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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1923
Page
3
Fragmentary readable items show a garbled trade or sale notice from Corydon unrelated to clear entities. The legible text hints at livestock such as cattle or cows and potential names like Rintner but lacks coherent details, dates, or destinations.
Near Locust Point residents gathered June 1 to honor J M Farnsley on his 64th birthday. Family members from Salem New Albany and Louisville attended including several children and grandchildren. music, refreshments, and social activities filled the afternoon and evening.
A Wide awake Sunday School class gathered at Pleasant Ridge after services, enjoyed a grove outing with decorated ships, soups, salads, fruit, and many refreshments. Contests and games followed, with several named families and friends attending and departing pleased with the social event.
Mariento Adm a young farmer of Washington county was found dead in the woods Saturday evening. Neighbors were summoned after his wife calmed by an enraged man who confessed the act. The wagon was loaded with corn and tools, and death is believed due to heart trouble. He was thirty, survived by his wife and four children.
A historical notice describes a farm for sale described as twenty five acres located southwest of Corydon. The terse market blurb notes nearby landmarks and references seller ALLEN M. SHUMATE of New Salem or New Sadebuey, with a curious aside about new theaters using signal lights to indicate vacant seats.
Thomas Robson of Corydon announces a five o clock morning departure to New Albany for mail service and offers to carry passengers both directions to save a comfortable car. He notes Corydon departure at five and New Albany at six each weekday except Sunday. Carriers also report visits of Sarah J Williams to CranCrandall and Milford and a Sunday School celebration at Fairview U B church with invited speakers.
Kate Milner Rabb writes of a summer drive from Louisville to Corydon via New Albany, praising the landscape, Knob country, and turnpike memories. The piece recalls historic figures and a sunset arrival in Corydon with the old State House grounds welcoming visitors.
Poet T Chalmers Furnas of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' home at Knightstown replies with a poem about Corydon elms. The piece recalls the elm town as a link to state history, asks the trees to tell of early days and white man and red man eras, and notes travelers rarely mentioned elms in Indiana.
Report of Ponca Chief Horse Eagle inviting editors to his wife’s funeral at Ponca City. The service blends Ponca and white rituals with a Carlisle graduate interpreter, medicine man vigil, and offerings for the spirit. The piece notes mixed customs and the chief’s message of continued friendship with whites.
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