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Newspaper

Covington Republican

Location

Covington, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1923

Page

8

Local Kingman News Highlights Musical Quiet Wedding and Street Work

Edith McCrary and Harry Day quietly wed on July 4 and plan to live in South Bend after October 1 with Day preparing a home. A birthday dinner honors Mrs Hershel Clingan and J L Hill. Street work progresses on Main to Second, crushed rock planned. Eastern Star in Kingman to serve a dinner Sept 28 during the Community fair.

Kingman Edith McCrary W. E McCrary Harry Day T. J. Day Yeddo Harry Ratcliff Hershel Clingan J. L. Hill Catlin Til J. W. Manning Mary Higgins Danville, Ill Lillie Wilson Ill S. A. Flora B. O. Higgins Georgetown Eastern Star Lodge Thompson’s

SCOZTI PRAIRIE MOVEMENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESS

Virgil Pyle will move to Wallace to possess the grocery store he bought from Bruce Grimes. Dean McBroom will relocate to the farm of J. G. Moffett. Franklin Hoover and Sam Douglas were in Steam Corner Monday night. S. J. Glascock did business in Hillsboro Monday. William Jones is much improved. Velma Drollinger returned to Covington Sunday after visiting home folks the past week. Cade Drollinger and Grant Taylor did business in Covington Tuesday. John Shuler has entered the sheep business with a fine western lamb flock.

Virgil Pyle Wallace Bruce Grimes Velma Drollinger Covington John Shuler

The Glimpses of the Moon at the LYRIC

Bebe Daniels stars in this cinematic study of wealth marriage and romance by the leisure class. A witty satire questions morals as couples seek happiness through wealth status and flirtation while facing love and divorce. Wednesday show at the LYRIC.

Bebe Daniels

Social Roundup of Visits and Local Gatherings

Kentuck Ross Stevenson and wife and Galaighter of Detroit spent a week with David Stevenson. Mrs. James Kilby returned home after summering in Tennessee. Venice Millikan and family dined with H. Thomas. Mrs. Fred Layton aided by grandchildren while visiting her daughter. Granville Grubbs Jr. ill this week. Richard Gould and Everett visited H. Thomas. Roy DeHaven of Covington spent the day with Mahlon Bodine. Fred Prast and family and Louis Otts visited Edward Nicklas. Frank McCord of Indianapolis visitors here. Mrs. Eugene Barkley and Mrs. Stebbins of Indianapolis and Hillsboro spent Friday with Warve Barkley’s family. Harve Barkley and Florence attended a house warming for Grant Wade at Rileyshore. Charles Pickard and Holton of Tangier visited Roy Kilby. Neighborhood folk attended cow sales in Covington and Veedersburg.

Eugene Barkley Indianapolis Stebbins Hillsboro Warve Barkley Florence Harve Barkley James Barkley Charles Sawyers Grant Wade Rileyshore Amelia Willis Covington Will Suyon C. C. Sewing Club Lyor O. M. Gardner Samuel Adams Mina DeHaven M. C. Grady George Kerr James Parrot Dvard Death Samuel Martin W. B. Coffing W. R. Massey E. M. Board and Grandson Thomas Rush Wisconsin C. A. Brown Myrtle White John Yount Pomona Kansas Amanda Thomas Charles Rudisill Daniel Foxworthy Charles Willis Will Lyon

Traffic safety and driver fitness urged in autos article

An editorial argues for strict rules to protect life on the road stressing car condition and the driver’s fitness. It cites the wheel brake and gas as key controls and notes accidents stem from bad manipulation and loss of nerve or physique. Local notes mention Mrs. John Madigan visiting Veedersburg and Reed Marlatte, a Covington native, briefly improving after paralysis.

Autobet Reed Marlatte Covington Terre Haute

Working Week Length Drops in Nationwide Study

The National Bureau of Economic Research reports the average American worked 50.3 hours weekly in early 1922, down 36 minutes from two years earlier. Domestic service and farming show longest hours, while firms with more than 100 workers tend to require fewer than fifty hours.

Gies New York National Bureau of Ecotomic Research Harding Willford S. King Star National Bureau of Economic Research United States

Hillsboro Church Event and Local School Initiations

The Homecasting and basket dinner at Prairie Chapel church near Hillsboro drew about seventy five Osborns Prairie members. Hillsboro Freshman class initiation by sophomores included bibs and milk bottles. Numerous local residents and visitors from Covington, Pomona, Chicago, and Indianapolis attended events and visits.

Prairie Chapel O. R. ‘Mason Osborn’s Prairie Clarence Snyder

Round the World Trip Feasibility in 31 Days

British plan a seventy four hour London to Bombay flight. French air mail may run 24 hour Paris to Bucharest service cutting three days. Planes carry sixteen passengers a cook and a porter with wireless telephone for orders and bedding before sundown. Extension to Bombay possible by year end.

Paris London Bombay Bucharest Pacific United States Atlantic Jules. Verme

Wallace News Social Roundup of Sunday Visits and Church Plans

Ben Thomas drove Otis Alward's car home from Urbana Illinois on Sunday. Local families spent Sunday visiting relatives including the Sowers Gooding Holgecross Richardson and McElwee households. Improvements continue at Freedom church with dedication planned for next Sunday.

Ben Thomas Urbana Otis Alward Freedom Church

Universal praise for Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy

The remedy has achieved near universal acceptance for bowel complaints in children and adults. It is widely regarded as without equal and widely trusted by users for relief and care.

Chamberlain

DePough Says Taniac Helped Wife and Self

George De Pouch of Muncie Indiana credits Taniac Vegetable Pills with curing his and his wife's stomach troubles after a long search. He describes severe symptoms including inability to keep solids, gas near the heart, headaches and weakness. He urges buying Par mac Taniac from druggists with no substitutes.

George de Pouch Kirby Ave Muncie Indiana

Attorney Harvey McBroom Transacts Business in Court

Hillsboro attorney Harvey McBroom appeared in court Monday, engaging in routine business matters and filing documents for local proceedings.

Harvey McBroom Hillsboro

Crawfordsville men attend opening of Court on Monday

Charles McCabe and Jos Guynm of Crawfordsville were in town Monday for the opening of Court.

Charles McCabe Jos. Guynm Crawfordsville

Evolution of Steam Engine Shown By Models On Special

The Service-Progress Special, New York Central Lines educational exhibit, tours Indiana starting with Angola on Sept 15 and ends after 12,000 miles by late October. It features Warther Engine Models, De Witt Clinton 1831 train, moving pictures, and a tax exhibit “Mrs Jarley’s Tax Works” with a focus on railroading and agriculture. The Covington stop is Oct 5 on Big Four tracks from 8:00 to 11:00 AM.

New York Central Lines Indiana de Witt Clinton Warther New York Central Cleveland Angola Steuben County New York Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan A. H. Smith S. J. Lowell National Grange O. E. Bradfute American Farm Bureau Federation United States Smith Agricultural Department Charles Frederick Carter Exsest Dover Covington New York State Service Progress

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Betty Compson Conway Tearle Anna Q. Nilsson Cosmo Hamilton Silk Kingman News H. D. Clingan Ed Reath Walter Robinson Lake View Hospital Danville Scozti’s Prairie Dean McBroom J. G. Moffett Mr. Franklin Hoover Sam Douglas S. J. Glascock Mr. Wm. Jones Cade Drollinger Grant Taylor the Lyric Paradise Candy Kitchen West Side Square Old. Kentuck Ross Stevenson Little Galaighter Detroit, Mich David Stevenson James Kilby Tennesee Venice Millikan Martha Marjorie Tangier H. Thomas Fred Layton Glenn Galloway Granville Grubbs Jr Richard Gould and Son Everette Eee Mrs. H. Thomas Roy DeHaven Mahlon Bodine Fred Prast Louis Otts Edward Nicklas Frank McCord Charles Pickard Holton Roy Kilby Veedersburge John Madigan Veedersburg Helen Frazier Chicago Ernest Howard Ottawa, Ill Mellett J. P. Howard W. I. Rice William Brant Purdue University Mrs Harry Epperson DePauw Wallace Epperson Ernest Chester Kenneth Newtown Oscar Johns Travis Lucas Sam Semellan Wallace News Thomas Sowers Leslie Noah Gooding Milo Holgecross Noah Richardson Cates Otis Shanks Deer Creek Miss Rosa Chloe Myers Mr. Berle Brissey Ida Munson McElwee Alice Wilkenson Indianpolis Pauline Osbourne J. H. Davis Beulah Ida McElwee Berniece Moore LaMoyne Dowden C. A. Zeigler A. E. Starns Arthur Grace Holycross Mildred Mary Rogers Franis Starns N. Rogers DePough Nature Tire & Battery Shop
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