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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1905
Page
4
An elderly Beaver County woman took her first train trip last week. She rang the bell cord, prompting a scramble as passengers asked questions and the train slowed. The conductor questioned the bell ringer who requested ham sandwiches and tea for breakfast.
The brief notes mention Blake improving and a wedding expected soon. Mrs. Mary Watson is listed as sick. A Wednesday prayer meeting is held at Bethe with Rev Toombs conducting a pro tracted meeting at Cross Roads. Several Central youths attend meetings in Valley City with Miss Julia Revs visiting Curydcb this week.
Mrs Bennie Thomas continues to recover from illness. Pearl and Grace Miller visited Sallie Miller Sunday. Austin Palmer visiting family near French Lick Ind. now visiting parents here. Ethel Harritt visited aunt Aggie Harritt Sunday. Michael Berg returned home after visiting relatives. C L Dick to host entertainment at No 8 schoolhouse Friday and Saturday. John R Thomas improving after illness. Joseph Ber and family visited Milton Farmer and family Sunday.
In Flatwoods West Virginia trustee Genvee Milles visited the school praised for progress. Miss Freiin Tuo tith teaches there. Charley Kluuihiey planned a long trip to Louisville. Harstad Mo Telephone project begins in the district. A fever report suggests illness improves. Reverend Nordsius champions at checker game with CF.
A horticultural society is organized in Posey township. Farmers met at Shucks school house last Friday night and elected President Joseph R Johnson Treasurer Abraham Roudenbush and Secretary William Wilson. The group will hold regular meetings to discuss growing and marketing fruits and will hire members to market berries to save commission costs. The item also includes ad copy and a political aside about cigarette laws and a brief note on Cincinnati steaks.
Elizabeth residents report illnesses including Roy Winders and W D Barnes on the sick list. Children of Mike Saffer are dangerously ill. Visitors include Lon Cooper and wife of Louisville and Miss Cladys Farnsley of Borden. A protracted M E church meeting by Rev. Carnes is described as quite successful. Leonard Hullman’s infant dies aged two months with burial at Rose Hill.
Health is poor in this vicinity with Starrett on the Sek list Abe Rhodes Cranas and Mr Carrie Hass on the sick list. Wiseman has been working Joe Snyder Henry Binkley worked for Emery Bradford Harve Burns clerking for Mrs Simcox. Social visits include Ada Denbo guest of Hester Myers Ana Windell guest of Nora Harper. Mrs Emery Bradford guest of Mrs Elizabeth Swan Jamie Hockman guest of Anna Longacre and Sallie Windell guest of Anna Longacre. Will Denbo and Wain visited their Aunt Mrs Hild Sunday.
Protracted meeting started at Pleasant Ride last Saturday night. Frank Oval supplied a large amount of ice last week. Miss Macech visited Thomas Kittermian at Cedar Wood recently. The spelling bee at Bowling Green last Friday was well attended. John Pleece of New Albany hauled a fine load of hues from this vicinity last week. Belles, Chas. Stell, H. W. Kopp and Warvey Bastey are engaged in cutting timbers.
The writer C B Saprore thanks Mr W Thomas the Dean for a recommendation aiding securing a school position. He notes five months of teaching, expresses pleasure with the school, and sends one dollar to credit to his account. The Democrat is mentioned as a weekly visitor.
Miss Annie Fulner has gone to the city. Ed Shireman is improving his handwriting. Coral Farnsley will start for Iowa next month. George Harris of Kentucky visits his brother Will here. Raiser the blacksmith visited George Wilson last Saturday. Bertha Wolfe employed to finish Otto Cunningham's school. Matt Shaffer of Burdett Kansas visits. Aunt Jane Farnsley, 83, walks to the post office. Abe Roudenbush new road boss and is ta lked about. Ed Kessinger moves to Hines farm. Jackson Buckes moves to Knadler farm. Otto Cunningham and Oscar Huston bought Tom Night's interest in Night Huston at Elizabeth.
The death of Comrade Craven S. Hudson is mourned by Major Wm. Carter Post No. 522 G. A. R. The post calls him a faithful defender and honest citizen, extends sympathy to relatives and friends, and notes his calm resignation and soldierly qualities.
Scarlet fever lingers east of town and river navigation is shut down as the river freezes. Miss Maud Reader visits. Jobo Crange of Worth spent Sunday with sister Mrs Cunningham. Miss Anna Stoker travels to Owensboro Ky for St Joseph Academy. Sergeant in C S Army at Vancouver Wash returns home after three years. Town folks attend Valley City church while river opens plans loom for a southern corn boat trip.
Wender offers reward for catarrh cure cases not resolved by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and local wholesalers vouch for Cheney's trustworthiness. Cure described as internal, affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials available free. price 75 cents per bottle. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Jeb. Christian Aid Society advertises plain sewing services.
R. T. Booth Company of Ithaca New York sent a rare bill payment request and now has a full check in settlement. The ad offers Hyomei and Mi-o-na with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. The firm promotes reliable business methods and rapid growth in its product line nationwide.
A proposed 1906 bill would require patent medicines sold in the state to display exact ingredients and quantities. The measure exempts physicians, prompting a lobby by doctors in Indianapolis to oppose it as an unfair monopoly that would burden manufacturers and deny public access to medicine.
SALLIE JACOBS and Walter Steptoe of Mt Carmel visit. Protracted meeting continues at Mt Zion. Mrs Lillie Blake returns from New Amsterdam. John IH Watson suffers rheumatism. Mrs Lula Poster visits her father William Singleton near Iris. D B Beanblossom Jesse Struble and Mrs B W Reagan on sick list. Hays rosier and wife from Boone township visit Finningsiey and attend church. A G Kopp at Corydon exam Saturday and visits son vert and family South Corydon. William Watson and family from Washington township visit Lead Beanblossom and attend Mauckport lodge.
Locust Point fruit growers met at Shuck's schoolhouse and organized a fruit growers association. The next meeting, at the same place, is set for Saturday night February 11. All farmers and fruit growers are invited to attend to learn the object's aims.
Describes Little Early Risers as mild pleasant and harmless pills that aid bowel movement and act as a liver tonic. Claims long standing universal use as proof of popularity and usefulness. Sold by all druggists. feb.
Help wanted notice seeks a good steady married man for farm work near Corydon. Includes furnished house garden and wood. Apply to Wm A Russell one mile west of Corydon. Hickman Carry advertises a full line of feed hay oats corn meal flour and mill feed.
A collection of testimonials extols Peruna as a reliable remedy for sailors and ship crews facing bronchial trouble colds and grippe. Captains Commodore and Navy officials praise its rapid boost to health and stamina aboard vessels many cite improved recoveries after taking a few doses. The letters urge readers to seek Dr Hartman’s advice if quick relief is not felt and mention the Hartman Sanitarium in Ohio.
Laconia brief lists multiple sick, named residents with illnesses including typhoid fever and lagrippe. It notes a move to Oklahoma by Murray Swan, a cattle shipment by Boone Bros, a bog hunting report, and a new Eureka switchboard soon. Social visits, parties, and photo work at schools are mentioned along with Indiana comparisons and a moving of Mr. Boone to a new home.
Sickness is raging in this vicinity. Read the Democrat for the news. Sunday School at Fairview every Sunday with Andrew Getz Superintendent. Mr Calvin Rosenbarger and Mr Louis Kopp discuss going North. Dr. Little, dentist, in his new office in New Albany the last four days each week.
Miss Helen Frances Warren daughter of Senator Francis F Warren of Wyoming married Capt John Joseph Pershing general staff in an Epiphany Church ceremony attended by President Roosevelt and many notables. The wedding breakfast at the New Willard hosted five to six hundred guests following the service. Guests included Mr and Mrs Fairbanks and many senators and society figures.
The community reports cold weather, school progress under Mr O C Crosby, and local visits including C B Kopp with Wm Real family. A. P. Glenn offers bargains in Cedarwood. Neely’s child was scalded but improving. Miss Cora and Mr Lon Real hosted a January 28 supper with about thirty five friends, followed by music and singing.
Dr Van Hook has relocated his dental practice to the new Post Office building, now upstairs.
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