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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1914
Page
8
The Crandall community held its largest Sunday festival last August featuring the annual gathering of locals and visiting groups. Speakers and church events marked the day with many attendees from nearby areas and volunteers organizing special activities and raffles.
The Morgan township trustee proposes in an annual meeting at the trustees office on September 1 1914 at 1 p m to examine estimates and amounts for township expenditures local tuition expenditures tax levies and other charges. The notice lists totals for township expenditures 875.41 local tuition expenditures 2 25 tax cents per 100 dollars special school tax and other items with figures for prior year and net taxable property. The document records valuations and credits including personal property, raw roads, and telegraph lines, with the meeting called to approve the levies.
Petition from Harrison County Indiana voters asks for construction and paving of New Middletown and Lanesville Public Highway between Franklin and Webster townships. Request includes grading to sixteen feet width and stone pavement with specific material depths. An engineer and two viewers are sought to inspect and report. Names include Jacob Bickel Jacob Schneider Jacob Himmelheber and others. J L Obannon Auditor Harrison County.
Storewide reductions on all dry goods and wool dress materials. Bargains include serges, ginghams, linens, curtains, lingerie, shoes, coats, suits, and shirts with up to one third off and specific item discounts. Also featuring grocery staples and housewares at marked down prices while supplies last.
Last Friday near Corydon Otto Smith lost a cow when lightning struck a large walnut tree where the herd stood. The tree splintered but other cows under it were unharmed. At Robert Bruce’s home nearby lightning stunned the family and damaged hogs, some bleeding from the nose but all saved.
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