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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1921
Page
5
The Corydon Democrat notes numerous trips and family visits over Christmas and New Year. Mike Hauswald buys an automobile. Families and friends visit relatives in New Albany, Louisville, Cleveland, Cincinnati, and Crosby Minnesota, with multiple sosts and returns listed.
In Parri son county, residents like someone unnamed renew subscriptions to the Democrat and Penns. Mrs Kate Wort of Webster lawn chin renews the Pemoerat. The widow Mrs Vout cares for a farm near New Middletown. Christmas gifts include strawberries from Mr. and Mrs. tubbard. W. A. Martin and family visit Fredericksburg to assist Catherine Roberts after high water. Several Federal Farm Loan mortgages are recorded with Louisville Bank. WN. I. Clunie acts as local agent. Mattie and Nellie Lotich visit from Ohio and will stay until January 8.
A sequence of brief notices lists subscription renewals and visits across Harrison County. Names such as Esther Hall of Rome Indiana and James Avery of Cairo Tennessee appear alongside local residents renewing Democrat subscriptions and Christmas visits. Several sale offers for firewood and a fresh cow are noted along with educators visiting relatives.
Mrs Louisa Weis of New Middle town renewed her subscription to the Democrat and urges prompt payment from all readers. The paper emphasizes continued collection efforts and asks everyone to settle outstanding balances.
A local teacher resigns from Coippbelly s Path Battle to pursue training for special school work at Valverraisa. The note references residents of Kansas and a pastor from Mainestreet Methodist church, with unclear details remaining.
Mirett Wiserrera and two children Elsie and Alma travel from Troeth township through Coryd on Monday morning en route to Spencer township to stay a week with Mrs. Wisnrniun's sister Mrs. Ed Simon and family.
Mhons Ehalt of New Albany visited the office last Saturday. The Halt family wintered with Mrs Adaline Fehalt three miles northeast of Corydon. Mrs Fehalt is 76. Wendell Resch, near Corydon, ill with typhoid fever since Oct 24, and recovering with lingering weakness. Dr. William Daniel treated him. Mrs Chambers from Chatsworth Georgia, visiting Corydon friends, returned home. Herman Baumgarter, 25, Corydon engineer at Floyd County Stone Quarry near Edwardsville, fell 25 feet, sustaining severe head and back injuries and is at St Edwards Hospital New Albany.
A roundup of residents and visitors over the holidays lists Geo S S Wilson in Cincinnati, Mrs Mosier in Vincennes, Irene Chinn’s birth and teaching, and many others visiting family or studying away. Local business notes include Louis Quetbeman & Son offering meat scraps at 3.00 per hundred and subscription renewals from Chester Turley and brother in Corydon.
George Dick of Louisville renewed his subscription to the Democrat during a business visit to Corydon. Simeon Rice of LaCrosse renews for a year. he was born in Boone township and once lived in Corydon. Earl Davis of Farnhamville visits Ramsey while completing a course in embalming and undertaki ng in Indianapolis. He is nephew to C P Swarens and Ed Adam, Ramsey undertakers. Charles W. Thomas of Corydon renews his daughter Mrs Won T Stratton’s subscription from Manhattan, Kansas. The Fer dinand News Christmas issue in red and green features Trenry Haake’s publishing. Roaueh Miller of Billings Mon tall spent time with sister Mrs Will F tut tedt. Ferdi nand merchants advertise freely.
A local column reports on community figures Gegovel Stevens near Cordon aging toward 79, Stevens receiving a letter from Nep Ten Ward in Tennessee, and Stevens planning to visit Indiana. It notes Dr Batleit’s dual medical and chiropody work and his kinship to New Albany figures, with mentions of local roads and families in Salem and Grant Line Road.
Ed Beanblossom of Heth township paid a visit last Wednesday to renew his subscription to the Democrat. He is fifty two, has long kept the paper in his home and his late father’s home. He owns 182 acres after adding a farm to the old home place and now rents out his land. Ed is regarded as one of Harrison county’s best citizens.
Your account was due for settlement on December 1. Please call at once and arrange payment with V. H. BULLEIT & SONS.
Christmas week brings visits from Pilcher Kentucky to Mrs Mary Punk and T. S. Government worker Mr Funk. Lafayette's Dawson Prown spends holidays with Abeoo and Alys Prawn as Central Weab OLA officers stay in Lallawello. Captain S A Stackst gner, age eighty, visits his wife Georgia. Hiewitt reports on Preddepion Seminars in Ponisville. Rev. John West Pearce travels to Abilene Texas. Alice Williams joins in East Chicago. George G Schafer of Lanesville, turning eighty January 7, recalls Civil War service and fifty three years married with wife. Grandfather George Shuck linked to early county settlement. Schafer reads well with glasses.
V. H. Bulleit and Sons finalize arrangements concerning a pending affair with details limited to the parties involved and the disposition of assets as recorded in the notice. No further conditions are listed in the extract.
Local notes record domestic science teachers visiting families at Laconia and Corydon, students from Nazareth College Purdue University and Depauw University home for holidays, and residents like Paul Neely and Edith Watson spending Christmas with relatives. Minor health note: Mrs. Wade suffers a serious hand trouble resembling blood poison.
Ceoria W Shields son of Mer send Mrs Mark Shields Crandall was in Corydon and wrote pleasantly at the office. Ceoria is 18 in the United States Navy and is in the Pharmacy Mate School in Portsmouth Virginia. He came home last Saturday for a week’s furlough and will return to duty next Sunday after six months in service.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Turley and others including Aisses Pauline Sharp Nelie Pittman and Pauline Pittman returned Friday to spend the holidays. The group, students at Indiana Central College in Indianapolis, were joined by Emmett Beacdblos som who was there on business and by Suilo a Fillipino also attending the college. Misses Jessie Hanger Lona Randall of Marengo and Mrs Bryan Stewart of Borden accompanied the party to New Albany.
The page records numerous social notices of Christmas visits among families in Elizabeth Corydon New Albany Mauckport and Ramsey. It also advertises Sunshine Hatcheries offering January February chick hatches and thanks Ramsey Sunday School for fruit baskets to Twenty Eye Ramsey and Mrs Susan Davis.
My and Mrs Lawrence Kitterradt and little son from New Ashane spent Christmas with their neighbor Mrs Tolizth Tindell near Cent and sewed with Margard Mrs J Shiperman south at Carrydon. Miss Asidhce Hive ard nierse Very Martha Statchk of Neay All Saturyday niche here.
Miss Mary Adeline Johnson and Mr Louis Kian wed at the Methodist parsonage in New Albany on Christmas Day. The bride's parents are Mr and Mrs J Johnson of Elizabeth while the groom's parents are Mr and Mrs George Wron of Elizabeth.
Mrs Bruce of Glen Lincoln Nebraska sends a check to extend Jo AL Bruce's subscription for another year in Wray Colorado. She praises the paper and recalls old Corydon residents. A Thanksgiving reunion at the Bruce home drew Mrs Finer Jen set and baby Reedley California and Mr and Mrs W J Moore plus others.
Mrs Myrtle Richard of Towanda writes that fine weather follows heavy rain and snow and that roads are dusty as locals rush to shell corn for forty cents per ear. She notes wheat and clover look good and praises the Democrat as a real visitor in their home.
A clipped fragment requests immediate contact with Vv. W Obull eit and SOns on December 1st. The wording is terse and offers no further context or details about the matter or the parties involved.
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