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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1913
Page
7
A brisk winter clearance offers first class new winter goods at reduced prices to convert stock to cash. The sale begins Friday February 7 and runs until all winter merchandise is sold with bargains laid out for shoppers.
Readable text shows sale listing for men’s sweater coats priced around 3.50 to 1.00 in a simple catalog format. The remaining OCR fragment is garbled with unreadable characters and does not provide additional identifiable details.
Notices report the death of Boone Willett of Warren County and the funeral details at Williamsport, plus local obituaries for Nancy Hottell of Corydon and Tam, a local youth. Items mention residences, churches, schools, blacksmith services, and upcoming sales and readings in Jeffersonville and New Middletown.
Chicago's largest private hospital seeks women aged 18 to 35 to train as nurses, with entry at any time. Catalogue available through West Side Hospital 1844 Harrison St. Jo in. Local names connected to the listing appear in the advertisement. A separate sale advertises a Davenport, a Singer sewing machine, and a bedroom set at Perry Rhodes' sale in February 1915.
Classified notice for two year training in nursing at Grace Hospital Chicago with board room and laundry furnished and a small monthly stipend. Also social reunion details and local notices include job changes at Cumberland Telephone Exchange and visiting locals.
Waldo Hisey plans a Florida trip on February 18 after a return from the South, with meetings at the Kintner House Corydon around February 16. The Board of County Commissioners stays in session most of the week with contracts for free gravel roads to be awarded Thursday. The W. H. Keller Co announces sales on socks shirts and underwear, plus a half price on boys suits. Corydon M E Church held its second quarterly meeting last Sunday with Rev. W M Whittsitt presiding.
Twelve page issue notes space limits and omitted items such as church lectures and local institutes. It includes the State Board of Accounts review of recorder Charles H. Ginkins from 1911 to 1912 with a 33 cent total due and compliments to Ginkins and deputy J A Miller. Other items: sale of four Poled Angus calves by ex-County Clerk Chas Kintney, a twelve pound baby with a developing tooth, and Mrs Ed S Tuell traveling to Georgetown for her mother Mrs David Engleman’s serious illness.
James Brandenburg died at his home on West Chestnut Street Tuesday January 28 1918 at 3 PM after long illness. He was 46 years 4 months old born in the county near New Amsterdam and is survived by a widow one daughter five sons and an aged father. Funeral at M E church Thursday conducted by Rev E A Robertson, burial in Cedar Hill cemetery. He belonged to Modern Woodmen and I C C F Lodge which attended in a body.
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