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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
6
Engineer and survey team report on a proposed free gravel or macadam road improving the Third Street area in New Middletown. The project includes staking, measurements, and alignment details, with costs estimated and a final survey to ensure proper width and surface.
The document prescribes grading to an 18 foot wide road with a five inch crown, detailing slopes, centerline alignment, and curve work. It covers bed and crushed stone layers, drainage, curbs, banking, compaction, rolling limits, and material quality. It sets contractor responsibilities, time frames, penalties for delay, and monthly estimates with payments.
Auditor William Taylor announces Harrison County Indiana will hold a July 1 vote in Webster Township on the proposed free gravel or macadam road improvement. Petitioners Bow ling Steiner and others seek laying out drainage and paving per filed specifications. Records and petition details are available in the Auditor's office.
In Muncie Indiana the drys and wets spar over remonstrances following a wet victory in a local option election. Both sides claim gains as the board of county commissioners weighs the petition signatures and potential court contests. Sixty seven remonstrance appeals are noted with only twenty five licenses allowed if a saloon is approved under existing law.
June 2 Indiangypoliis Max J Young a city controller clerk prepares a petition urging the state legislature to enact a law banning sporting events on Memorial Day. The plan aims for a statewide effort with thousands of signatures by 1933 session, led by Ben Harrison Camp No 256 Sons of Veterans.
Mrs Maggie Coon age forty wife of Luther Coon a farmer ten miles west of Newcastle was crushed to death when a field roller ran over her as she rode a team of horses through a cornfield. The horses were frightened and bolted, throwing her in front of the roller. her husband Mr Coon found her body wedged in the soft earth after returning to the field.
South Bend, June 5. St Stephens Catholic church, tied to disturbances over Rev John Von Froelich, was closed by Bishop H J Alerding of Fort Wayne until further notice. Police had halted services a week earlier to curb potential bloodshed. A Hungarian language notice posted by police informed parishioners of the bishop's order.
Merritt Hadley of Noblesville Indiana was seriously injured when a team he drove ran away and toppled two bee hives. He was stung repeatedly about the head shoulders face and chest as he tried to free the horses. One horse died from the stings and another is near death.
Thomas A. Edison of New York believes he has invented a storage battery that overcomes weight bulk and charging time limits of current cells. He claims a battery large enough for a butcher wagon could fit in a suitcase and be charged in four or five minutes.
Hammond Judge Riley of the Fast Chicago municipal court fined Charles Rigg 365 for stealing three hens and a rooster, 125 for the rooster and 80 each for the hens. Unable to pay, he was sentenced to sell for a year, with the judge noting absence from East Chicago would make chickens safer.
Automobile registrations in Indiana show a May gain of 595 over last year, a 25 percent increase. The May total reached 2,485, with April and May together at 4,058, bringing the state total to about 33,000 vehicles.
At a conference of international labor unions in Indianapolis the demand was presented to Mayor Shank to investigate the conduct of detectives in the arrest of John McNamara. The event underscores labor scrutiny of police actions in the case.
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