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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1918
Page
7
The Corydon Democrat notes the days longest on June 21 and shortening thereafter. Reports cold storage second crop seed potatoes at W H Bullett & Sons Inc and a bountiful clover and hay harvest. Local notices mention lost items, a recovered scarf pin, and various small town activities, subscriptions, and repairs including stoves and harness.
Drafted man from Camp Zachary Taylor offers Saie-25 registered Jersey cattle with strong blood lines at his Byrneville farm. Potential buyers may visit the farm to inspect the stock. Cobert 8 Jenkins listed as contact.
Wanted to buy a cane mill in any condition as long as the rolls are good. Prefer rolls at least 10 by 16 inches or larger. Contact W. E. Lima in Crandall, Indiana 126-2. Albert Stover reports wheat yield of 900 bushels and projects 250 more from 49 acres, over 23 bushels per acre. Louisville parties Jor, W.OM. Dwyer and Jamiey, Louis Dwyer of Tellitv, and Al Ef. Cooper family of Leots Vadle travel via Corydon for a fishing trip. Chicken thieves are active near the northern camp. Two hundred chickens eaten, about 150 newborns stolen. harvest workers shocked at loss.
Local notices and social items note travel to visit relatives in nearby towns. Miss Helen Ridley leaves for Louisville to supervise house duties while Maurice Ridley’s wife and children visit St Louis. Subscriptions renewed and debts urged for prompt payment to keep the Democrat operating.
South Bend merchants advertise wood and coal ranges, and metals price increases urging early purchases. Geo B Wahl of Corydon Louisville paid up subscription to the Democrat. he updated his address to 1481 Story Ave after formerly living in the county.
Do J. Priedley, a photographer here, keeps negatives of all toys photographed who have entered service. Those seeking pictures can obtain them from him.
George Hickman and Armon Best of White Cloud left for McLean Illinois to work through the threshing season. Hickman is an experienced engineer and has taken an engine running job. Geo B Wahl Corydon advertises wood and coal ranges Puritan Perfection and Eteking stoves bicycles tires and repairs harness saddles bridles etc. 26-30.
John Long of this place collapsed from an illness last week and fell in the street striking his right ear nearly severed from the head. Dr W EK Amy attended and dressed the wound.
John Wesley McAdams and Robert Redden, Union soldiers, applied for pensions under the 1918 act approved June 10. Rigots thank neighbors for care during illness and deaths of two children. Hazel L. Davis leaves for Beech Grove to teach, six weeks at preparatory school. Mrs. Marion Brown and Mrs. Elizabeth Wolfe visit Bloomington. Walter Ellwanger at State Normal praises Harrison County construction and military drill. For sale a five year old black horse. N A Nolot Bradford Indiana.
Miss Martha Cravens visits Miss Elsie Lottich in Hardinsburg while Miss Kathleen Wolfe travels from New Albany to see her grandparents Dr. and Mrs. Z C Wolfe. A son named Robert Elvin was born Thursday to Mr and Mrs Wilbur Miller.
Mrs. Mary Bulleit and relatives visited Mrs. Jane Martin in Jeffersonville for a one day trip. Mr and Mrs H H Hardy with Russell and Misses Angie and Verda Blunt of Scottsburg joined a Sunday tour through Southern Indiana stopping at the Christian Church for Sunday school. They left early Sunday morning and were described as very pleasant people.
Leo Fl Fry and wife visit his father A W Fry while Mrs A W Fry visits her parents at Mt Carmel Til Mrs Tyler Reed of Lee has been visiting Mr and Mrs A W Fry in town.
Miss Winifred West of Charlestown visits Rev. J. G. Moore and family. Mrs. Kk. E. Baker and her sons Merrill and John visit her sister Mrs. Emma M. Caughlin.
Mrs. John W. Scott aged seventy died June 18 at her daughter Mrs. Omer Newkirk home in Ililtown. She leaves five sons and six daughters. One daughter Mrs. Harry Tinghes lives near Winterlond. Funeral services for the deceased were held at Blue Liver Chapel on June 39 conducted by Rev Taslor.
Ada Kathleen Beckhart formerly of Laconia graduates from Louisville Girls High School in four years with perfect attendance. At sixteen she is the daughter of Miandad and Mrs. W W Beckhart and granddaughter of GG WW Thompson, a respected Finrrison County teacher.
A Westbound Southern train struck a valuable team of horses owned by Martin Schielz at Crandall last week. One horse was killed instantly and the other died after severe injuries. Mr. So wrought marketing to town crossed the railroad when a runaway horse became fastened, hindering efforts to detach it and tag the train.
Mrs Linda E Palmer wife of Rev I Palmer died June 138th at her Minneola Kansas home. She was born near Caryvadon March 21 1376 to James and Mrs Wright. Survived by two sons and her husband and her parents. The family moved from Corydon to New Albany where she married. Rev Palmer was once pastor of Park Christian Church.
Grit Kishine formerly of Heth township now at Cor netsville Kentucky works for Point Lumber Company of Louisville and oversees a timber crew in the mountains. Jacob Reishman from the county assists him as he writes about the region. Mrs Kishine hopes to travel with her husband soon.
Sebastian Gunthert renews his and his son Walter’s Democrat subscriptions while son Millard serves in the U S Army in Georgia and Lewis registers under the draft law. Mooert Gibson grows tomatoes for his July twenty fifth birthday, finding vines tied to wires and facing miscoloration as neighbors push for tomatoes for the seventy ninth anniversary.
Lap spreads fly nets and chasers are in demand, sold by Geo B Wahl Corydon. J Forest Moellen of New York City visits his father Tyts Alton and oversees farming in TiOne township. Ned Cross report omits Harrison County donations from Milltown totaling 217.85. Hurley Conrad of Camp Zachary Taylor visits parents Mr and Mrs Charles W Conrad. Hurley is a member of the Camp Taylor Rand.
Several users claim to adapt James Oliver Sulky Plows for light three horse work or walking two horse plows. They will inspect at W. H. Bullett & Sons Ince on July 3. Mr and Mrs William Lockhart visit Cincinnati to see their son Curtis Lockhart at the aviation school. Rev and Mrs Oscar Weller travel with them from Heyworth. Mrs K formerly Miss Nettie Lockhart.
Mrs. Jasper N. Davis of Moberly was operated on Friday at the M F E Hospital in Indianapolis for gallstone removal. The specialist reported a highly successful procedure and her complete recovery is expected. Many friends will be glad to hear this good news.
Mr and Mrs John Dannenfelser and their son John Mathew spent several days in wheat harvest with Mrs Dannenfelser cousin Jerry Evans of Boone township. Mr Dannenfelser worked in the harvest fields while Miss Carrie Evans accompanied them and remained as guest at their Oak Street home.
Over the past seven days sales included William V. Greer of Laconia purchasing a piano and Leora Byrmin also in Laconia buying a piano. Robi Flanagan of Elizabeth bought a Columbia Grafonola, Mrs Orlin Conrad in Corydon purchased a Columbia Grafonola, and Lee Wiseman in Mauckport bought an organ.
Mr and Mrs Ralph Ridley traveled from Dayton Ohio to visit his father Judge William Ridley and sisters Misses Kelen and Blanche. Rialph has enlisted for naval service and will soon report to the training station to enter the Officers Training school. Mrs Ridley will stay for a time before joining her mother in Minnesota.
Wright will leave Wednesday on a several weeks trip to New York Washington and Atlantic City. Their daughter Miss Ellene Ely Wright will accompany them to New York for a few days before joining Camp Telas Wiuket Roxbury N. J. for the summer with Miss Kohler and Miss Uhltein of Louisville accompanying them.
Jacob Hershman writes from the Kentucky mountains near Coronettsville, describing a rough, isolated settlement. He notes women do most work, men make moonshine whiskey, and the nearest mill is fifty miles away. He mentions wild cats, long mountains, and killing a rattlesnake with forty-eight teeth.
The Democrat prints a card from James R. Caughlin, son of Mrs. Emma M. Caughlin, in France. Russell, a former office employee, writes from a camp near Bordeaux as a Sergeant in Company 16th Field Artillery, noting three weeks in France, good weather, and eagerness for papers.
A collage of notices from Corydon Indiana includes a for sale item about five fine shoots and local social notes. Residents visit relatives in Leavenworth Indianapolis and New Albany. A K of C watch fob lost in Corydon is reported with reward. Chautauqua events and a flag dedication are announced with speakers and cartoons. Local births weddings shop news and a Chevrolet dealer update complete the community roundup.
Jasper N. Davis was struck by a streetcar while alighting in Indianapolis Friday morning. He suffered a severe head wound requiring four stitches after the fall near M. E. Hospital. He returned home Monday after his wife underwent surgery.
William E Cook son of Mr and Mrs Wilson E Cook of this place came home last Saturday from a three week visit with Mrs M A Hf Applgate in Denver Colorado He toured Colorado Springs Pike s Peak and other sights reporting snow at 14000 feet enjoyed a warm fire and noted the trip s observations and insights during his stay
Mrs John Scharf of Arkansas visits relatives in New Middletown. St Johns Lutheran Sunday School near Lanesville to hold a picnic today. Mrs J Shaw Grimes and three children return from Leavenworth visit. Miss Blanche Lilpop visits Corydon relatives. Hobart Pate enlisted as a truck driver at Fort Logan Colorado. Gilbert Rosenbarger stationed at Camp Sherman. O Alva Kinzer visiting Elizabeth. last county visit six years ago. Mr and Mrs L A Cline and family and Mrs Ada Gieb visit W T S Peper in Lebanon by Ford. Mrs James Sieg and Mrs E N Ketchum return from Denver visit to M A H Applegate. Airplane observed over Mauckport area. Douglas Bobbitt named Chairman of Medical Directors at Great Lakes Training Station.
Mise Maggie Griffin receives a letter from Frank Feller who joined the service in Chicago and trained at Camp Grant Illinois. He has taken long trips into Wisconsin and mentions travel and shifting residence. Mrs Vic Bullett of Louisville visits relatives here as Mr Bullett spends the day amid a heavy rainstorm in Edwardsville and Louisville areas. Carl Hardin son of Emmett E Hardin leaves for Richmond to join as motor mechanic in a recent call for volunteers. Family formerly lived at Mauckport now reside in New Albany.
Harry Foster, son of Mr and Mrs Dora Foster of Mauckport, recently enlisted in the U S Navy and reported to the Great Lakes Training Station. He previously worked in the shoe department of a Kewanee Illinois store for several years. His mother Mrs Don Richard received a letter from Owen Foster, now at Annapolis, Maryland, expecting about fourteen days before sailing for France after training.
The Limit Club adds fourteen names to the Harrison County list of members who have or will pledge to buy $1000 in War Savings Stamps by year end. Members receive a certificate signed by the President and Secretary. Names include residents of Corydon and nearby towns, with pledges noted for inclusion in the certificate program.
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