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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1922
Page
8
Local residents and relatives visit over Christmas across Corydon Orleans Bedford Indianapolis and Louisville. Entries mention health treatment, college students at several campuses, farm produce gifts, and a wedding near Fountain. People named include Miss Clem Mathes, Dr. Clara Habermel, Eliphalet Hickman, and Jacob Rosenbarger among others.
Tlarve W. Davis of Vicar Ramsey paid a call last Saturday and subscribed for the Democrat with paper sent to his brother Chand T. Davis in Seattle Washington Myr Davis will enjoy the news weekly Tie rejoices over a November election victory that saw Republican Senator Poindester defeated and Ex Congress man (. DH Democrat elected Davis is a prominent Seattle citizen and audits books for a local financial institution in Seattle.
Miss Florence Haag visited sister Mrs. Robert Applegate in New Albany from Sunday to Tuesday. Myrtle Davis, student at the University of Illinois Urbana, spent Christmas with her parents. Leo Cromwell from Chicago visited his parents. Ed Bean of Akron Ohio spent Christmas with his parents and brother. TDuwson Brown, LaFayette Y M C A assistant secretary, visited his parents. John Wallace of Chicago spent Christmas with his parents. he works in Chicago Tribune advertising. A Christmas dinner at W C Neely home in Corsdon included many relatives. Mrs H S Bollett traveled to Tejudad Colorado to visit daughter Bois who has health issues.
Dengil Johns wed Rachel J Able in Claybourne Engleman tied to Dessie Aistott Trank Iris Hickman joined Leona Barbara Davis Clifton Gurta married Flora F E Davis Chester L Simler to Helen Croesier Jesse Bottles wed Nannie E K Wolfe Benjamin Hannel to Ethel E F Black in Laura County county records list couples by surname and initials
A public sale at one o clock next Saturday will auction three tracts of land forming the Mrs Sarah C Arnold farm northwest of Ramsey. Terms are one third cash, one third in six months, and the remaining third in twelve months. A good farm and home opportunity.
New Year greetings posted as residents exchange visits across nearby towns. Families from New Middletown New Albany and Indianapolis are mentioned with gatherings at Smiths Camp Ground Sunday School holds a large treat distribution and reorganizes staff. A note on distant Burma and London riddled with errors cites harsh punishment for theft and wartime juries.
The C H S notes record musical selections by Clifford Hurst Hurst and Alice Miles during opening exercises. Students sold Christmas Seals at the Post Office. The girls basketball team beat Falls Cities Stars 30 to 5. Joe Bullett left for Trinidad Colorado for health reasons. The Senior Class staged the play Kentucky Belle with music by Mollie Keller Keen Irwin and Turley Conrad, furniture donated by the American Legion, and John Cason Gordon in the lead role as the telephone lineman in a dramatic scene.
A watch meeting is planned at the U B Church in New Middletown next Sunday night starting at 7 30. The program includes a Christian Endeavor service songs a sermon five speeches on Otterbein Time in Lebanon Ohio another sermon and closing with further songs until midnight. The public is invited.
Pursuant to order and notice for the sale of the farm of the Southern Indiana Orchard Company the property was offered for sale by David Stoker receiver last Thursday but there were no bidders and of course no sale occurred.
Martha Elliott Watson, born January 15 1861 near Corydon Indiana, died December 17 1922 at Freeland Park Indiana at 11:00 p m. She married Mark Watson October 31 1878 and had six children, four of whom survived. The Watsons moved to Benton County twenty three years ago and ran a hotel in Freeland Park. A charter member of Royal Neighbor Camp No 4266, she was devoted to family and church, a Christian in the broadest sense. Funeral at 1 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev Bishop of Fowler from the family home. many friends attended and floral tributes honored her memory.
Sunday ceremony for Miss Leona Davis and Mr. Frank Hickman held at the home of JD and Mrs Davis with cedar and mistletoe decor. Rev JG Moore officiated as Nettie Briffett played Mendelssohn and ring ceremony marked the event. The couple leaves for Chattanooga then returns to settle on a Corydon area farm.
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