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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1906
Page
2
Burnville news lists visitors and residents' activities. Janet Meekin of New Albany, Frank Baker and wife from Bradford, and C N Maymen visited family. Mrs ALary Elen Byrne stays in New Albany. Willie Byrne visits Bradford. Pearl Hazzard returns home after visiting New Albany. Eddie and Blanche Byrne attend Greenville meeting and baptism. Several residents share fishing trips and moves. W W Kepley relocates to Veenia Illinois to farm.
A fragmentary report describes awkward marriage attempts near farms with thrashing crews and a minister, noting several couples wed in unconventional settings. It mentions licenses obtained en route from English and local magistrates, plus scattered notices of other community ceremonies and a disrupted Ramsey camp meeting with plans to block rail service if crowds resist.
An advertisement promises to restore bright vision for the aged and relieve the eyes of the young with corrective lenses at J. H. Arter in Laconia Indiana.
Brief marriage license notice indicates Susan M Wolfe and a partner whose name appears garbled in OCR text, dated 14. The fragment confirms a license filing in the local record, with limited legible details.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions refunds and signatures with unclear names and dates. No coherent events, entities, or actions clearly identifiable for a factual summary.
Miss Elizabeth Bringle clerks for L C Adams & Co. C N Dome plans a new house on his farm. Miss Nellie Heuser visits relatives near Jeffersonville. W B Deweese tended wheat crops last week. Miss Ellen Deweese has been ill two weeks. Mrs Dave Stone of Louisville visits sister Mrs Dave Stevens. Marshall Byrne aided Milltown cornet band on the Fourth. James Wolfe of New Albany visits old friends. Mrs George Hank spends weeks with Falls Cities relatives. Ottis Radcliff and family visit Hardinsburg. Elizabeth Heuser and Oswell Martin with Ethel Mosier of Burnville. Jessie Sigler visits grandfather Dr R R Sigler at Ramses. Arthur Avery moves to Corydon Junction. Grover Stevens occupies former home. Fred Frank opens summer resort northwest of town. many city folks boarding there. George Beal and George Hickman thresh nearby. Wheat yield is poor, 7 to 17 bushels per acre. Mrs Kate Bullett visits parents while husband transfers to Indianapolis. Grace Adams to accompany to Indianapolis for fall school.
Farmers around Pea Ridge thrash wheat while EM Thomas visits friends in New Albany Sunday. Frank Teler from Louisv ille visits home. Emma Lemay recovering. Members attend basket meeting at Pfrimmer's Chapel and plan Ramsey camp meeting. Tred Walker and family from New Albany visit grandparents. Vernetta A. Thomas visits relatives in New Albany and attends excursion to Crawfordsville.
An obituary outlines Jacob Feller born in Virginia, later in Iowa, married to Eleanor Grabill. He served in the Civil War, had ten children, and his funeral at Crabill cemetery was led by Elder Charles Ed Harp. The piece notes religious shifts and mournful verse for the departed.
Moberly events include John Price losing four valuable hogs last week. Robert Pitman and Kate Louden visited at J D Bell’s Sunday. Milton Barrow of Moberly visited his uncle Ef Crabiil and family Sunday. John M White and family visited Wm Conrad and family at Vite Cloud Sunday evening. Mrs Charles Marscery and Miss Mary Crabill attended the bedside of Mrs Mary Bates Sunday. Roy Bye of Ramsey visited his uncle T Thevenot and family Saturday and Sunday. He was accompanied home by his sister Mary Jane. Mrs Josephine Neil and little daughters Mattie and Vermore of Hinds, and Miss Nellie tell of Sharp’s Mills visited Albert White and family one day last week.
Miss Ida Ho Sihert of Waandotte suet Miss Sauderningley last Sunday. Ora Wiseman and Nora Aeller attended the Svibaieboo Postitue at Tower last Sunday. Miss Zella Motter of New Albany returned home Monday after visiting cousin Anceline Trant. Minnie and Tose Keller of Pleasant View were guests of Miss Georgia McAdams of White Cloud. Blue River Chapel VoPOC elected delegates for Ge umrve town convention Maude Shrigley Angeline Hunt Julius Shrigley and Ora Wiseman.
A handwritten letter from WoS Wolfe of White County Carmi praising a Harrison County Democrat candidate. Wolfe notes years in the hotel business and commercial travel, and invites support for a one year endorsement. He references old timers and rewards for long service.
Patent medicine advertisement claims a two month mail course for 31 dollars from Dr F Hall of St Louis and cites Kentucky testimonials. An unsourced testimonial by A M Bruce of Favrville Virginia praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for piles and malignant sores. Also lists various goods and dealers.
The field reports carpentry by W E Lane for Isaac Reed at Dogwood. Mrs Archibald Letheo of Jeffersonville visits relatives nearby. Wm Jacobs from near Mt Zion visits Rev Toombs’ family. Mrs J O Reed remains ill with no improvement. Daniel Letheo of Boone Township visits brother James at Central Fronie. Nine year old daughter of D D Tindall is reported ill. Wheat harvest begins though yield is light due to an early frost. Susan Pearson, wife of Ed, dies from stomach trouble and is buried at Bethel.
Judge George L. Reinhard vice president of Indiana University and dean of its Law School died at his Bloomington home last Friday of heart trouble. Born in Germany in 1883 he came to the U S at age fourteen days and served as judge in Indiana's Fourth Judicial Circuit before joining the Appellate bench in 1895. He had been a special judge in the Baelar Wright contest for recorder and was widely known with many warm friends.
Local residents report illnesses including Mabel Hudson with tonsillitis and Treasurer Baeiz with others ill. Several people plan moves to new farms near Ramsey and Fredericksburg, while visiting kin in Louisville and nearby towns.
A Sunday school group records its sorrow at the death of Linnie Laslie. The resolutions praise the deceased for faithful service and announce bereavement across the church and local community. They express sympathy to the family and note copies to be kept in records and sent to county papers.
Readers are urged to treat summer bowel disorders promptly with Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by C. K. Watson. Chautauqua schedules announce devotional Sabbath programs with Dr Edwin Holt Hughes on the first Sunday and an illustrated sermon by Rev Francis A Strong that night. Maud Ballington Booth preaches on Prison Reform the last Sunday afternoon, followed by Col Geo W Bain’s temperance sermon.
For ladies shoes and accessories a sale lists various prices. Items include white goods dimities and lace stripes at 25 to 30 cents, Oxford styles at 2.00 to 3.00, patent leather sandals 2.00 and 1.50, and a 2.75 line for 82.50 Oxfords, plus a misses size selection around 1.25 to 1.06.
A fragmented advertisement lists prices for men’s shoes straw hats summer underwear and two piece summer suits with discounts noted. Items include men’s shoes at 83.50 and 4.00, straw hats at 2.50 to 1.00, odds and ends priced around 1.50 and 1.25, and a 33 percent discount on all two piece summer suits.
The annual Sunday school celebration for St Peter's church in Franklin township is set for Thursday July 26. Speakers include Rev A K Fenner G C Cromer from Louisville and Rev S J M Dowell Home Missions field secretary from Springfield. All are warmly invited. jlS-2. Allen's Foot Base A powder cures tired feet sample free. Also sample Sanitary Cuorn Pad new invention address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY iy-t-tw
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