The Fair is on at Corydon and family urged to attend
The Corydon Democrat notes the fair is underway with calls to bring children. Various local names are mentioned visiting relatives, sales offers by Miles 6 and 10 cent store, and farm notices. A birth and movements of residents are listed along with two recruiting officers in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Ridley
Lew M. O'Bannon
Ths Place
Boone Township
Charles McKinney
Clarice
Corydon
Fredericksburg
Elizabeth
Stey
Alonzo Shireman
Corydon area notices and travel notes span events and visits
Local items report laundry dropoffs and a sale date for Elmer Shaffer, library hours cutting, visits by Miss Geth Pitman and Karl Schoen, lost dog in Corydon, and many travels of residents to and from Corydon. The period covers school appointments, church music, fair preparations, and court week ahead in Harrison circuit.
Local notes include births visits and arrivals in Corydon
The column records births such as Annie May to Mr and Mrs Robert Fogal and Paul Wm Martin, visits from E A Neely and others, and arrivals from Illinois and Kansas. It notes church services, transfers of Rev Fouts and Rev Battram, and local legal business including Jot McDonald’s arrest for forging a check and Dr Irvin Sonne moving to Corydon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Fogal
Annie May
Jot McDonald
English
Leander McKinster
Blue River Township
McDonald
McKinster
Irvin Sonne
Laconia
Corydon
R. H. Tumphrey
North Market Street
Sonne
N. Fouts
Corydon U. B
Georgetown
Indiana U. B
New Albany
J. L. Battram
Oakland City
Rev Fouts
William M. Smith
Rockport
Peter Roth
Grandview
Spencer County
Roth
Franklin Township
Mr. Roth
Emma
U. B
Corydon Area Visitors and Marriages Highlight Local Notes
Local residents host relatives from Louisville Mt Carmel and Traford Pa while a Jeffersonville remarriage marks a county link. Clergy changes bring Rev. J L Battram to Corydon with services at three sites. Hapnel sisters return from Odebolt Iowa after months away and Mary Hapnel undergoes appendicitis surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie
Mary Hannel
Jacob Hapnel
Odebolt
Iowa
Spencer Township
Mary
Social Visit Notes From Webster Township Area
Families from Webster township and nearby communities hosted visitors from Jeffersonville French Lick and Medford Oklahoma during a sequence of social visits. Guests included Mr and Mrs Cordin Albin with four children Otto George Loren and Elsie Mrs Homer Frank and two children Richard and Martha Rev Dr E Flynn and Mrs Flynn Mr Frank a Jeffersonville bank cashier Mrs William Bosse and two stepchildren plus Miss Georgia Hottle hosted by Mauckport residents Leo Hottell led a gathering honoring Jessie Stover and Otto Hottell with multiple friends Ice cream cake and lemonade were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordin Albin
Otto
George
Loren
Elsie
Webster Township
Margaret, Albin
Washington
Indiana
Mr. Albin
Homer Frank
Richard
Martha
Jeffersonville
Dc. E. Flynn
Rev. Flynn
Mr. Frank
DePauw University
Flynn
Citizen Trust Company
William Bosse
French Lick
Georgia Hottle
Mauckport
Bosse
Ora Springer
Hottle
Central Normal College
Danville
Leo Hottell
Jessie Stover
Medford
Oklahoma
Otto Hottell
Corydon
Edith McKinster
Pearl Davis
Lucille Lane
Mary Smith
Jesse Stover
Roy Stover
Chas. Fravel
Armon Rotties
Orville Kopp
Robert Elliott
Chas
Joe Wheat
Fair Ad Offers Diverse Goods and Automobiles
The notice advertises the Fair featuring agricultural implements and machinery, automobiles, pianos, organs, Victrolas, and a merry go round for attendees. It highlights a broad display aimed at attracting shoppers and families to the event.
Harrison County Fair Hears Buzzing Activity Before Open
Corydon streets brim with strangers, horses, autos and stock as crews prep for the Fifty Eighth Annual Harrison County Fair. Racehorses, cattle, and show strings from local farms loom large with exhibitors and vendors gearing up for three days of contests and festivities led by ring master R. F. Davin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democrat
Dreyer
R. F. Davin
Reagan Desires Return as Owensburg Superintendent
George W. Reagan of Owensburg Greene County spent ten days with his parents near Manckport. He returned from Bloomington after eighteen weeks as an Indiana University student and plans to finish at Indiana University next year. He begins his fifth year as Superintendent of Owensburg schools next Monday. Last year patrons circulated a petition asking him to return, and every parent signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Reagan
Owensburg
Greene County
Brice W. Reagan
Manckport
Reagan
Bloomington
Indiana University
Reaagan
Indiana State Normal
Terre Haute
Oowensburg
Locust Posts for Sale at Pocker Farm on Ohio River
Several hundred locust posts offered at farm of H A Pocker on the Ohio River in Posey township two miles north of Bridgeport. Large posts ten cents and smaller ones at least price. Also notice of an eighty acre farm for sale in the county with house barn timber orchards ponds and cisterns not far from railroad inquiries at this office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Pocker
Ohio River
Posey Township
Bridgeport
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Milltown
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Ft. Wayne
Menifee Hurst
Charles Walter
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Davis
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Melvina
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Illinois
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William L. Fleck
Parke County
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Geth Pitman
Minneola
Kansas
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Mary Gehlbach
H. B. Barrow
Depauw
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Clarence Rosenbarger
Henry Thevenot
Odekolt
John Scheler
Crandall
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Pittsburg
Buffalo
Canada
Ray
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Clarence Mauck
New Middletown
Burnstad
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