Big Celebration Planned At Old Goshen Church
The Laconia M FB Sunday school announces its big annual celebration next Saturday August 10 in the grove around Old Goshen Church in Boone Township. A strong program is set with a speaker from Indianapolis invited via Dr Blaine Ways Federal Food Administrator for Harrison County. Everyone is invited to attend for entertainment instruction and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laconia M. FB
Goshen” Church
Indianaporis
Blaine Ways
Harrison C Onnty
Government Service
Public Sale At Cotner Farm On Elizabeth Road
Cotner will sell personal property at public auction on Elizabeth Road, Teees Corner farm. Items include horses, cattle, hogs, poultry, farming gear, hay, grain, wire, oats, a Maxwell 41S touring car, and numerous smaller articles. Sale begins 9 30 a m under usual terms. see sale bills. John Seipel, auctioneer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teees Corner Farm
Ohne
Hill Miles Weet
Elizabeth
Avaguse
Sears
Jerses
John Peere
Oliver Undane
John Seipel
For Sale Hight room House with Yard and Outbuildings
For sale a high room house with watch two large porches rear screened water and electric fights. Garage barn storehouse owl shed chicken park large garden plenty of fruit beautiful lawn with shade. Desirable home. Price from L A Meech. July 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Meech
Mrs. R. S. Kirkham and Daughter Visit New Albany
Mrs. R. S. Kirkham and her daughter Miss Anne spent Sunday in New Albany, enjoying a day away from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Kirkham
Anne
New Albany
Colonel Jennings Wilson Visits Aged Parents In This Place
Lieutenant Colonel Jennings Wilson of Washington D C visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Joshua T Wilson of this place. He served twenty years in the U S Army starting in the Spanish American War and now holds a desk in the War Department Adjutant Generals Office in Washington. He wears silver leaf insignia and medals for sharpshooting earned in 1897 98 1909 and 14. He has risen through ranks and was recently promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings Wilson
Washington I
Joshua T. Wilson
Wilson
Washington, D. C
War Department
Washington
Adjutant Generabs
Public Auction Of Live Stock Near Laconia
Curtis Rory Auctioneers offer a public sale at the residence four miles northwest of Laconia near the old rakes ard on Juck Creek. Readily described livestock includes one seddine, elethe venps old, Sisty sheep, two Shropshire rams, about forty five shoate, all thoroughbred Duroes, a Jersey cow and heifer both to be fresh soon. Six month credit with notes and approved surety. Sale at Poaveloek. John Seiped Curtis Rory Auctioneer.
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Curtis Roby
Laconia
Juck Creek
Poaveloek Jp
John Seiped
Curtis Rory Nuctioneer
the Hooey
Dimnbur Campaign Visit Reported in Harrison County
James W. Dimnbur, Republican candidate for Congress, visited New Albany and nearby towns including New Amsterdam and Corydean in Harrison County last Monday. Crawford and Prof. Meldun called at the office. Crawford is a traveling salesman and Meldun is principal of New Albany High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Dimnbur
Crawford
McLinn
New Albany
New Amsterdan
Corydean
Warrison County
Meldun
New
Severe Wounding of Lieut. Dudley W. Woodward Overseas
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Woodward of New Amsterdam received a Washington telegram saying their son Lieut. Dudley W. Woodward was severely wounded. He had served since enlistment in the Philippines and France with Company OC Passartry, now in the United States, thirty became severely wounded in recent weeks.
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A. T. Woodward
New Amsterdam
Washington, D. C
Lieut
Dudley W. Woodward
Len
Woodward
Irrance
Ounele Sam Sinte Dantary Oo
Pues
Philippines
United States
Ser Racuse
N.Y
Naval recruits sought by local office visitors
Edward Howling and Fred Barnes of Mhirabeth visited Corsdon on Monday to respond to Uncle Sam’s call for military service. Naval Recruiting Officer Mr Bowling from Louisville discussed enlisting sailors and offered 30 to 60 days leave for matters at home. Bowling is in his sixth year of navy service on a second enlistment. Flo Dowling, son of the late Charles Dowling of Elizabeth, is noted in the piece.
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Edward Howling
Fred. Barnes
Mhirabeth
Corsdon
Mr. Barnes
W. D. Barnes
Sam
Bowling
Louisville
Navy
Tle
Flo
Charles Dowling
Elizabeth
Service King to be Dedicated at M. E. Church
A Service King will be dedicated at the M E church in New Middletown next Sunday night with special music. Rev J G Moore of Carydon will deliver the address.
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M. E
New Middletown
J. G. Moore
Carydon
Notice to creditors of Valentine Cline estate
John J. Runner is named administrator for the estate of the late Valentine Cline and calls on all persons owing debts to the estate to settle immediately.
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Valentine Cline
John J. Runner
Father Alberti Wicke Commissioned Army Chaplain
Father Alberti Wicke of Corydon and New Middletown Catholic communities has been commissioned as a United States Army chaplain with the rank of First Lieutenant. He expects orders soon, likely to Camp Zachary Taylor briefly, then an early deployment. He served as priest for about two years and is praised for wartime support and public goodwill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberti Wicke
United States Army
Camp
Zachary Taylor
Father Wickebag
Corydon
New Middletown
Father Wicke
Private sale of household goods and more by Lt Sonne
One share in Eureka Telephone Company desk and household furniture roll top desk and office chair one top buggy one Frazer two wheel cart one Moore’s heater wool stoves forty gallon gasoline tank a cow a boy’s saddle and numerous other smaller articles. Private sale to settle assets as Lt Sonne enters the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Telephone Company
Moore
Army
Irvin H. Sonne
Corydon Business Men Enjoy Ohio River Outing
Fourteen Corydon businessmen spent last Sunday on the Ohio River touring from Corydon to New Amsterdam in Geo W Applegate Maurice Griffin and Willian Satter’s cars. They boarded Captain Thompson’s gasoline boat at New Amsterdam for a trip to West Point Kentucky and back. Captain Thompson, 80, led an energetic voyage with a ash and chicken dinner prepared by Nam Kaiser the steamboat cook. The party included J Miller Chus Protter A B Hauen Geo W Applegate Chas H Buchanan Frank Self John M Danneusel Maurice Griffin James J Brewster Willicat Satter Roy Lindue W Thomas David Stoker and Chand Hurst.
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Corydon
Ohio River
New Amsterdam
Geo. W. Ajplegate
Maurice Griffin
Willian Satter
Captain Thompson
West Point
Sky
Thompson
Lorodun Mnen
Hi. J. Miller
Chus. (. Protter
A. B. Flauven
Geo. W. Applegate
Chas. H. Buchanan
Frank Self
John M. Danneutelser
James J. Brewster
Willicat Satter
Roy Lindue
W. Thomas
David Stoker
Chand Hurst
Annual Festal Day at New Middletown Reform Church
The New Middletown German Reform Church holds its Annual Festal Day next Sunday August 11 with forenoon and afternoon services led by Rev. Meyer and assisted by Tev Winter of Jeffersonville. Rev. Fred Smith of Corydon Presbyterian Church will preach at the afternoon service.
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New Middletown
German Reformed Church
Meyer
Tev. Winter
Jeffersonville
Fred. Smith
Corydon Presbyterian Church
Postage Required for Hunting License Requests
County Clerk James A. Watson urges readers via the Democrat to mail 8 cent stamps to ensure receipt of hunting licenses by mail. The notice notes the volume of 3 cent stamps needed for calls and emphasizes the cost. Also reported is Miss Ida C. Kopp’s card about her brother Arla G. Kopp arriving overseas, previously at Camp Greene, N C.
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James A. Watson
Democrat
Ida C. Kopp
Arla G. Kopp
Camp Greene
N. C
Sullivan County Teen Undergoes Appendece Operation
William W. Cook sixteen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson E. Cook of Corydon became suddenly ill last Sunday and was rushed to Norton Infirmary Louisville where he was operated on for appendicitis Monday morning. The operation was successful and he is resting. The Cooks, who were at Culver for son Foster’s summer term, traveled to Louisville after a long distance call and are by his side. Friends in Corydon wish him a speedy recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Cook
Wilson E. Cook
Norton Infirmary
Louisville
William
Corydon
Tremendous Wheat Yield From Taylor Township Farm
Taylor township farmer Tred Johns and partner Herman Brown traveled to Corydon after threshing a 85 acre wheat crop yielding 1,928 bushels. The field produced over 22 bushels per acre, with 1,550 bushels from 70 acres on a farm once unable to grow black-eyed peas. Professor Preston A Barba, his wife, then left for Tiffin Ohio to join Heidelberg University. Hurley Conrad, a soldier at Camp Zachary Taylor, visited family and plays French horn in the First Regiment Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tred Johns
Herman Brown
Taylor Township
Corydon
Mr. Johns
Hurley Conrad
Camp Zachary Taylor
C. W. Conrad
First Regiment
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Georgette Crepe
Copenhagen
Ancy
Mer
Madrasat
McCall’s
Maurice Griffin & Co
Auguste
Cold Goshen
Boone Township
Eer
Jennings Welson
Washimedou
Albany High School
Stephenson
G. F. Gebhardt
Nam Kaiser
Wilitam Cook
Louisville Hospital
Preston A. Barba
Barba
Martin
Tiffin
Ohio
Heidelburg University
Allentown
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Indiana University
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