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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1912
Page
2
The M B E church ladies host a dollar social at the town hall on Saturday with a menu including fried chicken gravel potatoes beans salad pie cake coffee and jellies. One dollar pays for supper and supports the church building fund. Local residents list visits and travels to nearby towns and events.
Claim asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and not local applications. Purports Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy with a $100 reward for uncured catarrh related deafness. includes promotion for Toledo Ohio company and druggists.
Twelve year old Henry Wheeling of Crawfordsville North Dakota rode two months on the rear tire of a transcontinental automobile, found wedged at Pomona thirty five miles east of here. He had not spent a cent and was given a meal and transport for the remainder of the journey.
The advertisement urges households to keep Dr King s New Discovery for colds and coughs. Mason Mich resident A B Stid credits it with curing pneumonia in his family. Sold at Irvin s drug store priced 50 cents and 1.00.
The text explains lobsters and crabs lack mouth teeth and chew with their claws. It says they swallow partly masticated prey and finish chewing in their stomachs while they also seize and chew additional objects drawn by their rapacious appetites.
Versatile tonic claims to aid fainting spells backache headache weakness and kidney troubles with first dose relief. Testimonial from Mrs Laura Gaines of Avoca Louisiana credits Electric Bitters after four doctors gave up. Price 60 cents and 1 dollar, recommended by Irvin's drug store.
A playful riddle rundown matches candy names to puns and clues. Peppermint becomes a spice and money maker, buttercups link to wildflowers, lemon drops from sour fruit, butterscotch hints, gumdrop echoes rubber, Jordan almonds, hourhound as hour hand, popcorn, fudge, wintergreen, straws.
A dog named Romp accompanies his master to the market each day and is given a cent to buy meat. After the master’s absence, Romp fails to fetch slippers and later appears at the post office. The butcher recognizes Romp and realizes the dog has used the slippers to pay for meat, carrying them one by one to settle the bill.
A historical passage quotes Answers praising the Pisa cathedral echo where two notes vanish and three echo into a majestic organ like harmony. It also mentions a Finnish cavern with extreme lung tests producing terrifying reverberations and moans.
The C. and E. I. has placed an order for 385 tons of bridge material for a double track structure over the Wabash river at Clinton. The bridge will be built to endure floods stronger than last March when the previous bridge washed out.
Andrew Marshall of Veedersburg attempted to avoid a frightened team and swung his car off the road near the Wabash Clay plant. The vehicle rolled down an embankment, shattering glass and injuring Marshall who suffered a severely damaged ear along with scratches and bruises.
At the county board meeting last week the contract for the Schermerhorn gravel road in Richland township was awarded to Fred Cunningham, a leading local contractor, for 17875 dollars. W F Foster bid 19495 and G L Gouty bid 18480. Several other Richland roads await construction in the township.
The Richard Henry Lee chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met with Mrs Grace Adkins on Saturday afternoon. The delegate's report on the Crawfordsville conference by Miss Blossom Board was praised as one of the most successful. Hostesses in Crawfordsville were charming and Mrs Court Dice read a paper on Mrs Ann Hutchinson. Refreshments were served at the close.
Public sale will auction farm horses hogs implements hay and miscellaneous items on the old Casteel farm location 5 miles south of Covington 4 miles northeast of Perrysville and 3 miles north and west of Snoddy Mill on Wednesday October 22 1913 at 10 a m Credit terms apply for sums over 5 00 with 12 month note and 8 percent interest if unpaid Cash discounts offered for cash over 5 00 Removal required after sale terms complied with.
Robert Baily aged 70 a Civil War veteran and former Veedersburg resident died Friday at the Soldiers home in Danville and his remains were brought back to Veedersburg to his daughter's home Mrs Ed King for burial. He leaves two daughters Mrs Urial Butt and Mrs Ed King and many other relatives.
W A Justus acting justice of the peace of Veedersburg died suddenly Saturday morning about 9 30 in the law office of Irving Webster. He collapsed over an open docket as Webster stepped out. A physician variedly treated him but he died ten minutes later. Coroner A Sullivan of Attica conducted the inquest. Paralysis of the heart was the cause. He leaves an aged wife.
Wm. Sharon Jr hosted a senior class and school faculty outing on Thursday evening. A farm hay wagon carried twenty nine guests three miles east to the Sharon home where a bonfire and woods scene provided a delightful night. Frankfurt sandwiches and coffee were served, and the return trip was filled with merriment as the group praised the event.
Saturday October 11 marked the 25th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Wm T Hegg celebrated at their Second Street home with relatives and friends. Out of town guests included Rev and Mrs Mark Harris Ralph Harris Adna Harris of Orleans Max Harris Mrs Luella Bronson Earl Harris of Indianapolis Miss Hazel Burker of Lynesburg and local guests Mrs Sylvia Hegg Grace Bernice Joe Hegg Maude Martin. Silver gifts signified esteem and happiness for the couple.
A car load of Rural New York potatoes will arrive on the 20th inst in Covington. They will sell at 90 cents per bushel at the car and 95 cents for delivered quantities.
A century ago Port Lawrence and nearby Vistula joined to form Toledo after debates over names led by merchant Willard Daniels. He favored Toledo from Toledoth meaning Mother of People, noting similar latitudes with Spain and a distinct Western name. The new town adopted Toledo and the first paper Toledo Blade honored the blades of Toledo, Lapin.
The Indianapolis News notes European elevator use lags in mid and lower tier hotels with the common 3 by 5 foot wooden cage powered by a 4 HP motor. In top hotels and some offices, elevators resemble American types, but access remains a privilege and stair use is common for downs.
The article notes glassmaking was once highly aristocratic. A French law under Louis IX barred non nobles from glass works and work in them. For centuries this trade was closed to noble men without risking caste. English glassmaking spread via France with practitioners calling themselves gentlemen glass blowers.
On the bottom of Gull Lake in Michigan lies walnut log ends once deemed valueless. They were towed out into deep water and sunk as the lake reaches depths around 300 feet. The logs are the cut butt ends of walnut trees from years ago, with stumps pulled and dropped into the lake.
An artist explains that oil painters cannot depict storms in sea scenes. He says they can outline a storm, but the colors settle and the waves calm as they begin. The exchange shows a humorous view of artistic limits.
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