Death of Mrs Minnie Mowrer at Corydon and New Amsterdam
Mrs Minnie Mowrer widow of John Mowrer died after a long illness at her sister Mrs Willard Tindall’s Corydon home. Funeral services were held at the Tindall residence and United Brethren church in New Amsterdam with interment in New Amsterdam cemetery. She leaves Luther Miller and four sisters plus one brother. She was a Shiloh A B Church member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Mowrer
John Mowrer
Willard Tindall
Corydon
Tindall
United Brethren Church
New Amsterdam
J. G. Moore
Corydon M. E
John H. Heth
Misses Stella
B. Caughlin
Clara Bennett
Will J. Bullett
John WH. Heth
Oscar Crosby
New Amsterdam Cemetery
Odd Fellows
Luther Miller
A. B. Linder
Mattiew Smith
Oma Cowan
Ordway
Colorado
C. W. Miler
Chalmers
Indiana
Shiloh A. B. Church
Army Chaplain 10 Speaks at Corydon
Rev. Fred Davies of Charlestown will speak at Corydon Christian church next Sunday night June 16. He served as Chaplain with the Rainbow Division and is described as a bright capable man worth hearing. public invited. The undersigned will sell hotel furniture and fixtures at public auction June 14 starting 10 a.m. at the Kintner House Corydon comprising beds bedding carpets tables chairs piano and more. items also include a 1915 Ford and a depot wagon. terms cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Davies
Charlestown
Corydon Christian Church
Davies
Rainbow Division
Kintner House
Corydon
George Ww. Shuck
John Wolfe
Franklin Township Commencement Held In Lanesville Hall
The Franklin township public schools held their annual commencement on Saturday night at the Catholic school hall in Lanesville. Hewitt Cunningham delivered the class address as music was provided by the Corydon Treble Clef Club. Fifteen graduates were Bertha Rheinhardt Elmore Ott Alma Lee Miller May Snider Irma Walker John Feig Zelma Elizabeth Richert Lucenle Bruch Carl G. Dietrich Ruth Lyskowinski Marie E. Leffler Albert J. Ott Elmer G. Gleitz Charles H. Kemsley Catherine Lydia Ott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Township Public Schools
Lanesville
Hewitt Cunningham
Corydon Treble Clef Club
Bertha Rheinhardt
Elmore Ott
Alma Lee Miller
May Snider
Irma Walker
John Feig
Zelma Elizabeth Richert
Lucenle Bruch
Carl G. Dietrich
Ruth Lyskowinski
Marie E. Leffler
Albert J. Ott
Elmer G. Gleitz
Charles H. Kemsley
Catherine
Lydia Ott
Lieutenant and Mrs Avey Baker Leave for Lafayette
Lieut and Mrs Avey Baker depart after ten days with her father John Morrie and aunt Emma Caughlin. He recently discharged after eighteen months service in the Engineer Corps. They will attend Purdue University commencement week as Civil Engineer graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avey Baker
Orleans
John K. Morrie
Emma M. Caughlin
Army
Fle
Engineer Corps
Eafayatte
Purdue University
Local Election Returns and Telephony Growth Noted
The report lists officers and directors re elected with Alstott replacing Reising and Daley filling the fourth district vacancy. The treasurer race among Keller Neely and Binkley is described as the most exciting. Eureka Telephone Company now serves about 1700 homes and businesses in the county with stock ownership or service rental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka Telephone Company
Court House
Alstott
Keller
Neely
Binkley
Chas. W. Reising
James Daley
John Miller
Minneola Workers Sought for 125000 Acres Wheat Harvest
Minneola Commercial Club posts a call for 1000 harvesters and 500 threshing machine operators to work from June 25 to November 1 in Minneola Kansas. Wages listed 50 cents per hour plus board, with overtime pay. Demand includes 1060 teams for harvesting and hauling, and single men for farming tasks. Corresponding secretaries R T McInteer O F Bolinger Frank Crouch urge circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. McInteer
O. F. Bolinger
Frank Crouch
Minneola
Lightning Rods by James R. Stover in Corydon Indiana
James R. Stover of Corydon Indiana advertises lightning protection with 36 wire copper cables weighing 350 pounds per 1000 feet. The Diamond Cable Company backs each installation with a $500 guarantee. He notes sixty five years in business and urges homeowners to install lightning rods before the storm season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Cable Company
James R. Stover
Corydon
Indiana
To Oil The Streets in Corydon
A hand bill circulated last Saturday signed by C H Buchanan town board president urged residents to stop sprinkling as oil for Corydon streets had shipped and streets must be dry for the oiling to proceed with proper conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Buchanan
Town Board of Trustees
Corydon
Théo Hand Will
Local Happenings and Weekend Visits Reach Sandy Branch
Mrs Molitie Perry of this place rushed to her daughter Mabel of Sugar Grove who is very sick in Louisville relatives are visited by Mr and Mrs James Bell of New Albany and Mrs Ella Pierson travels. Ed Schoen family and Sidney George Hill visit Howard Bryant. A hail storm causes garden damage as Miss Eisie Sadler visits aunt Ed Bryant and Lucinda Gross visits her father William Destrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molitie Perry
Mabel
Sugar Grove
James Bell
New Albany
Bell
Andrew Keen
Ella Pierson
Louisville
Ed Schoen
Mary
Locust Point
Felix Hill
Sidney
George
Elizabeth
Howard Bryant
Walter Pierson
Eisie Sadler
Laconia
Ed Bryant
Shas Boone
Claud Boone
Frank Boone
Wast Boone
Charney Johns
Olive
Taylor Township
Arthur Ashton
Tra. I. H. Sonne
John J
Wylie Byrum
Elsie Brown
Davidson
Nell Anshutz
South Boone
Prosperity in Kansas Comes to Harrison County Figures
Elmer Black of Lewis Kansas reports a strong wheat outlook with 250 acres expected to yield 20 bushels or more per acre. He notes several Harrison county natives relocated to Kansas and a brother in Corydon with stories of land holdings and thriving farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Black
Lewis
Kansas
Winslow
Pike County
Corydon
R. Emery Black
Elmer
Posey Township
Harrison
Thomas McKinney
Charles Wilson
Rachel Wilson
Taylor Township
Henry Mettling
Craven Stevens
Mr. Black
Dennis Thompson
Mr. Thompson
Posey
Taylor
Boone
Webster Township
Harrison County
Kansas City
Black
Indiana
Mid Lemmon
Charles Lemmon
Grand Picnic for 4th of July at Zoliman's Grove
An old-time Fourth of July picnic will be held at Zoliman's Grove near Lanesville on Friday July 4 1919 by the Knights of St John Commandery No 236 Lanesville. Baxleys String Band of Corydon will provide music with refreshments on the grounds. Dancing is planned both afternoon and night. Good roads and ample parking. General Managers John Meurer and Andrew Hess Floor Mgrs Severin Bachman Otto Stark Simon Himmelheber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoliman’s
John Meurer
Andrew Hess
Severin Bachman
Otto Stark
Simon Himmelheber
Commencement Exercises Set For Harrison Township Pupils
The Harrison Township district pupils promoted to the High School will hold commencement in the School Auditorium on Thursday night June 12. Dr. A. W. Fortune of Lexington Kentucky will deliver the class address. The class has eighteen pupils and admission is ten cents. He will give three commencement addresses in Indiana and Kentucky next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Township
A. W. Fortune
Lexington
Kentucky
Morgan Township Commencement Planned for June 13
Morgan township commencement will be held at Central Barren on Friday night June 13. Hewitt Cunningham will deliver the address titled A Soldier Under Fire. The Treble Clef Club of Corydon will provide music. Eighteen graduates are in the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Township
Central Barren
Hewitt Cunningham
Corydon
Catarrh Cure Debate in Local Advertisements
Fragmentary OCR notes argue local applications fail to cure catarrh due to constitutional influences. The text hints at a medical claim or patent remedy with uncertain validity and references to a remedy named Marth Medicine.
County Council approves Corydon Elizabeth and Corydon Laconia roads
County Council members Dr. Charles L. Stevens W H Bussabarger D S Stoker and Joseph Uhl met at the Auditor's office to decide if Corydon Elizabeth highway and Corydon Laconia highway are of public utility. They unanimously approved the improvements and recorded it. Further steps will follow at the next Board of Commissioners session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Stevens
W. H. Bussabarger
D. S. Stoker
Joseph Uhl
Corydon and Elizabeth
Corydon and
Laconia
Couny Council
Board of Commissioners
Boone and local residents share news from Winchester area
Winchester and nearby towns remain lively with visitors and travel. Misses Millie Ada Boone host Dora Faith. Willard Johns returns from Indianapolis. Miss Alice Saddler moves to Louisville for work. Many Church events and family visit reports fill the week. Local names include Alva Brown Cecil Evans Shas Boone Claud Boone Frank Boone and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millie
Ada Boone
Winchester
Dora Faith
Willard Johns
Indianapolis
Stanley Byrum
Alice Saddler
Louisville
Frank Cunningham
Angelina Cunningham
George
Alabama
Lonnie Cunningham
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Winnie Mowrer
Sister
Long Hiness
Meannan Vie Bond
Fano
Gonrad & Son Piano Company
Alex Miller
Post Office Building
Seeqme
Ind
Christian Church
Emmett Allen
Walter
Lawrence
Chester Allen
Otis
Eugene
Howard and Brace
Emmett’s
Chester
Mary Allen
Stwood
Morton
John W Davis
Franklin Township
Serim Towels Groceries Candy Miles
Eureka Telephone Electio
James M. Sherrill
George C. Brown
Charles P. Swarens
W. H. Keller, Sr
Daniel W. Neely
George R. Binkley
Mr. Keller
Plurality
Ben F. Backherms Second District
Jacob Schneider
Flora James Pindell
Flora
James Duley
Wm. W. Rhodes
George Kopp
Thomas Crecelius
Minneola, Kansas To
Sandy Branch
Lucinda Gross
William Destrick
Laconia Presbyterian
Union Chapel
Rehoboth
Alva Brown
Kingsley
Cecil Evans
Alva
Grace Carroll
William Housel
Hursttown
Stoy Davis
Clifford Davis
Ann Ashton
Matte Crayden
Lauraville
Celestim Louden
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