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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
6
Richard Sheaks purchases the Nash trucks and transfer business from Guy Hendricks and, with his Ford trucks, will operate general trucking and transfer services. He offers hauling of grain, merchandise, and stock to or from any point with reasonable prices. Coal on hand. Phone office 122 for details. 9-26-19-w4
Fountain neighbors host and visit across Covington Attica and Danville. Families such as Hoagl. and Beymer, Reed, Hickman, Manlove and others are listed as guests. Sick lists, new jobs, and travel to Chicago, Kingman, and Gary are noted along with a plan for a new concrete walk and a grain elevator project.
Government land in Minnesota offered for sale with no residence required to obtain the deed. Each purchaser may acquire up to 160 acres. Drained and ready for farming. For details contact W. R. Massey & Son of Covington Indiana.
Mrs. William Robertson is very ill at home with stomach and heart trouble. John Kimball and family plan to move to Michigan this week. Mrs. Katherine Moore of Frankfort visits Mrs. Lige Brenner. John Haptonstall and family move to Leming farm north of town. Whittier Welsh is ill with grip. Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Johnson to Fremont Clark’s farm in Fountain County this week. Funeral for James Swisher 77, at home of son Lester Swisher southeast of town, with Rev. Charles Bebee in charge. Interment West Lebanon cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs. Bigle and sons Lester and Clyde, and brother Joseph Swisher.
We vill sell 50 head of Big Type Poland China Hogs spring gilts spring male fall gilts and tried sows sired by Titanic Giant and Big Timm October 22 1919 at the Wim. Smith farm one mile north of Yeddo Ind Yours for better hogs William Smith and Son.
John Bryant visits at Lakeview hospital in Denville where W K McNeill lies ill. Mrs J R Hinds and granddaughter Loretta were weekend visitors in Denville. Cassie Martin visited relatives in Gessie. Forest Wilson moved from his aunt Ed North’s to Hoopeston. A L Smith and wife returned from Danville. Grant Dunbar of the Danville Soldiers Home is visiting. Orval Wait and wife with R H Royce and wife motored to Kingman.
The ad promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a mild effective laxative for regular bowels. It emphasizes proper diet and exercise first, then medicine if needed, noting the tablets are gentle, easy to take, and cost a quarter.
The notice column announces new pricing for public notices at twenty cents per issue and five cents per extra line beyond four lines. An average of six words per line is used for calculations.
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