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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
7
The largest County Fair in Indiana is underway at Corydon with dust control by a big sprinkler system. Community notices list local visits, sales, meetings, and examinations as residents announce travel to Louisville New Middletown and across the region.
Notices urge attendance at the Bryan Club meeting next Monday night. Local items report residents visiting fairs, church conference plans in Georgetown Indiana, and various townspeople in Corydon and Mauckport with health, births, and property matters. A government payment, a postponed colt show, and farm threshing results are also noted along with ongoing fair attendance.
Mr and Mrs John Black and their son John Wanga visit Mr and Mrs Henry Black and attend the Fair. Mr Black is crippled and cannot travel now but hopes to resume his work as traveling salesman next week.
Local items note Corydon Public Schools to open Monday, visits by Miss Rose Van Winkle and William Stellar, and visits with relatives. Illness includes Fred Munzer and son Raywood, Mrs Wheat with typhoid and pneumonia, and a death in Vanville. Also reported are community notices, church activities, and crop notes from Bartholomew County.
Readers can pay their subscription at The Corydon Democrat Office located at the Fair Grounds during this week’s fair.
Emile Dapaquier of New Albany did business in Corydon Monday. J B A Martin of Bloomington visited the Caghins family. Congressman W H Cox and Democratic Chairman Mark Storen were in Corydon Monday. A town scuffle left one man with facial bruises while a bystander was struck when attempting to separate the combatants. Carl Schurz recalls a 1868 Indiana campaign visit noting Voorydon near the state line and Greenback sentiment.
The statement that attending the Fair will cost more this year is incorrect. Admission remains unchanged from previous years and no extra charges have been added.
William Swan traveled to Branden burg on business last week. Charlie Kintner made a business trip to Louisville. Ada Byerly of Kentucky visited her sister. John Craig of Leavenworth visits his mother Mary Craig. Olla May Odell of Paradise Bottom stayed with Anna Brandenburg. Clara Wolf of Washington township visits Mrs. Henry Breeden. Roxie Hershman returned home after visiting Leavenworth. Sidney Morton and wife of Madison, Indiana, visit her mother J. B. Swan. Little Jim Pate, staying with his uncle in Leavenworth, has returned home. William Brandenburg and family from Washington township visited J. L. Brandenburg.
The Second Annual Reunion and Banquet of Central Normal College students took place after an afternoon session. A. O. Deweese chaired the event, praising the college’s role in friendship and loyalty among county teachers. Toasts by Clyde Lottick J E Shelley and others followed the meal, with plans for a larger turnout next year by Georgia Lemmon Edna McRae Anna McPheeters J E Kelley and C C Crosby.
Republicans mocked Democrats with the thirty cents line and now “thirty cent” Bryan clubs are forming nationwide. Each member is to contribute at least 30 cents to fund campaign expenses and sustain operations across the country.
Mr and Mrs Harry Kepner entertained twenty seven guests from the W H Keller Co including their wives and clerks at a six o clock dinner last Thursday. The long table held a lavish spread and all present enjoyed generous supplies of the choicest entables.
Democrats of Scott township meet at Precinct school house on Saturday night September 12 to organize a Bryan Club. Good speakers will be provided. A longer notice will follow next week. Let the Democrats turn out en masse.
Four marriage licenses issued listing Freddie I. Redden and Tessie B. Wright, Roy D. Moyara and Artie Rowe, Fred G. Stauth and Ida F. Engleman, and Fred J. Reichle and Emma C. Bisenmenger.
Perry County Republicans held a mass convention last week to nominate a county ticket but could not fill several offices. The article notes the party sees a grim outlook and implies a Democratic year ahead.
C. A. Williams of Washington D C received a telegram stating the body of his son Corp John E Williams who died in the Philippines on April 10 is being shipped by express from San Francisco. The telegram said the body would arrive about six days later. Mr Williams had returned home from Washington.
Rev. A M Sappenfield of North Liberty Iowa will marry Miss Bernice Keip of South Bend Indiana on Wednesday September 2 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church South Bend He previously served at Mt Solomon Lutheran church west of Corydon and moved to Iowa months ago.
The report notes the entry price at the Fair stays at 25 cents, unchanged from prior years.
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