Francis Valley and surrounding Missouri Nebraska region references. Mentions Texas divers, crops like corn and wheat, vegetables and aged produce yield notes. Includes a call to write for St Francis Valley booklet and lists L C Schaefer as T P A for the Cotton Belt Route, Cincinnati. Big Four excursions referenced.
Fragmentary notice details a fare of 25 cents for a round trip from Muncie to a location referenced as Pry Kor Rents and back. Mentions a state convention and timing with unclear dates and routes, indicating a local transportation allowance or schedule.
Travel promo announces winter tariffs along the Big Four route to Cuba and Florida coast points, with return passage valid through April 30 next year. Tickets sold from all Big Four route points at low rates with limited sale period and June 1 expiration noted for some fares.
Describes Southern Arkansas lands for sale with drainage and water quality, listing crops such as corn cotton and alfalfa, noting timber and porous clay soil. Promotes homeseekers’ rates via Cotton Belt Route Cincinnati, Ohio, with dates November 3 17 7 21.
United States Land Office notices George W. Martin of Covington Indiana filed sworn statement No 1 for purchase of Island in the Wabash River in Section 27 Township 2 North Range 9 West containing 930 acres He will prove timber value exceeds agricultural value before Clerk of Circuit Court Covington Indiana on November 24 1900 Witnesses listed Adverse claimants urged to file claims by that date 1900.
The Fountain Trust Company announces the appointment and qualification of the administrator with will annexed for the estate of Joseph Ithodeg (deceased) in Fountain County Indiana. The estate is said to be solvent. R W Miles secretary and John B Martin attorney filed October 20 1905.
In the Fountain Circuit Court September term 1905 John T Lyons as Administrator of the estate of Dante B Hutte deceased has filed his account for final settlement The court will hear the matter on November 21 1905 Heirs creditors or legatees must appear and show cause why the account should not be approved and heirs must prove heirship The court seal witness Fry Bryant Clerk September 30 1906
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