24 Dec 1913
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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
1
About forty Corydon singers performed in a charity style program at the M E Church honoring Prof. and Mrs. B. F. Peters. The event featured solos duets and choral numbers with praise for Peters and Mrs Peters as influential in local music.
Superintendent C. M. Sandifur and Corydon schools teachers travel to Indianapolis for the State Teachers Association gathering. The group includes Miss Blanche Riddey Georgia Cole Barbara Cook Lelia Rabin Bess Miller Clara Dennett Chara Willigars Alargauret Prage Mrs. Julia Neely Walker Wark Bean H. W. Grudgeon J. T. McClaren and C. Crosby.
A notice invites married couples to join a Florida honeymoon trip on a Tuesday in January 114. Waldo Hisey, Special Agent, Kintner House, asks couples to inquire to participate and mentions several ladies expected on the trip.
The Democrat office will be open all day Christmas with service attempted on an appropriate tone. A local message mentions Walter and a Merry Christmas wish, noting improvements in a person named Charlie after several years.
Mrs Nellie Tronein wife of Adolph Tronein died at home in Spencer township near Frenchtown last Saturday afternoon after a three week illness of lung trouble pneumonia and pleurisy aged about fifty. Funeral services were held Monday evening at Breachtown Catholic church and a nearby church ceremony. The deceased leaves a husband and no children but raised Margaret Wraith who was taken into their home for many years. The Democrat subscription list continues to grow with new names added since December 22 including Edward Brown Louisville John L Winter Central Aaron Miller Corydon and many others indicating the paper remains popular with readers.
A collection of local notices and ads. A New York physician jokes that women’s stockings keep doctors solvent. Cough remedies are recommended for colds, with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised for safety and effectiveness. Community events include a Christmas concert, church programs, prayer week schedules, and a shoe repair shop opening in Corydon with assurances of quality work.
The Spencer township Farmers Institute held its annual session December 17 1918 at the Moberly M. E. church with 274 attendees. Maurice Douglas lectured on corn yields and social evenings on the farm while exhibits in agriculture and domestic science won prizes for corn varieties, potatoes, cakes and bread. Officers were elected, and a community partnership movement between parents pupils and teachers was praised.
Enos Shewmaker aged sixty five died last Thursday at this place of consumption. Truse tee Bussaburger arranged the burial at An tioch Floyd county on Friday with a private funeral due to scarlet fever in the family. He leaves a wife and three children and was a son of James Showsmaker formerly of Posey township. He was a Methodist and described as harmless and inoffensive.
At Anna Richards home in Sumner Nebraska on December 17 1913 friends gathered for a small supper in honor of her fifty ninth birthday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Lambert Johnson hardware man Mr and Mrs Jick Brown Mr and Mrs Scott Watson their son and daughter Mr and Mrs Roy Richards and two sons Mrs T Thomas and son Mrs W I Stephens and two sons Mrs M J Watson Miss Anna Washburn.
No hunting or trapping will be allowed on my farmland near Posey County touching any property owned by W D Morgan. Violators will be prosecuted under state law and subject to penalties in sheriff or court action. This notice indicates enforcement by W D Morgan.
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