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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1901
Page
8
Local ad fragments promote Jell O in four flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry at 10 cents. Banner Salve marketed as a healer for cats wounds sores and skin diseases with a guarantee. Mentions Geo D Cook L C Helton Lafayette and Frank J Reed travel agents and ticket office, with incomplete travel data.
A compact summary of scattered local happenings gathered for readers seeking frequent updates across communities. The item emphasizes ongoing activity and the paper’s role as a primary source for timely society notes and events.
Col Frank Wilcox visits Champaign. Foster’s ball game ends 13 to 13. Mound township schools start Sept 23. Pupils urged to study and excel. Egotism warned against. Mrs. Meek visiting Covington. John Slattery praised as Big Four agent. Gravel road proposal passes 2 to 25. James Zanes chosen for road superintendent. Holla Gaskin builds addition. corn at 58 cents a bushel. Benson’s new preacher delivers a sermon. Foster, eight miles east of Danville and four and a half miles west of Covington, is described as busy and thriving.
Mrs S W H Lincoln recalls a widow near Machias Me saved from pneumonia by Dr Kings New Discovery at a fearful night. The medicine cured consumption and cured her throat chest and lung issues after use. Trial bottles free at LeRoy Allens drug store.
Walter Groves and Eddie Moudy were at Mrs ullah's last week. R Moody makes fine sorghum molasses. Walter Cunningham suffers typhoid fever but is a little better. Will and Clarence Pearson visited an ill uncle in Grape Creek. Our Grange Hall school began Monday with Wm White as teacher.
A mixed page reports testimonials praising Peruna for catarrhal dyspepsia from Ednard F Verdery of Augusta and a Congress member's endorsement from Washington. It also lists Fountain county real estate transfers, several land parcels, and a note about Ohio Visitors Day with Big Four Route excursion rates from Peoria to Columbus on October 1st.
George Lowe visited on business last week. Clarence Pearson and Sarah Ballab called at John Johnson's on Saturday. Mrs Maggie Ridge visits her mother Mrs William Goudy. Mrs Albert Goudy is also a guest at the game place. Weill corn husking season nears with hoary winter ahead.
Dr. A. Keller of Williford Ark reports a railroad laborer had a badly crushed foot but Bucklen's Arnica Salve quickly healed it. The ad touts the salve for boils burns piles and skin eruptions with a 25 cent cure guarantee sold by LeRoy Allen.
Congressman Landis recalls meeting President McKinley with Governor Dockery and expresses confidence in Roosevelt to fight anarchists. The piece blends praise with a wartime note on leadership, while an accompanying public notice promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills and DeWitts Little Early Risers with drugstore claims.
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