County Superintendent to stay with $400 pay raise
Supplement to The Corydon Democrat reports the County Board of Commissioners approved an extra $400 yearly salary for County Superintendent A DeWeese, raising his pay to $1,808.50, while the school board had sought $1,000 more. Trustees supported the increase to keep him in office. one trustee opposed due to prior involvement with the Corydon school board. DeWeese cited travel and inspection duties as reducing his income, and he chose to remain in office despite other offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon Democrat
County Board of Education
Harrison Township
Corydon
DeWeese
Garrison Township
Stauth
Board of Commissioners
Ed CC. Saprenfield
Jackson Township
Scravenfield
Passengnger Ps
Indianapolis
Township ‘Trustees
Eve and
Fouts
Windell
School Board of
Pard University
Board of Education of
de Weese
General Assemblies
Saving Their Faces letter critiques Lodge leadership
The piece argues Republican Senate leaders must avoid defeating the peace treaty and discusses saving face for anti treaty backers. It singles out Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles Hughes, Eli Root, and Taft as pushing for ratification with mild reservations, while criticizing Lodge's partisan approach amid foreign affairs debates. The article also notes local notices of visits and a regimental reunion in Indiana on August 19, 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hughes
United States Senate
Hughes
Armyty
Henry Cabot Lodge
Root
Taft
League
Lodge
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Senate
Tax law slows county bond plans for road projects
State Board of Tax Commissioners must approve road bond issues before counties issue bonds for Corydon Elizabeth and Corydon Laconia highways. Petitions for approval are set for hearing. A suit challenges the County Limit law and road improvements under it await constitutional ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Corydon and Elizabeth
Corydon and
Laconia
Board of Commissioners
Lmit
Miss Adda Davenport Dies in Ohio after Tuberculosis
Miss Adda Davenport died at the home of her sister in Ohio after years of illness and three years bedfast. She was reared near Laconia and belonged to Union Chapel Christian Church where she was buried yesterday. Surviving sisters are Mrs. Annie Beanblossom of Heth township and Miss Mattie Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adda Davenport
Mattie Davenport
MrClure
Ohio
Local Notes Link Residents and Visitors Across Towns
Robert Hannel of near White Cloud visited with James Davis and family near Ramsey seeking domestic help with no cook washing ironing or housework and good wages. Mrs W E Cook and Miss May Woodward of Chicago visit New Amsterdam. Miss Lottie Burg and Charle Burg of New Albany visit Beatrice and Vance Davis near Ramsey. Maurice Griffin and Misses Olive Maggie Griffin drove to Cincinnati for a few days. James C Davis of Ramsey seeks someone to repair a drilled well on his farm. Emmett Reed and two sons Paul and Claud of Heth Township renewed his Democrat subscription. Reed is noted as a leading farmer.
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Lottie and
Charle Burg
New Albany
Beatrice
Vance Davis
Ramsey
Emmett Reed
Paul
Claud
Heth Township
Reed
Democrat
Scott Frank Returns Home From Gary Steel Mill Layoff
Scott Frank has spent fourteen months employed in a Gary steel mill visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Frank and his sister Miss May Frank. He was among many workers laid off temporarily due to the railway shopmen's strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Frank
Gary
M. C. Frank
Miss May Frank
Resident Sends Democrat to Relatives in West Salem
Herman Meyer of Franklin township ordered the Democrat mailed to his brother in law Charles Deutsch in West Salem Illinois. Mr Deutsch and his wife are former county residents and will enjoy county news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Meyer
Franklin Township
Charles Deutsch
West Salem
Illinois
Deutsch
Blake and Davis Families Return to Harrison County
Mr and Mrs Straude Blake and son William Henry of Charleston Illinois returned home after visiting relatives in Heth township. Mr and Mrs Ben D Davis and Mrs D's nephew Sherley Patterson have come back to Jackson township from Colins Iowa after ten months away. Their Corydon visit showed their preference for Harrison county and their friends warmly welcome them home.
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Henry Sauerheber
White Cloud
Cullom
Illinois
Dexter Sauerheber
Straude Blake
William Henry
Charleston
Heth Township
Ben D. Davis
Sherley Patterson
Jackson Township
Colins
Iowa
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Senator Lodge
Louisville Evening Post
Katie Scharff
Louisville
Clell Frederick
John Frederick
Camp Sherman
Henry Denbo
Jean
Shelbyville
Lawrenceburg
Lexington
Kentucky
G. E. Blevins
Fred Lilpop
Mr. Blevins
New Castle
Mifflin
C. K. Dillman
Zoar
Irsttown
Hursttown
Sixty- Sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry
Fredericksburg
Indiana
Sixty Sixth
Sherman
Robert Hannel
James Davis
W. E. Cook
Miss May Woodward
Chicago
Mrs
A. T. Woodward
New Amsterdam
Maurice Griffin
Misses Olive
Maggie Griffin
Cincinnati
Jas. C. Davis
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