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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1923
Page
3
Harrison County Fair officials announce state highway officials will keep the highway open to New Albany for Wednesday Thursday and Friday of Fair Week. No detours at Edwardsville those three days. Invite friends in New Albany Louisville and Jeffersonville to visit and spread the word.
For sale offers include several thoroughbred polled Angus cattle of varying ages and a young filly available for sale or trade. Interested buyers may contact for details and arrangements.
Harrison county boys enrolled for military training at Camp Knox Kentucky the camp opened July 27 and will run thirty days. Names listed include Charles Lottue Lewis Brown Lynn Miller Clifford Hurst William Christley John Watson Adlem Moore Hanley Tred Culbertson Elrod Jacob HMege Richard Cook Gilson Glenn Silbert Wise Herbert Habermel Rol In Faton Russel Harper Fritz Rupp plus Russel Mix Ercelle Kemp Floyd Watson and Jesse Trobaugh who enlisted at Leavenworth they left July 27 in charge of R F Rowe Commander Harrison Post American Legion Charles LaHue and Louis Brown were not accepted and returned home.
The Ferdinand Railroad Company, declared the smallest independent railroad in the United States, reports a profitable 1922 with $23 638.89 revenue and $6 115.71 net income. The six mile line from Ferdinand to Huntingburg shows minimal staff and fixed costs, owning most rights of way while leasing 0.9 miles on Southern Railroad track in Huntingburg.
John Schuppert and sonsWilliam Leo and Fritz began a daily truck run linking Corydon to New Albany and Louisville. Reynard Stansbury surrendered two Trek delonging of Union Transportation and left Corydon fled after a brief operation. The Corydon office is now held by Schuppert and sons who added two new Krebs trucks in Louisville and started service that Monday.
Whitinsville Mass July 31 Justice Francis P Brady ordered eighteen bottles of home brewed beer returned to Mrs Catherine Pramere after she testified she nurses a child and needs the beer for her diet. Police had seized the beer in a raid and Brady fined her 30 dollars for keeping. She made no claim to whisky found in the home.
The Rockville Tribune notes W L Flock plans a large Aberdeen Angus and brood sow sale for September 20 at his Penn township farm. About fifty cattle and forty brood sows will be offered, with M A Judy of West Lebanon assisting and J R Burks and A G Madden as auctioneers. Local interest runs high among Parke and Harrison counties peers and visitors may also tour Turkey Run nearby.
A public notice urges all Corydon residents to clean up premises and clear sidewalks before next week’s County Fair August 13 to 17. It notes historic town pride, bank losses, and painter activity, urging continued effort year round.
The Ramsey Camp Meeting near Ramsey runs ten days from August 10 to 19, led by Rev. W. S. Shepard and Rev. I. M. Ellis with music by Burrel Sparks. The event, the nineteenth annual, expands access thanks to new connections via Corydon Fredericksburg and New Salisbury routes, inviting all county residents to attend day or night. A. J. Davis presides, with Geo. F. Pinaire as secretary.
Plans are developed for Valparaiso University to co operate with Cook Laboratories of Chicago in university operations. President H M Evans says both parties would benefit. Lease of school property to Cook may be canceled soon, with potential legal action against the lab canceled if the plan proceeds.
Recorder August Yochem records a mortgage by Interstate Public Service Company to Union Trust Company of Indianapolis for 7 192 000 dollars. The mortgage, covering electrical hydraulic gas heating water works in twenty seven Indiana counties, including Harrison county, spans about 75 pages with a 90 dollar recording fee.
The Corydon State Bank has raised its capital stock from 50 000 to 75 000 with a reserve fund of 19 250, totaling 94 250. It highlights its equipment and service and offers safety boxes for rent and four percent interest on time deposits. The Corydon State Bank The Peoples Bank.
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