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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1915
Page
5
Local notices urge farmers to bring wheat to the Elevator for top market prices or storage insured at low cost. Insurance agent Paul Watson returns home due to his mother's illness. Community reminders include grain sales, farm insurance, and several local visits by residents and family news.
A. B. Corbin of Tell City was Sunday guest of Miss Fern Jackson in Milltown. Dr H B Wolfe of New Albany visited Corydon and Mrs Ben Applegate. Norman H Wright and family from Louisville visit his mother in Crandall. Frank Miller of South Corydon suffered a stroke and is recovering with partial paralysis.
Mr and Mrs James A Watson of Heth township spent several days with their daughter in Alexandria Indiana and visited son Maurice Watson in Jeffersonville. The Elevator handles a large quantity of new wheat. Mrs Harriet A Riely and granddaughter Mary returned to Oklahoma after weeks with relatives in Indiana and Corydon friends. Dr Jesse L Melton of Louisville spent a week in the county visiting relatives and colleagues and notes his Harrison county roots. Captain S M Stockslager returned to Washington DC after a visit here. a prominent Democrat, former state senator congressman and Civil War captain. Elder James Bobbitt, pastor of the Christian church, will retire after forty years of service with Sunday sermon July 11. His successor in adjoining counties to be decided. English News.
No hunting is allowed on the farms of Carl W. Davis and Louis P. Beal in Jackson township about one and a half miles west of New Salisbury. Violators will be prosecuted. Notice dated j 30 30.
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars for an incurable case of catarrh, endorses F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, notes 15 years of honorable business, and claims nationwide trust with the National Bank of Commerce. It also promotes internal cure and home remedies with 75 cent bottles and accompanying constipation pills.
Indiana per capita taxes are $2.92 versus the national $3.95. The piece cites 1913–1915 figures, noting Indiana's lower burden, with details on state and neighboring state expenditures, plus valuations of steam and electric roads and transport lines for 1914 and 1915 and how they affect county taxes.
Alex Miller announces a session in Corydon with Farrington Smith of The Travelers Insurance Company to explain the act that takes effect September 1, 1915. The free public talk for employers will be held in the Public Library basement tomorrow evening, Thursday July 8.
The undersigned announce rental of Corydon property including the former A. L. Bulleti blacksmith and carriage shop and the Oscar Shuck bakery building. Well located and offered on reasonable terms. Endorsement notes wheat for flour at the local Elevator.
Homer E. Wright as administrator will sell 149 acres of Edwin C. Wright estate at public auction on Saturday July 24 at 2 PM on the premises just south of Crandall. Prime farm, well located, near the town of Crandall. Those seeking to buy a farm are invited to attend.
107 acre farm for sale in Boone township half a mile from Laconia featuring a six room house a barn and outbuildings a good well two springs a cistern and house sink. About thirty acres of timber twenty acres meadow and the rest cultivated. Easy terms inquire at this office.
Copper fruit distillery outfit with 165 California tubs offered for sale or trade for stock. Purchasable at a low price. Inquire at this office.
The administrator of Edwin J. Wright deceased will sell at public auction on Saturday July 24 1915 at 2 PM the decedent s real estate in Harrison county Indiana near Crandall. The property totals about 149 acres in two or three described tracts with specific boundaries and net conditions including mortgage and payment terms. The sale follows Harrison Circuit Court order from February 1915 with two thirds minimum appraisal and cash down payment of at least one third. Attorneys Kirkham and O Bannon represent the estate.
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