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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1901
Page
1
City scenes and ads mix as residents visit from Indianapolis and Lafayette. Footwear, buckwheat flour, and groceries attract shoppers at Loeb’s and Layton & Busland. Local names like Warren, Nebeker, Meitzler, and Dochterman recur amid court terms, health notes, and holiday plans.
The city council announces the sale of a nine thousand dollar lot via bonds. Officials set terms and schedules for bidding and fund use, aiming to finance municipal improvements and public projects. Citizens are informed of dates, procedures, and eligibility for bidding.
The city sold $9,000 funding bonds at 5 percent to retire debts drawing 6 percent. Seventeen bidders, including Covington Banking Co., competed. Meyer & Kiser of Indianapolis won with a $720 premium. No local advertisement. sale drew criticism as secretive, but concerns have subsided. Bonded indebtedness now totals about $15,000.
From Coopersville Michigan comes a claim of a pleasant tasting cough remedy that before bed guarantees a good night’s rest for coughs and colds. Mrs S Himelburger credits three generations of use and says it will soon cure the cough. Trial bottle free. Guarantied bottles 59 cents and one dollar at LeRoy Allen.
Weekly list of unclaimed letters ending November 22 1901 includes S Eimerick C J Foster M O Prentiss A S Rosenberger Bert Steevens Will Thompson Charley Walker Rev C S Whitted. Advertised for pickup. Also local notices offer Snag Proof footwear buy now. J Loeb sole agent in Coyington. C Cheney promotes knives forks spoons and tableware with low prices.
Foot Ball results list several games last Thursday and Friday. Williamsport and Danville tied 0 to 0 at the former site with Fred Meitler contributing strong play. Covington and Crawfordsville also battled to a 0–0 draw before a good crowd. Newtown beat Pine Village 22 to 0. Waynetown defeated Williamsport 5 to 0.
James Bird allegedly struck W. H. Hack with a stove poker after a dispute over a mule. Hack died Tuesday after the Sunday assault. Levi Bird and others were jailed while James remained at large. Sheriff Miller examined the scene and the family fled to Montezuma before arrests. Hack is buried at Cooper cemetery. Local butcher ad follows.
Crawfordsville suffered a serious loss Saturday when the town's new Wire and Nail Works burned down with its machinery, totaling the loss for an independent plant and its stockholders. Col James P. Luse of New Albany, age 75, died Sunday morning of uraemia, leaving a widow and three children. his first wife was sister to Mrs. Daniel W. Voorhees.
Benj Ingerson of Hutton Ind had spoken only whispers for months until Foley's Honey and Tar restored his voice. The ad adds confidence to Foley's as the remedy.
A terse ad lists two Danville restaurants for trade, a batcher shop with good trade, and offers to swap for small property in Coyington Veederaburg or Cayuga. It also seeks 320 acres in Missouri for stock of drugs or groceries and an 80 acre Cayuga Indiana farm for stock of general merchandise. Young Tipton advertise from 10 E Mains Danville Illinois.
Ei Mendenhall died at his home near Steam Corner on Friday after a lengthy illness described as a brave struggle for life. An autopsy by Drs Stout and Fine Saturday found extreme decay in kidneys bowels bladder and other organs. He was about 25 and regarded as an exemplary young man. Funeral services were held Sunday.
All kinds of sewing machine repair available at my store with parts belts oil needles shuttles and more also cleaning and repairing of any machine. Call at North 4th st W Crane for trials and savings. Also for sale span young mules coming Sand 4 Jersey milk cows two heifer calves J C Borohins Covington Ind
Noon yesterday a fire at Charley Van Tear’s residence near the mill destroyed the kitchen and summer kitchen areas where the blaze started. Insurance on the house was two hundred dollars with Al Shaff. Charley owed seventy five dollars on the purchase. Fire crews arrived too late to save the structure. the couple receives community sympathy amid extensive smoke and water damage.
Drilling at the gas well continues day and night with results reported at about three hundred feet. A strong gas flow was encountered near three hundred feet, then cut off as work proceeds. The contractor is confident of favorable outcomes for gas or oil, with mineral water as a potential sanitizing fallback benefiting the town.
In a window contest at H J Boord shoe store from Monday noon to Wednesday evening 450 guesses were registered with entries from 200 to 13200. The winning guess of 2020 grains was by Mrs George Martin who will receive the turkey. The event drew much interest and Mr Boord earned praise for running it.
Mrs. R A Pierce of Mason City Iowa praises Bailey's Dyspepsia Tablets for relief from indigestion belching and stomach trouble claiming they cured years of dyspeptic symptoms. The Lakeside Medical Co Chicago manufactures the medicine sold by Geu D Cook with a 25 cent price.
Theodore Koeblar and Gee Robb head a premier local contracting firm known for quality work. They recently remodeled the A. & Livengood residence and are finishing homes for Mr. Faust on East Liberty and Mr. Taylor on Seventh Street, with numerous other contracts in town and country. Shoes from the factory, only now, low in price at J. Loeb's Stores.
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