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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1912
Page
5
Journal notes quiet city life with visits from residents W H Harden in Danville and Francis Smith with T A Clifton in Veedersburg. Local merchants advertise cloaks at J Loeb's, rainier store promotions, and Dr Finch's free consultation at Tremont hotel. Covington council to oversee Light and Water, Yerkes prepares to move, and health authorities push diphtheria measures.
Mrs kid Richeson hosted guests at her North Fifth Street home on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons with refreshments provided. Alva Johnson died after collapsing while working an oatskin under which he labored near Pence, leaving a wife and six children. For sale 172 acres of land with 120 acres farmland and the rest pasture, a five room house, barn, on a good road, coal underlay and usable roof. price per acre cheaper for farming. W I Massey & Son.
Paul Board returns to the store after illness last week. Ora Ludlow injures hand when his gun bursts during a Kingman hunting trip. Methodist church holds services next Sunday with good music and invites public attendance.
Miss Coen of Attica handles business for the Attica Building and Loan in the city. Dr A L Spinning named city health officer replacing Dr J R Hicks. Councilman Steely to resign. W B Coleman named likely successor. William Parish of Yeddo visited, commendation for his commission candidacy. Thomas Lusader ill from appendicitis. off to Chicago specialist, possible operation. Fred Bell from Escampo now in Missouri traveling for wholesaler. wife Zack Stuart ill in Terre Haute. For Sale 10 acre farm near city with improvements. price & terms from W R Massey & Son.
Agricultural guide notes leaf blight in strawberries and resistant varieties Aroma and Gaudy. Recommends Bordeaux spray after harvest with multiple applications. advise mowing and burning infested beds. Discusses strawberry leaf roller moth two broods yearly and remedy: burn beds after picking and targeted spraying. Also covers white grub and Crown Borer with crop rotation and non grassy cover crops to starve pests.
Instructions advise digging large holes this fall for several trees, filling with manure, removing it next spring, then refilling to the required depth for each tree. The approach aims to improve soil for spring planting and should be adjusted by tree type and local conditions.
Quick guide on spring fruit bud formation tree care and pest control. Notes emphasize willow as shelter belt, ash as fertilizer, Ben Davis apples market appeal, pruning and pruning timing, mulch and manure use, cantaloupe pollination caution, spray guidance for pests including bitter rot and rose leaf hopper, and timing of plantings for strawberries to bear next spring.
A prominent citizen warned of a dry spring election after a wet day, claiming several new candidates will stand. Separately, Mrs. Remster, delivering milk to Charles Crane, fell over a rope at the rear door and fractured the upper arm near the elbow, a painful injury likely to take time to heal.
A sale at 28 So Hazal Street Danville Illinois on Saturday November 16 starting at 1 pm features 30 head of extra good milch cows most of which are fresh. The balance will be fresh soon. All good young cows.
The piece satirizes the belief that grimness signals virtue and treats piety as a strict outward pose. It jokes that some equate wholesomeness with coffin shaped gravity, urging readers to distrust dour pretensions and seek genuine cheer.
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