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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1917
Page
3
Extensive clearance sale at BERMAN'S CUT-PRICE STORE Corydon Indiana featuring shoes coats cloaks suits raincoats and boys and men garments. Customers receive a time-card with every 50c purchase with $3 given away each Saturday at 3 30 PM and a $10 gold gift on March 3.
Franklin Grange No 1593 met January 20 at 10 am with members from Harrison and Pleasant Valley Granges. Installations were led by Jd. Shrigley. officers named include Master Charles Simler and Secretary J. W. Lyskowinski. The day featured readings, a long midday meal, and remarks on Indiana Grange progress and farming unity.
A wire notice reports Philip Blume died at his Moberly Missouri home and was buried last Monday January 1. He was eighty two, a Civil War Union veteran, member of the Methodist Church, and survived by a wife and six or seven children. He was born in Scott township and lived there until moving to Missouri thirty five years ago, leaving many relatives in the county.
E L Pitman of Minneola Kansas sends a two year advance subscription payment and writes about changes in the region since leaving Corydon s Red Mill eight years ago. He praises Manager Connor at the paper and notes Minneola s population of about 600, wheat sales exceeding a million bushels, a Farmers Elevator profit of 18000 08 prorated to 150 farmers, and three year profits over 48000 with railroads roads and weather favorable. He urges support for woman suffrage and prohibition as political improvements.
All parties holding wheat sacks of the undersigned are earnestly requested to return them at once to Thomas and Hickman.
An all day meeting by the Blue River Grange will occur next Saturday January 27 at the school house near Peter Sonner's in Scott township. Public installation of newly elected officers will take place. Members of other granges and the public are invited. a noon dinner will be served. The event aims to advance county farm interests.
The County Road School program under Purdue University Highway Engineering opens January 30 1917 at the Corydon court house. Prof Geof E Martin will present Indiana roads illustrated and use lantern slides to show road conditions while James T Voshell of the U S Office of Public Roads covers earth and sand clay roads and gravel road construction with discussions on maintenance and federal aid project methods.
Mrs Avesta Nunemacher widow of John R Nunemacher died Tuesday January 16 at the family home in New Albany aged eighty eight. She was a daughter of Clement Nance and Mary Shields and a granddaughter of Patrick Shields and Daniel Stewart early Indiana legislators. Born near Milltown in this county she leaves four daughters and one son. Burial was in New Albany Thursday afternoon.
In the January Clearance Sale Berman's Cut-Price Store offers boys and girls Buster Brown shoes priced at $2.75 from an $8.50 list, marking a sharp reduction as the sale runs.
Juan Wesley Hottle died Tuesday January 16 at 10 30 p m at his home in Heth township after two years of asthma and heart trouble. Funeral services were held at the family residence near Mauckport and burial followed in Mauckport cemetery. He was sixty six years old and survived by his wife and four children Dr O W Hottle Mrs Edward Yeager Mahlon Hottle and Miss Georgia Hottle. He joined the U B Church in youth and spent life on a farm. He was regarded as an honest industrious and respected neighbor.
The senate passed a bill allocating 60000 to buy the old Corydon capitol, with 44 voting for and 2 against. Critics doubt funds cover cost. previous 1915 appraisal valued the site at 87000. A house committee has been urged to act, aiming to preserve a building central to Indiana’s early statehood.
A Civil Service Examination will be held in Corydon on Saturday February 10 to fill a fourth class postmaster vacancy at Laconia. The annual compensation was 283 dollars. Applicants must be 21 or older and reside within the local post office territory. Details are available from the Laconia postmaster.
An advertisement from Foster Milburn promotes Deans Kidney Pills with a Corydon testimonial. Wilford L. Burn of Corydon reports relief from kidney pain backache and irregular secretions after using the product bought at Rielys Drug Store. The claim notes use by Burn in 1910 and reiterates public recommendation. Price 50 cents at dealers.
Admiral George Dewey, famed as the hero of Manila Bay, died at his home in Washington City in his eightieth year. He won the May 1898 Manila Bay victory, destroying eleven Spanish ships and capturing the fleet and batteries without loss. Dewey trained under Farragut in the Civil War and later led the Navy in the Spanish American War. The editor recalls meeting him at Annapolis during John Paul Jones’s funeral.
Telasure Threshing Outfits owner John J Gleitz attends a state gathering in Indianapolis where threshing machine men form a mutual fire insurance association to lower premiums. Local figures note Gleitz as a leading county machinist. Mrs. David Fried visits Washington while her son Frank stays with Carrie Jones. A January sale at Berman's Cut Price Store advertises ladies cloaks for 2.98.
In a nationwide trend many firms share excess profits with workers. The Louisville Varnish Company distributed fifty eight percent of yearly salary and wages to each employee. Forest Melton, son of Dr. Os Melton, from Boone township, earned a portion as a salesman for the firm in New York City.
The Indiana Senate hearing praised Senator Michael C. Thornton for backing the bill to purchase the old state capitol in Corydon. The note lauds Thornton as an effective orator and credits his advocacy for reflecting Southern Indiana pride and the state’s appreciation for the capitol landmark. Editorials from the Indianapolis Star favor passage and highlight Thornton’s measured support during the session.
Rev and Mrs Daniel Onatott announce the engagement of their younger daughter Marie to Cecil Wesley Byers a mathematics and physics teacher at Booneville High School Indiana. The wedding is planned for the summer.
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