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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
1
Betsy warns about a salve advertised by Guby the a bex as the best in the world. The pitch claims it cures sores burns and skin eruptions and guarantees relief. The text mentions Lee Aiden and Miss Mamie Smith in Middlesbera and a testimonial about a sister taking doses and being relieved.
Fragmentary notice touts Beley’s Honey and Atosmeer twoot for relief from consumption and bronchitis. It promises positive relief with dubious claims and urges readers to purchase. The text includes garbled names, dubious guarantees, and potential scam indicators.
A jumble of garbled lines references various names and places, including hidden mentions of people like Whitford and Cori and a stray note about a Monte Cough Cure. The readable material is too fractured to identify a coherent event or subject.
The Chenowiths were found not guilty after a week long trial on charges they failed to provide medical care for their emu. The verdict came as the jury rejected state demands for a guilty ruling. The report also notes ongoing obituaries and a local funeral observance following the trial period.
The piece notes Earth will pass through the center of a comet’s dust, promising a rare meteor shower spectacle on mid September’s night of the 15th with observers urged to record time, brightness and color. It mentions Harvard observatory preparations and circulars for amateur observers nationwide.
The column blends obituaries and personal notices with a meteor shower forecast for November. It mentions Beatrice Nebraska residents, Mrs White implicated in a murder case, and the death of an unnamed woman tied to Pettit. Agricultural tips cover rotted manure, clover seed, and corn improvements across Nebraska, Iowa, and North Dakota.
A fragmented verse scene features a horse crying in a barnyard as a creature named Invie mocks predictions of a mute age and a sunds setting, blending surreal imagery with rural setting.
An old advertisement touts KENA-KI-NA a tasteless quinine tonic claimed to purge malaria chills and fever and restore health. It lists H. McLean Medicine Co. as the maker and urges purchase from any druggist. The copy notes “23 rats” as a stylistic flourish.
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