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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1913
Page
3
Covington hosts the Fifty-Third Annual Fair opening Tuesday Sept 19 running through Friday Sept 23 drawing visitors from surrounding counties. Twelve races include ten at 400 dollars and two at 100 dollars for Tri County events. Over 2000 dollars in premiums across departments plus cattle and horse exhibitions. Admission 25 cents adults 15 cents children.
North Carolina life guard Patrolman Midgett braved a hurricane to rescue ten men from a wreck three miles offshore. With no boat or gear he swam to the stranded sailors seven times, pulling each to shore, then accepted a treasury gold medal with modest remarks.
The note urges submitting news early to avoid missing print, warning that Wednesdays and Thursdays are busy and press runs on Thursday afternoon. It stresses that waiting until Wednesday afternoon or Thursday likely prevents publication.
A new time card took effect in the area with schedule shifts for several east and west bound trains between Attica Covington and nearby lines. The page also contains a long quiz of candy riddles with answers like peppermint buttercups and gumdrop and a short tale about Romp the dog paying for meat.
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