Covington News Roundup and Local Notices
Mrs Emily Jones mother of attorney C S Jones died at her Covington home last Sunday morning about 430. Her husband preceded her in death and was a county political figure and once publisher of the Covington Friend. Levi Redenbaugh painted the Poultry House front this week improving the town end. Geo Wilkins pleased with poultry buying after the improvement. Elwood Marshal visiting relatives left Monday for Chicago and Niagara Falls then returns to Kansas. Rev Frank Stafford of Dana to preach at Rush Creek next Sunday morning and a Friends church in Kid ay night. Everyone urged to attend with vendors for Columbia Hog and Cattle Powder and Poultry Remedy from Kingman Grain and Milling Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Jones
C. S. Jones
Covington
Levi Redenbaugh
Geo. Wilkins
Elwood Marshal
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Kansas
Frank Stafford
Dana
Rush Creek
Friends Church
Kiday
Everybo
Tander
Sandy
Brass plate marks Wilbur Nesbit birthplace in Xenia
Wilbur Nesbit recalled at a banquet that Xenia residents placed a brass plate on the house where he was born. He described the vine porch and yard while praising the townspeople, then learned the engraving simply reads Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Nesbit
Xenia
Ohio
Wilbur
Bill
Not a Good Focus Mr Hynson raphing on hills
The fragment mentions Mr Hynson with a playful critique about a photo and difficulties in using it properly. It reads like a casual note about an amateur photographer’s effort and critique. The text lacks clear event or identifiable facts beyond the personal names.
Record Hailstorm Destroys Missouri Crops in 1898
A severe hailstorm on September 0 1898 devastated Noda Way county Missouri. The storm spanned about three miles wide and eighteen miles long with four square miles most affected east of Claremont. Pieces of ice four inches long and two inches diameter were found. corn in eighty acres was nearly ruined with only a single stalk remaining.
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United States
Noda Way
Claremont
Real Estate Transfers in Fountain County This Week
Real estate transfers filed for record in Fountain County cover Attica and Kingman areas. Transactions include lots and fractions, with prices from 1 to 1500 dollars, listing grantors such as J G Gordon, Martha Bales, William Harper, and others transferring parcels in Attica, Kingman, and Fulton township to spouses and other purchasers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain Co
Douglas
Covington
Ind
Real Delicacies of New York Pigs Enjoy Truffles and Liver
The New York Sun notes fine morsels arriving in autumn with Perigord truffles in earth shipped to Paris then cleaned for New York sales. Prices range seven to eight dollars per pound. Goose livers arrive chilled, priced from four to five dollars, and served sauteed with truffle flesh for rich digestion.
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Perigord
New York
Paris
M. Lattard
New York Sun
Leap Year News Tales Spark Suspicion in 1908
A satirical note from the New York Evening Telegram chides the dull press of leap year reporting. It hints some men tied to the 1908 era have been spinning stories, implying widespread misinformation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Evening Telegram
City Marshal Praised for Stand Against Wandering Gypsies
City officials note Marshal E. B Shoaf's firm stance as wagons of gypsies pass through town on Tuesday. Some visitors stayed briefly to eat before continuing. Ford Motor Agency of Attica, Indiana, lists touring cars at 705 dollars and torpedo roadsters at 605. Ray Keys of Kingman, Indiana, is connected. A moving picture show at the opera house follows a concert Saturday night. J. B. Rowlett has been ill the past week.
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E. B Shoaf
Edgar
Ford Motor Agency
Attica
Ind
Ray Keys
Kingman
Opera House
Pythian Age Limit to be Cut
In Indianapolis, the Uniform Rank K of P proposed lowering the lodge admission age from 21 to 18. The aim is to recruit younger men for the uniform rank, as ages 18 to 21 show greater interest in drill and can learn more quickly, according to military experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Assembly
K. of P
Indianapolis
Supreme Lodge
K. of P. Lodge
Better Than Spanking For Bedwetting Cure
An advertisement claims a home treatment by Mrs M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana cures bedwetting in children and urinary problems in adults. It promises free instructions to any mother and urges not to blame the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Summers
Notre Dame
Ind
Miss Mable Everts Guest of Joseph Little Family
Miss Mable Everts of Montezuma has been the guest of Joseph Little and his family for the past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mable Everts
Montezuma
Joseph Little and Family
Baker Arrives From Cincinnati To Visit Relatives
E E Baker arrived Tuesday evening from Cincinnati to join his wife and daughter for a family visit. the note mentions a good moving picture show at the opera house every Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E E. Baker
Cincinnatti
Opera House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Solomon
J. W. Bonebrake
Chas. M. Hudson
Dillon
O. C. Deselms
Optometrist
Indiana
Alice M. Howell
Victor Ladies Tailoring Co
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
G. W. Spencer
Perry Massey
C. M. Hudson
Columbia Hog and Cattle Powder
Columbia Dip
Columbia Poultry Remedy
Kingman Grain and Milling Co
Mr. Hynson
Nakin
Batist
Dimity
Linnens
H. P. McCrary
Parnel Broom Et Aliat
Ito Alice P Me
A. Rich
Wow
Heidbrincek & Wt
Youngblood & Wf
Attica & Trac
William M. Sharp
Mary R Logan
E. Foster & Cowan & Wf
John A. Linn
Bertha Linn
J. G. Gordon & Wf
Willard Thompson
Wm. Harper & Wf
Orlando M. Mills
Hansford & Wf
Wm. K. McNeill
Elisk Parlman & Wf
Ida Raatz
Prospect
Antoius Schmid
Mabel Yocum
R. Attica
P. and
Edgar C. Johnson & Wf
Lincoln Hesler
Frac
Veedersburg
Finney Et A
R. Cc. Brier & Wf
R. P
G. Gordon & Wf
Geo
Ww. Hays
Martha J. Bales
John G. Gordon
J. G. Gordon & Wt
Samuel M. Martin & Wt
A. Fulton
Real Delicacies OF
J. B. Rowlett
Kingman Furniture Store
Alexander
Alexander’s Grocery
C.L. Woody
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