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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1923
Page
6
Personal recollections describe boyhood travel from a rural area to New Albany 30 miles away. Wagons stopped at a beech bottom for noon rest where accidents and a rumored haunting fed local superstition. A murder and child involvement anchor a tale of frontier danger and superstition.
Indiana transport and law notes report on railroad income and trackage leaders the Indiana law forbids nonconforming fruit baskets after 1928 licensing of public school superintendents rests with the state board of education licenses may be revoked for immorality misconduct incompetency or neglect and hearings are allowed for revocations. A misdemeanor penalizes failing to support dependent parents with fines up to 500 and possible six months in jail. For sale a two ton Denby truck with cab and sideboard bed plus extra yard dump bed listed by C A Sims Crandall Indiana.
A letter from M. Jay of Los Angeles includes a Security Service Bulletin from June 9 1928 about Los Angeles growth. It cites apartment building counts from 1919 to 1923 and permit values totaling 26.6 million with likely 25 percent extra spent, suggesting about 33 million dollars in activity. Mr Jay is son of Ben D. Jay of New Albany. Interested Burpee Home Can Sealers readers may contact Ray Churchill DePauw Ind.
Subscriptions for The Corydon Democrat updated with new subscribers marked by x. Names include Mrs Oscar Fryrear Elizabeth Mrs Edgar Miller Danbury Wis Mrs S M Stockslager Corydon Andrew A Prell Elizabeth Mary Sims Elizabeth FL M Byerley Georgetown Sam C Windell Corydon Louis Gardner Loursville John Payton Brook NevIl Frank Wilson Pa x F Cotner Bloomington T L Breeden Medford Okla Cilla Kintner Corydon Carrie Gays New Albany Ode Watson Corydon Edw E Gruaviss Louisville W H Dyer Crandall. Sale of a Duroe sow and eight pigs by David Scull Corydon Ind Eureka Phone June 20 2 w.
Five of Harrison county's best teachers will travel to New York City next week for Columbia University's summer term. They are Melvin Davis Maurice H O Bannon Grace Carroll Nellie Kelley and Christine Thornbury. Davis is in Brooklyn Town O Bannon in Mooresville Indiana Carroll in New Albany Thornbury in Clarksburg West Virginia and Kelley in Hammond Indiana. All are capable teachers whose services are in demand.
In Harrison County Indiana a sheriff's sale is ordered by the Harrison Circuit Court. The National Bank of Kentucky seeks foreclosure of a vendor's lien on real estate owned by Melissa C Moore and others. The sale occurs July 21 1923 at 1 PM at the Corydon courthouse for rents and profits up to seven years. If needed, the fee simple of the property may be sold to satisfy the decree and costs. The sale excludes valuation relief. John K Morris sheriff.
The United States allocated 18 million dollars for Near East relief after the Smyrna disaster. Logos, the revolution aides' organ, lists the funds divided among the American Red Cross, the American Women's Health and other organizations, the Admiral Council, and broad aid to Grecian relief efforts.
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