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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
7
Scrape and cut small enough pleptaot to make a quart stem a pint of fred currants. Pick over a pint of red rasp berries. Cut fine a pound of walnuts and a pound of seeded raisins. Cutry two oranges, grate rind and squeeze juice from two lemons. Weigh all, add an equal weight of opgar and boli and thick, put into fares and seni.
Mrs R J Flint of Braintree Vermont praises her husband’s survival and credits Dr King’s New Discovery for a dreadful cough that nearly killed him. The ad touts it as a safe, reliable remedy for coughs colds throat and lung troubles including bronchitis croup whooping cough tonsillitis and hemorrhages. Available 60¢ and $1.00 with druggist guarantee.
Tuesday the 5th day of November 1912 the electorate of Indiana Fountain Warren Vermillion counties vote for fifteen presidential electors governor lieutenant governor secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general supreme court judge appellate court judge circuit court prosecutor and local county offices including sheriff coroner surveyor commissioner and representative. I Leroy Sanders clerk Fountain Circuit Court certify the notice dated October 1912 and bearing the seal of the court at Covington with the official signatures and end with county names and dates.
A historical ad listing multiple farms for sale near town on pike road. No 10 offers 120 acres with level land, good buildings, fruit, water, near school and church at 40.00 per acre. Additional properties priced per acre with varied features, free mail, telephone, and proximity to town, schools, and churches.
Trustee C M Coggins will sell at one o clock p m in his office in Fountain County Indiana the public school properties in Wabash township including the school houses in sections 2 7 16 and 34 township 8 and 9 north range 4 and 8 west and all related real estate reserved for school purposes Each property to be sold separately for not less than two thirds of its appraised value and for cash with right to reject any bid
Indiana farmers compare 1896 prices to 1912 levels citing corn at 19% cents per bushel, oats 14% cents, and wheat 49% cents. The Madison Courier discusses how tariffs and a Republican Taft era lifted prices, with projected 1912 crops totaling 700 million bushels of wheat and 3 billion bushels of corn, urging support for Republican policy.
Indiana burst over a proposed blue sky law to curb deceptive securities sales. W T Durbin cites Kansas precedent while attacking Bull Moose promises as mere blue sky rhetoric. Political potshots warn voters that such promises lack substantiation and delivery.
A historical comparison notes how ten bushels of corn had far greater purchasing power in December 1911 under Taft than in later years, with figures showing shifts in prices for commodities like riccovee coffee, granaulated auger, salt, yarn fabrics, refined petroleum, galvanized wire, bricks, cement, and more, tied to Republican era prosperity rhetoric.
Visitors to Ferry Bar were surprised to see a horse wedged among branches after falling ten feet from a bank. Workers strapped and cut limbs to free the animal, which rested while a dozen men labored. The horse emerged unharmed aside from scratches.
Gen Benjamin F Butler helped popularize red and green side lights for vessels, tracing their Hudson River debut to 1862. His interest in a tie light factory influenced early maritime signaling innovations.
A Greensboro advertisement features K Alsbrook praising Vinol liver and iron tonic for restoring appetite sleep and energy. The copy claims wide effectiveness and offers a free bottle if expectations aren’t met with terms and local druggist Manford Doran Covingtons.
A claim promotes Jericho Leaves from the Holy Land as a natural laxative that relieves, stimulates, and cures constipation. The advertisement states the leaves are pure vegetable, gathered near the Jerfan River, and sold by mail with a 25 cent price and money-back guarantee. It urges readers to mention the paper and order now through The Jericho Leaves Importing Co. in Buffalo, NY.
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