The Last Indiana Toll Road a Claude Douglas Article
New Albany and Corydon Pike long the last toll road in Indiana is set to become free after Floyd County officials finalize sale. The New Albany Lanesville Corydon Plank Road Company owns the route from New Albany to Corydon and will convey toll houses and associated property. The Indiana State Highway Commission plans to integrate the road into the state system with brick or concrete reconstruction, linking Corydon to Leavenworth and Wyandotte Cave.
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Indiana
Claude Douglas
Allegheny Mountains
New Albany and
Corydon
New Albany
Floyd and
Harrison County
Indiana Legislative
William Hockaday
John Price
Floyd County
John Huger
John Ferguson
New Albany & Corydon Turnpike Company
Hancock
Jordon
New Albany Lanesville & Corydon Plank Road Company
Indiana State Highway Commission
Leavenworth
Wyandotte Cave
Louisville
Kentucky and Indiana
Corydon Pike
Glue River
Yosemite Valley
John McDonald
Samuel Mann
Otto Voyles
Pike
W. P. Huff
Pike Company
Huff
Property transfers listed from Corydon and surrounding areas
A long list of property transactions shows transfers of acres and lots among residents such as B. Frank Pillars, Margaret W. Miller, Martha Hiarritt, Delia Hammerlein, John Kaza, Lael Harbaugh, Lloyd A. Meech, Joseph Wiseman, Mary J McKinster, James D. Goodman, Jesse E. Didelot, Henry Hertie, John W. Mount, Sam Mauck, Keller Mfg. Co., Jesse Voyles, Sam T. Wolfe, Ward Stevens, Clara Hurst, Geo R. Binkley, W. M. Curtsinger, and others with prices often listed as $1 or small sums. The itemization includes 140, 10, 20, 40, 80, 11, 114, 248, 49, 71, 361, and other acreages and lots in Corydon, Mauckport, Lanesville, and surrounding locales. A separate medical-advertisement notes Vision remedies with Dr. Hottell visiting Lanesville on Friday February 27.
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B. Frank Pillars
Ade Stevens
Margaret W. Miller
William H. Flora
Martha EE. Hiarritt
Bertha Ji. Carpenter
Paul S. Doyle
Delia Hammerlein
Corydon
John Kaza
James K. Flora
Mauckport
Lael Harbaugh Et al
Francis M. Brown
Lloyd A. Me
John W. Mount
Allen Wells
Sam C. Mauck
Victor Rothrock
Keller Mfg. Co
Jacob P. Reinhardt
Jesse Voyles
Ray Whitman
Sam T. Wolfe
Otto D. Stark
Warry Stevens
Reinhard Ferock
Clara Hurst
Edward Westbecker
Geo R. Binkley
George H. Marper
W. M. Curtsinger
Wm. Stevens Et al
Lanesville
Hiram Kelley Dies After Short Illness in Boone Township
Hiram R. Kelley died at his Boone township home February 20 after a brief pneumonia illness. He weighed nearly 300 pounds and was a prominent county figure. Funeral services were held February 21 at Rogers Camp Ground. He was born August 27, 1873, and left a wife Jessi Able and three daughters Blanche Verice and Estella. He is described as a loving husband father and neighbor guided by the Golden Rule.
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Hiram Kelley
Boone Township
Rogers Camp Ground
Hiram R. Kelley
Jessi
Able
Blanche
Vernice
Estella
State School Funds Cut Short 25 Percent
Supt A. Deweese reports from the State Department that deficiency funds for townships will be reduced by 25 percent. Many districts face shortened terms of at least one month, with six month townships seeking loans to sustain a 120 day term. The County Board protested and distributed resolutions to counties and superintendents. Deweese will testify before a legislative committee on Saturday to discuss reform.
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Deweese
State Department
County Board of Education
Indianapolis News
County Boards of Education
Supt Deweese
Legislative Committee of the State
Farmers Institute at Mauckport March 6
Farmers Institute at Mauckport township will be held on Saturday March 6 at the U B church. An all day program opens with community problems discussion led by Mrs J H Toombs and Mr O Haran. Afternoon demonstrations cover fruit whip hemstitching silverware button holes and soil talk by W E Cook. Domestic Science class serves dinner with exhibits for all ages. entries due by 10 AM.
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Tleth Township
Farmers’ Institute
Mauckport
U. B
J. H. Toombs
O’haran
Maude Hays
Zettie Miller
W. O'Hara
Carrie F. Hays
W. E. Cook
Corydon
Institute
Death of Marion Wright in Holdridge Nebraska
Mrs Louis Cromwell received a telegram last Thursday announcing the death of her brother Marion Wright at Holdridge Nebraska that day. He had been in poor health for years after an injury and spent the past winter at Hot Springs Arkansas where he improved for a time. He had just returned home when he died. The deceased was sixty two years old and is survived by his wife formerly Miss Lucy Gilham of near Corydo two daughters and one son. The burial was at Holdridge last Saturday.
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Louis Cromwell
Marion Wright
Holdridge
Nebraska
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Lucy Gilham
Near
Corydo
Sister of Morgan resident dies in New Mexico
A telegram calls Otto Rudolph to East Las Vegas New Mexico where his sister Geneva Rudolph has died from diphtheria and pneumonia. The family had moved from Colorado seeking health improvements. Surviving relatives include her father A L Rudolph step mother and one brother. The body is to be brought back for burial in the county.
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Geneva Rudolph
E. Las Vagas
New Mexico
Otto Rudolph
Morgan Township
Miss Geneva
East Las Vagas
A. L. Rudolph
Colorado
Death of Mrs Elzie Brown in Boone Township
Mrs Pertha Brown died Monday evening February 23 at the family home in Boone Township after an influenza illness. She was about thirty, survived by husband Elzie Brown and three children, plus parents Mr and Mrs Chas Zimmerman and several siblings. Funeral services are arranged for Memorial today as the entire family remains ill.
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Pertha Brown
Boone Township
Elzie Brown
Chas. Zimmerman
Tia
Thomas
Oliver Zimmerman
Lizzie Brown
Hays
Wm. Zimmerman
Louisville
Henry Thompson
S C Rhode Island Reds cockerels offered for sale
Glennwood Poultry Farm in Crandall Indiana announces South Carolina Rhode Island Red cockerels for sale at 2.90 dollars and up. The birds have shown at Harrison County Fair winning more premiums than any other stock in 1919. Dr G D Baker owner invites orders to boost egg money and flock improvement.
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S. C. Rhode Island
Harrison County Fair
Glennwood
G. D. Baker
Crandall
Ind
Death of Mrs Pervia Funkhouser near Mauckport
Mrs Pervia Blake Funkhouser aged about fifty died Saturday morning at eight at her home near Mauckport. She is survived by her husband Daniel Funkhouser, one sister Mrs Ed Fowler and two half sisters Mrs Jessie Redden and Miss Minnie Funkhouser. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Mt Zion conducted by Rev Hewitt with burial in the church cemetery.
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Pervia Blake Funkhouser
Daniel Funkhouser
Mauckport
Ed Fowler
Jessie Redden
Minnie Funkhouser
Mt. Zion
Rev. Hewitt
Church Cemetery
Bus Schedules Between Corydon and New Albany
Corydon and New Albany auto bus runs depart Corydon at 7 30 A M and 2 15 PM Sundays at 1 60 and 4 15 FM Leave New Albany at 6 15 A M and 6 15 PM Sundays at 2 86 PM and 12 00 midnight One way fare is 1 00 and round trip 2 00 Ben Flock 25 2w
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Corydon and
New Albany Auto Bus
New Albany
Ben Flock
Child Dies of Influenza in Boone Township
Seven month old Mabel Byrum, daughter of Edward and Mabel Byrum, died Friday at eight o'clock at the family home in Boone township. The child was buried the next day at King burying ground. The Byrum family, including several other children, all suffered influenza. the mother prepared the child for burial without assistance.
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Mabel
Edward
Mabel Byrum
Boone Township
King Burying Ground
Yor Sale Dart Touring Car for 700 Dollars
The ad offers a Dart Touring car in good shape for 700 dollars and nine cents. A quoted line proclaims the car is worth more to a man who has none, with a personal note from ORA SHUCK.
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Dart
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Courier Journal
Fourral
Claude Poveeesw O
Reet
Hottell
Optician
Farmers’ Institute At
Scott & Bowne Makers
Crcorrs
LON
Central
Jersey
Malta
Creston McKim
Essa Richard
Baker
S. C. Rhode Island Reds
Pervia Funkhouser
United States
Frank Jordan
Mr. Jordan
C. A. Sims
Thornwood Poultry Yards and Hatcheries
Crandall, Indiana
MEECH
NEW Albany Bus
West
Corydon Station
Tdwardsville
Breckenridge
King’s Cave
Eas
Luther
New Albany Station
Lush’s
Lloyd A. Meech
Sugistf
F. O. B. Flint
Cali
Horn
Maurice H. Horn
Mgr
Democrat
Corydon, Indiana
T. P. Govan
M. D
New Middletown
Smoot
Davis
Elizabeth
Smith’s Jewelry
Palmyra
Johnson’s Hotel
Kost & Becker
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