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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1913
Page
5
Fragmented OCR reads as courtroom style disarray with garbled names and stray phrases. The text hints at political or social disorder, with scattered references to readers sections and public notices amid chaotic typography and misplaced words.
The piece argues youths should stay on the farm to support agriculture as towns drain population. It laments outmigration, urges better rural schools and machinery, and cites improving farms, postal service, and transport as tools to keep young people home. It notes pension advice and a political visit in Corydon Indiana.
Old notices list parcels for sale or trade around Corydon and New Albany. Listings include forty acres south of Cary on the pike once owned by the late Sias South, a fourteen room house at Oak and Cherry, a five room house on Cherry, a six room house on North Cherry, and a fifty one acre farm east of Corydon with bottom land and timber. Also advertised are 280 acres near Edwardsville, and forty acres of bettam land with a cottage, barn, wells, and running water. Inquire at the Democrat office. contact Gino Funk at 55 Ekin Ave New Albany.
A fragmented seed list shows prices for White Leghorn eggs at four cents per dozen, reds at four and a half cents, and various chicks and pullets from Corydon and nearby areas. Names like Milton Barrow, Robert Albon, and Ivan W. Windell appear with addresses and contact hints in Corydon and surrounding towns.
Foster and Johnson of Fort Wayne Indiana advertise the Duke of Kent strain eggs at 1.50 for 15 with satisfaction guaranteed. C A Kannapel of Lanesville Indiana also runs an ad for eggs.
For sale an engine and rock crusher bargain inquire at this office. For sale a light two horse or heavy one horse spring wagon with top and side curtains, almost as good as new. John FE Engleman Corydon Indiana alow Rac Rhode Island Red eggs at my residence for 1.00 per 15 from first pen 50 cents per 5 front second pen or 50.00 per 100 Marans Gio H Matites Corydon Indiana
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