Subscription Price Increase For Corydon Papers
The Corydon Democrat and Corydon Republican publish an announced rate raise due to higher costs. From now until October 1, 1918, subscriptions stay $1.00 county and $1.25 out of county, rising to $1.50 thereafter. advance payments made before October 1 lock current rates, while prepaid amounts extend from the date already paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corydon
Lew M. O’bannon
Corydon Democrat
Frank Self
Corydon Republican
Letters From Boys in Service from Great Lakes and France
Letters from Ruskin Crosby at Great Lakes and James E. Shireman in France describe wartime life. Crosby recalls drills, a rifle issuance, flight demonstrations, shipboard gunfire, and Chicago visits with locals helping servicemen, while Shireman notes good weather, plans to see Berlin, and staying with Ed while awaiting the war’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Engineer Reg. Army
Berlin
Addie Shireman
Union Meetings at Methodist and Christian Churches
The Rev. M A Cossaboom, pastor of the Christian church, and Rev. J G Moore, pastor of the Methodist church, agree to summer union meetings on Sunday evenings. The first service July 21 at the Methodist church featured a sermon on church unity by Rev Moore, and last Sunday Rev Cossaboom spoke on the same topic at the Methodist church. The next union service will be at the Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Cossadoom
Christian Church
J.G. Moore
Methodist Church
Moore
Cossaboom
Dr. Austin Funk Commissioned Captain in Medical Corps
Dr. Austin Funk of Jeffersonville is notified as a Captain in the Medical Corps. He previously served as hospital corps head during the Spanish American War and is the seventh Jeffersonville physician commissioned. Funk is son of the late Prof. J. P. Funk, former school superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Fank
Jeffersonville
Funk
Courier Journal
Dr. Funk
J. P. Funk
In Memory of Bertha Tyler
Mrs Bertha Tyler daughter of Mr and Mrs Abraham Thomas died July 13 1918 at their Crandall home The home is sad a chair is vacant Bertha you are gone but not forgotten Our thoughts linger around the grave She leaves parents a husband and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Tyler
Abraham Thomas
Crandall
Bertha
Des
Celebration at Bethesda Sunday School Event
The annual Sunday School celebration will be held in Kingery's Grove on a Saturday in August. Everyone is cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingery'’s Grove
Cow Street in Corydon Once Pastures Now Homes
A Corydon note recalls Cow Street near Market Street where pastures once fed Jerseys now replaced by homes. It lists owners along Farquar Avenue north of Market and describes morning and evening milking scenes around Pond Street and the Fair Grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Street
Corydon
Market Street
Farquar Avenue
North Market Street
Pond Street
Major W. Funk
John E. Engieman
W. H. Keller, Jr
Lew M. O'Bannon
Ed G. Keller
Notice to settle unpaid accounts of Bond Chevalier services
Due and unpaid accounts for Bond Chevalier services must be settled by September 1. If not paid, accounts will be turned over to the Prosecuting Attorney for collection, adding additional costs. Frank F. Watson urges debtors to settle promptly to avoid further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bsond Chevalier
Bond Chevalier
Jy24
Frank FE. Watson
An' Pady O' Bara Receives News From Home
Mrs Malone writes to inform a reader that she and her partner have bought shoes and that the baby has arrived. She notes they are both doing well but cannot reveal full details yet.
Public Auction of J A Vaughn Farm at Depauw Indiana
Army call interrupts normal life as Harry A Wright offers at public sale on Saturday July 27 1918 the farm of J A Vaughn one mile east of Depauw Indiana on Southern Railroad west end of tunnel Personal property includes three work horses four Jerseys six year old gray mare four cows four heifers one Jersey bull one year old four heifer calves hay rake plows cultivator corn drill harrow road cart saddle stack hay one Eureka Telephone Co share and other items Usual terms sale bills available everyone urged to attend Auctioneer R F Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Vaughn
Depauw
Ind
Southern Railroad
Tunnel
Malta
Eureka Telephone Co
Devils and Yankees Riled as War Chant Echoes
Fragmented wartime verse portrays American and German combat imagery with references to Von Mackenson and Devil dogs. The piece shifts to a debt collection notice by J.G. Wiserman of Dixie, demanding accounts owed to Mr. Wieman and authorizing steps to collect. Kirkham & O' Cannon, 126-46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himmel
William
von Mackenson
J.G. Wiserman
Dixie
Stepa
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Chicago
Love
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Sipe
T. James E. Shireman
Dr. Fank
S.S
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Democrat
Herman L. Conter
Decatur
Auditor of State
William M. Jones
Fairmount
J. B. McCarthy
Kempton
Evan B. Stotsenburg
New Albany
Samuel L. Callaway
Monticello
Willis A. Fox
Angora
Edward Barrett
Plainfield
Supreme Court
John C. McNutt
Martinsville
James J. Moran
Portland
Appellate Court
Milton B. Hottell
Salem
Hugh Wickens
Greensburg
Caldwell
Winchester
Edwin F. McCabe
Williamsport
Democratic
Congress
William E. Cox
Charles T. Brown
Stewart A. Beals
Charles W. Thomas
Peter A. Burton
Henry W. Denbo
John K. Morris
Thomas P. Neely
William F. Best
John E. Bowling
Nicholas Eve
Jesse Pitman
William H. Bussabarger
David G. Miles
Jacob A. Stevens
Couucilman
Charles L. Stevens
Eli Shields
John Lyskowinskyi
Joseph Uhl
Indianapolis News
Americana
Malone
Pat
Red McPhee
Pady O' Bara
Kiarney
Killarney
Gorry
Mrs. Malone
Senda
Harry A. Wright
R. F. Davis
Columbia
Kaiser Bill
J. G. Wiseman
Swift & Company
United States
U.S.A
Bell Telephone
Southern Telephone
Evansville
Indiana
Gresham and
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Lanesville
Gresham
Willesay Corydon
Gresham & Marrel
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