08 Dec 1915
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1915
Page
1
M Griffin and Company presents a unique holiday window showcasing a wide range of gifts both large and small. The display offers ideas for every family member and friend with a few hints to guide shoppers.
Corydon High School beat Hardinsburg 16 to 14 in a season game last Saturday. Ros Stevens was absent for Corydon while Harold McIntosh led Hardinsburg with nine points. Center Ray Stevens added seven for Corydon and captain Frederick scored three field goals. The game ended 16 to 14 after a strong second half by Corydon, with an 8 to 4 halftime margin. Next Friday Corydon faces West Baden as interest rises. Lineups note Corydon Frederick 6, Stevens 7, McIntosh 9. Hardinsburg McIntosh 9, Fouts 4, Wolfe 2. Referee Hamilton. Umpire Bean. Arrow brand rubbers and overshoes advertised.
A short notice lists Harry Feller and Legacy Crecelius and also Charles J. Pinaire and Leona Roxie Poe. The text promotes a full stock of genuine waterproof shoes available for purchase.
A New Albany Lyceum Association group performed in Corydon last Friday evening offering music vocal solos quartets and piano harp and violin numbers. Mrs Bertha Schuler Van Pelt topped the program with German Folk Songs while Miss Shhrader Ella Lawrence Gardner and Mrs Margaret Rowe Clark impressed as violinist harpist and pianist. The piece was praised as high class and pleasing with an editorial note about the editor missing the show. I. M. Berman promotes neckwear in the ad at 25c and 50c.
Miss Altha Noon daughter of Mr and Mrs Iliam Noon of the county died at 8 oclock Thursday at her sister Mrs Clifford Flancer 611 East Third Street MayAlbany after a brief illness of pneumonia She was nineteen years old The funeral was held at 2 oclock Saturday at the Flanner home Burial was in Fairview cemetery
Dr. Wm. E. Goepper and Jacob Austin of Louisville attended the funeral for Peter S. Wright on Sunday. Austin represented the Phi Omega Dental Fraternity, of which Wright’s son Dr. Adolph Wright is a member.
Indiana University affirmative team and DePauw University negative team debated whether counties should adopt a Commission Form of Government. Four speakers presented fifteen minute arguments with five minutes for rebuttal while Prof. Blood presided. Audience input followed with opinions on the proposal.
The Sophomores organized and chose officers: President Atwood Bliss, Vice-President James Woodward, Secretary Earl Kintner, Reporter Bess Cunningham. Prof Wayne visited Boone township during Thanksgiving break.
D A R members met December 6 1915 at Mrs R L Millers home. The session opened with The Lord's Prayer and America with a Christmas reading by the roll call. Mrs Catharine Jordan Wilson spoke on Vincennes Indiana's Territorial Capitol and Mrs Georgia Lemmon Vogt on Indianapolis Indiana's Present Capitol. Refreshments followed and the group adjourned to meet January first.
Mrs. Blanche Greer wife of Henry Greer died at their Genoa Colorado home after a long pulmonary illness. They moved from Franklin township to Genoa three years ago for health relief. She leaves a husband three children Lorenzo Callie Blanche and Audrey a father and mother Rudolph Guy Louis and Laura Ferree and three brothers and a sister. Burial details not confirmed. She was about forty years old.
Students Carl Wagner Visa Sims and Edna Davis were absent due to illness while the Junior and Senior English classes debated whether inter high school athletics should be abandoned in Harrison County, the negative winning two to one. The next topic will be US exports of munition to belligerents. The lab gains a coal stove, the orchestra rehearses, and a program features a performance of How Betsy Made the Flag. The women's relief corps presented a 9x12 flag, with speakers praising patriotism, followed by Old Glory raised as the Star Spangled Banner played.
A husband remembers Mrs Mary Stoker who died December 7, 1914. He writes of his grief, fond memories, and faith that they will meet in heaven. The poem expresses enduring love and a pledge to cherish her memory over the grave.
The two and a half year old Georgia Montgomery died early Tuesday morning December 7 1915 at the family home on East Walnut Street. Survived by parents and several siblings she had long suffered illness. Funeral at Fairview today conducted by Rev M A Cossaboom with burial in the church cemetery nearby. I M Berman
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