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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1914
Page
5
Corydon and nearby communities feature visits, travels, and small notices. Barbara Cook visits Mrs Emaline Karnes in Elizabeth while Miss Ahene Hughes visits Miss Florence Smith in Louisville. Many residents travel to Louisville for fairs, church events, and social gatherings.
Cecil Cunningham's bid for a Tayior township liquor license survived a 1380 name remonstrance after the board ruled nonregistering voters cannot sign protests. The decision let the license proceed despite remonstrants seeking appeal or a Local Option Election. Captain Pettis aided opponents amid 660 workers on the dam project near the Ohio river with potential trouble from saloon access. The Indiana Horticultural Society plans its summer meeting in Paoli in August.
A farm sale will be held Friday August 14 at the Will Richert farm 2 miles west of Lanesville. Items include Jersey cattle and calves, Poland China sows, stock hogs, farm implements, a John Deere cultivator, a cream separator, corn, and more. Terms: cash under five dollars. over five dollars 12 month credit with note and surety. Auctioneers John Wolfe and I P Rabel & Company.
Local officials call residents to remove waste, drain standing water, and cover trash to prevent flies and mosquitoes. Citizens urged to clean cellars, cart refuse to the dip heap, and keep yards clear. Also reports Mr and Mrs Waldo Flock visiting relatives north of Corydon and Plymouth coal deliveries by Corydon Milling Co with White Mitt phone listed.
The Indiana Republican campaign used fake reports and a bogus meeting of "returned Progressives" at Indianapolis to plant false lists of attendees in newspapers. Harry Rumbley and Charles Flynn were listed as Harrison county participants though neither attended. Local Republicans offered expenses to Harrison county residents to attend, with names held by the Progressive Committee.
The notice outlines the European War as it unfolds with Austria-Hungary and Germany facing Serbia Russia France and England. It notes Liege Belgium as a key engagement and anticipates naval battles, with widespread mobilization and the prospect of the most terrible war of modern times. The item also reports a local auction notice from Lanesville dated August 14, 1914, by Cabrel & Company offering farm equipment on cash or nine months credit.
U P Trotter and Co of this place announces a large remodeling and expansion sale. See full page advertisement in the supplement for bargains.
Wheat sold at ninety cents at Crandasl yesterday. Otto Wagner of Word county Kan eds is visiting relatives here. A. L. Bulleit recovers from cerebral hemorrhage after two weeks illness. For sale a mule suitable for single or double work with terms by Wish Reed Coryden broad.
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