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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1914
Page
4
The Coryton Democrat lists circulation 460 and proprietor name Lew M. O Bannon. It notes postal entries in Corydon Indiana with subscription options one year six months and three months. Advertising rates include display ads at 15 cents per inch per insertion and readers rate. special standing ad rates available on request.
The notice describes church hall events with no admission charge and separate charges for profits. It mentions special rates of 50 cents per line and 100 cents per line for longer entries. It instructs counting six words to compute fines and sending a payment number.
The Weekly Courier Journal will be merged into a new monthly titled Farm and Family. Editor James Speed will lead a magazine devoted to agriculture education and family life, with rural school reports and modern publishing facilities. The first issue aims for mid January distribution from Louisville Kentucky at 60 cents a year.
An obituary notes Ollie E. Johnson died December 23 at his Buffalo home after a year with a blood disease. Born October 20 1877 near Elizabeth Indiana, he moved to Illinois as a child and became a prominent farmer and stock raiser. Funeral services were held at Havelock Christian Church with Masonic rites, interment in Mechanicsburg Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Myrtle Turi Johnson, his father W J Johnson, and two brothers Henson of New Albany Indiana and Roscoe of Ponderay Idaho, plus an uncle and aunt.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's cough remedy as superior for coughs and colds, pleasant to take, containing no opium or narcotics, and effective. It notes availability through all dealers with a January advertising mention.
A 1912 report details a radium theft or loss of thirty five milligrams used in cancer treatment, with authorities seeking clues and warning of lethal danger if misused. The ad promotes Doans Kidney Pills with testimony from Finley Frakes praising their efficacy for kidney and urinary issues.
A house and lot for sale on the Southern Railroad with 120 by 110 feet, a five room house, new roof and paint, cistern and cellar, two porches, wood shed, barn, fenced lot, fruit trees and garden. Bargain price for quick sale. inquire at this office.
Miss Minnie Ross and Mrs Ada Miller visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Oscar Peters from Illinois visit Elizabeth. Rev Win Rosenbarger begins revived meeting December 25. Town upgrades Main Street alley to cemetery. C J Treece furnishes rock free, trustees supervise. street now in first class condition. Elizabeth residents thank Mr Treece and neighbors.
A long standing local business urges all debtors to settle accounts by cash or note no later than February 14. The owner, with twenty eight years in business, seeks to clear old balances and requests prompt action from friends and customers.
The notice notes Abe Martin WiltordgSiicots who has been waiting for President Wilson to err has returned to work at a saw mill. It urges immediate settlement of an overdue account with W.H. Bullett & Sons Inc. and provides a contact.
The Indiana State Teachers Association adopted multiple resolutions praising officers speakers and press cooperation and endorsing vocational education pension expansion and higher education funding. It calls for codification of school laws, a permanent organizational structure, and a platform of educational principles to be prepared for the next annual meeting.
The article calls for revived church singing standards with focus on old hymns and removal of revival songs except at Sunday School and revival meetings. It urges abolishing ragging of hymns by organists and restoring music to reverent worship with influence from women’s clubs in small towns. A brief note about corn prices at the elevator appears at the end.
Reports from a Philadelphia meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology describe an invented device to remove blood, cleanse impurities, and return it to the body. It also mentions a contrivance to distinguish hunger from mere appetite.
All parties owing me are requested to call and settle at once. Harvey E. Kerdle, New Amsterdam. For Rent Small residence in Fast Corycon, Enquire at this office. tf.
Financial summary shows total receipts for west ending December 1 1913 and total disbursements for the year ending December 31 1913. Figures appear as an early 20th century accounting note with unspecified totals and dates.
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