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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1917
Page
7
The Corydon community prepares for August 9 with invitations to residents and visitors to hear the Governor speak at the fair ground. Aiming to boost farming efforts, the program includes Foley’s Confectionery offerings and a call for county attendance. Nearby notices promote buying wheat and second hand surveys while highlighting local vendors and community gatherings.
A collage of brief notices and ads. Rosenbarger's and Ward's stand eateries offer meals and moving changes. Gem of farming items: tomato plants, celery, and fertilizers. premiums listed for Harrison County Fair. Local residents listed with travels, work, and church events page through Eureka. Sixth inserting items include Miller and Caughlin family updates.
Corydor prepares for a gala August 6 with community notes on residents from Spencer and Scott townships. The column covers livestock losses from lightning, local visits, hospital updates, a cream separator promotion, neighbors attending funerals, and a petition to return Rev. Chas. McKinney as pastor.
John Stauth and his wife with five children return to Corydon to stay a month or more after a year in Windfall Indiana where Stauth worked for contractor Fred Beggs on a new school building project.
Clarence Balleit of Corydon Junction and Eugene Balleit of Indianapolis were in Corydon yesterday visiting relatives. Eugene and family are traveling in New Albany and nearby areas, while Clarence prepares to become advance press agent for actor Robert Mantell starting a U S and Canada tour in September.
Event notice invites the public to an Aug. 9 gathering featuring a lineup of speakers and singers at a local venue. Details specify entertainment and community program with no admission listed.
August 27 81 marks the Harrison County Fair in Corydon with four days of events. Residents plan trips to Corydon for the fair and related activities. Local notices mention cabbage sales, visits, and regional unemployment changes including Mr. Russell taking work with Belknap Hardware after a fire at Woodbury Glass Factory.
Miss Edna Luther of near Kew Middletown returns home after two weeks with cousins Lawrence and Marjorie Dils and Lewis and Mary Sartes in New Albany Indiana. On Sunday July 22 the Dils family and Miss Luther drove to Dripping Springs Kentucky near West Point to see sights. They also visited U S Army camps east of Louisville. Miss Luther is daughter of Mr and Mrs Amos Luther of the county.
Valentine Cline and companions including Strand Toler and families escaped a rollover on a curve on the way to St. Peter Sunday School with only scratches and bruises. The article notes Rosenbarger’s ice cream will supply sixty gallons for Old Goshen and seventy five for New Amsterdam celebrations and urges readers to choose Rosenbarger’s for ice cream.
An Hyland Christian Church ice cream social drew an unusually large crowd Saturday. Frank W. Shireman and family attended as others arrived in private cars to transport the school orchestra. The group included Earl Shireman Arthur Baxtey Raymond Baxtey Clifford Hurat Stan ley Hurat Meta Shuck organist Mise Ruth Bymer of Indianapolis guest of Mrs. C. R. Flynn who sung a solo for the crowd. A good time was reported.
Send your tubes and ties to W H Bulleié and Sons Garage to be vulcanized during jy25 29. Local notice invites standard repair services and convenient pickup.
James Faith died at his daughter Mrs. Walter Crosier home in Laconia near Mauckport at noon Saturday aged 83 years five months and two days. Funeral services were Sunday at Mt Zion church conducted by Rev. McVey and burial followed in the church cemetery. He spent his life in the county and is survived by four brothers six siblings eighteen grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
Notice to stockholders to meet at Elizabeth on Saturday August 18 1917 to elect company officers. Jacob Zullman president Ed Evans secretary and a 3w. Frank M Sims of Franklin township visited Corydon last Saturday. he is ill with tuberculosis and travels to Woodman Colorado for treatment at Modern Woodmen Sanitarium to seek cure with support from local friends.
A letter from a new enlistee describes moving from Otterbein Indiana to Fort Riley Kansas for medical training. He notes mess meals basic but steady, new carpenters and fatigue duties, and early community events including a picture show and a YMCA building project. He asks to change his address and invites local friends to social events at Frenchtown St Bernard's Church.
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