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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1901
Page
7
Mrs J Loeb hosts in Danville while many residents visit kin and attend events. A Covington band plays in Weatville for Labor Day and a new line of W L Douglas Shoes arrives at Loeb's stores. Patrician visits and travels by residents are listed along with fashion papers from Butterick and Delineator.
Mrs. Phelps visited Dangilie at Mrs. Davis’s home and other social notes cover clothing ads, pension updates for Francis Loyd, Oscar Fank’s trip to the city, a band’s Labor Day performance in Westville, photographer Adair moving, and visits among Kokomo and Hillsboro residents. Church services and Sunday school plans are listed, plus medical testimonials for Banner Salve and Foley’s remedies. A Lafayette accident, farm progress by M Morgan, and a Tampico merchant’s note conclude with a horse description and contact.
Advertisers including J Loeb Spence Plaut and J Roach Johnson and Son invite readers to read their notices and explore fresh offerings this week. The Leader highlights new ideas and opportunities from each firm for customers seeking updates and innovations.
New York reports the death of Miss Isabella Thoburn in Lucknow India from cholera. Thoburn, sister of Bishop J M Thoburn, led the College for Women and Girls at Lucknow and was the first missionary sent by the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She served in India since 1869, returning recently to Lucknow after a long visit in the United States.
A Wednesday section item mentions Rev. Isaac Archbood hosting 20 friends with hail at 3 p.m. to make ice cream, but no such local figure exists and no hail was recorded nearby. An advertised dealer guarantees Banner Salve for tetter eczema piles sprains and other open sores. Geo. D. Cook.
State of Indiana Fountain Circuit Court October term 1901. Barbara E Shanks plaintiff by C P Lewis attorney files complaint with affidavit that Moses Shanks non resident and necessary party to divorce action. Defendant must appear by October 30 1901 otherwise default hear in Covington Court House. Clerk H G Schlosser seal September 5 1901.
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