New Auto Bus Service Links New Middletown and New Albany
A new auto bus operates daily round trip from New Middletown to New Albany via Corydon. Departures: New Middletown 7:00 AM, Corydon 7:30 AM, Lansville 8:30 AM, arrival 9:30 AM. Return from New Albany 3:30 PM. Fares 50 cents from New Middletown and Corydon, 35 cents from Lanesville. Foster & Himmetheber listed.
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New Middletown
New Albany
Corydon
Lansvile
Greenville
Court House
Lanesville
Corydon Cook Book Promoted by Local Ladies Aid
The Corydon Cook Book by the Corydon Christian Church Ladies Aid Society offers 322 tested recipes from leading housekeepers. It is praised as a valuable publication priced at 35 cents, with 4 cents additional for mail orders. Orders to Mrs. Frank R. Wright in Corydon. October 6-11.
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Corydon
Ladies’ Aid Society
Corydon Christian Church
Frank R. Wright
Savings and Loan Assn Promotes 5 Percent Interest
The Corydon Savings and Loan Association advertises 5 percent interest with options for a paid up share of £100 or installment plans. Offers include paying $1.00 or more per month on a 2-d share, with full payment or ongoing installments.
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Savings and Loan Association
Corydon
Resolutions From State Board of Truancy Adopted
The State Board of Truancy issued resolutions at its December 15 1915 meeting defining attendance as daily school presence with books and supplies or a showing that guardians lack funds for those items. It also requires a written excuse from parents for each tardiness or absence.
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State Board of Truancy
State Board of
Slaughterback and Sims United in Crandall Wedding
Mr Lawrence Slaughterback and Miss Clara Sims tied at the bride’s aunt’s home in Crandall on Christmas evening. Rev O C Taylor conducted the ceremony with Beatrice Sims playing the wedding march. The couple will reside in Crandall where the groom works at C H Ashworth’s store.
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Lawrence Slaughterback
Clara Sims
Crandall
Beatrice Sims
Mrs. Slaughterback
W. S. Sims
C. H. Ashworth
Rentals and notices for Corydon property and goods
The undersigned rent Corydon property including a large A L Bulleti blacksmith shop building and Oscar Shuck bakery building. Also offers farm wagon and harness sets for sale, with safe deposit boxes for rent at Corydon National Bank.
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Corydon
Yesta
A. L. Bulleti
Oscar Shuck
Corydon National Bank
Hoosier Letter Recalls Oklahoma and Kansas Journey
Albert Stover recounts a 853 mile trip from Medford Oklahoma to Anthony and Greensburg Kansas in a Hupmobile. He recalls Harrison county Indiana connections with Rhodes Stover and Crecelius families, meals at Hoosier households, and meeting Will Smith Emmett Pitman and George Stauth among others.
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Albert Stover
Oklahoma
Kansas
Rhodes
Harrison County
Indiana
Jackson County
Mr. Rhodes
Hup-mobile
Dodge City
John
Luther Stover
George Stauth
George
Ford County
Anna Rhodes
Samuel Rhodes
H. K. Deen
Central
Mr. Stauth
Minneoin
Emmett Pitman
Harrison Pitman
Corydon
Pitman
Harrisop County
Joseph Schoonovers
Greensburg
Arthur Russel
Mrs. Russel
Earl Russel
Anthony
Medford
Luther
H. J. Stover
Oil Boom Rumors Sweep Corydon County Names and Prospects
A 1915 Corydon Democrat supplement reports widespread oil and gas excitement around Medford Blackwell Hinckwell and nearby fields. Letters note rapid wealth from daily gas flaring and oil prospects with locals like Henry Taylor Ben Leffler and Albert Stover mentioning farms and family ties amid the boom.
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Blythe Ludlow
E. H. Breeden
Hinckwell
Medford
Ben Leffler
Sadie Stover
Luther Stover
Blackwell
Albert Stover
Fox hunting reminiscences tell of Harrison county wildlife
In a reminiscence from Corydon editors, local hunter Levi G. Saffer recounts fox chases and fox populations along Harrison county's eastern and southern hills. He recalls James Farnaley and Jeremiah Cooper near Elizabeth, a grey fox rumor, catamounts, wildcats, and a 19th century rabies scare among red foxes, plus an anecdote of a coon dog named Old Pilot and other rural hunting memories.
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Corydon Democrat
W. W. Stevens
Andy Potts
Harrison County
James Farnaley
Elizabeth
Jeremiah B. Cooper
Barnsley
Ohio River Hills
Indiana
Kentucky Hills
Ohio
Luem
John Brewer
Wood & Proctor
Louisville
Wood & Proctor Guos
Levi G. Saffer
Selma
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Louisville Herald
Democrat
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Ladies Home Journal
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the Country Gentleman
William W. Cook
Ind
L. B. Wolfe
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Elizabetha
Ile Burzka
Clyde R. Lottick
Corydon, Ind
Legai
Opok Cory Nen
Tiden Gore Eng Libe
F. KE. Wolfe
Eraidinid
DR. O.W. House
Cory Don, Ind
DR. Z. C. Wolfe
Corydon, Indiana
Geo. K. Gwartney
Lower NoeTubast
Public Rocare
Ocortdon
Cowss
Appra
B.S. Kirkham
Lew M. O'Bannon
Kirkham & O'Bannon
North
Butlin
Barrisee
H. H. Miller
Arker
Sudan
New Middletown Corydon and
Will Christley
Sims
Democrat and Commoner
Democrat and
Daily Courier-Journal
Louisville Times
Louisville Post
Farmer
Democrat and Farmer’s Guide
Democrat and Lafollette’s Weekly
Indianapolis Daily News
RB. Lahue
Thos. S. Jones
Irdsell 3
L. P. Gabel & Co
West
Levi G, Safier
County
Saffer
Jacob Crosby
Nevin
Joel F. Russell
Boone Township
Wasjin Corydon
Russell
Mr. Russell
Orion Knight
Benton and
Vaughn
Frank McCauley
Taylor Township
Thos. W. Knight
Benton
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