Washington County Historical Society forms in Salem
The Washington County Historical Society actions are outlined from the March meeting in the Relic Room of the courthouse. New members include Charles Pitts and George F. Wilson with Rev J Brandt Wolfe welcomed. relics like a century old pottery pitcher and The Will by Maria Edgeworth are featured. Mrs Kate Milner Rabb praised the society’s strength in relics and organization.
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Harrison County
Washington County
Salem Democrat
Washington County Historical Society
County Historical Society
The
Court House
Havey Morris
W. C. Berkey
Morris
Berkey
H. C. Hobbs
E. W. Menaugh
F. P. Cauble
Joel Coldlagier
Mattle White
Minute Clark
Joel Colglazier
T. B. Lindley
J. Brandt Wolfe
Charles Pitts
C. R. Farrett
George F. Wilson
Wolfe
Bert Trublood
W. D. Tartte
Keyes
DePauw
G. B. Smith
W. H. Crim
S. D. Brown
Frank Brewer
Mattie White
Leo Brown
Indiana
America Means Salvation to These Little Ones
The European Belief Council aims to raise 38000000 dollars at Christmas to aid 3,500,000 children in eastern and central Europe with food and medical care this winter. Eight relief groups formed the council including the American Relief Administration, American Red Cross, Quakers, Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, Knights of Columbus, and the Y M C A and Y W C A.
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European Belief Council
United States
Europe
Council
American Relief Administration
The
American Red Cross
American Friends’ Service Committee
Quakers
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Knights of Columbus
Busy Bee Restaurant Sells Bottica Coca Cola in Corydon
The Busy Bee Restaurant serves as the exclusive distributor of Bottica Coca Cola in Corydon, offering cold bottles for warm days. A cheerful note hints that warm weather will arrive soon with a March 233 date reference.
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Busy Bee
Corydon
Origin of Yank ee sobriquet in early American sources
A footnote from Cooper’s The Deer Slayer traces the term Yankee to the way Indians pronounced English. It notes New England speech shorthands English to Yengeese and suggests the transition to Yankees via sound changes from Yangis to Yen and then to Yankee.
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New England
Cooper
Horses Fed Generously in British Front Hospitals
Veterinary hospitals on the British front in France fed horses four times daily, with more debilitated cases getting five or six meals. When run down, patients received only cooked foods and tonics, yet improvements appeared after a few weeks.
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France
Cancer cured at eighty eight inspires Corydon letter
A letter from Joe Bender of Corydon, aged 88, describes his mother surviving a cancer removed from her face three years earlier with no recurrence. The note confirms her cure at age 88 and good health, reflecting Bender's standing and local trust in medical care.
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Joe Bender
Corydon
Corydon, Ind
Cc. L. Habermel
Ind
Pasture to Rent and Hatchery Ads in Indiana
Fifty plus items advertise rural services and goods. Dr O Melton offers eighty acres of rood Nue grass pasture with stock water in Eureka area for the season while Maplewood Hatchery in Lanesville invites early notices for custom hatching. Pure bred White-Rock eggs available at Miles Variety Store with John Bennett promoting a sale.
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Maplewood Hatchery
Childrens Hose
Spair
Miles’ Variety Store
John Bennett
Roll of Honor Subscriptions for Corydon Democrat
List of new and renewed subscribers since the last report. Names include A. E. Wright Louisville Oscar Fryrear Elizabeth H. R. Lemay Crandall August Bocard Depauw Francis A. Evans New Middletown Dr. Dan Goldsmith Evansville Gusta Love Elizabeth Mrs Herman Rexroat Belleflower Sir Martin L. Sonner New Amsterdam Harvey Payton Brook Claud Harper Roseville IL R. A. Montgomery Central Arlie Shaffer Corydon Rachel A. Hickman Ramsey Chas W Brunner St Peter Mina Perry E. Kintner Corydon J G Uhi Palmyra H T Bary Depauw W A Turley Corydon Jos H Feller Corydon Jacob Hannel Depauw J L Walter Lanesville Dr Chas L Stevens Corydon Wm B Grove Corydon Robert Boone Laconia Mrs C T Etherton Streator TIL Bazzle Yeager Mauckport Theodore Stilger Georgetown Henry Vogt New Middletown Elmer L Sonner New Amsterdam
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A. E. Wright
Louisville
Oscar Fryrear
Elizabeth
H. R. Lemay
Crandall
August Bocard
Depauw
Francis A. Evans
New Middletown
Dan Goldsmith
Evansville
Gusta Love
Herman Rexroat
Belleflower
Martin L. Sonner
New Amsterdam
Harvey Payton
Brook
Claud Harper
Roseville
R. A. Montgomery
Arlie Shaffer
Corydon
Rachel A. Hickman
Ramsey
Chas
W. Brunner
St. Peter
Mina
Perry E. Kintner
J. G. Uhi
Palmyra
H. T. Bary
W. A. Turley
Jos
H. Feller
Jacob
High Commissioner Praises Near East Relief
Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, High Commissioner to Turkey, lauds the Near East Relief for aid by 500 American workers. He credits the committee with feeding 129,000 Crimea refugees, aiding sailors, and transporting the sick to hospitals, expressing continued support.
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Constantinople
Mark L. Bristol
U S. Navy
Turkey
Near East
American Relief Organization
Near East Relief Committee
Crimea
Bristol
N. BE. 2
Admiral Bristol
Near East Relie
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Victrolas & Victor Records
Conrad & Son Piano Co
Just
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Roberts
Albany
Alex Miller
Post Office
HTH
Acciden
LNG
Lock Inswyonge
Corydon, Inc
Southern Railway System
Southern Railway
Corydon Junction
East Bound
West Bound
Oscar McCullum
Miles
Kate Milner Rabb
Qld
Pit
Grude Leat and Stock Farm
Eale
Old Capital Real Estate Agency
Watson, Kirkham and
O’bannon
America
Habeimel
Bender
Ford Auto
W. H. Bulleit & Sons
Grandma Zenor
Grandma
Sam Coffman
J. M. Resch
Willam T. Zenor
California
United Brethern Church
John H. Heth
Ifelong
Lemmon
M. C. Patterson
al Mauck
George Reuter
Emelia Bower
Minnie Wolf
Bertha Hedges
O. L. Farish
Arles
Chad
Pink Coffman
Ray
Lemmon Resch
Ira Himmelheber
Dr. O. Melton
Eureka
Laconia
Lanesville, Ind
Roll of Honor
Corydon Democrat
Admir Bristol
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