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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
4
A jumble of society notes reports visits by A J Steele and Miss Mollie O Connor. James H Hudson of Terre Haute and J D McRae of Louisville are guests. typhoid fever eases for George Dannenfelser. Hog, calf and cattle sales, a 40 acre farm for 150 dollars, and a $500 Corydon cottage sale are advertised. Also listed: charitable meals, a Sunday school convention, and tax-like legal notices including Ada McKnight vs Kingsley.
Thanksgiving oysters at W Rosen C C Jordan in residence on High Street. The Rink opens Thanksgiving afternoon from 2 to 5 PM. Mr and Mrs Walter Anderson of Veedersburg visit W H Rosen barger and family. A store room and dwelling at New Middletown for sale next Saturday. The late John Shaffer’s store room and dwelling at New Middletown to be sold at public auction next Saturday December 1. John C Hisey of Corydon and Miss Agatha Sherrill of Mauckport wed in Rev W W Moore parlor Monday evening. Investment offer at 7 percent above taxes available soon.
A sequence of paired names appears in the registry record: John C. Hiser with Agatha Sherrill, Lewis A. Kahl with Grace W. Sears, James Scott with Maria Mitchem, Richard Perry with Francie Walker, George M. Wright with Edith M. Toothman, James T. Walk with Anna C. Babcock, and Walter A. Quebbeman with Henrietta A. Hiser.
Mrs Minnie Morris wife of John R Morris died at home on Poplar Street after a several month illness. Doctors in Louisville failed to cure and noted possible tubercular trouble. Daughter of Dr Josiah Littell she was thirty nine. Funeral at Oak Grove church with Corydon Court T B H officiating and Dr A M Irvine preaching. Burial followed in nearby graveyard.
Sugar Grove reports XXX Ward Stewart in the city last week and Ed Potts on a business trip. Several locals visit relatives in Louisville and Elizabeth while Gypsies pass through en route to Cairo. Typhoid fever strains DS Mrs Andrew Glaze at her son's bedside in Ivy. Floods cause heavy corn losses. Bro Winn's appointments move to 7 30 in the evening.
Heidelburg and Oak Grove visitors joined Leander Bottles and family for Sunday gatherings. Miss Rena Cunningham and Nora King visited Pearl and Zelphia Toler in Cliffy Bend. Rev. Moore preached at the local church with services set for December 8 at 2:30 PM. Mrs. Mary Hottell Bailer and others from Washington visited Jacob Mauck, who has been away over thirty years.
Miss Wright and Miss Barrow are mentioned in local social items. Visitors include Mrs Nancy Conrad in New Albany and Miss Cloe Frederick from Corydon. Several residents host relatives, and a pie supper at the place Saturday night drew good attendance. A visiting Saint Minister preached during his stay at the Routh school house.
Health is good in this vicinity and Moberly’s school under teacher B. F. Bell shows steady progress. Mr. and Mrs. Joe McClaren visited Mrs. Celestia Loudon and daughter Sunday. A quarterly meeting drew a sizable crowd Saturday. Misses Josie White Nellie Bell and Meadie hosted Miss Sallie and Annie Pitman Sunday. Winnie and Pearl Davis visited Jasper Davis and family at Corydon Saturday and Sunday. Miss Selah Borden hosted friends Friday evening November 28 for sister Blanche who is visiting at home.
Several first class houses offered for sale in Corydon with prices from 1500 to 2500. Farmers Savings and Trust Co. W. E. Cook secretary.
The Faroe islanders resist change yet a Stromo elder, trained in Copenhagen and a former sailor, tries modern ideas. He roofs with slate, opposes fish waste in streams, and only after much doubt convinces them to boil fish outdoors. A visitor’s tale of women cyclists in England shocks him into fearing the end of the world.
Martha Baker Dunn argues in Atlantic that Shakespeare teaches robust manhood and womanhood. People must shoulder the burden of deeds and accept consequences, for cowardice is a fatal crime and true courage faces life’s consequences only once.
Dr John Poucher presiding elder delivered a sermon at the M E Church last Sunday evening and attended the quarterly meeting on Monday. The remarks reflected on adversity and the broader scenes of nature as guidance.
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