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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1911
Page
3
Sale runs from Saturday to October 14 at the residence of Dr. A B Carter. Items include dining set with 10 chairs, buffa, music cabinet, rockers, book case, children's bed and high chair, go cart, mirror, stands, bed springs and mattress, washing machine, kitchen cabinet, 25 brown leghorn hens, 2 roosters, Majestic steel range, house plants, lamps, and plate rack.
In Fountain Circuit Court a complaint has been filed by Isaac Kowine et al to quiet title to land in Fountain County Indiana. Unknown non resident defendants include Isaac Romine Elizabeth Romine Sarah Galloway and many others plus unknown heirs. The case directs appearance by November 2 1911 at Covington Court House and is signed by Clerk Leroy Sanders with attorney O B Ratcliff.
A discussion notes the endless burden of ironing and laundry for women. It contrasts doing own chores with risking poor care from others and hints at a solution that promises relief. The piece frames laundering as a sweltering, back breaking task and treats ironing as a dominant domestic nuisance for women.
The advertisement touts asbestos Sad irons with a detachable hood easing handling, a heat retaining sole, and a smooth ground surface. It highlights a compact grip, clean top and sides, and a stated honest guarantee.
Mrs Amanda Miller died Sunday morning about 4 o clock at her home north of town after a two month illness from consumption. Her husband and son Freeman Miller of Oklahoma survive. She was a sister of Wash Rynearson. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm at the Miller residence with Rev Baily of Mellor officiating and burial in Old Cemetery.
The Strollers Quartet opened the lecture course with a well attended program and high praise. A December 2nd lecture by Lockwitzky, an exile from Russia, is announced. About two hundred season tickets have been sold. Local residents hosted dinners and visits over the weekend, with multiple families noted for gatherings and hospitality.
Transactions in Fountain County real estate over the past week are listed for record by O. B. Pouglass abstractor of titles. Nellie Brennen transfers include lots and subditions in Attica and Veedersburg with values from 800 to 1000 dollars. Additional deeds list transfers to Geo Mullen, Thos Stone, Veedersburg additions, and other local properties totaling several thousand dollars.
The item warns that common colds can lead to serious illnesses and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a remedy. It notes the drug is sold by druggists and echoes a New York Herald quote about dining room seating, touching on gendered seating habits in restaurants.
Mrs. T. J. Adams of Columbus Kansas writes that Foley's Honey and Tar Compound cured her children's coughs and colds over years and that she keeps it in the house. Refuse substitutes. For sale by all druggists.
Beetown Wisconsin resident Samuel Birch nearly lost his leg after a severe wound that refused healing. Bucklen’s Aruba Salve cured the ulcer, burns, boils, eczema, scalds, and more. Also contains a joke about courtship versus marriage and a witticism about installment plans in marriage.
A promotional message peddles Jericho Leaves from the Holy Land as a safe laxative. It claims they cleanse the system without drug irritation, describe harvesting from shrubs near a river, and offer delivery by mail from Buffalo, New York, with a 25 cent price and money-back guarantee.
A London county council education committee report describes a Peckham schoolboy nearly 13 who has learned only two of three letters and cannot write or calculate. The committee decided to expel the pupil from school.
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