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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1905
Page
2
The Republican advertises modern printing services for up-to-date jobs, inviting customers to choose their shop for current and stylish prints.
Buckner's offers a selection described as drags with a local appeal. The note highlights availability and local shopping ambiance.
Captain James Brown recounts the burning steamship Louisiana disaster near Galveston in the late 1850s. The ship carried cattle, brandy and passengers. With flames, panic, and a doomed crew, Brown and Captain Sheppard rode a makeshift raft until a schooner rescued them after ten hours in the Gulf.
Newton Stowell killed a mother bear with a pocketknife after a night fight and then killed three cubs. He was wounded, left arm broken, and collapsed on his Dex field home lawn. His sons recovered the pelts from the woods.
Strangers to Chicago meet a world of bright lights, colors, and rides at the Chutes. A festive scene of fountains, gondolas, wheels, and a big band accompanies daily leisure seekers and delighted throngs enjoying attractions like the Figure 8 Toboggan and the Katzenjammer Castle.
A fragmentary quote portrays a shy plea for memory of a late husband sent by an intimate friend. The exchange hints at social customs of remembrance and affection in a bygone era.
A pirate style sea tale claims a shark was subdued and eaten after a knife fight at sea. Included is an old advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure and Ely Brothers patent medicines with testimonials, origins in Toledo and New York, dating to 1886.
Public sale at auction in Coal Creek Ontario on Saturday September 24 1905 with sale starting 10 o'clock. Items include stock two work horses a brood mare two year old colts a sucking colt hay about 20 tons buggies a sulky rake harness carts and household furniture. Terms of sale include cash under $5 or credit 12 months with interest 8 percent on overdue balances. Purchaser to provide freehold security and no removal before terms are met. Auctioneers and clerks listed.
The Wabash Railway runs a Saturday Sept 2 1905 special train from Covington at 12 20 pm for the G A R Encampment in Denver arriving Kansas City 7 10 am and Denver 4 30 pm Monday. Round trip 320 45, sleeping car 3 00. E W Rocaison, Agent.
Cotton Belt Route offers round trip tickets on the first and third Tuesdays monthly to points in Southeast Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas at one fare plus 2 dollars. Stopovers up to 21 days on the going trip. Trains from St. Louis connect with all lines carrying sleepers chair cars and parlor café cars. Literature available from L O Schaefer T P A Cotton Belt Route Cincinnati Ohio.
The State of Texas plans a sale on Sept 1 1905 of six million acres of state lands across the state with prices from 1 to 3 dollars per acre. One quarter cash down, forty years to pay the balance at 3 percent interest. Inquiries invited for details, advertising cheap rates to the Southwest with August 15 Sept 5 19 Oct 3 and 17 dates. E W Labeaume G P T A Cotton Belt Route St Louis Mo.
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