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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1918
Page
7
The Corydon Democrat lists residents and visitors at the county fair. Notables include Miss Marcella Boone of Laconia, Simon Grimes of Leavenworth, and Prof. C. E. Walk moving to a new school post. Also reports on Dr. James Campbell of Louisville and many others attending the Fair, plus a local sale notice and various home news items.
A fragment from the Fair Grounds notes details visits by Mr. and Mrs. John Davis of New Albany to their daughter Mrs. Dowling McGrain and other locals, with travelers like Dilla Wiseman taking a traveling salesman post for Louisville Seed Company. It records shipments of fertilizers, farm wagons, and several county visits, including auctions and car exchanges.
Local notices and society brief items describe visits from relatives in Jeffersonville and New Albany, farmers promoting James Oliver Sulky wagons, fertilizer orders and wheat drills, and multiple trips to Corydon for the Fair. Names include Miss Catharine Knobloch, Miss Cletus Kopp, the Bulleits of Louisville and Ohio, the Dick family of Indianapolis, and Captain James Stucker of Paoli.
County teachers institute visits by Miss Ruth Marshall of Indianapolis. Mr. William Cook recovering from surgery feared to have typhoid. Local families attend the Fair. various callers renew subscriptions and seek tires and trucks. Marriage announced for Rutford Grover Capyber and Gertrude May Ehalt. remarriage of Dr. Jesse Kendle and Estella Kendle. Tarpaulin theft prompt reward. Parke county official and family notes point to a busy local week with numerous visits and community events.
Residents from Montana, Indiana, Kentucky and beyond visit Corydon for the Fair. Families from Boone township and nearby towns attend races, fairs, and social events while relatives gather at homes and at the fair booth. A craft of local notices includes marriage at New Albany and a Nebraska visitor arriving to see kin.
Trustee announces weekly office hours at John Fink's store in Huena Vista starting April 20 1918 from eight to three to transact official business. Also notes receipt of Morris Co Big 60 percent digester tankage for hog feed as an inexpensive feed option.
Classified items include a buggy harness for sale at Geo BR Wahl's Corydon store, thanks to James Surress for apples and plums, subscription payment from Conrad Heuser, and upcoming Lee Perkhiser sale of household goods in Washington township on September 11. Also reports on health of Arthur Richert, visit of Frank Reas family to the county fair, and a Canadian visitor Chas Gurtz requesting a one year Democrat subscription. A Porkhiser sale near Valley City lists farm equipment and hay for sale on September 11 at 1 PM.
Mr and Mrs Shelva M Gibson and their seven month old Dorothy travel with Ola Cline to visit Thomas and Harvey Cline family members in Scott township. They plan a lengthy stay while Mr Gibson rents a 1380 acre farm in Town for next year noting dry conditions nearby and wheat yields of twenty to sixty bushels per acre.
Mrs. Jacob Hannel renews Perry Hannel’s subscription to the Democrat at the Fair. Minnie Hannel and her fifteen year old brother Christopher visited from Odebolt Iowa. They met Ivan Hannel in Indianapolis en route with soldiers to Camp Beauregard Louisiana and then to New York.
A notable war photography exhibit called Pia will be screened at the Dream Theater on Thursday and Friday August 28 and 29. The display features Pershing's forces and aims to inspire patriotism among citizens and youth as part of a government backed effort. Proceeds partially support the United States Government.
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