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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1905
Page
7
Local items include obit for Wm Jones of Mavengo aged 66, court sessions in English with six cases set, property purchase by C D Trotter near Corydon, a fatal hog kill in New Middletown, and various ads and notices from J Bullett & Son and others. Also mentions postal communications rule, Milltown attractions, and community events plus medical ads and a spelling bee fundraiser at M F church.
Holiday plans as Miss Bertha Burgess visits Falls Cities relatives. Local school progress under Miss Florence Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shaney of New Albany visit Mrs. S's parents Mr. and Mrs. James Burgess. Thomas Bownan of Weir Kansas visits Posey township relatives. Rev K G Jann could not fill Blacks Chapel appointment due to revival at Perserverance.
The farmers institutes at Mauckport and Valley City drew fair crowds with A O Lockridge of Greencastle and Major J S Pfrimmer leading sessions on soil needs corn farming and farm management along with poultry topics. New officers were elected Charles Yeager and Emmett Beanblossom at Mauckport. Jesse Watson and James Sherrill at Valley City. Valley City hosted a large dinner at the Presbyterian church.
SHATILE Wash Nov 30 Bubonic plague is raging in Yokohama according to officers of the steamship Dakota with poor deaths reported before the vessel sailed and few if any more ships likely to leave until the scourge is wiped out Japanese authorities strive to prevent spread though many deaths are expected and quarantine may be the only solution Dr Lepp praises Japanese physicians and notes surgeon Lepp's Harrison county origins.
After January 1 1906 the Elmer Davis Meat Market will sell for cash only. The ad promises the best meat on the market for the lowest cash price and down weight.
Market chatter shows demand for a half bushel of fine Simmons to be packed in small baskets or crates ready for export. Buyers seek the highest market price and swift arranging for shipping.
Elmer Davis Meat Market offers to pay hog farmers within six cents per hundred pounds of the Louisville market on any day. The pricing arrangement ties local purchases to the Louisville market to maintain parity for producers.
Rain and mud hinder wheat growth while Mart Clark plows for corn. Local events include visits by J T Flynn to Bedford, a late Jesse Burkhart sale, and funeral for George Mosier. The Cumberland Telephone Co plans exchanges and boxes in Centersville as residents discuss harvests and local news.
Mauckport lodge Elm Camp No 8440 M W of A selects officers J W Besablossom as V C A M Winders W A J KW Flora FE B W A Faith clerk I M Hays Liscott G L Shireman watchman Cr Greavey Sentry E A Flora manager W A Fairs clerk.
The undersigned will sell at public auction 1 mile southwest of Laconia on December 16. Items include horses, mules, wagons, 49 head of sheep, harness, a full line of almost new farm implements, corn, fodder and other feed. SCOTT CROS IER.
The New Amsterdam Lodge No 629 I O O F will on the first meeting night in January 1906 elect one trustee to serve a three year term. J L Sonner is secretary. Mrs Mary Rogers was hanged in Vermont on the 3rd inst for the murder of her husband.
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