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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1913
Page
3
Holiday shoppers spotlight carpet sweepers and vacuum cleaners as attractive gifts. Bissell sweepers priced at 2.50 and 3.00 dollars, Vac-Sweeper models at 8.00 and 9.50 dollars.
An item made of quartered oak is described as highly polished and priced at 18.50. It emphasizes value for the cost and quality of materials.
Read the list of items that make fine presents including shirts gloves ties suspenders garters socks sweaters handkerchiefs mufflers underwear collars night shirts and pajamas from the gents furnishings section.
The Modern Woodmen of Coryden District met December 1915 to discuss the rate proposition and other society matters for the Head Camp in Pueblo, Ohio. Resolutions endorsed the current administration and instructed local camps to relay delegates on rate changes and publish copies to county papers. Officers GN Amy ER Kitterman Julius Vaughn C J Lottick W Morris signed as secretary committee.
Three Mariners Institutes were held in Harrison county last week with reports from Heth township Mauckport Franklin and Morgan townships. George W N Amy supplied details from Heth Township where about 200 attended in the forenoon and 800 in the afternoon. New members were added and officers elected Wic Longbotton Chairman Carrie Hays Secretary C N Amy Treasurer. An institute will be held in Heth in February with plans to include all three townships.
Charles H Sherman a mail driver at the post office died aboard a south bound Fourth Street car yesterday afternoon en route home at 15 Racine Avenue. Coroner Ellis Duncan attributed death to heart failure. He was about sixty five and survived by his widow three daughters and several brothers. The body was taken to Blanford’s and the funeral scheduled for Mt Zion Mauckport.
Miss Cinna Miller improves after illness. Mrs Larb Wright visited sister Mrs Hardin Miller last week. Oil well at C W Daley farm progressing nicely. Starry Evans of Davidson en route to Corydon. Doc Salter returns from Illinois with praise for the West. Several locals visit kin and travel through Towanda and New Middletown to see relatives.
Joseph A. McKee died at his home in Jeffersonville last Saturday night from acute Brights disease. A prominent lawyer and citizen, he had practiced law in Louisville for several years as a member of the firm Saylor and McKee.
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