Annual Fair at Covington Promises Record Crowds This Week
The Covington fair reports good attendance despite uncertain weather with promising days ahead. Exhibits in Flora hall show fine domestic science work. livestock displays from Horniday Ayers Flock, Grubbs, Dice, Williams, Linn highlight cattle hogs and sheep. Auto and electrical displays feature Durant Ford Nash Overland Lincoln products. A Ford Touring Car is to be given away Friday.
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Horniday
Ayers
Bloomingdale
Alex Grubbs
Joseph Dice
W. H. Williams
Montgomery County
Chester
Harold W. Linn
This Township
Hampshire
Wm. Gray
J. A. Henthorne
Georgetown
Vermilion Auto Company
Durant
Star
Hendrix Motor Company
Ford
Nash
Bales & Clark
Kingman
Overland
J. §. Hatton
Delca
Lincoln
J. C. Reece
Purdue Exhibit Showcases Agricultural Ideas at County Fair
The Purdue Agricultural exhibit will be in the Livestock pavilion with a vocational display. It features animal husbandry poultry dairy horticulture soils crops and Home Economies. Highlights include mineral mixtures for hog feeding and the role of soybeans and corn. Prof Ward of Purdue will supervise the exhibit.
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Purdue
Prof. Ward
County Fair Booth Open To Members At Farm Bureau
The Farm Bureau plans a booth at the County Fair and invites members and friends to visit the tent. The event welcomes all attendees and encourages community participation.
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Farm Bureau
County Farm Bureau
Club Work At The State Fair Features Lena Lowe Exhibit
Miss Lena Lowe a noted club worker and leader from Jackson Township displays fruit and vegetables and jellies in the Home Economics division at the State Fair this week. Her exhibit includes a dozen glasses of jelly and 80 quarts of produce inviting visitors to Covington for the Fountain County Annual Fair.
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Lena Lowe
Jackson Township
Covington
Fountain County
Covington Schools To Open Sept 10
Covington public schools will open Monday September 10. The high school building is partially complete but the old wing has been remodeled. a two year commercial course is added. A meeting of all Covington teachers is set for Saturday September 8 at 1 PM in the high school.
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U. S
Covington City
School Staff And Class Assignments Listed
D E Leist is Superintendent and Mattie Hugel serves as Principal. H H Maurer teaches Print of High School Verna Glascock handles English and Latin. Madeline Snoddy teaches English and French. Bernice Galloway covers Latin and Botany. Arthur L Freyman teaches Science and Math. Prudence Carmichael is in Commercial. Don Montgomery handles History and Geography. Blanche Smith teaches Domestic Science and Algebra. Lola Doe Beck covers Music and Art. Jessie DeHaven is 8th Grade. Ruth McComas Ethel Vyse Fionia Bender Pauline Stanton Mary Brant Bernice Carpenter Pearl Boorde Myers are named among staff and students.
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D. E. Leist
H. H. Maurer
Verna
Glascock
Madeline Snoddy
Bernice Galloway
Arthur L. Freyman
Prudence Carmichael
Don Montgomery
Blanche Smith
Lola Doe Beck
Jessie DeHaven
Mattie Hugel
Ruth McComas
Ethel Vyse
Fionia Bender
Pauline Stanton
Mary Brant
Bernice Carpenter
Pearl Boorde Myers
Mrs Amanda Sanders Dies At Home After Illness
Mrs Amanda Myers Sanders died at her daughter Mrs Ambrose Banta’s home in this city from age related illnesses. Funeral services were held at the family home and later at the Lutheran Church in Wallace with burial in the family cemetery. She was born March 22 1842 in the county and married James Sanders August 22 1865 leaving four children Leroy Mrs Mattie Banta and two deceased, plus a brother Dr Myres of Decatur Illinois.
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Sanders
Amanda Sanders
James Sanders
Ambrose Banta
Rev. Johnson
Luthern Church
Wallace
the Sanders
Amanda Myers Sanders
John and
Catharine Myers
Susan Gray
Dave
Leroy
Mattie Banta
Myres
Decatur
Covington News Notes and Local Social Roundup
Covington and nearby towns feature a busy social scene with visits from Indiana polis and Danville residents. Mrs. Margarett McMahon of Danville and Miss Ruby Anne Bright of Duluth report outings while Sam Van Dorn and family travel to Frankfort for a visit. Local business moves include Thomas W. Ping planning retirement and topeka farm changes. Anson Bonta and Amose Bonta host guests as Covington’s Lyric theater promotes Buck Jones and Wallace Reid films.
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Charles E. McKinney
Newton
H. E. Rhodes
Margarett McMahon
Danville
Inl
Russell Dotson
Indianapolis
C. C. Clifton
W. B. Coleman
Zanesville
O. R. Courant
Frank Allen
Leland Massey
I. T. Slanter
Williamsport
J. B. Martin
Claude Philpot
Covingon
Ruth
Frank
L. R. Dunlap
W. B. _Dunlap
Crivitz
Wis
Miss Blossom Board
Orville Sellars
Orville Jr
Newman
Danville Fair
Covington
I. T. Sellars
E. Arter
Hobbs & Sons’ Nursery
Bridgeport
Ind
Ruby Anne Bright
Duluth
Minn
Port Arthur
Canada
Madge Cadwalder
Miss Bright
Wiliam Joseph
Colfax
Fabius Guinn
Shoals
Anna Burnside Phelps
Ira Parrett
Kilbourn
James Parrett
Clara Parrett
James
Gookins
Ralph Gookins
Veedersburg
Josephine Gookins
Ralph
D. Gookins
Veederbsurg
Ruth. Gookins Cassady
Pencer
Josephine Goodkins
McCray Estimates Assets and Liabilities in Creditors Meeting
Governor McCray told creditors his liabilities totaled 2 652 000 and assets 3 223 000. A creditors committee will review his plan to turn over all holdings to a five member committee and a bank as trustee, with a full meeting set for next Friday.
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Associated Press
McCray
Teddy McMahon loses thumb in Oaklawn shop accident
James McMahon a locomotive builder at C. and E. I. shops in Oaklawn was repairing a loading machine when his right thumb was mangled and amputated after being caught in the gearing. He is a World War veteran and former city mail carrier with many local friends who sympathize with his loss.
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James McMahon
Oaklawn
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
McMahon
Teddy
France
Darine Itrotgh
Searcaly
Covington
Funeral services for John Starnes near Wallace
John Starnes died at his home near Wallace after a long rheumatic illness. The 79 year old was buried at Zackmire cemetery after a service at Freedom church. He left a wife two daughters Maude and Ella a son Corta and five brothers and several sisters.
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John Starnes
Wallace
Freedom Church
Zackmire
Lewis Starnes
Charles Sterns
Hillsboro
Misses Maude
Ella Starnes
Hottie
Corta Starnes
Ellsworth Starnes
Dan Starnes
Farewell party for Miss Grace Ellis in Hillsboro
A farewell surprise was held Wednesday at the Ellis home in honor of Grace Ellis who moved with her mother to Waynetown. Friends brought favorite dishes for a 6 o clock dinner then attended a band concert afterward.
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Grace Ellis
Hillsboro
Charles Munns
Waynetown
Miss Ellis
Ellis
Ruth Hutchins
Dorothy Thomas
Qveta Laird
Mabel Graves
Iva Ross
Bessie Hyatt
Mary Williams
Lucille Wilson
Edna Snyder
Bernice Birge
Body Found in Cistern Near Newtown Traced to Despondency
The body of Mrs. J. W. Robertson aged 65 was found in the cistern of her home near Newtown by her husband last Thursday. Officials consider the death a possible self inflicted crisis related to health, with the cistern found closed at the time of discovery and later opened. Her daughter is mentioned as a survivor.
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J. W. Robertson
Newtown
State tax rate to rise next year say auditors report
Indianapolis August 29 county auditors were ordered by the state tax board to supply the latest figures on taxable property by county. The move aims to fix the state rate for next year with an anticipated increase of about 20 cents per $100. Last year total taxable property was $5,225,692,895 and the state rate stood at 27 cents per $100.
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Indianapolis
State Tax Board
Troy Teachers Assigned
The School for Troy Township will open next Monday morning with teachers including Lower Lemon Charles Denton Brown School Beulah Elmore Stead School Blanch Manlove Bend School Dorothy Knowles Albert M. Hegg Trustee.
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Troy Township
Lower Lemon
Charles Denton
Brown
Beulah Elmore
Stead
Blanch Manlove
Bend School
Dorothy Knowles
Albert M. Hegg
Local Firm Secures 56-Cell Prest-O-Lite System
Bill Yates of Blanken ship Yates has closed a deal with Fountain county commissioners for a 56-cell Prest-O-Lite lighting and ignition system for the Fountain County poor asylum. Weighing 2100 pounds, the battery retails at $980. The order marks a major local success amid strong competition.
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Bill Yates
Blankenship & Yates
Attica
Fountain County
Fountan County
Fifth Street Christian Church Services September 9 1923
Presbyterian and Fifth Street Christian Church announce Sunday School at 10:00 a m preaching at 11:00 a m and evening services at 6:30 p m and 7:30 p m with Rev E B Johnson and Rev O W McGaughey leading. Public invited to worship.
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Presbyterian Services
E. B. Johnson
Fifth ST. Christian
Fifth Street Christian Church
O. W. McGaughey
Fountain County to enter State Fair horseshoe contest
Glascock and Simmons will represent Fountain County at the State Fair in Indianapolis for the horseshoe pitching contest starting Monday morning September 3 at 9 30. The first prize team is $75. Wishing the Fountain County duo good luck.
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Fountain County
Glascock and Simmons
Indianapolis
Aged Old Soldier Passes to Reward
George S. Phebus, 82, died after a long illness at his city home Monday around 10 a.m. He was born November 2, 1840 in Wabash Township and served in Company H, 150th Indiana Infantry. Surviving are four children, one sister, 24 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at his Second Street residence, Rev. Johnson officiating. Burial in Mt. Hope cemetery.
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George S. Phebus
Cyrus
Mary Phebus
Wabash Township
This County
Elizabeth Redenbaugh
Nora Wright
Indianapolis
Hannah Mains
Maud Smith
Nathaniel
Second Street
Johnson
Mt. Hope Cemetery
150Th
Indiana Infantry
Chiropractor Denies Closing Chamber Office
Notice states the chiropractor will not close his office in the Chamber of Commerce Building and has no plans to shut it down.
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Chamber of Commerce
Meta Thal-Shoup
Auto Races Planned at Covington Fair Grounds
Auto races are staged for Covington at the Fair Grounds on Sunday September 16 by a former organization. Many entries have already been made. Put this date on your calendar and watch for further announcements.
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Covington
Fair Grounds
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