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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1902
Page
2
A dentist advertisement from Covington Indiana by Edward J. Martin urges prompt treatment to save natural teeth before problems worsen. It promises painless methods and highlights foresight, claiming what can be done today may be impossible later and stressing economy in saving teeth.
Wartime diary fragment records crude taunts between captured Union soldiers and Confederate guards on a moving train toward Andersonville. The narrator notes guards and rebels, fear, fatigue, and a hateful forecast of the prison’s hellish conditions. Captain Wirtz is named among the figures encountered at the depot.
An odd medical advertisement warns against using bird-shot as a hunting method for tigers and promotes Scott's Emulsion as a strength builder. The text claims the disease consumes flesh, then asserts the product soothes lungs and sustains strength to outlast the illness. It invites readers to send for a free sample from Scott & Bowne.
Describe a Confederate prison area where bloodhounds numbered thirty hunted escaped Union soldiers. A west to east creek bordered tented camps for rebels and many slaves, draining their camps and sinks into the water. Outside the wall a cook house perched on the creek bank released sewage from the rebel camp, tainting the water.
A survivor recounts Captain Wirz native of Switzerland who led at Andersonville prison in Georgia. He describes a vast stockade with a twenty foot high palisade wall, a guard box of 44, and two gates. Pr facing stocks and torture devices used on Union prisoners. A trench of graves and mass burials nearby.
Public sale at my farm five miles northeast of Covington on Monday September 29 1902 starting 10 a m. Items include 7 brood sows with pigs 5 stock hogs 16 yearling steers cattle calves farming implements and household goods. Nine month credit on sums 85 and over with note and security cash discounts under 5. Auctioneers Charles F Stuart and James Leighty.
Memoir of Jay Gould and chapters on Fast Rutis and The St. Louis Union Station appear in the booklet Railroad in Education. The Wabash R R distributes the work free on request. send postage to C S Crane General Possession and Transportation Agent Wabash Railroad St Louis Missouri.
Advertises the Den ver Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western lines as the Scenic Line of the World and Great Salt Lake Route. Details two Rocky Mountain crossings via Marshall and Tennessee Passes with connections through Glenwood Springs and Canon o the Grand River. Notes three fast through trains with standard sleepers between Chicago St Louis Denver and San Francisco and a la carte dining cars. Offers free illustrated pamphlets from S K Hooper G P T A Denver.
A. M. Ake of Woodford, Indiana, recounts years of severe lung hemorrhages. After consults with multiple physicians, he began Foley's Honey and Tar and his lungs became sound again. He recommends the remedy for advanced lung trouble.
A medicine institute offers free trial packages of a remedy claimed to restore vigor and treat nervous weakness. Letters to State Medical Institute Room H Elektron Building Fort Wayne Indiana request free samples, promising discreet mailing and home use. Trials cited alongside Dr King’s New Discovery for lung issues.
M T Lach of Phillipsburg writes in the Phillipsburg Daily Post that Foley's Honey and Tar is the best medicine his family has used for coughs and colds, adding he cannot praise it enough. The testimonial is attributed to Geo. D. Cook.
The ad touts Cascarets as the world’s largest selling liver and bowel regulator with over ten million boxes sold yearly. It promises a full course for as little as five dollars, claims tabjet tablets stamped "C,c0.6," and guarantees satisfaction with a refund on request.
An advertisement extols Kodol as a cleansing and reconstructive tonic for digestion. It claims to purify the stomach, relieve indigestion and dyspepsia, and permanently cure stomach ailments, citing Rev. Holladay as a supporter.
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